The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-06-26
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
Fashion Notes.

Almost any kind of large bib or collar
is fashionable now.
Tiny machinc-madc tucks are used to
decorate orerdrcSScs in England.
The advent of elbow sleeves makes il
necessary for everybody to be plump.
The new Leghorn bonnets are only
flats bent and twisted.into all shapes.
Dog collars Of Breton insertion are
made TO wear with low-necked dresses.
Dresses woven from bamboo tibers
have appeared in Paris, worn by bellies.
Panicr overskirts are made with two
curves in front, one low and the other
high.
\ double circular cloak is preferred
by English ladies' to the lace single
capcS.
The tasscls or ribbons used on the
handles OF Sun-umbrcllaS match the
Innings.
Old-fashioncd cashmere shawls with
narrow border are preferred to all others
in Paris,
Bonnets of white muslin with crowns
of cherries are shown for the hot
weather.
Printed cotton dresses often have their
front brcadths arranged in groups of
shirrings.
ParaSols for watering-place use are in
stripes of canary yellow, myrtle green
and garnet.
Throat bows are now made of the ma
terial of the dress with which they are
TO be worn.
Deep red currants and green leaves are
sometimes used for garnishing brides
maids dresses.
Plush will, it is said. be used by the
millincrs through the summer; and
plush strings are among the tortures for
the dog-days.
Unblcached cotton cloth is now made
into dresses for little girls, and when the
cuffs, collar and sash are bound with
bright plaid, the effect is very pretty.
Dresses are growing fuller, and are
more and more puffed ut the back, but
some have no p0lonaiSe or overSkirt, or
even the stimulation of anything of the
kind by trimmings.
A French woman. who wishes the
world to understand that she is not in
mourning, fastens n small colored flower
black bonnet which she wears.
Waists open at the throat and made
without sleeves are to be worn this sum-
mer. The chemisettes and sleeves worn
with them may be Of white, or of silk
grenadine or foulard to match the dress.
Patchwork.
As this old-fashionsd work is again
becoming fashionable, few remarks
about its appropriateness and utility
may not be amisS. There are some per-
sons who have perfect passion for this
work; there is for them a perfect tascina-
tion in arranging and placing the various
bits of color. No other kind of needle
work is as suitable for teaching q little
girl the use of the needle. 1t is pleasant
to see the effect Of the combinations
and contrasts, and the little fingers
can work more nimbly, in the short
over and over seams, than they would
in the long seams of either pillow-cases
or sheets 1t is, besides, nice way to
make disposition Of the accumulation OF
remnants in the scrap-bag. Old ladies,
too, like to piece bed-quilts, and grand
mothers quilts are precious heir-lo0mS
in many families. 1t is matter of pride
with these venerable ladies to be able to
do something that is useful and pretty
-@aad, -ao-tloGht, many memories IF the
by-gone years are stitched into the seams,
and perhaps some sad "reminiscences are
called forth by the sight of long-for-
gotten remnant of Il garment, worn in
the long-ago by one whose busy hands
are placed over the pulseless heart. To
the old ladies who delight in this work,
it is doubtless q solace in many q
lonely hour, and it would be almost :,
deed of cruelty to pronounce the labor
of their hands useless. And to the
little ones, who ought to earn to ply the
polished shaft, it is mixing pleasure with
profit. If IN active. mature person has
nothing else TO employ idle hands and
hours, it may do cut up calico into
scraps, just for the sake of keeping out
of mischief; but there are so many more
profitable ways Of employing ones time
and energy, that it seems Il waste of
both to spend them upon patchwork.
An aged lady ofmy acquaintance has,
within the past year, pieced together,
for quilts, 10000 pieces of cloth, and
showed great taste and ingenuity in their
constructions and it is really deed OF
kindness to "mploy her TO make patch
work, rs i, helps support her, and en-
ables her to purchase many comforts
with which TO brighten her pathway to
the grave.-Rurul NeV Yorker.