The Worthington advance., 1879-04-10
Latest Fashion Notes
Scoop bonnets are Worn.
Side sachels are devgeuer.
Skirts are beautifully shcrt.
Poke bonnets are fashionable

Skirts are beautifully short.
Poke bonnets are fashionable.
Jabots grow longer and longer.
Marie Autoinette styles are revived.
The Trianon is the coming polonaise.
Shoulder capes are again fashionable.
Basque polonaises will be rpuch worn.
English round hats have larger crowns.
Turbans are worn both in and out doors.
Novelties in side sachels are in de-
mand.
Breton is the lace of the passing no.
ment.
Large bonnets are preferred to small
ones.
The short skirt is as short behind as
before.
Breton lace jabots and scarfs arc all the
rage.
The latest shade of red is the Prince of
Wales.
Both high and low turhan caps are
fashionable.
Black chip is the favorite bonnet for
all occasions.
The square chuddah is the favorite
breakfast shawl.
Bengaline is one of the French dress
novelty fabrics.
Shirring is very fashionable on all sum-
mer garments.
Reed green is new shade Of this pop
ular spring color.
Skirts Of short dresses retain their
narrow dimensions.
Trains and demi trains are no longer
seen on the street.
Gold and gilt trimmings are as vulgar
ly fashionable as ever.
The latest novelties in fans arc of fine
wire, painted by hand.
Gloves are long. reaching to the elbsw
for full evening toilet.
Elbow sleeves arc seen on ball and
evening reception dresses.
Waistcoats are as often made to wear
over the basque as under it.
New parasols have flatter tops than the
canopy ones Of last summer.
Parasol Innings are sometimes of gay
Scotch pla;ds OF bandana goods.
Crystal glass buttons, sometimes called
Rhine pebbles, cut IN facets and set in
platina, are shown for waistcoa}s.
BUTTONS.
Olive and barrel shaped hand.cro
cheted buttons, either all silk or com.
bined with j"t, will be much used on
garments trimmed with passementerie
Wcod buttons, hand-painted in gold and
colora, are very choice, light, and effect
i've, and cost from IS cents per dozen
up. French horn, both in natural cvlo1
and dyed, arc 1nlaid with gold and pearl
in raised designs, representing stars
beasts, reptiles, fishes, and fowls. Crys-
tai glass buttons, sometimes called
"Rhine pebbles,' are introduced. These
are cut in facets and set in platina, and
have most brilliant effect at night; the
prices vary from IS cents per dozen up
Medium g zes only, in any kind of but.
ton, are fashionable, and the quality used
is totally dependent upon the style of
the garment, some requiring only what
will fasten the vest, and others sufficient
number to outline the cuffs pockets, etc.
NEW STYLES IN TRIMMING.
Prominent in the list of choice trim
mings are the finely beaded passemeu-
teries, which reproduce some of the de-
signs already familiar, while the more
expensive grades represent leaf patterns
of various forms, with pertectly-cxecuted
tulips or fuchsias depending from the
centre Of the leaf. Some Of the passe-
menteries are relieved and frightened by
delicate tracery Of gold or silver threads
interspersed SO as to form arabesque or
Grecian designs throughout the pattern.
The effect is rich, but by no means gaudy
and the style and prices ale such IS to
render these goods rather exclusive, for a
time at least. These cost from IS to $12
per yard. Painted bands for dresses are
seen of exquisite design and artistic
beauty. These are painted by hand on
velvet, satin and silk. Flowers IN all
their richest tints, birds of brilliant
plunage, jewels, shells and musical in
struments are painted with skill and
fidelity to nature on these beautiful and
artistic trimmings. Fringcs have by no
means lost their prestige, and may be had
in as great diversity of design a. there is
diversity of Taste. The average Of depth
of fringe is from four to six inches, in
Guiding the heading. An entirely new
fringe is formed Of hand crocbeted
heading, background of twist. front of
crimped tape and bands Of narrow passe.
menteries, interspersed with strands of
crocheted silk, the ends of the passe-
menterie bands finished with a tiny satin
or crocheted ball. This elaborate fringe
may be had at Ss per yard. Many plain
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