The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-02-08
The Fashions.


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Spanish styles in colors and designs
are being made up in the best Partisan
houses for the spring. What Is called
the Castilian jacket ia black silk paletot
glistening all over with embroidery OF
finely cut Jet beads. Another garment,
called the Spanish mantle, Ia OF Slcilienne,
somewhat in scarf shape, with hood or
drapery that passes over the head like
the Spanish veil. The Spanish mantilla
Of black lace will be worn In the evening
and in the afternoon drives in the coun.
try. These styles point TO the continued
use OF the black dresses which have been
in favor here for years, and which Paris
ian correspondents say are more often
seen now on full dress occasions than
they have ever been. Black satin dresses
are chosen for full dress toilettes, and
there are many black silk dresses orna.
mented with plaques and plastron OF old
gold beads. This combination OF yellow
with black, and Of red with yellow and
black, carries out the Spanish colors,
which are so becoming to brunettes, and
which can BY worn by most blondes II the
proper shades oil yellow are chosen.
INDIA CoLoEs, ETC.
The India Colors and the rough.thread.
ed surfaces now worn in bourettes will
be seen in thin goods, such as grenadines,
gauLes, baTege, and the woOlens Of light
quality that are worn in the spring and
throughout The summer. These are to be
trimmed with light fluffy fringes made
up OF all the colors in the material, and
with two or three silk pipings, showing
the most conspicuous colOrs. Percales
or cambrics are TO have black or white
grounds with borders stamped with many
colored dashes or else the whole surface
will have these dashes OF color. Wooden
fabrics have smooth or else basket woven
grounds Of pale gray, blue or brown, or
stripes OF rough threads Of gayly colored
silks and wool. Raw silks similar to the
Louisine silks formerly worn will repeat
the same colors and be roughly woven.
SPRING PALEToTs.
Some OF the new paletotS Of light cloth
for early spring wraps are being made
without seam down the middle OF the
back. The side form seams begin on the
shoulders or in the arm.holes, according
to fancy. There was an effort TO intro.
duce these backs in the basQues and wraps
brought out last fall, and many imported
garments were made in this way, but the
backs with many long seams were too
popular TO he easily superseded. As
thinner goods look best with few seams,
this change in shaping backs will proba-
bly, be brought about in the coming sea.
son. The jackets will continue TO be
close. fitted and shapely, outlining the
figure without COMPRISING II, and will
be shorter than those now worn. The
jauntiest Of the spring wraps will be the
coats that iasten over the breast by a
single button, showing vest below.
These are so masculine looking in shape,
material and finish, that they are being
made by tailors.
ABOUT DRESSES.
Sleeves Of dresses will continue to be
inside in coat shape, but for warm weather
they will he quite short, reaching only
half way between the elbow and wrist.
Many will have irills turned down, but
the richest dresses will have lace set on
like cuff turning upward, and without
gathers. Square plastrons will be made
OF similar lace, and in the house bou-
quet will be plated in one corner; for the
street bow made OF cluster OF ribbon
loops will take the place OF the bouquet.
For plain costumes the plastron will be
outlined by velvet ribbon or else two or
three straps Of ribbon velvet will cross
the plas,rons, and be fastened in the cen
ter by buckles. Trimmings Of fringes or
galloon will be arranged in yoke shape
on long slender basques. Percales and
muslin8 made with belted basques, will
have square collars shaped like a yoke,
and edged with white open figured Ham
burg embroidery or with the serviceable
new Russian lace. There will also be
small Garrick caPes on spring paletOts,
some Of which extend square down the
front TO the waist. These capes will also
appear on the blouse poloDaises that are
worn with belt all around or else mere
" in front. Slender ladies will not take
up darts il the front Of polOnaises, while
those Of stonter figure require them tight
fitting; and will have darts US we'll as
belts in front. The lINveuse, or washer
woman's tunic, 70 fashionable at present
in Paris, will also be be made up in sum.
mer fabrics. II has short wrinkled
apron; with the lower edge turned up on
the right eide in careless fashion, and the
back hanging in two ends nearly straight
or else slightly punched up.