The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-26
ITEMS FOR THE LADIES.
Old gold color holds its own.

Il olu SOlu COlOT uOluS 1US OWN.
Ragusa point is the coming lace
Faence blue is among the new colors
Breton is the lace of the passing moment
Coteling is another name for printed dinl-
ity.
The tendency is to make short skirts still
shorter.
Coral pink bids fair to be very fashion
able shade.
The Turkish fez is the latest novelty in
French caps.
Lead white is what may be termed dark
shade of white.
Pekine is the name applied to all striped
goods this season.
Gendarme blue Is q new dark shade of
this popular color.
| Wax white is the very palest imaginable
shade of straw color.
A new shade of dark green bears the
name of Serpentine.
Pekins or striped gauze figures largely In
ball toilets this season.
Seaside grenadine comes with greatly i'm
proved texture this spring.
Chinese blues and Chinese greens are
found among the new coors.
All costumes are de rgeuer combinations
of several materials this season.
Jeanne dare cuirass corsages and pam
niers are coming in vogue for street wear.
The Psyche cuiffure is in the highest ia
vor at present as showing the shape of the
head.
Embroidery or clocking, or both. all
around the leg of the stocking is new fea
ture in spring hosiery.
Garnet. with all the kindred reds of Bor-
deaux. ruby, maroon. cardinal, und nacarat
is immensely popular.
Among lace novelties are found side satcii-
els Of Duchesse and Brussels pOiHt, lined
with colored silk, satin or velvet
The Voltaire stocking is of the darkest
shade in dragon blue silk, with u pyramidal
side gore of tartan in Roman colors.
Pekine foulards, with Sevres porcelain
designs in running patterns over them, are
seen on the silk counters this spring.
A material, closely Initiating the IL, uinmy
cloth used for tides, is shown for summer |
dresses, and also is called mummy cloth.
handsome trimming for evening dresses |
is chenille embroidery. 1t comes In the
new shades of olive-wood and pale blue.
The gloves of the coming season embrace !
a wider variety in Isle thread, kid and lace |
mitts than ever before seen in one season. |
The beudoir fan is something new, and |
conceals among its intrioacies powder |
puff and powder. as we'll as tiny ivory
comb.
Lace gloves with fingers as we'll as with
long wrists will be worn in the spring, as
we'll as lace mitts and half-hngefed lace
gloves.
Mummy cloth is so named FROM its Grape
like texture resembling the cotton cloths in |
which ancient Egyptian mum,nies are
found.
The new kid gloves are welted at the top
with three welts, half an inch apart, and to |
this lace frlll at the top is frequently |
added.
French, English and American dress
goods, whether wool or cotton. show tex
lures with double twilled or satteen, num-
my, armure and coteline effects this spring
The bonnets of this spring are larger than
those of the passing season; the brims flare |
but there are no face trimmings, the hair
being dressed full to supply the deficiency.
The new Isle thread gloves are seen in
all the kid colors and pure white; they are
ilk-tinished and regular" made, initiating
kid so well as to be preferred for full dress
wear.
The handsomest novelties in silk hosiery |
are the boot lose. with clockings and en-
broideries in contrasting color to the upper
part of the leg, forming simulated boot
upper cloth. while the slipper forms the
foxing.
Some OF the most delicate tints Of blue
and rose are seen in tile Lisle thread theat-
rical hosiery this spring. the embroidery on
the satne being in bright full tones of ma
room, red navy blue. Sevres, or porcelain
blue and black.
The favorite colors for the grounds oil
Cheviot camels hair cloths, mixtures and
cashmeres this spring are chamois, drab,
gray, lead white and dark cream. The
mixtures show faint, delicate lines, dashes,
broken checks and bars of maroon, red
dragons blue, black and peacock green.
The new colors in silk hosiery are always
in two contrasting shades In the same stock
ing, of say pale blue with garnet nacarat,
or cardinal red, lead white and various
shades Of red or black, rose color and lead
white, or rose and pale blue, or combina-
tions of b ack or very dark shades of green,
with wax white, cream white and lead
white.
The stonecutters employed to work on