The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-04-06
FASHIONS.
SPRING BoNNETs.
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FASHIONS.
SPRING BONNETS.
The new bonnets are quite small of
themselves, but are given ample size by
their abundant trimmings. The capote,
with soft dropping crown, and the Nor
mandy, with high pointed crown, are
most often seen. More distinguished
looking than these are the broad square
crowns with close dropping fronts !;
pointed Mother Goose crowns have dis
appeared Tuscan braids of deepest
straw tints, lace straws, Milans, and Leg
horns are the choicest novelties fine
French chips are also largely imported,
and are liked because they are light, soft
and pliable but the love for the novel
and scarce will make the yellow Italian
braids most fashionable. Silk bonnets,
plain ON the frame, or else gathered and
shirred as capotes and Normandys, are
also among the choice selections. White
bonnets, trimmed with very light colors,
are the rule for straws the exceptions
are black chips trimmed with the new
light shades of yellow, green or red.
net laid plainly on the frame are among
the most elegant of the importations.
NEW KID GLOVES.
Kid gloves for the spring retain their
long-wristed shapes, and are entirely
without fanciful stitching or ornament,
being merely bound ut the top with
white kid, while the stitching on the
back is simply that made necessary by
overstitching the three seams, which is
done in silk of the same shade as the
kid. Gloves long enough to require
three or four buttons at the wrist are
most used for the street; evening and
full-dress gloves are much longer, re-
q,liring from six TO twelve buttons.
Gray is the leading color for street
gloves, and is shown in great variety, be-
ginning with pale French gray, going
through blue-grays and steel-gray down
to the dark iron-gray and ink shades.
Fine drab and putty shades are chosen
10y ladies of taste, because they are of
unObtrusive hues, and the various wood
colors are popular for the same reason.
Cream color is more used than ever, and
deeper yellow shades are now imported,
such as straw, maize, and even butter
cup color, to match the bonnet trim
mings. Ink shades are sold all through
the summer for morning wear and for
travelling. Pinkish lavender and marine
are offered again after being dropped for
time. Undressed kid gloves are al
most superseding dressed kid for street
wear. They are brought out in medium
and in dark shades of gray and brown for
general use, while for more dressy cos
tunes are the stylish hght-drab shades,
buff and pale French gray. For even
ing white undressed kid gloves, and
for deep mourning soft dull black
gloves of undressed kid are preferred to
all others.
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 present, and ladies who have
been abroad are introducing them here.
WHITE MUSLIN WRAPPERS.
The newest white muslin wrappers are
made of nansook, trimmed with bands of
Hamburg insertion and plain or frilled
edging. They are in princesse shape,
perfectly plain down the front and sides,
quite narrow in the skirt, and are fin
ished down the middle of the back by
princesse pleating set in below the Mar
guerite waist low ON the tournure, and
forming fan train. The insertion is
placed straight up each front, crosses
over the shoulders, and is in each of
the three seams that shape the back. In
others it has the outline of a sacque that
is longer in front than behind.
NEW PERCALE DRESSES.
Imported percale dresses for ladies
are made with fitted basques and demi-
trained skirts, on which the upper skirt
is draped, 80 as to form two aprons in
front and square drapery behind.
These are made of dark blue striped
percale, brown or green, and are edged
with white Hamburg-work. They cost
$14 or $15.
PARAsOLs.
Parasols are coming into use again for
the intermediate seasons, for street and
for carriage wear, while the larger sun
umbrellas are to be reserved for mi0-
summer. These parasols are chosen;
according to the Partisan fashion, to
match the dress with which they are
worn, and may be made to order of the
dress material. They are richly trimmed
with ruffles, pleats, frills, fringe, and
also with embroidery. This embroidery
is sometimes self-colored, and in other
cases is of gay contrasting colors il APP
pears not only on the parasol, but on
the rufile which edges it. Others have
rufiles raveled out on each edge 70 form
fringe, and some have Tom Thumb
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