Daily globe., 1879-04-06
FASHIONS Spring Novelties.
Position plaits and fan trimmings in
the back of basques are revived.

Panler scartS and draper1es appear on
Ill Paris dresses brought over this
spring.
Caps made of silk handkerchiefs, in
turban or Normandy form, are much
worn.
Bandana and gay plaid handkerchiefs
are made up into dresses for misses and
little girls.
Shades of yellow, from pale straw or
corn, to deep tan and old gold, are very
Silk handkerchiefs in Oriental designs
and colors are preferred for dressy break
fast caps.
Rhine pebble buttons look like dia-
monds at night. The price varies from
rs cents dozen up.
Very large flowers, especially roses and |
chrysanthemums, are used in bonnet |
decorations.
Scarfs OF fine net, edged with Breton
lace, are as often worn for bonnet strings
as Tor neckties.
The marked features in the new over
skirts are the shirred fronts and bouffant
back draperies.
French bunting, a fine, light wool
goods, is the material in use for spring
and summer half mourning costumes.
A gilded or silvered wooden horse shoe,
tied to small easel with pink, blue, or
red ribbon, is the fancy what-not orna.
ment of the moment.
French chips are brought out in shades
of color to match costumes, such as pale
blue, dark blue, tan, chamois, gray, beige,
brown an 5 dark green.
Bouffant draperies, whether on the hips
or back, are placed higher and higher,
the fullness more often being placed Just
below the waist line than lower down on
the skirt.
Diamond ribbon collar necklaces are
the fashion of the passing moment, set in
pave style, and with clasps that make
them available either for pair of brace
lets or for necklace.
The novelty in spring bonnets is of soft
chip, or Tuscan straw, with large brim
of the same dimensions all around this
brim the milliners indent TO suit the face
of the wearer.
A new fancy that will probably 'take,"
is to face the skirts of dressy costumes
with red silk, Under which the lace bala-
yeuse is basted, making very pretty and
striking dress effect.
The newest white lawn and cambria
waists have the fronts in fchu style, made
with a separate piece in six plaits on each
side, sewed in the shoulder seam, and
tapering to the waist.
COTTON FABRICS.
Among the newest fabrics displayed to
be worn when summer days are long, are
cotton goods of the quaintest styles called
mummy cloth, heretofore used only for
tides and rugs. The colors are extreme
ly delicate and faded, as pale blue with
bronze stripe; again, stripe formed
altogether Of clusters of fade pink flowers
and olive foliage. Yet another style has
a stripe of ecru and sprays of pale laven-
! der blossoms, and there are others of
faint olive grounds with wandering May
flowers and apple blossoms. These faded
tints are guaranteed to fade no more, and
mummy-cloth short dresses, fascinating
through their novelty, will have popu-
/ lar summer existence. It is one yard
wide, and fourteen yards are necessary
for a short dress. Other new cotton
goods are pretty armures with white and
creamy grounds; over these carelessly
stray rose-vines, pale violets, or bunch
7 OF forget-me-nots. Coteline is also new
. woven in lengthwise cords or reps, thin.
ner than calico, with ground of cream
/ white, or pale olive, strewn with little
Dolly Warden bouquets of bright bios
SONS, or stripes of dragon blue contrasteG
with faint bronze green. Satin and foul
ard cambrics show dainty chintz de-
signs.
, There is no doubt, says an eastern
J fashion authority, that the present popu
with plain silk or velvet, has affected th'
sale and manufacture of silks proper
7 Nevertheless, the latter class of fabric
l are always in demand. American bro
t cades are in high favor, the supply fe
e spring being more varied and beautiful
: than ever. The new designs show ex
e exceedingly handsome figures. Th
a spring styles are introduced in all th
l fashionable colors, including several va
}. rieties in garnet shades, navy blue, drat
e wood color, and ''livery" color, which ha
S been so popular during the winter, an
q when combined with velvet matching i
f shade forms rich and elegant costum
. at low price, as the brocade can b
: had at $3.50 per yaro. All silks an
: satins of American manufacture will ais
s They are shown in variety of colors fc
/ day and evening wear. and those in dar
e shades, sprinkled with white "polk
e dots," are very beautiful. They are {
e soft texture, drape gracefully, do NJ
:, scrumble" easily and are TWENTY-FIVE
i inches wide. The price is ABOUT $1.5
a per yard. There is variety of shades
j. blue, and the black, with white "polk
n dot" combined with black velvet, forms
If stylish costume. Summer silks al
re clouded over by china patterns, whic
l. show among small broken checks an
b stripes. while others in small qui
le plaids are loosely woven. whence Il
ID name, sergo luardrlllee, which has bet
1e applied to them. Pekin stripes a
is shown in silks Of one color, the satin al
a silk stripe alternating. Guipure is
IN name given class of open-work fabri
cy of silken texture. Effective silks eth
,r- white or in pale shades, are wrought
ltS JarQlnlerc SuIipeS OL meulum WluIu.
lie SHORT DRESSES IN ENGLAND.
n, English ladies are just beginning
adopt the fashion that has been in vog1
in Paris for some time, of wearing sht
a skirts for ballroom toilets. Now th
rit quadrilles, and all square dances, 8
is voted s'slow'' and tabooed, nothing
an thought of but the valse, for which i
of long. trained dresses are found extreme
k inconvenient, both to the wearer and b