The Newtown bee., 1879-04-15
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
The Fashions.

uio Wlnler. lne LOUIS Alll. ana LOUIS NV. are still the leading styles. Ma terials are made in designs of these periods. Vests and trimmings are of a kind of Pompadour satin, or of cotton and linen goods, matching the dress, and covered with embroidery. The buttons intended for these toilets are perfect works of art. They are mother of pearl, enameled and ceramic, painted by hand, with as much care as fans, in all styles and designs. Among them are the Wat teau, Pompadour, Japanese and Byzan- tine patterns. All the antique designs arc now beautifully initiated by manu- lecturers.
 The new demi-saison garments have just appeared. The greatest novelty at present is the silk of which many of these garments are made. It is called "cuir Louvre" This silk is like kind of serge with slightly raised surface. It is very strong, and has. the great ad- vantage over faille and sicilienne of not wearing to look greasy.
 Among the bonnets are numberless shapes. The Directoire style will again be worn, only wider than it has been, to protect from the heat of the sun. It will be trimmed with bouquets of many colored flowers in the colors of the suit These flowers are in the most delicat tints. Grape flowers are among the new styles. Some flower bonnets are now made for demi-saison wear. These bon nets form wreaths. One of them is com posed of pink jacinthes, with garnet vel vet bows in the back. The strings are also of garnet-colored velvet. Another is of red flowers, with black tulle and lace covering the flowers and forming the barbes. Another bonnet in this style is in many-colored roses, with white tulle placed over the flowers, like the black tulle of the above-described bon net.
 Neckties and fichus are made of bre- tonne lace in al shapes. A very pretty fichu is of cream-co lored crepe lisse en- broidered with q garland of flowers in pale natural shades. It is trimmed around with plating of bretonne lace. The great beauty of this fichu consists in the way in which it is draped. Instead of falling from the shoulders straight down to the waist, it is turned over near the shoulder, which makes the drapery fall full and gracefully. The small caps for morning wear change continually in shape and trimming. Sometimes they form kind of "calotte mauresque," made of bright-colored silk, trimmed with gilt and silver sequins, and some times they are formed of twisted scarf in pale shade with flowers intermixed. All material, such as velvet, satin, surah and muslin are used for these caps. They are generally trimmed with bre- tonne lace.
 Fans are now made to correspond with the spring suits. Some are of "pekin satine" in all shades, trimmed on the upper border with a very narrow gal loon embroidered with different flowers. Another style, called the sphinx" has just appeared, and meets with great suc- cess. It is of black satin and gauge embroidered with shaded silk.
 Shoes and gaiters are made in all fancy styles. They are of kid, stitched with white, and are very narrow on the end. These gaiters are made of colored cloths,
 
 tops stitched with white, and facing on the side, or on the top. Slippers are of glace kid, embroidered at the end of the foot with flowers of every hue, and trimmed with rosette made of satin loops in all the shades of the embroidery Black silk hose are worn with these slippers, which are embroidered on the top of the foot and up part of the leg with many-colored flowers.
 Dresses of deep mourning wear con- tinue to be made in the most simple ways. They are not draped, neither are they trimmed with plaitings or ruchings. They are, however, cut like other dresses. Jet ornaments are the only kind used for deep mourning, steel, silver and oxidized silver jewels being reserved for half mourning. A walking suit for deep mourning is trimmed on the lower part of the skirt with deep band of crape. This same trimming extends up the front, forming points turning upward with straight bands of crape on either side. The basque is trimmed with bands of crape to match
 A mourning dress for indoor wear is made with a plain skirt of woolen goods plaited in one large plait in the middle of the back, and trimmed with two bands of crape. The basque waist is bordered with crape band. The sleeves are tight-fitting, and finished at the wrist with a deep cuff. A dress of half mourn ing may be of fancy armure de laine, trimmed with pekin or "armure de soie." The skirt is trimmed with two narrow-plaited founces. The overskirt is draped in large plaits, and the back is puffed and trimmed with band of pekin which extends up the sides; the waist has long basque, opening in the neck in n point, showing a vest; it then closes down to the middle of the basque, where it turns back, forming revers lined with pekin. The eck-trimming consists of deep, turned-down collar and reyers, O the same material.
 An Enraged Woman.
 Household Departments :" are very good adjuncts to newspaper in their way, when edited by woman, but the male journalist who dabbles with the heaven-inspired mysteries of cooking runs a f.ightfll risk. The editor of the Weekly, Petaluna PeaUine started column of that kind recently, and few days afterwards fierce-looking female came into the office, carefully concealing some object behind her apron.
 " Are you the man that published that A.