The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-07-26
For the Ladies to Bead.


The latest coaching umbrellas are call
ed Parole" umbrella.
The parasol of Japanese shape is blue,
with lining Of gold silk.
Handsome silk embroidery on tulle,
in colors and all white, is a novelty.
New parasols have wide borders like
the gay bandana handkerchiefs.
French bridesmaids all wear punches
of natural orange blossoms at the waist
Creweling" is the ugliest of words,
but girls substitute it for !" embroidery
It is said that English ladies' maids
lend money to their employers at 25 per
cent.
There will be many white toilets, but
only for the salons, and never for the
street.
Deep apron overskirts remain in favor,
Notwithstanding the introduction of
shorter aprons.
An effective model for promenade
dress in foulard silk is of dark plum and
chamois colors.
A beautiful promenade costume for
half-mourning is of black and white
polka-dotted and Pekin foulard.
Fashion wavers and drifts hither and
thither amid opposing currents, being
no longer steered by a firm hand.
Handsome fans are of painted silk,
mounted on ivory, with humming- bird
on its nest set on the outside stick.
Beige and its congeners in the soft
woolen stuffs are the materials in most
popular demand for travelling dresses.
This summer, for toilets designed for
the daytime, there will be worn not only
black Grape, but also white Grape.
Ladies carry small silk-velvet reticule
purses, mounted in solid silver, and en-
bellished with the owners monogram.
Fans of brocade silk and Pekin are
made to order to match costumes. They
are mounted on ebony, violet wood and
bone
Woolen goods are much worn but If
the toilet has any pretensions to elegance,
its accessories are brocaded silk, Pekin
faille or satin.
At Leghorn more than Thousand wo-
men are employed in the manufacture of
coral beads for necklaces, which promise
to be fashionable.
For the seaside are recommended at
present short costumes of, dark blue lin
en- richly trimmed with embroidery in
red, gold color and white.
Bottles representing the busts of fa-
nous men are novelties for holding per-
fumeries, etc. Shakspere, Goethe and
Schiller are favorite subjects.
The interest in art embroidery has ex-
tended as far as Shanghai, China, and
orders for textbooks on the subject have
been received by Boston firm.
The unusual heat for this portion of
the season is driving the people of the
city to the country and bringing out Co.'S
tunes suited to rural and watering place
wear.
japanese fans of small size and very
fine quality are embellished with fish,
Guinea pigs, rabbits, and the impossible
birds and other creatures of Mongolian
fancy.
The predominant feature in the dresses
in preparation is the combination of two
materials. one plain and the other with
striped or else with brocaded or painted
figures.
The Ladies' Art and Science Club of
Milwaukee, which has been in existence
about five years, now numbers one hum
dred members. They have devoted the
last two years to pictorial art.
A fanciful vest for black silks and for
grenadines is made of black lace laid
over white or colored silk, either cream,
gendarme blue, narcisse yellow, salmon,
or very pale Nile green.
Embroidered satin vest are imported
fc,. IlA oil 1Ic Il i
for satin dresses. They are usually in
contrast to the color of the dress, even
black dresses having very gay vests.
A few of our most stylish ladies are
wearing the large, tall, square combs of
our grandmothers. Puffs of hair are set
on the inside of comb, with the back-hair
combed up perfectly straight and smooth.
Corsages are most varied in detail.
scarcely any two being made alike. The
only settled fact is that all basques are
shorter, except those that are cut in En-
glish coat shape, to serve as a street gar
ment without an extra wrapping.
Dotted and sprigged muslin costumes
are among the most popular of present
consideration. They are made short, and
en- demi-train, and trimmed with very
sheer Hamburg embroidered insertion
and edging, Torchon and Bretonne laces.
Plain Swiss and French organdy mus
Inns are made with the tablier from the |
waist-line to the foot, covered with sue
cessive rows of plated Bretonne lace, |
and under the lace are set loops of white |
or of colored satin ribbon an inch wide |
1t is said that the prettiest bonnet worn |
at the opening of the Paris Salon was a |
I0xry
wide brim, and trimmed with we'll curled |
cock-green looping up the brim at the
side.
Satin is decidedly in the fashion, and, |
to recover lost time, it is worn even in |
summer, while formerly it was reserved
for the winter alone. It is used for bon
nets when the bonnet il of straw, the |
facing is of satin, like the trimming on /
summer dresses.
Although fashion is no longer exelu-
sive, it still has its preferences After
adopting dark red, such as earoubier
and garnet for the last six months, it is
at present devoted to all the shades of
blue which are not pure, but partake of
gray or green, such as gendarme and pea
cock blue.
If we are to Judge of the future by the
it may be predicted that dresses
will be simplifed and disengaged from
the indescribable draperies and trim
mings with which they have been so long
overloaded This will not be accom-
plished all at once, but we are gradually
this desirable end.
One of the handsomest costumes worn
during the spring is of gendarme blue
camels-hair with silk of the same shade,
and Scotch plaid satin in which a great
deal of old gold enters. The camels-
hair waist is round, with standing collar,
revers, and wide belt of the
plaid satin, and to this belt is attached
Hat bag, also of satin.