The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-16

L GOALS OF SOIL ln0fH CiSuLutL0 LIN pNUia
| silks, closely initiating the palms OF India
| shawla bright garlands OF autumnai leaves,
| shaded green vines OF cypress ana drooping
l fronds OF ferns, purple pansies and hiy--cups.
Still more costly are the hand-painted pahds
order of artistic beauty. Some OF the bands OF
black satin glow with superb scarlet cacti and
other flowers of the tropics, with here and
| there n brilliant humming bird and gorgeous
butterfly. Other bands OF white silk show
waving rushes and marsh lilies, grasses and
| dragoa flies. Magnificent silks are painted
in beautiful designs of flowers.
\ DRESSES AT II NEW YORK CHARITY BALL.
New York Correspondence Cincinnati Gazette.
February takes precedence always as the
| gayest month OF the year in fashlonaole so
| ciety. The grandest balls occur then, lnclud-
| ing the charity ball, which for more D
twenty years has been regarded as the crown
| ing event of the season, and at this fashion
\ wears her choicest robes.
1t Is impossible to describe the dresses;
| The Academy was one blaze OF jewels and
| color. "Sheen of satin and glimmer OF pearls
| flowers. natural and artificial, laces and
ffiHeee, rich embroidery and spangled
gauzes, all these were features OF the sCeDe.
| One dress was black lace over black satin,
| Iooped with purple violets. Another cream
colored silk, falling open from a petticoat bro
| caded with morning glories, while the vine Of
| the same was embroidered on the edge of the
| cream-colored train and up the Sides. Yet
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| bodice and immense train of wine-colored vel
| vet faced with satin and edged with white
duchesse lace. India muslins, such as sell
for 50 and So a yard, were worn by young la
dies, the trim ming being Breton lace and
flowers. Short ball dresses were In the minor
ity, and dancers threw their long trains over
their arms, or held them up by a ribbon.
Fans are works OF art. Painted fans, the
| work done by hand land skilled hands, on
| satin or silk, lace fans, feather fans and floral
| fans, these are some OF the styles. One OF
| the handsomest toilets Of the evening was a
pale blue satin, yelled with point d'Alencon,
| with fan to match. For fashion approves OF
| matching nowadays, and fans, shoes, every
| thing, must be en- suite with the dress. So
| far Is this mania carried that recently when
! an Italian princess ordered her trousseau
| from Paris the modiste sent her a doll with
| each suit, so dressed as to show how each
| should be worn, from head to heel, from che
mise to ribbon and lace.
SILKS AND
French and Japan foulards are very extern
| Sively imported. The grace Of foulard makes
1t very dear to the hearts of French women,
and the new importations show q charming
| lustre aud beauty in design. Here again the
| chintz figures announce a revival of piquant,
and bright Dolly Warden toned down Upon
q pearly ground are little clusters of roses
| and a spray of clematis. A cream-cOlOred
| ground Is strewn with fern frondS and scarlet
anemone, and upon q black ground are scat
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and grasses. These beautiful foulardS are
| twenty-three inches wide and cost 81 a yard.
| Another new style OF fOulard has a ~lustrous
| satin ground covered with silk figures In relief
of Oriental designs In palms and allenthus and
arabeSques. These are In solid colors. An
other style shows floral designs covering the
satin ground OF carnations, branching foliage
and new wheat ears. A new Grape finished
foulard comes In sage, olive wood and bronze
| grounds, over which drift vines, leaves and
I hl0acOmG In ltIk pffpntq tthprQ I'm the QQ ma
styles come In Chartered shades, ashes-of-
roses, shades OF brown and prune. These cost
81 20 q yard. Cashmere faconne is o satin
finished, exquisitely fine cashmere. covered
with satin floral designs; 1t costs ST. 80 a yard.
The evening tints Of this fabric are delicate
! cream-color, pearl, fiesh-cOlor, bleu rOi and
pale woody tints. The new armure silky stuffs
of sOftest fabrics are shown In plain and
mike shades, both In blues and browns.
| Pongees % pnrest silk have hair lines half an
inch apart Of variegated colors on grounds Of
pale amber, wax white Ia pale straw color and
pearl.
NEW TTo FABRICS
! Solid percales, fouIard finished, are more
silky than ever. They will be much used for
| morning dresses in country and town and at
watering places. Plaitings and bands OF the
| same, with pi, ings OF a contrasting color,
are the usual trimmings. Dark blues,
! browns and bottle green are the ~favorite
| colors. Black looks well when first made up,
4 but like Gil DlaCk COlIOu, HILLS w HOiu It's OWL,
| and turns brown in the wearing. Cotton
| damaSks are among new goods, and will
| probably be liked for summer wear. They
come In tan and beige colors, with the old
fashioned palm pattern Well covering their
| surface. They are strong and soft, and wear
and wash well. English cotton diapers come
for children's dresses. They are all cotton,
! and are alike on both sides, being woven like
a Marseilles quilt-the pattern being small
lozenges-the oolors white and blue, white
and red or white and brown.
Daisy damasks also are q novelty, and
come in cotton apd linen, as well as in silk,
In all colors. The design Is a thick sprink-
ling Of daisy, plants, three flowers and five
leaves to each cluster. White embroidery or
strong torchon lace Is the proper trimming
for these goods.
Polka dotted percales, soft finished. may
readily be mistaken for foulards. They have
borders for trimming.
Cotton satteens, finely twilled and in ex.
quiSite designs, are another novelty. They
are said to wash well, and new they are more
than pretty. The grounds are brown, blue
and cream, gray and white, with tiny bios
SONS in natural hues scattered over them
Stripes are seen also. Every detail of hand.
some suits Is carried out in these simple
fabrics. For instance, a cotton satteen o.
French gray with blue forget-me-nots, is
made with train and apron Overdress
trimmed with striped blue aud white satteeI
Russian lace. The bodice is a coat Of lowered
s~atteen, with vest Of the striped goods. This
coat Is piped with blue. and has a stripec
collar.
PANIERS.
Paniers are no longer the soft puffs which, 6
few weeks ago, adorned the back or sides o.
ladies' tuniques and basqued bodices. Under
fabrics Of stiff whalebone, wicker and stee
are now worn. There Is nothing Outre In the
fashion at present; it Is mostly adapted fol
dinner dress; but even when OF only mod.
crate proportions the roundness impaired
necessitates various alterations in the corset
and underskirts. The grace of such con
trivances must depend on the artistic tact O
the maker, for the revived prominences are
not becoming to all figures. One of the chic
requirements is stateliness, and the paniers
most admired are worn with short dresses
having a plain tablier front, Town the centre
Of which Is a trimming bordered with lact
edging.
RIBBONS.
The new ribbons that have made their ap
pearance are very rich and very beautiful Ii
color and design. Many Of them have a SAITH
centre In a beige or neutral tint. and brocadet
edges in two different widths. There ar