The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-03
SUN MER WEAR.
Cool and Comfortable The Styles Most in
Favor Just Now.
TtDI,1RE.

#El% CoLORS.
The bright colors fashionable this season
render ball toilets more striking than ever.
Very few or them. however. are wholly Of such
brilliant hues: hecolors come In az trimmings.
facngs. ETC.. while tho dress itself Is Ia soberer
tints. cream, pale blue. palest pink. black. or
most frequently Of all, pure white. Yellow In
all It's shades ls perhaps the color Of the season.
and black and gold Is flvorite combination.
Black gauzs shot with gold threads is draped
over black satin with bows OF gold -colored rib
bon. lined with black.
AZ heretofore said. O great deal Of bright red
4 IA used and this shade is combined with every
thing. Our mothers had tradition that rod
and blue were Incompatible, and divorced them
y accordingly, We have discovered. On the con
trary, that Dnls blue and crimson harmOnize
admirably. Red and purple too. we're carefully
kept apart q limit 70 which We still adhere with
regard to mauves ard dark yioe's. But lilac
and cardinal contrast we'll and one Of the pref
TEST combinations which We have soon was O
lilac silk almost covered with white Breton lace
and garni. he'd, with .pomegranate blossoms
while fashionable miliuers rHcklessly group
scarlet peoples and purple vlolsts together,
throwing iD fey daisies W break the contrast
pale blue, and our traditions Ire thrust aside as
dead letters.
SUMMER FASHIONS.
GUNNER fashions are no longer q matter Of
variety Of vi city fances. Artistic ant beautiful
fabrics abound China Grape II again at the
height n fashion, but II. cost places Y beyond
the reach Of the many. Fancy an evening toilet
of this. over satin The bodice ~ cut square and
| filed III with lace. A few inches below the waist
line Al divides, curtain fashion and sweeps back
/ from the white satin pefticoat embroidered with
rosebuds and foliage The tunic ~ draped il
Ra.lers On thu hips and edged With plated
Breton lace. The flowers Hre rOsabuds. Striped
batiEe Henri III batistrl is another artistic
/ fabric. The plain stripe ~ Of some light color.
blue pink, mauye and 80 %. ana the white stripe
- woven n soas to appear shrred. which has
avery pretty effect. 1t Ii trimmend with bands
/ II seal oped- qnt gauze embroidered IN the
| nings are made. For Instance IA, skirt ~
n trimmed rouni the bottom. Or sometlm even
II covered with llounces about two inches deep,
1.-TWO of bAtiste. one OF gauze and ~ on. The
riBsves are Of bntiste on thu under side. Of en-
broidered gauz ~ top. with levers " the 81
i bow listened back With q bow Of ribbon Uf tho
darker shade of the dress. The bodice Of b.
tste has sort Or wastcoaf, either If some tan
W brocade Or simulated BY trimming Of gauze
but On almost plain. 1t - open either Id square
OIL neck, with Fittings of white lace inside.
The basgues are rather long and very tight
fitting n the wearerr is tall and slender light
v paniers trimmed with gauzs may be simulated
I inst below the hip with good Effect.
HATS AND HoNNETs.
NJ The variety Of hats and bonnets "a bewildsr
H Inc, The general fancy appears Up be for wide
III eRhornS chip black Ur White--the brim
il laced with satin and turned up, with q clustt 4 Of
III lowers and with long plumes Of bushy ostrich
IA tps around the crown.
Watering places They IRE made Of rough
sraw with the front lined viii pulled SIX, while
III oaim \ aasd'hn W, Wn,s1 ~ H.
VIII @naht ~ hnttarnmna i nnn,i.a ea,nntinns ~
m nnhs ~ pulleieupS' poppios' ca' nl1'ohs -
A ~ E,ao. -,o,,a .fla - r,a,ri, VI ,,loar
es MI aas ~ r i a hnth naca and
Belgian straw and crossed with wide ribbon
shlch y tied beneath the chin At the side
i here is a bouquet Of fl owers. Their mothers
n wear the Dickens and Princesse de Bourbon
sonnets, which arc the loveie3t creatures la
4 1nilnery. The Dickens ii usually black straw
. al Aati At ii fhA "A VI
Il JAnd open III The front lka d calecna q black
KEnrah hom tpith INV srtnuad ,.ith ! dn,,hla rnn
IOf banb aanrit lnna u ,la.,d N III w, IA lux
Imp III eo T. H. tii nanta XIV i|o
Aeaded nina ~ lonp sn.n nj ina sjdas RI bon
N hts The hat called Princess de- Bourbon Il very
Ege, with feathers differing from the Rem
ranut IN hal lns Drim II urhen NJ ht 2, 20 siahs
a ssau VIZ, q sinRis 5iue. ~ y gsler'iiy Dltpk
TN any wl1n vevG w "oveF f., Wild ,ea. t
e's looking. Two long iea,hers ana
lids conpose THIS Prlnchss de Bourh N.
s sNaues aIe hot ah1oluey hpahuohea pnl !hey
ss sot seen 70, mhatfss .cfa5ipns, men tl9y
@ot back or white -taw with band Of supple
Hlrsneh niinera If ~ I ~ ~ ~ hn ~ rJ
Eihs sldes and t,immod Wlth ribhon and ndu o.
Rieh tins 4 noyaltv In b,rEint, Mis- nompa
TON Canada II il woven al birah' ma ihe
sIes and NAV bs hs"r baek md n, far III wi t
nm hreaEing the trinnir,a,a ar. - Ia ~
8sirh alsn and the efraet q r.aliu ,rattv2n
AtNat mnravsment on tne hiaa"ms sfra,v ut
Nasusy Worn. 90 law A"'
@A' WILL 5""~#
H. BATHING SUITS.
Sahing suits show no change. few are
HNaWn with poonaises and short ste yes, but
Ivy are In the minority White tlInnes and
seNe turns yellow. and the red soon grows
sagy under the action OF salt water. 50 blue
gray continue the standard shad,s Bath
shoes of white satI cloth are SOLO for forty
1--WE, and are almost a necessity. They pro-
xSS,l NE feet from crabs and from shells and
os. Ladies' with delicate skins VIII ma 1t
vi ss % Wear a silk handkerchief around the