The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-03-06


For With itS SUNNY. edged shadows once more,
Hap'iy VIII tGfohs the Sweet vsfonS of yore
Lovingly, softly, its bright billovs sweep
Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep.
Mother, dear mother, the years have been
long "a,
Since last hushed to your lullaby song
Sing then, and unto my soul it shall seem
Womanhood's years have been bqt dream;
Clasp to your arms inloving embrace,
With your light lashes just sweeping my face,
Never hereafter to!wake Or: to weep
Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me to Sleep
SPRING FASHIONS.
The new spring goods are unavoidably
more varied in design than in texture.
With a few exceptions the foundations
are identical with those that have come
to US for many springs in the past. The
twilled woolens come to US chiefly in
unique plaided' and striped designs. The
percales, ginghams, calicoes, ETC., are
principally in light grounds embelllshed
with exquisite floral designs. Thus
very pale blue cambria has its surface
! sprinkled with lilies Of the valley or very
tiny white daisles... A pale pink cambria
is broken with a delicate vine of very
| small pale green leaves with red berries.
Fabrics with dark grounds have light
establishment and vice versa. A deep
snuff colored cambria is overrun with
small. pale pink leaves. A deep blue has
stars in pale blue.s "A very pale green has
dark green leaves. and so on. Foliage
predominates, especially in the more
neutral tints For instance, a pale drab
foundation has garniture Of foliage also
in drab but of darker shade. Dark gray
foundations have pale gray embellish-
ments. Very pretty fabrics have the foun
dation tint and that OF the design so inter-
woven that it is difficult to distinguish one
from the other, The pin-striped goods will
| also fluid considerable.iavor. - These are
Every delicate-in color. being@principa!ly
in the palest green. blue, pink, etc. In
tho dark tints they seem COMMON. White
muslins:arc very snowy with their floral
[designs. A beautiful white organdie is
sprinkled with great luscious blossoms in
pale golden shade; Another has pale
blue morning glories trailing over its
snowy surface. In one especime there
are morning glories worked in silver. A
pretty fabric has a plain stripe of satin
alternating with one in muslin Of the
same width. These COME in all colors-
the color, however, only being varied in
the satin stripe. They wilE make very
stylish evening dresses for the summer.
Concerning the way in which these
fabrics are being
MADE INTO TOILETS.
there is little at present to be said. There
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lily last, but as to any great variety it
will be few weeks hence before they
are actually upon US. Still, those that
are here, as we say, are reliable, and any,
one is safe in patronizing them; even at
this early day. The pfettiest cambria
suit that we have seen was in the palest
blue broken by tiny white specks. 1t
was made very stylish, but in perfect
harmony with the laundry. The skirt
was cut demi train and trimmed around
the bottom with three rows of double
box pliats. These pleats are all fastened
so as not to Interfere with the process Of
ironing. When ironed the plaits can be
be separated and their original futed ap-
pearance restored. Each row Of plating
was about five inches in depth. The
overdress consisted Of plain apron front
and two side cores that we're intended to
lace almost together at the back.
Down the space between these CORES was
q long square section of the ambric laid
in broad folds. The monotony of these
folds was broken by three scarfs Of the
calnbrick which crosses them at regular
intervals and was tied in a generous bow
7 in the middle This made an exceeding
ly dressy back. and one that by untying
the scarfs can esilv be washed. The edges
;of the aprnn front and saidesdores were
finished With the box plating: The
waist was made with yoke and plaits
extending half yard below the waist.
A pretty belt was made from the material
and ornimented with bow of the same.
The sleeve was the long, tight-fitting
coat with deep cuff ornament with fiat,
medium. sized pearl buttons, similar to
those used on the waist.
ANOTHER SUIT.
This was made from pale pink cam.
brio with an establishment of small bios
SONS in deep red: Generous quantities
of valenclennes face we're used in the
makeup of this pretty dress. The skirt
was demi-tiain., Around the bottom
were placed perpendicular sections of the
material cut on the bias: These sections
were about three inches in width, twelve
inches in depth, and pointed at the top.
The edges were finished with delicate
white cord and row of the valenciennes
lace. The sections were the width of
themselves apart The long apron front
! which seems destined to come back in all
it's ancient glory was trimmed from lower
edge to waist with narrow, scant rutfles
dyed with the cording and the lace,
The side cores Tapped over on. to the
front, and being edged with the cord and
the lace, made pretty and neat finish to
the rutfles. The other sides Of the cores
were turned back on the cores in the form
Of revcrs. A long cascade made of
spiral ruff1es and lace filled in the space
at the back Of the overlresa. The basque
waist was tight-fittlng and deep. The
bottom was trimmed with sections similar
to those on the skirt, only narrower and
shorter. A yoke was also Termed from
these sections, and likewise tho sleeve
cuff. The effect of the entire suit. was
very charming. The lace used was about
an inch in width. %'
In the making up of lawns and muslin
we are told that shirring will be extern
sively used, shirred Jokes, plain yokes
with rows of fine shirring just below
them, and SHRED apron fronts with four
or five fine rows Of gathers down the mid
die and down each side of the front
breadth: Lawns md mq,fngwiIl not he
combined with any, other material this
season. Silks nor ribbons will not be ad-
mitted a. a garniture to dreases made
from them to any great extent. This Of
course, il because the majority Of these
goods are now 10 snowy in themselves.
However, We must not allow things
that cannot be utilized till some, distant
day detract our attention altogether from
the apparel that We are now wearing,
| aoma of which il ouita ueH and cxery: