Daily globe., 1879-03-23
Fashions Fancies.

Fashions Fancies.
Persian canvas is new material for
chair backs.
Sarsuma is the name of a new shade in
cream white.
Very little jewelry will be worn on the
street this spring.
One large bow and strings constitute
az A(satian bonnet.
Twilled satin toulards are among the
new suit materials.
The new satin and lace stripes in even
ing silks look rich.
Princess pine and tree myrtle are the
choicest evergreens.
Old -gold gauze and satin is brilliant
stuff tor summer toilets.
In spring woolens are seen the Chudhah
stripes or herring bones.
New evening dresses are made with
Marie Antolnette paniers.
BreteIles are again worn, and are pro-
nounced unusually becoming.
A shlrring of India muslin will bind
Slippers OF satin, embroidered with
seed pearls, are worn by brides.
Sea ,ide grenadines come with greatly
improved texture this SPRING
y new came!'s fabric, as thin as bunt-
ing. viii DE this summer.
Chinese blues and Chinese greens are
found among the new colo1s.
Dark navy blue and brown are the
most fashionable colors for cambrics
Some of the fancy feathers made from
hNmmlng birds plumage cost $2O
Outside jackets for suits are still made
eataway, with velvet or silk vests.
Ribbons for strings are wider than
formerly, measuring from to 4 inches.
The fashionable color for children s
dresses and wraps is robins egg blue
All costumes aGe de rigueur contribu-
tons Of several materials this season.
Colors from the humming birds breasts
are woven into spring bonnet feathers.
Al odd bit of jewelry represents two
monkeys squabbling over pearl nut
Jeanne d. Arc cuirass corsages and
Paniers are coming in vogue for street
wear.
AL costumes ar; de rigeuer combina-
tlons OF several materials this season.
Seaside grenadine comes with greatly
improved texture this spring.
The bonAets Of this spring are larger
than those Of the passing season, the
brlms flare; but there are no tace trim
mings, the hair being dressed full to sup
ply the deficiency.
French, English and American dress
goods, whether wool or cotton, show tex
sures with double twilled or satteen,
mummy, armure, and coteline effects
thls spring.
Barege de Virginia, in light and dark
Hntlnsa, and lorty-eigh5 and twenty eight
inches IN width. The quality is extreme
y fine and soft and designed for entire
suits.
Gold ornaments for bonnets are made
to open like bracelets, and then clasp
over the wide lace or ribbon strings, SO
that these seem to be run through them.
Mummy cloth is so named from its
crape-like texture, resembling the cotton
cloths in which ancient Egyptian num-
mics are found.
Lace gloves with fingers as we'll as with
long wrists will be worn in the spring, as
well as lace mitts and halffngered lace
gloves.
The new kid gloves are welted at the
top with three welts, half an inch apart,
and to this q lace frill at the top is fre-
quently added.
The gloves of the coming season en-
brace wider variety in Isle thread, kid
and lace mitts than ever before seen in
one season.
Pekine foulards, with Sevres porcelain
designs in running patterns over them,
are seen on the silk counters this spring.
The Voltaire stocking is of the darkest
shade of dragoon blue silk, with Dyra-
midal side gore Of tartan in Roman
eolors.
Among lace novelties are found side
satchels Of Duchess Brussels point, lined
with colored silk, satin or velvet.
Garnet, with all kindred reds of Boz
desux, ruby, maroon, cardinal and nacarat
Is immensely popular.
Embroidery or clocking; or both, all
around the leg of the stocking is a new
feature in spring hosiery.
Thin materials for ball dresses and for
summer use are exhibited in all the stores.
Madras linen, American net and the
crimped muslins Of last season are plenty,
while new India crimped gauze, in
ivory white, is an addition to the hust of
pretty fabrics already in use. Many of
the silk brocaded gauzes have satin leaf
design on white eauze, the colors of the
leaves being pale blue, yellow and sage
green.
1t has been remarked before that
printed fabrics were never prettier than
this season; but for that very reason they
require care and judgement in making up.
10 combine the delicate chlntzes with
some startling contrast in color, as some
Well-meaning but rather obtuse dress
makers do, is to unite the two fabrics in
handto-hand encounter, which is never
glven up until one OF the other resigns
the contest, and of which the wearer is
the constant although often unconscious
victim