St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-03-22
MOURNING.
Costumes, Bonnets. Eerk4iea and elmer
Articles 0s Sornan's Wear

| Articles Oh Hnfaan"E Wear.
| Boston Transcript
zone would not be fright when one
is dead" said the poor heroine who was
ana tomizsd by one of the most pitiless
Of the Queen Anne men. and still les,
would one be a fright because ones
friends are dead, and, as 8 rule, no one
is more particular or exacting than the
monrner who is preparing to show the
world how deep liz her grief Tor the loss
Of loved one. The veil, which in for
mer days was the point about which
neigh borhood gossip used to circle, won
deriLg why she" didn't have it little
longer or little shorter or with deep
er or narrower hem, il now utually
Two yards aud a quarter in length, and
is fastened very closely around the back
OF The bonnet, falling over the face Ire
bonnet itself il Of the cottage shane.
trimmed with plated folds OF Grape in
steal OF ribbon, and The Alsac!an bow is
replaced by & peculiar knot that Is
graceful in effect, and which quite doep
ANY, with the awkward stiffness of the
cottage Shape when made Of felt or
straw. The face trimming is Of Grape,
srd in half mourning Of crepe lisse and
narrow Chanti'ly lace or silk. The out
side trimmings OF The half mourning
bonnets are ljghtenei by feathers spin.
kled with jet.
Grape is less used as trimming THAI
formerly, and, although some persons
insist On having the whole waist of the
gown worn in first mourning covered
with it, it is generally employed only tc
define borders and Tor coliars, cuff. and
pockets. On street costumes it is not
used at ali, folds and pipings of the
dress material being employed instead
amt in hall mourning its place is taken
by silk. Princes, dresses, basques and
oveEskirts, aud drapod gowns Stimulating
them, are almost equally in favor. Grape
buttons are used in first mourning, AM,
frosted and cut jet when halt mourning
is assumed,
The day when gray, lilac, lavender and
purple we've mourning colors has gone
BY, and only black and white are admis
sible, but these are blended in an Infinite
number of novelty cloths. raging from
Fl ty cents to two dollars aud a hall a
yard, and having the SANG becoming eff.
feet as gray. In deep mourning the first
place Is held by the Henrietta cloths,
; which begin as low as seventy fl We cents
and range as high as 81 SO. The serge
called drap DIANA, beautiful, pliable
material: costs from 81 so to So Is, and
| is preferred by many to Fl .nrietta CLOTH
as less common. Plain serges, French
bombazines and tamise cloths are also
worn, and above all, cancels hair, VIII Oh
retains it's popularity wonderfully, con.
sidering how eagerly it Was adopted when
it first appeared. In cheaper goods are
the plain cashmeres and the simple de
! LANES, which are 50 inexpensive that
many who do not mean to wear mourning
long prefer them to anything of better
quality. Atbatross, rough deIaine, il
: pretty tor suits, in which it can be en-
ployed either by itself or in ombination
with smooth fabric Bfocade cash.
mereE, which now cost bat ST % d yard,
may be used for trimmings ia very light
mourning. Or, whvn employed in great
rotusion, will serve to transform a
mourning dress into an ordinary black
costume.
The spring importatio0s of mourning
goods will include grADi.e grenadines.
the tine, soft, cuciously woven material
which was Introduced last year, snd pre-
ferred to the square, meslel f,brics
crepe du Japan, which has slightly
crinkled surface; wool grenadines, both
single and double width, and ba eyes OF
different degrees OF fiaeness. French
buntiDgs OF good quality will still b.
worn, and the light summer camsls
hairs. Besides these will be by intines,
horentines, crapelines aud dozen other
light materials that are sufficiently do.
lorous IN appearance, without being too
heavy fox comfort. Siciiiennes will be
used for trim mings of half-mourning and
lusserless sewing silk grs nadines.
There is disagreeable rumor abroad
that the polka dot is on its way, Possibly
as pretty symbol of the black death,
but as yet it ia only seen in neck.ties, a
lew OF which, intended for half mourn
ing, have black dots scattered on their
white surfaces. Crepe lisse and clear
lawn, very fioelv plated, are the pref
TEST things in white ties bat there are
some good combination 81 back aud |
white transparent E1attr ais, and some |
elegant casca9es OF black creye lisse. |
The prettiess rucha7 gre those COMPOSED |
of triple rows ct fine plating, and many
ladies arrange this so as to simulate a
squsre-ne cked dress, and fssten it with a
knot of !usterless black ribbon at the
back. FILLS OF crepe l;sse are inserted
n the wrists OF mouning-dresses, aud.
With few exceptions, the black is very
oon displaced by the white. Linen