The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-03-12
FOR THE FAIR sen.
spring Fashions,


of modern life, is due to the fact that
out of mass of fashions The best feG-
lures have been taken and combined
with what experience has shown to be
the best methods of uniting the modern
exigencies in regard TO clothing. Street
dresses must follow certain well-dedned
rules in order not to be conspicuous or
attract undue attention. The short
woman can wear her skirts demi-trained
and untr;mmed. The plump woman can
display her figure to advantage in prin-
cess dress, and the medium, slender fig
ure indulge in delicate stripes and
fabrics specbled or dotted by figure.
The large woman, tall in proportion,
should never wear anything but solid
fabrics black or neutral in tint, and
uubroken by line or dash-but she may
revel IN tlimmed skirts, provided they
are draped low, and by adding a few
loops of crimson or gold satin ribbon
to the folds at the back, where they
merge into the train, will shorten her
perspective and sufficiently reduce her
line of length to make it harmonize with
the line of beauty.
All the soft materials in cotton, wool
or sllk-and the two first have been so
greatly improved that they are now
equal in appearance and more symps-
thetic to the touch than the last--adapt
themselves to the graceful designs of
the present day%designs which ladies
ought to prize and cling to as long as
possible, for they will not be appreciated
until they permit them to be superseded
by something far less desirable, and
whose stealthy approaches may be seen
in the efforts to revive the p9nier, the
short apron and the grotesque conceits
of Paris during the first consulate.
SPRING WALKING COSTUMES. - The
street dress must be dark, short and
unobtrusive TO make it suitable for
walking in different kinds of weather
and in a crowded thoroughfare. The
present styles of dress adapt themselves
to every requirement of in aud out door
life, and the best styles can therefore be
relied upon for a certain degree of per-
manence. The Mathilde" walking
skirt, for example, is more fashionable
to day than when first issued, and will
be good for year to come. The Girls.
elda walking skirt is another excellent
design for walking dresses, and either
OF these may be used for spring cos
TUNES with entire certainty that they
will not be likely at present to lose
their popularity. With these skirts,
which require but moderate amount
of material, and are exactly adapted to
the all-wool materials or the pretty
mixed fabrics of silk and wool, may be
employed the "Clementine or " Pa
melia basques, the " Melanie or the
Balsamo," for combination of silk
and wool or wool and velvet.
The "Princess" walking costu ne is
still excellent model, and forms
charming design for spring dresses for
street wear, in conjunction with a lolR
jacket or ichu draped and knotted at
the back. Ladies wno wish it can re-
vive for house wear the French waist,
with its belt and simple skirt, trimmed
with two or three narrow hounces, AMI
cut so as to clear the ground. This is
really pretty dress, in delicate striped
or checked ginghams for medium-sized
slender women, and very convenient for
wear with aprons of silk or muslin.
Charming spring suits are in gray aud
fawn shades and small designs which
quite cover the surface. They are
made short with draped polonaise, or
deep, close basque and trimmed skirt,
the hounces being kilt-plaited or triple
oox-plaited and spaced between The
sleeves are demi-long and filled in with
ine plaitings of crepe lisse, and the
garniture consists of a combination of
blue and wine-coloTed ribbons, arranged
with more or less profusion. Nothing
can be more picturesque to q street
costume than the straight mantelet
knotted in front, to complete a dress
which is of one solid color or Of two
hades of the same color with hat to
match. The fashionable shaie of the
season for these complete costumes is
10 longer the pale mastic, but a deeper
h lde, We ging to coffee color; and fIwn
Is also considered very distinguished.
DREssY WRAPS FOR SPRING. Black
nantles will be most used, though light
trab or beige e-colored wraps will be con
,idered more dressy. The shapes are
very similar t. those of last season,
lifting at the back with three seams and
'Iinging sides that drape the arm, ana
inshed in square Hungarian fashion,
instead of dropping in pointed wings
like dolmans. These are of medium
length, covering the tournure and hips,
ald are trimmed with one or with three
braided points down the back. A great
deal of French lace will be used for
trimming fine wool wraps. Coats OF
soft, light cloth will be fashionable,
stitched edges and showy buttons being
the only trimming. The small tichus of
| embroidered black cashmere worn last
spring are again largely imported.
A novelty in trimmings consists of
painted buttons for dresses OF black or
white silk, satin or velvet. These are
painted IN sets by competent artists,
ZACH button differing from the others.
In this not only skill but attention to
proportion is necessary, as it would be
absurd for tiny bird to be associated
with large butterfly. Each button
must properly accompany the others,
and a set of sixty buttons, of which no
one resembles the other and all alike
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