The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-24

Of the plain. .buttoned up the centre, end Is
pIaited under plain position iacket-back,
while the fronts Of the figured are made mar
row, and descend untrimmed to the bottom
of the dress to be attached to centre breadth
made Of the plain material; this is buttoned
VI VIII t. the throat and confined at the waist
SHORT, BELTED STRAPS,
fastened to the edge Of the narrow fronts.
The front Is shrred at the sides before being
joined, and trimmed with cordngs Of orange
satin.
The pocket and other minor portions are
all corded to MATCH and fringe trims the bot
tom OF the polonaise Another stylish spring
suit is composed of wood-colored mohar
Rnd be b Tth n n Ye En9 gos sk Etf
narrow plisse fiounce Of blue silk and above
this Is six-inch ru1le of the mohair, put on
perfectly plain, and with the lower edge cut
out in
A z1GzAG PATTERN,
and bound with silk Of the navy-blue shade
The long princesse polonaise Is trimmed
knee-deep with scarf drapery attached. to
the sides with shrrings, and has q trimming
crossing the front portion, made similar TO
that on the skirt. A band Of the gfos- grain
Stimulates vest fronts on the corsage. The
bonnet worn with this costume Is OF wood
color chip, trimmed with q folded drapery OF
the marne-blue silk. bunch OF soft blue
ostrich-tips and q bird OF beautiful plumage
complete the decoration.
A princesse dress for home wear was OF
soft fawn-colored cashmere, trimmed in front
with q plastron of seal-brown silk outlined
with ornamental bows Of fawn-colored rib
bon. The trimming crossing the foot consists
of alternate plisse ruflles of the cashmere and
brown silk, and one rufle edAing the train.
The neck is cut low in front and filled In with
plated neckerchief of white Swiss, and an
outside plating Of the same, with brown
~
One of the very many of the elegant even.
| ing toilets lately prepared in our city was Of
delicate tint of tea-rose fallle. Tho corsage
was O. princesse cuirass cut square In the
| neck. being
LOWER BEHIND THAN IN FRONT,
according to the latest Partisan caprice.
| There we're five seams in the corsage, and O
plastron back and front of white satin lattieed
| with pearl beads A garland OF dwarf roses
and sea weed fringe was around the neck The
| tabIier was formed OF rows OF dwarfed roses
and sea- weed; pleated hounce Of tulle Dor
| dered the skirt. The court train OF faille
yelled with tulle, was mounted low in the
back, and drawn together still lower with long
| bows of tea-rose satin ribbon, similar to that
trimming the cuirass
| Lace mitts will be in vogue for summer
wear, suitable for cambrics as well as full
dress toilets. Those of Chantilly lace, reaching
|
may be had for 81 80. Spanish mitts OF black
! lace are wrought in colOrs with rosebu'ls or
forget me-no,s for the pattern, or else strung
with jet beads: these are "a to IS.
Sacques for morning wear at summer re-
sorts are of buff pink, or blue silk trim med
with white Mechlin or Smyrna lace; these
are to go with white muslin skirts trimmed
with tucks and embroidery. Black silk
sacunes with white lace trimmings are shown
for elderly ladies, or for those in light mourn
ing.
Vests of lace to match the deep collar and
| cuffs are in order.
Velvet ribbons busted with gold and with
! silver are shown for trimming evening
dresses. Bows are used in profusion and re-
peat the colors of the costume on which they
are employed.
Gloves are worn very long. and match the
dress in color. Abriglazed kid Is the style IN
| best taste, even for the evening.
Shoes matching the costume as well as the
| fine silken hose to correspond, are the re-
cherche finish of elegant toilets, but the semi
high boot, OF black, dull kid is the suitable
chdussure for walking. Heels are worn less
high than they were "Richelieu' ribbed
hosiery is q novelty; those for mourning are
embroidered with Jet beads.
"Perle de Lyons" is one of the many new
oolors this spring, and "Guletta" is another
The Byron collars and cuffs for ladies are
the latest; those In gupure embroidery are
the prettiest.
Exquisite coral sets are in the shape d
small, half-blown roses: a dew-drop in the
centre is represented by a tiny diamond.
Pretty new fans are of rustic bamboo, hane
| painted.