The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-03-02
Fashion Notes.

Vatican backs are revived for Prin-
cess dresses.
Scotch ginghams are woven to pro
duce bourette effects.
Moonstones and cats-eye jewels are
very fashionable ...
Knitted petticoats increase in favor,
especially for children.
The new colored grenadines show In
dia colors and Turkish designs.
The coming bonnet is a capote of
shirred silk with tulle cap under it.
The newest in gentlemen's wear are
tiny puffs in shirt bosoms.
Moss greens, India reds and indigo
blues are retained as spring colors.
Gentlemen's white cambria cravats
are to be trimmed with lace edgings.
Very many ladies now make their
own lace, and lace braids are sold for
the purpose at all fancy stores.
Transparent sleeves are so fashiona-
BILE that grenadine sleeves will be made
this summer without lining.
New grenadines are rough, knotted
and boucIe threaded, and woven also in
Mexicaine, brocade and canvas effects.
La Creole is the most stylish break
fast cap worn. This is made of q gay
striped silk handkerchief, and trimmed
with lace. 81. e .-- .-.. e.
Rich India colors are seen in all the
new spring goods; in percales and cam
brics as well as in the more expen-
sive materials.
Black grounds, relieved by figures of
white, gray, brown and high colors, APP
pear conspicuously among the new
spring goods.
A pretty collarette of lace is made
of double frill, with a band of ribbon
between, tying behind in long-looped
bow.
A novelty is black grenadine famine,
woven with fiat threads of metal--ol
gold, silver and tinsel red thrown into
both warp and wool.
A new style of note paper is in the
shape of card, in the left corner of
which is an open fan, each stick having
letter on, which together spell the
day of the week.
Jabots, rosettes, everything made of
lace to be worn at the throat is fash
ionable, in fact. Ladies who have hand
some lace collars, narrow, in the fash
ion of few years ago, wear them as
jabots fastened with a scarf-pin.
Crimped crepe lisse frills are used to
make cuffs to be worn outside the sleeves.
One row turns down, and two rows of
the crepe lisse turn up, and where they
join narrow ribbon in loops, or wider in
shells, hides the seam. Square collar
cites, or else fichus, or the crepe lisse
are made to wear with such cuffs.
Embroidered tulle bands, done by
hand with silk, in flowers in their nat
ural hues, are much liked. Indeed, all
embroidery is fashionable, and ladies
who have time and taste for such work
can, by the use of their needles, add
much to the effect of their wardrobes.
The fashionable fancy now is for ten
cent pieces, smoothed and ornamented
| with the monogram of the giver. These
are hung to the bracelet or bangles, and
are also, if one has enough of them,
| sewed to band of black velvet, or hung
from a silver dog collar for the neck,
1t will readily be seen that they afford
means of registering scalps-the cap
| tives of ones bow and spear.
Embroidered silk hose are fashiona-
bic, and are also costly, so ladies often
buy plain hosiery and embroider them
to suit their fancy. Black have the in
step covered with pink rose-buds and
green leaves; scarlet are decorated by
white iessamine sprays; pale blue have
dark blue violets, mingled with scarlet
salvias. The easy point Russo stitches
are effective and very fashionable.
Epaulets of flowers are novelty in
new French toilets. The bosom bouquet
| is placed little to the left at the throat
on high-necked dresses, at the right
corner of square neck, and at the point
of V corsages. Modistes usually put
the garlands on the left side of dresses,
as, since the escort usually walks on
the right of the lady, the flowers are
best seen when placed on the left.