The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-04-09
FASHIONS Spring Novelties.

1Cuu COlAoIcLtcS anu JdOOI COllaIeCteS
gives dressy effect to plain toilet.
The turban is the fashionable cap for
young ladies and young married women.
The panier scarf draperies of Paris.
made dresses are stiffened with crinoline.
Panier scarfs and draperies appear on
all Paris dresses brought over this
spring.
Caps made of silk hardkerchiefs, in
turban or Normandy form, are much
worn. ' '~r.
Bandana and gay plaid handkerchiefs
are made up into dresses for misses and
little girls. ~
Shades of yellow, from pale straw or
corn, to deep tan and old gold, are very
fashionable.
Silk handkerchiefs in Oriental designs
and colors are preferred for dressy break
fast caps.
Rhine pebble buttons look like dia-
monds at night. The price varies from
70 cents dozen up.
Very large flowers, especially roses and
chrysanthemums, are used in bonnet
decorations.
Scarts of fine net, edged with Breton
lace, are as often worn for bonnet strings
Is for neckties.
The marked features in the new over
skirts are the shirred fronts and bouffant
back draperies.
French bunting, a fine, light wool
goods, is the material in use for spring
and summer half-mourning costumes.
A gilded or silvered wooden horse shoe,
tied to small easel with pink, blue, or
red ribbon, is the fancy what-not orna-
ment of the moment.
French chips are brought out in shades
OF color to match costumes, such as pale
blue, dark blue, tan, chamois, gray, beige,
brown AM dark green.
Bouffant draperies, whether on the hips
or back, are placed higher and higher,
the fullness more often being placed lust
below the waist line than lower down on
the skirt.
Diamond ribbon collar necklaces are
the fashion of the passing moment, set in
pave style, and with clasps that make
them available either for pair of brace
lets or for necklace.
The novelty in spring bonnets is ofsoft
chip, or Tuscan straw, with large brim
OF the same dimensions all around; this
brlm the milliners indent to suit the face
Of the wearer.
A new fancy that will probably stake"
is to face the skirts of dressy costumes
with red silk, under which the lace bala-
yeuse is basted, making very pretty and
striking dress effect.
The newest white lawn and cambria
waists have the fronts in fichu style, made
| with separate piece in six plaits on each
side, sewed in the shoulder seam, and
tapering to the waist.
COTTON FABRICS.
Among the newest fabrics displayed to
be worn when summer days are long, are
cotton goods of the quaintest styles called
mummy-cloth, heretofore used only for
tides and rugs. The colors are extreme.
~ delicate and faded, as a pale blue with
bronze stripe; again, stripe formed
altogether of clusters of fade pink flowers
| ""a oas-o fe;l~@e. Yet onoti101 style has
stripe OF ecru and sprays of pale laven-
DER blossoms, and there are Others of
faint olive grounds with wandering Nav
flowers and apple blossoms. These faded
tlnts are guaranteed to fade no more, and
mummy-cloth short dresses, fascinating
through their novelty, will have popu
lar summer existence. It is one ward
wide, and fourteen yards are necessary
tor short dress. Other new cotton
goods are pretty armures with white and
creamy grounds; over these carelessly
stray rose.vines, pale violets, or bunch
OF forget-me-nots. Coteline is also new.
woven in lengthwise cords or reps, thin
ner than calico, with ground of cream.
white, or pale olive, strewn with little
Dolly Warden bouquets of bright bios
SONS, or stripes of dragon blue contrasted
with faint bronze green. Satin and foul
ard cambrics show dainty chintz de-
signs.
There is no doubt, SAYS an eastern
fashion authority, that the present popu-
larity of brocades, used in combination
with plain silk or velvet, has affected the
sale and manufacture of silks proper.
Nevertheless, the latter class of fabrics
are always in demand. American bro
cades are in high favor, the supply fer
spring being more varied and beautiful
than ever. The new designs show ex-
exceedingly handsome figures. The
spring styles are introduced in all the
fashionable colors, including several va
rieties in garnet shades, navy blue, drab,
wood color, and 'livery" color, which has
been so popular during the winter, and
when combined with velvet matching in
shade forms rich and elegant costume
at low price, as the brocade can be |
had at $3.50 per yara. All silks and |
satins of American manufacture will also |
be popular dress materials this season.
They are shown in variety of colors for
day and evening wear, and those in dark
shades, sprinkled with white "polka
dots" are very beautiful. They are Of
soft texture, drape gracefully, do not
"crumble'' easily and are twenty-five
inches wide. The price is about $3.50
per yard. There is variety of shades in
blue. and the black, with white "polka
dot" combined with black velvet, forms a
stylish costume. Summer silks are
clouded over by china patterns, which
show among small broken checks and
stripes, while others in small quiet