The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-07-08
ITEMS FOE THE LADIES.

bangles are among Jne InlnBS Jnat were.
Cream color is being superseded by white,
Pearl fringes are worn on evening dresses.
Shade hats can be bought for 10 cents
each.
Ladies are making fine scarfs of thread
tattng.
Pretty pink checked harvest apples are in
market
Teazle-wood handles are seen on the new
parasols.
The unbecoming beige colored wells are
very stylish.
Lace caps are bordered and dotted by
pearl beads.
Tortoise-shcll bangles with tiny tinkling
bells, are new.
1t is now fashionable for bridegrooms to
wear wedding rings.
Grenadines and all tissue fabrics are made
with low waist lining.
Fancy fans and their fair owners have al
ready commenced to t1irt.
The newest passementerie is worked with
brown beads, shaded to amber.
Bunches of violets or marguerites are worn
at the side with q bow of ribbon.
The Greek tillet, with its fringe of golden
sequins, is a favOrite head-dreSs.
A new bonnet, called the Empress, is of
black chip, with white satin crown.
Slender gold fnger-rings bearing tiny
coins are among the late absurdities.
The dfashioned bachelors button is the
latest acquisition at the florists stores.
Garden hats are of lightly woven straw
trimmed with grasses and wild flowers
The new brocaded grenadines make ele-
CANT dresses and are much sought after.
1t is said that yellow gauze protects the
complexion better than any other color.
Long slender bars for pins and earrings
are shown among the latest styles at Stars
New styles of stationery are ornamented
with grOtesque old English figures in color
The material called eros faille" makes
pretty evening dresses, and is inexpensive.
A recent extravaganza among fashionable
| ladies in New York is the use of gold hair
pins.
Rainbow glass vases are in the shape Of
three soap-bubbles, one resting on the
other.
Pretty prin cesse dressesfor the little ones
are made with square neck and short
sleeves.
Large lace-edged squares of muslin are
pretty when thrown over the head and
shoulders.
A peculiar crystal bead of the pale green
shades has appeared and will be popular in
trimmings
New white dresses are trimmed with the
new colored Valenciennes lace, and are very
handsome.
A dress of plain gray batste for morning
wear has black and gray striped vest and
cutaway jacket.
Velvet bands, with clasp and fringed ends
Of silver and gold, or simply tied in pretty
bow are much worn.
Ladies' white vests are made of white
corduroy, or Turkish toweling; both ma
terals wash beautifully.
Tapestries have again come to the surface
in England; the old are being mended and
washed and new ones made.
A black velvet ribbon tied about the
waist with long loops and ends makes a
pretty finish for house dresses.
AT recent drawing room" of the Queen
| of England the trains were worn attached
from the shoulder instead Of the waist
Double-neshed torchon is a novelty in
laces, and is used principally for trimming
lingerie and dresses which can be washed.
A very popular dress is black grenadine,
trimmed with black and white lace and
satin double-faced ribbon, black and white.
For mourning jewelry diamonds set in
black onyx, pearls in onyx, Whitby jet cut
in cameo and finely carved bog wood is
worn.
"Torchon" lace, formerly known as
Smyrna lace, has lately undergone an
other change in name and is now called
"Mirecourt."
A new material called silk sheeting is
very pretty. 1t is white, with a silk face
and cotton back, and is embroidered on by
ladies in silk.
The coats and ulsters for Juvenile street.
wear and are long and of the pardess1s
shape, with quaint little double and twisted
collars and capes.
A costume of black and white striped
Cambric is made in princess Skirt and
BASQUE. trimmed with bands of white EN-
broidered with black,
Cambria handk archiefs embroidered in
colors are sometimes formed into caps and
are also worn around the neck drawn
through fiat gold ring.
Handsome bcdspreads and pillow shams
are made of squares of lace set together with
satin or silk of shade to match the room
! for which they are intended.
Babies imported robes are only one yard
long, and their caps of the latest fashion are
silk net, lined with silk matching, the net
Of strawberry red, blue or pink
Chidrens stockings are still worn high
and secured with a stocking suspender. The
colors correspond with the sash, bows rrib
bons and general ornanentation
Caps are worn by Young as well as old
ladies. They are made of various materi
s ais the oriental gauze, with a variety oi
colors, being the most popular.
= The general dress worn at the Paris Ex
=, position has a short skirt. Very neat shoes
are worn with these dresses, the most popu
t lar being laced and with low heels.