The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-07-26


Checked cotton braids are used for
trimming linen dresses.
The military jacket Is one OF tho
latest styles for young ladies.
Among the novelties for young
girls are hats ornamentcd with hand
painting.
Garden-hats are Of lightly-woven
straw. trimmed with grasses and wild
flowers.
New styles in stationery are orna-
mented with grotesque old English fig
urcs in color.
A recent cxtravagance among fash
ionable ladies in New York Is the use Of
gold hair-pins.
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-ineshed torchon IL a novelty
in laces, and Is used principally for
trimming lingerie aud dresses which
can be washed.
Young ladies wear caps like those
of 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 grenadine 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 ruiiles of French lace.
Japanese pins with a fan, and
mouse watching a fly, or silver bow,
arrows and quiver, are among the new
est patterns in sterling SILVER for long
carf-pins, and chatelaines have the top
of the hook enameled with some pretty
design ora painting in enamel set in
glass
There are so many styles now in
wear that all tastes can be gratiied.
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, swallowtail coats. with long
faille vests in bright, contrasting colors.
Pretty aprons are to be worn this
season by little girls up to the age Of
\ Is. Some of these are in dotted Swiss
Valenciennes or torchon insertions and
lace set in the bibs and bretelles 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 in 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 soft-tin-
ished ginghams, which resemble
foulards. There is an endless variety Of
designs, from the plain goods in all the
shades Of gray, beige, and ecru, ard in
all plain designs up to the gaily tinted
Stuart tartan. The English cheyiots
are also much employed for ladies and
children's seaside dresses, being thor
oughly 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
straw berries with natural leaves and
dark MOSES. Another style shows the
black and rough-and-ready coarse straw
hat dropping over the face. with the
back brim upturncd; placed inside Is
large Alsatian bow Of black velvet or
Jacqueminot red ribbon, and a long os-
trich feather curls over the crown. The
Tyrolean shape for children Is new,
turned up on one side; the Alpine peak,
sailor, jockey, and Scotch hats make up
the remainder Of the styles for the little