The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-06

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are shown, and lower crowns with
straighter brims, or with brims that turn
up at the back; these last are always
favorites for young girls and children, as
they show the hair SO prettily. Sailor
hats appear among the spring stock, and
will find many to welcome them. Jockey
caps and Derby caps are shown in light
and dark straw. Bell crowns are seen on
riding hats, which are just as likely to
be used also as walking hats Greek
caps and the Maclvor or Scotch turban
shapes are shown for children, as well as
the sloping, down-turned brim hats in
flexible braids that were so much worn
last year.
, MILLINERY GOODS.
As soft crowns are supplied to many
bonnets, there is a demand for suitable
fabrics to make them Of Some of those
shown are SO rich in appearance that it
seems impossible they should be so light
and summer-like as they are in quality.
Brocaded gauzes show satiny embossed
surface representing flowers and gar
lands. Pekins are like the striped satin
and moife dress fabrics, except that the
intervals between the MORE stripes are
of gauze instead of satin. Chine gauzes
are very snowy, being narrow stripes
crossing the goods IN short dashes of
every shade of the color, from the light
est to the darkest. Velvet cross-bars
and stripes ON almost invisible gauze
grounds are among the richest trimming
fabrics. Soft serge and armure silks
have gay embossed flowers that look like
embroidery. Scotch plaid gauzes are also
shown, and basket silks and very thin
silk, not much more than a grenadine,
with matelasse face in Persian and ara
besque figures.
Ribbons are more beautiful than they
have been for many years. Persons who
are old enough to remember the fashions
of twenty years ago will feel as if they
had gone back to that time. Some of
the gay ribbons date even farther back,
being copied from those which were
worn century ago. Wide ribbons have
a center stripe beautifully brocaded in
flowers and vines that are as perfect as
painting, and outside stripes of wiry
gauze with feather or pearl edge; 9TH
ers have a satin center with gay brocaded
stripes upon each side; others again are
in shaded satin, dark at the edges and
running down to nearly white in the
middle, with overshot flowers in the same
shades. Also, there are velvet and moire
striped ribbons, and ribbons with gold
wrought figures, or bars, upon an en-
bossed satin ground. Besides all these
and other fancy styles, there are the soft
double-faced satins, with one side of
black or neutral tint and the other cf a
bright color; velvet ribbons with watered
or satin reversible face; all the usual dis
play of plain gro%grains and satins, and
the repetition of the above mentioned
snowy styles in the inch-wide ribbons
which are used in clusters of aower-like
bows to light up bonnets which are
trimmed with plain wide ribbons or plain
satin.
The display of flowers has not vet been
very large, although most of our mer-
chants are expecting large stocks imme-
diately. Those already on hand are
mostly in massed clusters without much
foliage. In roses there are some very
attractive groups of various shades OF
deep red and pink made entirely of silk
with an occasional petal of satin. Vio-
let's and apple-blossoms in half-wreaths
are also shown in silk and satin. Leaf
clusters in olive shades, with dusting
Of gold powder, are among the novelties.
A curious half-wreath of brown birds
heads is upon French bonnet that is
otherwise trimmed with dotted tulle and
pink satin; but it is to be hoped that a
fashion causing such wholesale slaugh-
ter Of birds to attain such limited re-
suit may never become prevalent.
FASHION BREvITIEs.
Pigeon's-throat color is pinkish gray.
Black and gold make a popular COM
bination.
Grenadine dresses are trimmed with
daisy fringe.
Elbow-sleeves are still worn with
stylish costumes.
silk or chenille embroidery is used on
rich silk costumes.
Transparent sleeves are often worn
with thicker dresses.
Monogram gloves and hose are among
the eccentric novelties.
Lead-white is more popular than
cream, but less becoming.
Coat-shaped basques with vests appear
on nearly all walking dresses.
Feathers of all kinds are still largely
used on both bonnets and hats.
Many of the new spring flowers are
made of silk and have no foliage.
Ties of fine white organdie, with ends
Of futed Breton lace, are fashionable.
Canoes are extremely popular and are
cut from precious stones of all kinds.
Pekin is very popular dress material.
1t has alternate dull and lustrous stripes.
Diamond lace is made of filigree silver
in old point patterns, set with diamonds
Lockets are suspended from the neck
by black satin ribbon about an inch
wide.
A vest of old gold-colored brocade is
stylish when worn with black silk cos
tune.
Fashionable neck bows have many
loops OF ribbon--satin, brocaded or
striped.
Breton lace is fashionable for bonnet
strings. 1t is tied in soft bow under
the chin.
Alsatian bows still rage. They are
worn on the hair, on bonnets and break
fast caps.