The Indiana State sentinel., 1878-01-16
FASHION NOTES.

Long English and Russian blouses are
much worn by little girls until they are
four or five years old. The little boys wear
them, too, for that matter, and they are
made exactly alike for both. With these we
find walking coats with princesse fronts
with simulated vest fronts and the skirts set
id large box pleats and the bacK. and sashes
set at the side seams. White jet is
used on ball dresses. Gilded or silver
table mats are the latest rage. Ice
wool is the favorite for knitting this season.
1t is becoming fashionable for ladies to en-
broider table cloths and napkins for their
breakfast table. Mosaic buttons are the
most fashionable. Pressed fringe for trim
ming dresses is new. Long waists and short
skirts gain in favor for children. new
bonnet is called the 'Marie de Medicis,"
and has the front shlrred on wires. An i'm
ported feather trimming, made of ostrich
down or even on surface is novelty.
Birds wings, claws and heads, either gilt or
silver. are the newest ornaments for hats.
New fans have borders of crimped silk fringe
instead of feather borders so long worn.
Silk ties are richly embroidered in colors to
suit the costume. For house toilets muslin
ties, wrought with tinted fasses, are pre-
ferred. Very long wasted woman should
avoid plain undraped tight princesse ball
robes, for nothing is less plastic than May
pole. The only way to conceal the excess
i've length of some spines, and the
solitude of some fiat surfaces, is to adopt
either cordons and garlands of flowers or old
silver hligree straps, which were fiat chains
in the medieval period, and are loosely
hung from the waist, falling over the hips
with graceful loops of antique bows added
to them as trails of foliage, which reach the
part on which the fullness of tulle organize
commences. On the other hand, princesse
fit on good figure is perfection. There are
II of for fill
but they are thicker between the backbones
than ever the arms and in front, where thsy-
diminish in width to a mere clinging leaf
1t may be said now with perfect truth that
dresses are made of bits and ends The
skirt, waist and sleeves are all composed of a
mixture of colors and materials. This fash
ion, moreover, offers inexhaustlble resources
to economy. If a waist has become too tight,
or appears little worn in front, 1T is fur
nished with vest or plastron of faille or
embossed velvet of different color. The
same faille or velvet is employed in twist
or in cuffs for trimming the sleeves, and this
is considered sufficient for contrast When
q dress is too short or too narrow, front or
back breadth, or else side breadths, of a diff
ferenfmaterial are added. If there is only
sufficient material for polonaise, it is cut
into algrande robe, completed on the bottom
by fioences of failie to match the material
| repeat the resources of the present style
are iIfexhaustibfe. The sleeves may differ
from the waist, and the back of the latter
may be made of another material than the
fronts< There are also made many besques
with two purposes, that is to say, which
may b. worn either with a single morning
costume or a full dress evening toilet.
Some Of these basques are highnecked. to
be worn with dinner and opera toilets, and
are made with a movable vest of faille or
satin IN a light color and trimmed with lace.
Others are half decollete. and are made
high for the morning by means of plas-
tron Of the same material with deep,
squar4 collar. The plastron is put on first,
and tllen the basque, and the latter can be
made Entirely high when necessary. These
com bibations are adapted especially for
black Felvet dresses, which may be worn for
simple toilets as well for full dress, and
permit the saving of basque They are
also osed for dresses of black faille or satin
for satin is decidedly in fashion this winter.
It's reetoration has been predicted for sew
eral years past, but the prophecies were for
the future, which has become the present.
This winter more dresses of black satin will
be seen than of black faille.