The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-24
ITEMS FOR TFEE LADIES.

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nesting in lace.
Russian lace is lavorite trimming fol
summer dresses.
Checked cotton braids are used for trim
ming linen dresses.
Spanish blond lace is favorite trimming
for grenadine dresses.
Mastic gray-pretty Color-With green is
a fayoritG combination.
Large gilt and silver balls are used as or
naments for chip hats
The military jacket is one of the latest
styles for young ladies.
A new bead trimming shown at Stewart S
is called MILAN drops"
The ccntcrs of handsome japanese fans
are made Of gold or silver,
The newest regular bonnets are very small
and distinguished looking.
Caps in the style of that worn by Char
lotte Corday are fashionable.
Spotted satin, with the pug handle, forms
the layorite coaching parasol.
\ new ornament for the English walking
hat is whip Of cut steel and gilt.
For second mourning, gloves are stitched
across the back With lilac or gray.
The far-sighted mans wife swaps not his
spring overcoat for a plaster image.
Rctcules are now carried on the arms of
young ladies, as in the oldcn times.
China Grape fchus tied on the breast are
the fayorile wraps with young ladies.
Real tortoisc-shell combs in new designs
are selling at O Donoghue's for 81 90
Port Huron. Mich. has club of merry
urChcrs who tiirt and miss the target.
Bathing suits are made of Turkish towel
ing, braided with red, blue or black.
The prettiest flower at the florists stores
is the exquisite laurel, pink and white.
Bourettes have such microscopic designs
that at a little distance they appear plain.
Navy blue and white ginghams are
trimmed with Smyrna lace and embroidery.
Short dresses are so much favored that
train dresses are made only for house wear.
New STYLES in stationery are ornamented
with grOlcsQue old English figures in color
A new css-trimming is velvet cut in lace
pattern and embroidered with colorcd silk
Old-fashioned French calico is again pop
ular, the fayorite pattern being the palm
leaf.
Tiffany exhibits kid gloves the backs of
which are covered with flowers, painted by
hand.
Some sleeves are made entirely Of alter
nate rows of tucking and embroidered in
ScrtiOn.
Passcmcnterfc, made of rainbow jet, is
the favorite trimming for wraps Of India
cashmere.
Bonncts are trimmed without dropping
flowers or ribbons and are very compact in
appearance.
White satin vests are worn with black
grenadines, which are trimmed with black
and white lace
Brocades in both silks and grenadines
are used with plain materials for draping
princess dresses.
A toilet Of gray organlie, trimmed with
pale rose -colOrcd ribbons and Coquilles OF
lace, is charming
The stylish jacqueminot red, darker than
cardinal, is much used for trimmings OF
satin or Of ribbon.
Among absurdities for children are the
wide collars and cuffs similar to those worn
by their mothers,
Dressing sacques are.made with a trench
back, a single dart in front, and ornamented
with bows Of light colored ribbon.
The great question now for the dress
maker, in making the intricate princess
dresses, is where TO put the pocket"
Double-meshed torchon is a novelty in
Iaccs, and is used principally for trimming
lingerie and dresses which can be washed
Cambria dresses are now made up with
as much prctension to being la mode, as
are toilets of far more expensive materials.
Cambria costumes have basques, over
skirts and demi-tran underskirts, which
latter are finished with two or three pleated
rutlles
Silver, gold and jet beads will be used ex-
tcnsively, long strings of them being wound
about the neck and arms after the fashion of
Mrs. Lo.
Ribbons are being used for trimmings in
every imaginable way. Loops, ends, fiat
bands, shirred and rufiied, are to be seen on
new garments.
Sandal slippers and low shoes in all the
prevailing styles will be extensively used for
street wear the favorite style is the box-toe
and rather low French heel.
A new idea in kilt suits for ladies is the
plain front and killed back and side
breadths. A vest and English walking
coat finish this very convenient and sensible
costume.
The shiny side of black cambric is much
used as a ground for decorations. Bright
figures cut out and pasted on, and the whole
coated with coach varnish, produces very
pretty effect.
Ladies' swinging clubs are quite popular
in London. The kind of clubs ladies swing
in this country are broom-sticks, and roll
ing-pins, and they will never become popu-
lar with married men.
Organdies were never so attractive as at
present. Plain grounds, with the same
shade in vines or fern pattern, are preferred
the figure being of a tint so light and faint
as 10 be scarcely visible.