The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-04-17
Fashion Notes.

FOKe DOnQeIS are LIE style.
Scoop bonnets will be the style.
Shoulder capes are fashionable.
The Trianon is the coming polonaise.
The latest shade of red is the Prince OF
Wales.
Reed green is new shade of this pep
ular spring color.
Trains and demi- trains are no longer
seen in the street.
There are many artistic ideas given in
millinery this..season.
Gloves are long, reaching to the elbow
for full evening toilet.
In ribbons and materials for trimming
the variety is very great.
New carpets are of dark, rich colors, in
small Moorish ps5terns.
New parssols have fatter tops than the
canopy ones of last summer.
Velvet grenadines are shown in s.great
variety OF colors and designs.
Parssol Innings are sometimes of gay
Scotch plsids or bsndsna goods.
Cotton goods of all kinds were never
so handsome as they are this spring.
The newest sun umbrellas are in the
very dark wine>colors or g, ndarme blue.
Handsome chairs for the psrlor and
library are upholstered with mummy
cloth.
Ecru is favorite color, and is stylish
ly united with black, cardinal, blue or
old gold.
Very large flowers, especially roses and
cbrysanthemums, are used in bonnet dee
orations.
Bandsna and gay plaid handkerchiefs
are made up in dresses for misses and ht-
tie girls.
A new fan has ebony sticks and a
feather top, and is painted with vine
of morning-glories.
Mantles for spring are of black cancels
hair, of Dolman shape, with square
Hungarian sleeves.
The gingham parasols to wear with
bingham handkerchief dresses are shown
in the gsyest bsndsna plaids.
Elegant bonnets are trimmed with
plain satin and gros grained ribbon and
dainty laces put on light, airy flowers.
Charming leaves appropriate to spring
are made of Grape, and, as may be i'm
agined, are very thin and delicately
wrought.
Novelties in dress materials are mum
erous this season. There is almost an
endless variety of pattern and coloring,
with singular combinations.
French chips are brought out in shades
of color TO match costumes, such as pale
blue, dark blue, tan, channels, gray, beige
brown and dark green.
In fancy brocaded ribbons one might as
well attempt TO note all the flowers Of
field as to enumeIate the endless display
Of designs and colors.
Nickel. plated, gilded and silvered
horse-shoes, with fanciful hand painted
decorations ana the motto Good luck v
at the top, are pretty things for philo
p@na presents.
The new Psrasols are fatter than the
canopy-tops of last summer they art
somewhat in the Japanese shape, anC
are made with narrow cores on foun
dation of sixteen ribs.
Gay Roman stripes are new feature
and will divide favor with Scotch anC
other decided pIsids, all of which how
ever are not bright, for some are in gray,
tones of gray or brown.
Gay Scotch plaid satin parasols ar
shown, to be worn with costume
trimmed to match, or else to enlivel
blaak toilets. The sticks are of straigh
natural wood, fancifully cut at the enc
to represent fly coming out OF the han
die, or perhaps bugs head.
The gsy-coIored satin parasols SHOULD
be reserved for carriage use or for tb
wstering-places, while Tor dressy wear Oh
the streets OF the city are the black satil
and MORE striped parasols, with old gol'
or else white lining beneath, gilded rib
and white ivory handle.
Decorated toilets are very beautiful
showing painted bands arranged on tn
dress in the most picturesque manner
This style of trimming is painted by hand
and the news comes from France that en-
tire suits are painted, showing exquisit
effects and artistic labor. This fashion
of dress is necessarily expensive, henc
the mode can not find purchasers out o
the ring of wealth.
In hat ornaments there are f0un,
great changes this spring. On the hat
and bonnets without fewers there ar
, braids of either gold or silver, broade
and OF finer kind than those used 70
the same purpose last year. Golden but
tercups, silver. straw, gold.centered whit
silk peoples, butterflies of mother-oi
pearl, beetles with variegated backs an
crystal lizards will be worn as ornament
on light coifures.
, The "Marseillaise."