The Hickman courier., 1878-05-10
The --latest EorhinnIs.

One OF the novelties g. sr1mmer dress
es Is Grape batiste..a thin linen fabric,
crlnKieo IKE Grape. This comes IN deh'
cate shades OF blue, beige. pink, lilac and
ecru, and Is, made IN "a elaborately as
grenadines over silk OF the same shade.
These batlstes are meant for dressy alter
noon toilets, and some of them are trim
med with embroiderv on white tulle,
such as was used dpr;no the winter for
evening dress. One ve1V pretty model
u SKY olue linen Grape is maae up IS
PrilpIcesse design, with lotg apron and
softly plated black drap perry, ornamenlitted
with large square bows OF double slik ;
the plastron, sleeves and bands near the
edges are o. white tulle, wrought win
SIX IN shaded foliage, rOsebuds, ana pale
| blue forget-me'nets Beige eolored pa
tlstes are trimmed with smyrna lace OF
very fine quality, and insertions to
match.
For costumes to be worn in the morn
ing very thick linen that is at the same
time light and fine /. used, and trimmed
with frius embroidered n high eolors,
especially IN red or blue with black.
/ Cream-color and greenish-graY tints are
chosen in these linens. They are made
with yokes and plated basques the
/ over~skirts are embroidered scaris, ana a
/ charming little fiehu, also embroidered,
accompanies each suit. some OF these
( linens have light dsmask figures which
J appear only in The oeefdress, while the
skirt is plain, and has deep plating to
suggest a kilt. Striped sheer lawn
dresses are made Re up Just as 5hesf tRIfS Rifb
/ knife-plaited fTills They also have
pretty fcAus or Clarisss Harlowe scarls,
with plated irill for ginning.
The Scotch and gadras gineham
/ dresses are. dharinizxIeool and fresh
looking. The bars seAtripes are of two
or three colors on %te ground, and
| the new combinations OF cOlors are
adopted. One favOrite pattern is the
/ pale blue and olive green on white; an
I other Is scarlet with beige color; a third,
/ Pompadour pink with blue; and among
/ the best designs is bottle green and white
plaid. The trimmings are IN Russia
/ iaces, lighter than smyrna and IN colors
! TO match the dres, or else white en-
broiderv is used Some of these dresses
/ have white cambric ruffies scallsped and
/ thicklv dotted with Hamburg embroi
derv and others have the entire overdress
+ WROUGHT ~ith star in white on gray or
on bITe ground. school girls and blonde
young ladies choee the navy blue and
white ginghams, and make them up
with white vests. smyrna lace and ruffl-s
ofembroidery. For small girls who have
left off white dfesss these gihghaths are
made Up il prncesse designs, with
simulated sacdues and plated backs, and
trimmed with white orcolored lace. The
shaded blue Madas ginghams are very
popular, but great care is required IL
washing them. When the dress is of the
plain shaded blue gingham it can be
Effectively trimmed with bias bands o
striped qingham; still palmer dresses tol
children are merely sCsllOped around the
bottom, and bound with white.
The new paras0ls prepared for spring
have round tops Instead of the pOinte,
canopy top of last summer. They arr
of medium s.ze, measuring about i
inches down the nb, which Is slightly
smaller than they have been of late. Th'
handles are long and slender, and th'
top piece is of simple shape, and onl,
two and a half inches in height, Blacl
and biege ColOrs sre most used. Ih
/ tavorite material isthe soft twilled sill
called Levsntine, and also pOngees
Most parasols are lined with silk Of
contrasting color u with white or els
with a darker sha& of the outside color
the lining is kept separate on the ont
side, and its edgesire pinked. The I'm
ish for the OUTSIDE is large scallop
bound securely, sud in the indentatiOl
between the &c .llops is loop and end 0
narrow ribbon hanging the same a
fringe. Others ire trimmed with plail
silk hinge, and some with whalebon
fringe. A longboped bow of ribbon Ol
the top Is fa>tened very securely. BlacI
Lsvantine pansols lined with white
cream-color or cardinal red are yer.
handsome when flushed with whalebon
fringe. Misses Yarasols are of small siz
in the designs aBi colors used for ladies
Few damask prasols are shown a
present, and the styles generally are les
pronounced than they were last year
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