Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-04-25
Spring Fashions.

CAMEI's hair closls and Indian
eashmeres will be the prevailing fab
rics this spring for walking dresses and
dinner costumes. Out Of large num-
Der of these freshly-imported and
newlv-designed cloths the '' Virginia,
the SSchanghai rage" the '' Virginia
mouline," the "crepe fantasie," the
s.chevron," the ''velours vigoureux,"
the "Pekin rept," the "Pekin ia
come aud the "caehemire beige" are
the principal ones likely to attract the
most attention and become most pOpu-
lar. The demand for navy blue and
garnet will probably continue. The
stripe is enjoying so much favor that
it is even woven in the plain camePs
hair goods, as in the ehevrOn, in which
the stripe is made visible by the weav-
ing ani not by any difference in the
cnlor OF the threads. The fancy goods
in silks have brocade, satin, watered
and velvet stripes. Of these silk
stripes the Pekin rept is the richest
The tine check patterns formed by the
silk mixture and the cameFs hair are
likely to be very popular:
The short mautles, the fichus, the
light jackets, ,he light-tinted sacqaes
will he similar to those of last year.
They will be made mostly of fancy
cloths, basket cloths and Sicilian cloths
(silk with worsted Interviewing }
Scarcely any trimming will incumber
them, except fringe and lace on their
borders.
With regard to the coming style in
spring costumes, there is a tendency
to diminish the amount of trimming
and increase the number of folds and
plaits. The upper part of the costume
is very close fitting, the lower is rea-
sonably tight. The Princesse style has
sold well during three or four years;
Paris dressmakers say that it will
again be the favorite this year.
Cot N goods costumes are trimmed
with chintz borders. They are made
with basques and without, and the
basques are slashed as well as plain.
The neck can be low or high, square
cut or pointed. When low profusion
of lace should be used to supply the
deficiency. A neat outfit of this sort
is made of checked cotton goods. 1t
buttons from the waist up high in the
neck, and has no basque, and white
linen collar encircles the throat.
Of the large number of new styles in
which fancy goods are made up, a COS
tune of the popular sapphire blue is
especially attractive. The close-ftting
basque is cut away in front, is COM
bined with the oYerskirt behind and
| falls over almost the entire length of
the train. The vest is of satin, is corded
at the edges and buttons tightly. The
Overskirt is looped up just below the
vest by a satin bow. This year the
skirts are growing iooser, but they are
still gathered together behind enough
to present a smooth front. In the
sapphire costume, the edges of the
| basque and overskirt are bordered with
plated satin and fringed with lace.
The spring bonnets and hats fol- la
dies are unusually fresh and pretty.
| Chip straWs, Milan braids. Tuscan
straw and Canton crepe will be used
mostly for the body of the bonnets. AS
| to cOlors, white and straw color will
be greatly used; but the shade likely to
become most popular is the "jasper." !"
This is new shade, and is something
like the old peacock blue that was worn
so much FIVE years ago. The principal
| trimmings for bonnets are flowers, lace
and silver ornaments, the last holding
| brilliants to flash in the sunlight. a
large bow of lace is fastened on the top
| with a silver ornament, and the strings
are caught at the sides with ornaments
to match, giving the bonnet very
bright, spring look. with the Breton lace
and silver.
In the new spring styles of clothing
no startling innovations, novelties or
changes are noticeable. In suitings there
is, of course, a leaning toward lighter
colors. An attractive variety of mixed
goods for everyday wear is provided,
and cloths of subdued shade and pat
tern are provided for middle-aged
persons. Mems coats are growing
tighter, while their trousers are grow
ing loOser. In the newest full-dress
evening gentlemen's suit the coat is
rolled very low; the lapels are of good
width; the skirts are narrow and long,
and the edges of the coat are bound
with silk cord. The vest is of the same
material as the coat, or of white satin.
The latter is the novelty this year.
In business suits, five-buttoned sin
gle-breasted sack coats will prevail.
Last autumn, a four-buttoned sack
coat was the proper thing. The sack
coats worn this spring win button very
high in the neck, and the vest will
match. The four-buttoned Newmarket
cutaway suit, close-ftting coat and
large trousers will probably be pre-
ferred by many. In England, the coats
and vests of these suits are made of
one material and the trousers of an
other. The skirts are shorter behind
and are not cut away so much in front.
In midsummer, fine black and white
and blue and white English checked
goods will be madeup into loose-ftting
suits. Scotch goods will, as usual,
constitute the bulk of the material for
spring and early summer business
suits. The best of the patterns already
to be seen are invisible checks, small
checks, stripes, mixed stripes or mot
tied.
The latest block for silk hats for gen.
tlemen produces a jaunty-looking affair
with slight bell-croWn about six and
seven-eighths inches deep. The brim
is only slightly rolled. Stiff felt hats
will be worn more than ever before.
The latest shape, which has tight
rolling brim and crown square across
the top, and q little higher than the
Derby of last autumn, is either black
or dark brown. Soft felts, perfectly
plain, of one piece of cloth, with a
simple cord for a band, will have a
moderately large sale.-M. Y. Evening
Post.