The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-07-18
FASHION NOTES.


Checked cotton braids are used for
trimming linen dresses.
The military jacket is one of the
latest styles for young ladies.
Among the novelties for young
girls are hats ornamehted with hand
painting.
-Garden-hats are of lightly-woven
straw, trimmed with grasses and wild
flowers.
New styles in stationery are orpa-
mented with grotesque old English fig
ures in color.
"A recent extravaganza among fash
ionable ladies in New York is the use of
| gold haiF-pins.s r-.-s.-a
Pretty princesse dresses for the lit
tie ones are made with square neck and
short sleeves.
Among the absurdities for children
are the wide collars and cuffs similar to
those worn by their mothers.
-Double-meshed torchon Is novelty
in laces, and is used principally for
trimming lingerie aud dresses which
can be washed.
Young ladies wear caps like those
fof the Roman peasant women; little
oblong pieces of Swiss or organdy deco
rated with lace and ribbons, and long
gold headed pins are used to pin them
on.
!. Black erenadne dresses have faint
tints of yellow and old gold introduced
in their trimmings; sometimes in the
shape of pipings. sometimes in ribbons
set under the ruffies of French lace.
japanese pins with a fan, and d
mouse watching a fly, or a silver bow,
arrows and culver, are among the new
est patterns in sterling silver for long
scarf-pins, and cbatelaines have the top
of the hook enameled with some pretty
design or a painting in enamel set in
glass.
There are so many styles now in
wear that all tastes can be grati6ed.
There is the princess dress, the cuirass
waist, and. the habit and polonaise
There are waists cut out in points on the
borders, rounded basque waists, either
open or initiating openings, with vests,
or long, swallow tail coats, with long
faille vests in bright, contrasting tolors.
Pretty aprons are to be worn this
season by little girls up to the age of
15. Some of these are in dotted Swiss
Valenciennes or torchon insertions and
lace set in the bibs and bretslles. Some
of the null and nainsook aprons have
edges of colored lace, and bows of rib
bon combining the two shades of the
lace. A great many specimens are
found in all the leading dry-goods
houses.
Black is to be worn great deal
this year; it is taking quite as promi-
nent part as white 10 the seasons
fashions. With this, silver jewelry is
very effective; silver band bracelets are
now worn quite wide, with little polish
ed knobs or balls set closely on the
edges. Large medallion pendants and
lockets, also sterling silver, are found at
the principal jewelers. and handsome
pins and EARRINGS; some of these in the
shape of round platters with bee-hives
on them in frosted work, others with
Japanese patterns.
Great favor is shown this year for
all the scotch zephyr goods, or so1t-hn-
ished ginghams, which resemble
foulards. There Is an endless variety of
designs, from the plain goods in all the
shades of gray, bel ge, and ecru, and in
all plain designs up to the gaily tinted
Stuart tartan. The English cheviots
are also much employed for ladies, and
children's seaside dresses, being thor
opghly well adapted for all changes of
the weather, and much worn by En-
glish ladies for this reason.
Country hats for young girls are
made of coarse straw, trimmed with
full wreath of wild flowers and wild
Strawberries with natural leaves and
dark MOSES. Another style shows the
black and rbugh-and-ready coarse straw
hat dropping over the face. with the
back brim upturned; placed inside is
large Alsati&h bow of black velvet or
.Jaequeminof red ribbon, and a leng os-
trich feather curls over the crown. The
Tyrolean shape for children is new,
tnrred 0pspn one side; the Alpine peak,
sailor, jockey, and Scotch hats make up
the remainder of the styles for the little
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