The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-03-29
VOLUME 81.
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
IaIs-&IOVeA-P8rasOlS.
SPRING MILLINERY

AIIRIInery-COsGa
IaIs-&IOVeA-Pa
SPRING MILLINERY.
New flowers In millinery are the
oldest looking things imaginable. &c
in your garden on some October or
November day, and look at the sad
colored roses, Wistfully hanging pale
heads; perhaps half despOIled rem
nants OF departed flowers, or ''gone &c
seed" pods and berries OF all kinds
rafting forlornly, and You have ar
idea of what we think exceedingly
lovely in millinery, just now. They
are lovely because they are fashiOna-
BILE, and because they have q new
name. These uncertain, washed out
cOlors are the HGUGne shades, "cigar''
coIOrs, In other words,-brownish gray,
grayish brown, aud the like. Nature
is in no wise consulted, and we have
brown and gray daIses, buttereuPs,
and hyacinths, besides roses and a
long list of other flowers. Mixed in
with such ''waste Of dullness." hOwev-
er, we find the gayest of PoPpIes, the
freshest of blossoms, the gTeenest OF
leaves, so after all, there Is room for
choice.
Shapes are modest, the three most
prominent, being the Marie Stuart, the
Normandy, fitting like q child's cap,
add shape with falling coronet brim
in front. But trimmings are bold, and
bonnets are made conspicuous by far
ing resets, enormous alsatian bows,
and ornamentatlon massed. Satin lie
in high favor, but the newest thing lie
watered ribbon. Rough and ready
straws will be popular for general
wear, while for dress, we have chips,
either black or white, and Tuscan and
Leghorn braid.
MATERIALs-CosTUM
1t is bourrett here, there, and every
where, and cuttings and knottings
swarm not only on semi-transparent
goods, but on grenadines and gauges.
Even the new percales are stamped in
imitation, but the surfaces of course
are smooth. For general wear, we
find serges and de beiges In soft shades
| of gray or brown, but in black, the
grand opera cashmeres and alpacas,
beaver, mohairs, and Turkish brillian-
tines are both durable and hand
some.
Costumes are designed on the same
principle of ''letting well enough
alone" There are no special changes,
nor should there be, when the prin-
cess dress, with its graceful sweep, is
all that can be desired. Then for out
door wear, we have the short walking
skirt, and cut away jacket. Mark the
phrase; tbs a masculine one, but 1t is
both appropriate and expressive. For
these little jackets are really jackets,
and Furthermore, have vests to match.
Then in finish, comes the turned up
collar and tie,-both just as mannish as
can be.
In writing that there are no special
changes in costumes 1 have written
truly, but nevertheless, we have stylish
notifications adapted to the spring, OF
which mention may be made. The
5ylphine pOlonaise is very becoming
to slender figures, and with q blouse
waist, is made tight fitting by q belt.
The Fellsa and Seraphine are also dis
tinguIshed polonaises, while In the
way of a walking skirt, we have the
AdrIAna, with Carmen blouse basque,
and Antoinine cut away jacket.
TRIMMINGs--GLovEs
Bands and fringes lead, and SO we
have them in all degrees, both high
and low. Then again, you may trim
with the material, and here we still see
/ knife plaltings, or shirrings, but the
latter are made like gathered tucks.
Buttons are used in profusion, and the
drapery Is sometimes also caught by
buckets.
Bouquet embroidered" gloves are
extremely pretty, showing q boquet
on the back of the hand, finely
wrought In silk. Soft shades Of gray
or brown are worked in two tones OF
the same coIors on black gloves are
eharmingly relieved by bright en-
brOidery. But the self stitched gloves
are also fashionable, and here the Har-
ris Seamless is most elegant In fit, and
also very durable. The Victoria, cost
ing somewhat less, Is an excellent
glove, and the Donna Maria may like
wise be recommended. For evening
and full dress, the Harris Provost side
cut glove is preferred, and comes in
white and all pale shades.
In parasols the canopy" is sue
ceeded by the "bell" top, and We find
black silk, and levantIne brought for
ward to an unusual extent. The edg-
es are finished by bound scallOps al-
ternating with ribbon loops, and eff
feets at once tasteful and varied are
produced by harmonizing and con-
strasting colOrs. A long ribbon loop
and ends TO match those on the edges,
is pendant at the top. Handso me FIRM
ges are also employed in Ornamental
ton. Other stylish parasols are Of
pOnges In the new HG0dHs shades
trimmed with fringe, or with bound
scallops and loops Of ribbon. New
handles are of ebony, mounted with
numerous rings of ivory, or are
wrought in Japanese designs. Sizes
are eighteen inches. Children's para
soils are cunning limitations, but often
times are of lighter colored silk, and
the scallops sometimes alternate with
tassels. Dogs heads are carved In
bamboo handles of sun umbrellas;
glass beads simulate eyes, and q silver
collar and bell passes around the make