The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-02-12

cence; plain satin with deep white or black |
lace, or embroidered with silk in various |
colors.
Ladies are wearing for The street turbaas
made OF cloth or silk, with bands OF ur
These are finished with gold taxels.
Ornaments for the dr5ss and BIZ .fr are of
South American humming- birds nd butter
flies, with wings of gold and silv or gauzs.
The lucky horse shos has ,sscome a wed.
ding guest; in wedding invi .atious the cards
admitting guests to the cAurch are IL ade IN
the shape of a horse She.
1t is considered decidedly bad taste at an
afternoon wedding for ushers and grooms-
men to appear in full dress when the groom
wears an Englisn walking-coat.
An unique bonnet is IN the shape of a Per-
sian turba-A, and is made of ciel-blue satan
and silk, with blue silk tassels at the end of
the pie sc that falls over the back.
TIE Camargo ichu is exceedingly stylish;
it - made Of fine Breton lace and crepe lisse,
ahd is worn with an open dress. The iabot
with which it terminates is fastened slightly
to one side.
| Among the many handsome materials in
| troduced this winter, there is none SO popu-
| lar as Pekin, which is a name given to vel
vets, silks and woolens which have alternate
dull and lustrous ps.
! Luxurious and elegant robes de chambre
| are of India silk, wadded with elder down,
| quilted in squares and finished with re-
versed collar and reversed cuffs OF a bright
color, matched in the heavy cord which CIR
! die the waist.
Grenad1ne wells for wintery days are cho-
| sen in colors to match the costume; olive
| green and dark maroon red grenadine are
| the novelties also beige coiors. The pref
erence, however, still continues for dark
blue and green wells.
| The low prices at which cashmeres are
now held, and their adaptahility to graceful
drapery effects very sensibly encourage their
use for evening wear For young girls, pale
rose-color, ciel-blue, and, indeed. all the del
| icate tints are in popular consideration.
There is an effort to do away with basque
| bodices for young ladies, and to revive the
pointed bodices of few years ago, and also
the short, round Josephine bodice, with or
| without very wide belt. The round bodice
is called the First Empire corsage.
Transparent sleeves are much worn with
dresses of thick materials. and this is con-
| venient fashion for those who have black
velvet or satin toilets, as variety can be pro-
| duced by inserting long sleeves made either
of Breton lace and white net, or of black
| Brussels net and white lace.
The dignifsd Chan Ian Pin, Chinese en-
the other day an underskirt of maroon silk
with an overdress of dark brooade, the text
ure of which was frightened by mixture oil
gold thread. This gorgeous dress was com.
pleted hy fur lined silk over garment, a
| basin shaped hat. and an able. diplomatic
expression upon his wise and handsome
face
The newest hats for young girls in theil
| teens are of felt, high Gro wned, with square
| tops trimmed with three rows of inck-Wide
ribbon IN bands placed quite far eparl
around the crown. The brims roll in Derby
shape. Other felt hats have a scarf oil
brown or navy blue satin with white polka
! dots.
Pale-pink MORE, combined with silk Of
the same color, is very popular for young
ladies' evening dresses. Cnly a little satin
appears on such dresses ss reyers and pip
ings. The favorite and the most youthful
trimmi ngs are white passementerie OF min
gled chenille, pesri beads, and silver threads
aud quantities OF inexpensive white-lace.
New opera scerfs, for winding round the
hair and throat with evening dress, are o
lace, three yards long, and more than half
Duchesse laces, and sometimes in rount
point. Those of the Duchesse or rounC
point may be used to make au evening bon
net, which is little more than an Alsscar
bow of this wide lace.
The newest opera cloaks for covering en-
tirely the evening dress are of thick yet sof
and fine camePs hair, made as long AND
large as a waterproof cloak or an ulster
They have hood and square Hungarian
sleeves. Some of the handsomest are o
black camel's hair with passementerie OF OLD
gold beads; they protect and conceal tn,
dress like q domino, and are very warm.