Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-09
FASHION NOTES

cry.
Shawls Of all kinds are revived for
spring wraps.
No toilet is complete without a iabot
of same kind.
Shirred Innings for bonnet brims
take precedence of all others.
Black toilets and black lace bonnets
arc the Juror of the moment in Paris.
Satin and French bunting make a
beautiful combination for walking
suits.
High f%raizes and long jabots will be
the leading styles for neckwear this
spring.
French bunting takes precedence
OF all other semi diaphanous spring
fabrics.
For certain styles Of beauty gay
Chinese silks and foulards make lovely
morning robes.
New York milliners have shown
more colored than black or white bon
nets this spring.
Alsacian, Normandy and Lorraine
bows rival turbans as finishes of FASH
ionable c%oiffures. >
The latest novelties in shoes are the
Henri Trois sabots and the Catherine
de Medici solieurs.
Partisan coiffures are de rigeuer low
on the back of the head, or, rather, on
the nape Of the neck.
Derby hats and ulsters should be
worn only in the country and on
mountain pedestrian tours.
Pretty stockings and low shoes have
become a too apparent fact as a part OF
young ladies' toilets.
Delicate lace-clocked stockings
should always be worn wei another
pair OF tinted silk or Lisle thread.
Novelties in shoes have Louis
Quinze heels and many straps across
the instep, with bows and buckles.
Breton lace drapery scarfs Irvine all
around bonnet crowns, and then form
the strings Of many bOnnets.
All sorts of hats, bonnets, turbans
and caps are in vogue this spring for
outdoors as well as indoor wear.
Many new bonnets have the crowns
entirely covered with flowers sewn fat
on the chip straw or foundation.
Contrasts in trimmings and pipings
OF costumes are given preference over
shades of the prevailing colors of the
dresses.
White and colored Canton Grape
bonnets, trimmed with flowers, feath-
ers and lace, appear at the openings
among other millinery novelties.
Broad brimmed hats are more suit
able for our bright, warm American
summers than English round hats,
and are much more becoming.
Gypsy bonnets have large flowing
brims raised in front, tied down at the
sides, and falling on the neck, after
being partially raised in the back.
Satteens and mummy cloth novel
ties show dainty little flower and leaf
bouquet and vine patterns in iardir :
lere colOrs on pure white grounds.
Quantities Of cheappinhead checked
and hair. lined striped summer SILKS
are selling at the moment for parts of
suits, and also for entire costumes.
American women who are sensible
as well as tasteful avoid English STYLES
of half masculine Derby hats, manish
listers, and jackets for street wear.
Spring wraps are of various kinds of
mantlllas, mantles and dolman visites.
all having long ends in front, square
or pointed, but light Chuddah and
India shawls will probably be much
worm. ,
The favOrite flowers for lacking on
bonnet crowns are asters, marguerites
pansies and eglantine blooms, with the
yellow anthers showing plainly ON the
delicate pink ground Of the petals.
Pompadour gauzes with alternate
lace and satin stripes, with flower and
vine patterns over the same, made ur
IN combination with plain silk and
satin, make very stylish summer even
ing dresses,
Two small red clay pipes, decorated
Wlth flowers and notices, with the
stems tied in a cross with blue rib
bon, IS the newest chandelier pendant
In fashionable houses. They call them
peace pipes"
a gay morning robe always looks
vulgar at a watering place or hotel
breakfast, and corduroy velvet. as well
as satin, is. seen in Combination with
camels hair, French bunting and
other light wool fabrics in spring cos
tunes,
pTessy parasols for the country OF
sea-shore are of ecru pongees, with
spots, rings or diamond patterns of
brown, red or blue, or they are OF
plain eCru pOngees, with bandaua OIL
Scotch plaid Innings, or gay colored
Innings with white polka dots
The newest and most elegant UNI
brellas for all occasions are in yery
dark wine colors, or geudarme blue OF
brown, or navy blue, black or invisible
green, and of the rich, soft, service,
able, twilled umbrella silk that is both
sun and shower-proof.
The quaintest mixtures of color
appear in mummy cloth, as stripes o.
yellow-gre9n, pink and white, all
mingled together, and patterns resem.
bling Satsuma ware, with creamy
grounds and small flower designs ir
shades Of brown, Sevres blue and
scarlet,
Two herdsmen quarreled on a Ne.
braska prairie, and each threatened to
kill the other, Neither was armed.
but there was a gun in their hut. a
mile away. Both started for the
weapon, and it was a race for life, fol-