The Red Cloud chief., 1879-05-22

FASHION yOTE.
jet hns b coming In voGDa-
Marrow trains ap d r1~e~r.
Dolly vardse styles are revived
New par.sos are generally lined
Hound trims a-s ssner.liy prefer
red.
Short dssaa for country wear have
paaisn-
Short dresses Tor city vcar DO no;
have paniszs-
Livery fashionable dress has ss.n
for . pan II t.
VERY Low nscks srs again fashions
bic for evening toilet
Black Breton bids fair 20 take ihe
place Of black French lace.
Sons snowy psrasols have the rihs
glded. silversd. OF colorsd.
Black tulle wells, With tiny gold
thread dots, are recent novelties
-Changsable and shot silks are seen
again on dFy-goods counters.
Silk h~andksrchief overdresses Are
orn with plain foulard skirts-
Passion Aowen form part Of the
trimmings Of many fashionable evening
bonneS.
There ID . return 70 the fashion Of
lacing up the back Of the corsage Of
evening dresses-
The newest evening dresses have
trimmed skirts with separate corsages
and basquos.
Long sharp points back aad front
are . marked feature in the new spring
evening dress.
White wood parasol handles are
preferred for plain pungee or twillsd soft
silk parasols.
Some Of the new black tulle gold
thread dotted wells have borders Of gold
thread embroidery in light patterns.
The new white lawn and organdy
muslin dresses for house have pan
Ter basks and Pompadour polonaises.
-When the corsages of evening
dresses are made with long points fr.n,
and back they are made TO fit like q
glove Over the hips, but Are quite short
at that point, allowing the panier dra-
peries 70 show below.
New white muslin skirts are trlm-
med with two or three plated frills of
Hamburg embroidery. They still con.
tinue to Be made with deep yokes at the
top, and the longer skirts have fan
trains.
-Brocaded ribbons are shown in
Japanese designs delicately tinted, and
so a~rtis,ically done that they look like
water.color paintings. These are beau
tiful on the Tucsan hats for the water
ing places.
Several styles Of wraps appear. The
favorite dolman and fichu lose none Ell
their popularity, and there are ligh,
scarf-capes and jackets of light cloth OF
Of brown, beige, canaque, dark blue
simply trimmed with galloon, with Il
vest in masculine fashion. The visite-
and mautelets are zen in Chuddsh
cloth, drap d'ek, or silk, and are ele
gantly trimmed with fringe, jel
passe1nenterie, embroidery and lace. A
new ulster called the Brighton" Of
which there is . paper pattern, fits more
closely and has peculiar sleeves, giving
q dolmAn effect to the back. The
"Vivian :" and "Florence scarfs are
intended for . summer wrap, and there
are besides excellent paper patterns OF
the Demorest invention especially suit
ed for home dress.making for the
"Justine" and "Aretta" mantelets
and " Isonde" and "Toline" visites.
The Hilorie =" and Directoire" jack
cts are the newest made with q vest and
will be easily managed BY the most in
experienced home dress-maker.
-Parasols have appeared in q new
shape, still showing the inevitable ten
dency to be Oriental, so they have the
dat Japanese styles and are made with
narrow cores over sixteen gilded ribs,
no longer covered BY the lining. which
is placed next to the covering. The
sticks are straight and show many fan
ciful devices in the handles, such as a
swans curving neck, q frogs head, o
knob of beautiful Mexican onyx, carna
ton, Labrador feldspsr, lapis lazuli, or
faceted crystal. The covers are seer in
brocaded silk, striped satin, polka spot
ted satin, or pOngee, black silk, satin,
Scotch plaid in satin or bingham to cor
respond with the fanciful Bingham and
bandana dresses. Saline parasols will
be fashionably used at seaside and
mountain resorts. Saline is q lustrous,
cottony fabric in celors of pale blue,
rose, pearl-gray; . ribbon is attached
in place Of . strap, which may be tied
in . bow. Some Of the new parasols
measure twenty-four inches. New sur
umbrellas come in dark wine shades
and gendarme blue.
Black silk dresses are scarcely made
this season entirely of plain silk; fig
ured or striped satin is employed to
finish sven the simplest dress, while at
least . third Of IN elaborate dress is of
figured OF striped satin, which is used
as folds, revers, counterpieces, vest, col
lars, etc. Decidedly elegant are the
vests of black satin with delicate pat
terms Of small flowers embroidered in
olive shades, faded green, gold and just
enough Turkey rcd and sky-blue to
brighten and shade the work. These
are seer only on the most expensive
silks with satin and lace trimmings, and
give . bright spring like appearance to
the otherwise somber costume. While
black has ceased to be the street uni
form Of American ladies, still black silk
and grenadine are extensively used for
walking suits in the best styles and most
expensive materials. Grenadines are
combined with satin and silk and trim
med with jet and beaded passementa-
RES; shirring Is also popular with these
materials. New grenadines havedamasse
figures, satin stripes, and the most ex
pensive have large brocaded flowers Of
heavy satin.
St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York,
is rapidly approaching completion, and
il is expected that eyery thing viii be in