Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-03-15
FASHION NOTES.

Ors.
Coteline is another name for printed
dimity.
Breton is the lace of the passing
moment.
Tho tendency is to make short
skirts still shorter.
Coral pink bids fair to be q very
fashionable shade.
A new shade of dark green bears
the name of Serpentine.
Wax white is the very palest imagi-
nable shade of straw color.
Lead white is what may be termed
q dark shade of white.
-Pekine is the name applied to all
striped goods this season.
Chinese blues and Chinese green's
are found among the new colors.
Seaside grenadine comes with
greatly improved texture this spring.
ALI costumes are de riguetr combin-
atoms Of several materials this season.
Jeanne dare cuirass corsages and
paniers are coming in vogue for street
wear.
The Psyche couture is in the highest
favor at present as showing the shape
of the head.
Embroidery or clocking, or both,
all around the leg of the stocking is
new feature in spring hosiery.
Garnet, with all the Kindred reds Of
Bordeaux, ruby maroon, cardinal, and
nacarat is immensely popular.
The voltaire stocking is of the
darkest shade of dragon blue silk, with
pyramidal side gore of tartan in Ro-
man colors.
Among lace novelties are found side
sachels of Duchesse, and Brussels point,
lined with cOlored silk, satin, or velvet.
-Pekine foulards, with Sevres porce-
lain designs in running patterns over
them, are seer on the silk-counters this
spring.
The gloves Of the coming season en-
brace a wider variety in Isle thread, kid,
and lace mitts than ever before seen in
one season.
Lace gloves with fingers as well as
with long wrists will be wor. in the
spring, as well as lace mitts and half
fingered lace gloves.
Mummy cloth is so named from its
texture resembling the cotton
cloths in which ancient Egyptian num-
mics are found.
The new kid-gloves are welted at the
top with three welts, half an inch apart,
and to this lace frill at the top is fire.
quently added.
The bonnets of this spring are larg-
er than those of the passing season; the
brims flare, but there are no face trim
mings. the hair being dressed full to sup
ply the deficiency.
The new lisle-thread gloves are
seen in all the kid colors and pure white;
they are silk finished and Irregular y
made, initiating kid so well as to be pre-
ferred for full dress wear.
The handsomest novelties in silk
hosiery are the boot hose, with clock
ings and embroideries in contrasting
colors to the upper part of the leg, form.
ing simulated boot upper cloth, while
The slipper forms the foxing.
The pannier of the season will be
slightly bouffant at the lower part of the
waist, from this it gradually slopes out
10 form a small extender for the bottom
Of the skirt. The bayaleuse still remains
IS a final finish for handsome dresses;
instead of being made of thin unwasha-
ole material, they are now made of fine
and handsomely embroidered.
In making up combinations of silk
and velvet, the skirt is made of silk, as
also Is a perfectly plain pointed basque. |
The velvet i, then made into a court
overdress, with a long square train. |
Sleeves are made very narrow the entire |
ength, and fit very closely at the waist. |
The entire trimming consists of a small |
pointed Danish cuff and a row If s;Y