, 1879-02-09

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SPRING wooLENs.
| Haroer's Euzar.
| The new Woolens have what is called nv mer
chants the " flannel finish" meaning q wool],
surface, without lustre, and very soft. Ihes
come In plain colors or in narrow stripes of twt
tones of color, or else in the loose basket
weaving. The colors are moss, beige brown
| gray, and black. A new camel's hair fabric il
SHOWN without twi!ls aud with flannel finish
II Is OIL Lighter weight than any before shown
anu Is as thin as bunting or US grcnudinc; it il
most largely imported in beige brown and black
lie gray woolens look prettiest in odd armurc
designs, or in stripes fourth Of an inch wids
OF two clear shades Of French gray Tht
standard de bcge is imported in gray, olive
moss, beige, aud navy-blue. Low-priced wool
Ell mixtures for the million have tiny thread
stripes and checks, or ziezag effects OF tive
shades, such us cream with brown, or else in
contrast, as gray with rel. Checked effects are
given in the weaving rather than in the color.
ing; stripes will be preferred to checks, or at
least they have been more largely imported
| Few plaids are shown, but there are many cross.
| barred patterns.
| COTTON sArrEExs, ETC.
Inc iustre Of satin is SO popular ut present
| that 1t bus been given to cotton goods, uud the
novelty for spring wash-dresses will be satteens,
finely twilled, yet soft ind flexible, and with u
| genuine gloss like tile lustre Of satin. Whether
this satin finish will survive washing remains to
oe seen, out the pretty paIters arc said TO be
fasti they are small aowers in exquisite colors,
| beautifully grouped, as it designed by artists.
| The grounds are sky-blue, cream, French gr2v,
| brown, or white, and there are striped grounds
| Of Two contrasting co'ors-rose with blue, cray
with pink cream with blue. These are to form
l PnFnn4InnF gvff yriy1 tr.he% e%c
| and plain-coorcd skirts. Amonp the best sat
! teens are stripes OF TWO shades OF gray or of
ecru, with border Of dark cardinal red strewn
| with palm leaves.
/ CANDIES have small figures and South kcpsiDg-
| ton designs of flowers, vines, or branches on
pale-biue, gray, drab, or cream grounds. Others
have stripes Of two colors Oh white, or small
paim-ieaves, rose-ouds,. or rneged-sailors, on
dark olive, old gold, blue ground, with dado-
like borders. The flowers or vines are massyd
closely together for the border, and strewn
about in artistic disorder over the breadth OF tile
goods. The borders are two and half or three
inches wide, aud 10 many yards Of bordering are
required to trim dress that ''douDe border"
is furnished by having stripe Of it down each
se(vedge, instead Of ouly on one sclyedge, as
was formerly done. The lawns will cost from
Is cents to 40 cents yard. Calicoes of solid
or dark blue, Turkey red, brown, and dark
grecn, to complete costumes that are partly
figured and partly Striped,
The polka dotted percatcs of soft finish are
the most ''Frenchy BLOCKING fabrics, aud are
readily mistaken for foulards; these are pro-
yided with border OF six narrow stripes along
the seiyedgc. There are cool cream -coored
grounds dotted with cardinal red. brown, or
blue, with striped borders the color OF the dots;
and there are dark olive, blue, Or green grounds
with white dots and stripes. Sometimes there
are squares made up Of duts, or a bar OF color,
on the white or cream ground, or else the
ground is dark and the figures light, while the
borders have palms and arabesques and other
Eastern figures.
Linens for shirtiugs and for waists for girls
and boys have white grounds with small horse
shoes Of two colors, or linked circles, zigzag
figures, bars, and dashcs.
HOW TO MAKE SPRING DRESSES.
The first new dresses shown tor spring have
basques and coats with vests, overskirts,. and
lower skirts that cling to the figure in front
aud on the sides, and are ycry simply trimmed
around the bottom with one or two plcated
founces. They are made OF tho satteens and
lawns Just described, with borders, and are very
faucifuily made with TWO or three different
kinds of goods in single dress. For INSTANCE,
q gay little dress Of cotton sattcen has demi-
trained skirt Of sky blue, with a long apron
overskirt OF the same, much Wrinkled across the
front, and edged at the bottom with a broad
band of blue and white striped satteen,--the
stripes perpendicular instead Of bias,-and be-
low this IS gathered whl1e Russian lace The
vest is OF the striped stuff, and so much of it |
is visible TINT It really becomes the basque
front OF the vest. Above all this is tiny coat |
Of cream and blue aud red 1owercd satteen, !
slopcd away from the top OF the darts very far
Oh the sides. Every detail Of IN elaborate cos
tune is carried out IN these simple fabrics: The
coat is piped with blue. and has striped re-
yers colar, and down the back of the oycrskirt |
are lraperles made Of the Powered and striped |
5tuffs.
4 simpler percale dress has short, round
louuce, on which is sewed border in white flg-
lres. The curtain oyerskirt is figured and
trimmed with border. The waist is a basque |
,f the plain green, with vest and sleeves OF
lie figured percaie; a border edges the vest,
olain goods, with border below that passes
lround the wrists. Still another percale uf
,iain brown With some figured percale has
louble-brcastcd basque Of the figured goods
waist line,-a pretty and most becoming fashion.
The overslsirt Is long and rouud and the plain
hort round skirt has two flouuces laid in large
ha11ow pleats.
Mem Inrk Past.
Fancy camel's hair will be worn for spring
uits in light tints thickly covered With differ
mt designs.
One Of the most beautiful dresses recently |
cen in Europe was OF rose-lcaf satin With |
unlc Of English point lace draped across the ]
ront with garlands OF "oeillets'' u and heather.
Light summer silks, which will be much en-
toved for street suits, have chiuchifla stripes,
r narrow clouded chine stripes set close to- !
ether on brown, cardinal, garnet, blue, aud !
ther colored grounds.
The Prince Of Wales has set the fashion in
aris Of wearing large pin or medallion in the I
ont OF the dress shirt for full dress. The
ronch fashion critics are begging for return t
} the old fashion Of wearing three buttons. !
White cravats are ia Ia Camargo; they are of
hite India null or Bishops lawn, the edges :
lated With falls OF old lace or Breton lace: ! =
ley are tied and worn very large. When knot
d and allowed to hang down they are called
steinkerqucs," from 8 fashion OF the same
lte. |
Dresses for dancing are made extremely short {
front; some reforms have also taken place a
nee the beginning Of the winter In tic matter | 4
trains, they arc very inconyenient tor | :
1nccrs, and are therefore much curtailcd and
some instances done away With altogether, q
I'd &c Directoire ~ dress is the result. +
Embroi1eries Of fine jet are still very much ?
ed; long vests reaching to the knees glisten ! r
th fine cut-beads in closely-worlied designs; |
me- Nilsson rcceut1v annearrf1 with a bj,cl- ! {