The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-03-19

ing setin below the Marguerite waist low
on the tournure, and forming fan train.
The insertion, Is placed straight up each
front, crosses over the shoulders, and Is 10
each OF the three seams that shape the back.
In others 1t has the outline of sacque that
Is longer in front than behind. sa Z
/! RI ygs. LITTLE GIRLS DRESSES. - 2at
+, The princease dress is being made up for
little girls summer wear in gray and buff
linens, white repped pique. and in dark,
blue linens, trimmed with white ,embroid-
cry or Smyrna lace. It is fastened IN front,
Is only: half-ftting anditherefores cool, and
sometimes has box-pleats down the front.
These pretty dresses hang all the weight
from the shoulders, are in one single piece,
and are as suitable for the street as the
h0tise; all Of which are desirable things in
children's dresses. h'.: ''f "S1@Y% .
+ i8ttt's NEW PERCALE DRESSES. :
Imported psrcale dresses for ladies are
made. with fitted basques and demi-trained
skirts, on which the upper skirt Is draDed,
SO as to form two aprons in front and q
square drapery behind. These are made
green, and are edged with white Ham
They cost Sl4 or S15.
BoNNETs.
The brims Of straw bonnets are now Of
fanciful patterns that do not need binding.
or piping outside for ornament. The crown
bears most OF the trimming. II the regular
Normandy crown Of silk is not used the
straw crown is left intact, and bias gros-
grain is arranged on one side or both to give
the effect of the pointed Normandy crown.
Sometimes ,only one side has this broad
folded piece of silk, while on the opposite
land usually the lefty side are flowers, massed
as thick as possible, beginning in the front
and extending down to the back Of the bon
net. 1t is not unusual to see eight, ten, and
even twelve roses, without foliage, clustered
together in this way. These roses are large
and fully blown, and may be all dark-red
Agrippinas, or else pale-yeIlow Isabelle
sprouts or the golden Marshal Neil, or per-
haps they are shaded from pale-rose pink to
deepest coral red, or, more often still, they
are yariegated to show the three fashionable
tints-Mandarin yellow, pink coral, and
bright famine de Yesuve. When roses are
not used there is side garland in which
some one flower predomnates, either but
tercups, Marguerites, deutzia, or yiolets;
or else thick wreaths OF natural grasses,
clover, and leaves made of rubber, extend
down the side. When the hair garland is
not used there is a bouquet OF flowers just
on top, and the new cache peigne, or comb
the end Of the crown; this is sometimes
merely three roses in straight row across
the bonnet, while in other cases it is thick
vine with fringe OF buds dropping on the
chatelaine. In bouquets flowers OF strong
1,, ,frno fSrnr fnl lf1n
forget-me-nots with yellow buttercups and
feet tllleul green shades, is combined with
almost every flower.
Many OF the finest bonnets have curtain
bands OF the braid behind, and the crown
is simply trimmed with q similar band Of
braid over an inch in width, piped on each
edge with satin, and shaped into q small
bow on the curtaln-band. It is in these fine
plpings that satin appears more often than
in larger masses in crowns and bows, as it
is rather heavy for summer bonnets. Velvet
is scarcely used at all.
There IS very little face trimming in any
OF the bonnets, yet the greatest variety is
seen there. Thus inside some is a soft
wreath made OF the crushed petals OF roses
torn from their stems. In another is an
inch band OF foundation plainly covered
with satin Of some becoming color, in which
a gold ornament is pinned. Others have a
full puff OF satin or OF gros-grain. Many
have tulle ruche with only color given by
the silk lining the brim. Three rows of
loops Of satin ribbon an inch wide is an
other face trimming. One milliner crowds
ten roses OF three shades inside these close
cottage brims. There are Quaker-shaped
bonnets absolutely without face trimming.
Others are capotes with two frills Of straw
lace almost as fine as thread lace, and be-
tween these is satin bandeau OF tilleul.
famine de Vesuve, or other stylish shade.
Twists Of silk, knots, and bows, with hall
OF one color and half Of q, contrasting
shade, are also used, but, like tulle ruches,
these are not new.
BoSNETs FOR OLD LADIES.
It is best for old ladies not to try to buy
bonnets ready-made, but to endeavor to find
a sensible miliner who can make suitable
one, in size and shape, OF the fabrics used
in the dress, or Of piece Of silk or satin
Satin, either Of gray or black, is very hand
some for old ladies, and the relief of violet
will be found very charming with white
hair. ,r
. Very little ribbon, however, should be
used; but old ladies should endeayor tC
preserve in their persons and dress looE
of sweetness and freshness. They should
use white lace, or crepe lisse plaiting at thu
throat and wrists instead of linen cuffs anC
collars, and always soft, clinging materials
...'i';.i - - NOVEL GLOVES.
For the summer the novelty will be long
white lace mitts that reach up to the elbow
These are very much worn in Paris at pre-
sent, and ladies who have been abroad ar,
introducing them here. They cost from
S2,25 to SIS pair. Black lace mitts are alst
imported again, and are richly wrought in
side the hand, as well as outside. Their,
are three kinds-the short, the medium, AMI
the long mitts the first Is without fingers
the second has half fingers, and the ,thirt
are gloves with regular long, fingers CLOSED
at the end. They cost from 50c. up to 81
j.. - ~aa-.t bPARAsoLs. 5.jz - .a.Ce-
Parasols are coming into use again fer ,th
intermediate seasons, for street and for car
riage wear, while the larger suh!unabrella
are TO be reserved for midsummer. Thes
parasols are chosen, according to the Parisial
fashion, to match the dress with which the,
are worn, and may be made to order OF th
dress material. They are richly, trimmed
with rufies, pleats, frills, fringe, and ais,
with embroidery. This embroideryis is some
times seli-colored, and in other cases Is o
gay contrasting colorS; it appears not onl,
on the parasol, but onthe ruftie which edge
it. Others have ruffles rayelled out on eacl
edge to form fringe, and some have Ton
Thumb fringe set on. y} ,la9l. III 90
DwELLING-HoUsE BURNED.-The frame,
dwelling-house of Rev. II. D. Nuckolis, o
Hanover county, situated on the Soutl
Anna river, near Allnn's Creek bridge, wa
totally destroyed by fire on the night OF tn
18th instant, together with ali the furnitur