The Princeton union., 1879-04-16
Latest Fashion Chit Chat.

costumes are given preference over snaues
of the prevailing colors of the dresses.
White and colored Canton Grape bon.
nets, trimmed with flowers, feathers and
lace, appear at the openings among other
millinery novelties.
Broad -brimmed hats are more suitable
for our bright, warm American summers
than English round hats, and are mnch
more becoming.
Gypsy bonnets have large flowing
b1ims raised IN front, tied down at the
sides, and falling on the neck, after be-
ing partially raised in the back.
Satteens and mummy cloth novelties
show dainty little flower and leaf bouquet
and vine patterns in jardiniere colors on
pure white grounds.
Quantities of cheap pinhead- 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
we'll as tasteful avoid English styles of
half masculine Derby hats, manish,
ulsters, and jackets for street wear.
Spring wraps are of various kinds Of
mantillas, mantles and dolman visites,
all having long ends in front, square or
pointed, but light Chuddah and India
shawls will probably be much worn.
The favorite flowers for tacking on
bonnet crowns are asters, marguerites,
pansies, aud 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 up in com
bination with plain silk and satin, make
very stylish summer evening dresses.
New opera fans are made in various
forms, but do not close. They are COM
posed entirely of flowers and leaves, after
the favorite blossoms of the fair holder,
and are perfumed after natural models.
Two small red clay pipes, decorated
with flowers and notices, with the stems
tied in cross with blue ribbon, is the
newest chandelier pendant in fashionable
houses. They call them "peace pipes"
A gay morning robe always looks vul-
gar at watering place or hotel breakfast,
and corduroy velvet as we'll as satin, is
seen in combination with camel's hair,
French bunting and other light wool
fabrics in spring costumes.
Dressy parssols for the country or 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 bandana or Scotch plaid Innings, or
gay-colored Innings with white polka dots.
The quaintest mixtures of color appear
in mummy cloth, as stripes of yellow
green, pink, and white, all mingled to.
gether, and patterns resembling Satsuma
ware, with creamy grounds and small
flower designs in shades of brown, Ssvres
blue and scarlet.
The fashion for flower bouquets is to
have garden posies with several old flash
sand-ieaf roses, a spray of migonette, a
pansy or two, marigold or buttercup,
and few ferns are tied together and
used in bonnets or for waist bouquets
Diamond ribbon collar necklaces are
the fashion Of the passing moment set IN
paue style, and with clasps that make
them available either for a pair of brace.
lets or for necklace
A new fancy that will probably <stake'
is to face the skirts of dressy costumes
with red silk, under which tie lace
balayeuse is basted, making very rretty
and striking dress effect.
The newest white lawn and cambria
waists have the fronts in fchu style, made
with separate piece in six plaits or
each side, sewed in the shoulder seams
and tapering to the waist.
Evening stockings in the shades tc
match the new fabrics are embroidered
between squares or lace figures set in
over the ins,eps and sometimes up the
sides.
The Dudley promenade costume has a
special feature, which will prove verv
convenient. The skirt clears the ground,
and the train, which is separated from
the skirt just above the revers with
which it is trimmed IS to be carried on
the arm, leaving both hands at liberty,
so If our ladies will insist upon trained
street costumes, nothing so convenient
as this style can be suggested for their
benefit.
In hat ornaments there are found great
changes this spring. On hats and bon
nets without flowers there are braids of
either gold or silver, broader and of 8
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pose last year. Golden buttercups, sill
yer straw, gold. centered white silk pop
pies, butterflies of mother-of- pearl, bee.
ties with variegated backs and crysta
lizards will be worn as ornaments on
light coifures. A new moir ribbon
called "mother-of-p pearl ribbon" resem-
bles that substance in its hues, its sur.
face being satiny.
A mourning dress for indoor wear is
made with plain skirt of woolen goods
plated in one large plat in the middle
OF the back, and trimmed with two
lands of Grape. The basque waist is
bordered with Grape band. The sleeves
are tlght-titting and finished at the wrist
with deep cuff. A dress for half mourn
ing may be of facy armure dclaine
trimmed with pekin or ''armure de soie
The skirt is trim >aed with two narrow
plated founces. The overskirt is draped
in large plaits and the back is puffed
and trimmed with band of pekin which
extends up the sides; the waist has a
long basque, opening in the neck in q
point: showing a vest, it then closes
down to the middle of the basque, where
It turns back, forming reyers lined with