The Osceola times., 1878-05-04
The Latest Fashions.

One of the novelties for summer dress
es is Grape batiste--a thin linen fabric,
crinkled like Grape. This comes in deli.
cate shades of blue, beige, pink, lilac and
ecru, and is made up as elsborately ss
grenadines over silk of the same shade.
These batistes are meant for dressy after
noon toilets, and some OF them are TRIM
med with embroidery ON white tulle,
such as was used during the winter for
evening dress. One very pretty model
of sky blue linen Grape is made up in
princesse design, with long apron and
softly plated black drapery, ornamented
with large square bows OF double silk
the plastron, sleeves and bands near the
edges are OF white tulle, wrought with
silk in shaded foliage, rosebuds and pale
blue forget-me.nots. Beige colored ba-
tstes are trimmed with Smyrna lace of
very fine quality, and insertions to
match.
For costumes TO be worn in the morn
ing very thick linen that is at the same
time light and fine is used, and trimmed
with frills embroidered in high colors,
especially in red or blue with black.
Cream color and greenish- gray tints are
chosen in these linens. They are made
with yokes and plated basques; the
oversskirts are embroidered scarfs, and
charming little fichu, also embroidered,
accompanies each suit. Some of these
linens have light damask figures which
appear only in the overdress, while the
skirt is plain, and has deep plating to
suggest a kilt. Striped sheer lawn
dresses are made up just as these thick
linens are, but are ornamented with
knite plated irils. They also have
pretty fchus or Clarissa Harlowe scarfs,
with plated iril for trimming.
The Scotch and Madras gingham
dresses are charmingly cool and fresh
looking. The bars and stripes are OF two
or three colors on white ground, and
the new combinations of colors are
adopted. One favorite pattern is the
pale blue and olive green on white; an
other is scarlet with beige-color; third,
mpadour pink with blue; and among
the best designs is bottle green and white
plaid. The trimmings are In Russia
laces, lighter than Smyrna, and in colors
to match the dress, or else white en-
broidery is used. Some of these dresses
have white cambric ruffles scallsped and
thickly dotted with Hamburg embroi
derry, and Others have the entire overdress
wrought with stars IN white on gray or
on blue ground. School girls and blon1e
young ladies choose the navy blue and
white ginghams, land make them up
with white vests Smyrna lace and ruffles
of embroidery. For small girls who have
left off white dresses these ginghams are
made up in princes sse designs, with
simulated sacques and plated backs, and
trimmed with white or colored lace The
shaded blue Madras ginghams are very
popular, but great care is required in
washing them. When the dress is of the
plain shaded blue gingham it can be
effectively trimmed with bias bands of
striped ginghsm still palmer dresses for
children are merely scalloped around the
bottom, and bound with white.
The new parssols prepared for spring
have round tops instead of the pointed
canopy top of last summer. They are
OF medium size, measuring about Is
inches down the RIB, which is slightly
smaller than they have been OF late. The
handles are long and slender, and the
top piece is of simple shape, and only
two and half inches in height, Black
and biege colors are most used. The
iavorite material is the soft twilled silk
called Levantine, and also pongees.
Most parasols are lined with silk of a
contrasting color or with white or else
with darker shade Of the outside color
the lining is kept separate On the out
side, and its edges are pinked. The fin
ish for the outside is large scallops
bound securely, and in the indentation
between the scillops is loop and end of
narrow ribbon hanging the same as
fringe. Others are trimmed with plain
silk fringe, and some with whalebone
fringe. A long g-looped bow of ribbon on
the top is fastened very securely. Black
Lsvantiue parasols lined with white
cream color or cardinal red are very
handsome when finished with whalebone
fringe. Misses ,psrssols are of small sizs
in the designs and colors used for ladies
Few damask parasols are shown at
present, and the styles generally sre less
pronounced than they were last year
[ Hsrper's Bszar.