The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-04-03
FOR THE FAIR SEX.


Scoop bonnets are wors.
Poke bonnets are fashionable.
Jabots grow longer and longer.
Shoulder capes are again fashionable.
Basque polonaises will be much worn.
Large bonnets are preferred to small
ones.
Breton is the lace of the passing mo-
ment.
Turbans are worn both in and out
doors.
The short skirt is as short behind rs
before.
Breton lace jabots and scarfs are all
the rage.
Both high and low turban caps are
fashionable.
Black chip is the favorite bonnet for
all occasions.
Shirring is very fashionable on all
summer garments.
Skirts of short dresses retain their
narrow dimensions.
Gloves are long, reaching to the elbow
for full evening toilet.
Suits in two shades of the same color
are going out of fashion.
Waistcoats are often made to wear
over the basque as under 1t.
New parasols have hatter tops than
the canopy ones of last summer. .,
Position pleats and fan trimmings in
the back of basques are revived.
Fichu collarettes and .jabot collarettes
give dressy effect to plain toilet.
The turban is the fashionable cap for
young ladies and young married women.
Caps made of silk handkerchiefs, in
turban or Normandy form, are much
worn.
Panier scarfs and draperies appear on
all Paris dresses brought over this
spring.
Shades of yellow, from pale straw or
corn, to deep tax and old gold, are very
fashionable
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 for neckties.
The marked feature in the new over
skifts are the shirred fronts and bout
FAINT back draperies.
French bunting. a fine, light wool
goods. is the material in use for spring
and summer half-mourning costumes.
Crystal glass buttons, sometimes called
Rhine pebbles, cut in facets and set in
platina are shown for waistcoats.
Blue and lavender are the favorte
colors for trimming dress caps. The
lace is cashmere blonde or Breton, as
one chooses.
Bonnet strings are tied in large loose
bow under the chin, not at the side, or
they are simply crossed in front, the
ends forming jabot.
The three shapes of the panier are the
Ninon, the Ninette and the Mousquetaire.
The manufacturers do not seem to have
been too fortunate in names.
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.
Spring skirts may be trimmed with
gedings of pinked-out rose-leaf silk.
From five to seven rows of this material
are needed, and they are shaded from
the deep to the pale tints.
Ribbons in three shades of satin are
sometimes used on one bonnet. They are
arranged one over the other on the side
and n bow of each is placed on the front
above the face trimming.
Bouffant draperies, whether on the
hips or back, are placed higher ant
higher, the fullness more often being
placed Just below the waist line thar
lower down on the skirt.
a new fancy that will probably
"taken is to face the skirts of dressy
costumes with red silk, under which tht
lace balayeuse is basted, making very
pretty and striking dress effect.
The newest white lawn and cambri,
waists have the fronts in iichu style
made with separate piece in six pleat
on each side, sewed in the shoulde
seams, and tapering to the waist.
Infants bonnets are sometime
drawn" in the od-fashioned stylo
They are made either of lace trimmet
lace, but there is not much difference il
the general effect. Blue is the prevail
ing color.
The rightside Of many Of the patterl
bonnets is left almost bare. The trim
graduated toward the back on the lef
side, ending there in an elaborate bow
but the right frequently shows only
doubled ribbon, which passes backward
and dropsto form strings.
Small Feet.
For the sake of having small feet man,
an otherwise sensible woman will mar
tyrize herself by pinching those unluck,
members of the body into boots of siz
too small. AS natural and necessar
result of such pinching confinement, til
foot becomes deformed and larger than
would naturally grow, with large joint
and toes turned from line parallel wit
the foot, to say nothing of the trouble
some corns so annoying and crippling t
large class of young women. TIL
worst results of this crippling custom {