Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-02-27

are tea-rose, maize, old gold, beige, and
marron or chestnut-color. There 10 q great
deal Of argent, or silver grsv. which Is con-
trasted with other colors. Grenat, nacar-
at, and cardinal reds will DO used In most
combinations.
GAUZEs AND SILKS.
The materials to be used by millners for
crowns and for trimmings cut from the
piece are pekin gauzes. jardniere silks,
and satins Of light quality. The pekin
gauZes have narrow basket-woven gauzc
stripes alternating with repped, satin. or
brocaded stripes; other gauzes have open
blocks an inch square In lace-lke patterns
with closer woven blocks between. These
gauzes come in ivory white. Sevres blue,
roseau, and oil the new shades Of one col
or, and also Ia contrasting stripes. Velvet
striped gauzes and checks OF velvet on
gauze are also shown; sometimes the vel
vet Is In two Scotch colors, such as bars of
blue and green velvet on black cauze
these will trim black very effectively; the
velvet stripes vary from the merest peucil
line to inch-wide stripes. Some of the
richest gauzes have brocaded stripes. The
jardnlere silks for bonnet crowns have
tiny flowers brocaded on them. The satIns
are as soft As foulard, and have white ira
Gerry that resembles lace or embroidery.
Sevres blue satin with ivory lace-like de-
signs Is especially handsome.
BRETON LACE.
Breton lace will be used "a trimming on
bonnets made up OF the materials lust de-
scribed; IL will be used 10 cream white.
ivory, and the bleached shades now in
vogue AS pleatings for the back OF the
crown, as Alsacian rosettes for the top,
and as an edging for tqle strings.
RIBBONS.
chapter might be written about rib
bons, so great Is the variety shown. The
:ibbon known TO miliners as Ne. lG will
be used for trimming In preference To ma-
terisls cut bias; this trimming Width is
about two and a halt or three inches wide !;
there Is an effort also TO use still wider
ribbons. The pekin (or striped) and the
iardinere Cor broe aded) ribbons are most
largely imported.
The striped ribbons come in gauze, gros
grain, and brocades OF two tones OF one
color. and In many quantity pretty con-
trasts that recall the old fashions OF hun
dred years ago. New reversible ribbons
hsve one side .: plain satin, while the other
Is striped In contrasting colors, or else has
brilliant Persian brocade upon It, Very
soft satin ribbons have brocaded border
down each side, or else the border stripe is
pladed In CAV Roman or iu Scotch colors.
Persian brocaded ribbons are very light
yet effective mixtures Of Sevres blue, Old
gold. aud rose-color In palm-ieaf designs
Chine ribbons, that shade differently ac-
cordlng 10 the light in which they are seen,
are plaided in the new shades already
noted. Plain gros grain ribbons have a
single Persian stripe bordering only one
side
IL Is the pekin ribbons, however, that the
newest combinations of colo.s and of fab
Iics are seeu. Faeuce blue and ivory
white satin Ia narrow stripes Will trim chips
tastefIiiy. Basket woven gauZe strips are
separated from tyiiled stripes by n cord ot
two colOrs; thus pale green and rose
stripes have between them a cord OF gar.
net twisted In with black. Other ribbons
have but three Stripes, one of which Is car
| dinai satin. thr nsxt jardlnsere pattern
4 bracaded on ivory white, and the third o
I faience blue satin; sca-rOse Is with Scvrr.
blue and blege; old gold, grenat and ar
/ gent are together. Satin ribbons OF pale
I olive. roseau, or blue have a border ol
/ selvedge stripe of deeper blue or cardina
! red. When only two colors are used. tn,
! satin stripes are very narrow and in con
/ trast, as old gold with grenat, ivory witt
| ciet blue, ..Fgest With sapphire beige will
| iceberg, or maize with black. Again tht
| stripes are reversible; thus one side vii
! have black satin stripe alternating viii
! one Of gay mixed colors, while the oppo
I site side Will be white satin with the mlXeC
/ stripe. The jardinere stripes in gay Pom
| padour colors, and the rich Persian pat
! terms. In which many gold threads al,
| woven. will be- used for trimming hand
| | auh wi
! lace.
| HANDkERCHfEF-PArrE PERCALES.
| Percalss in handh herchief patterns arr
| brought cut this season as the result OF tht
handkerchief dresses the fashionable mod
/ isses made last summer out OF the regular
| bas.janas OF gay coors. This year tn,
| polka-dotted, diamond, and star patterns
| (such a. are seen on white silk hahdker
chiefs, with striped or figured borders, ar,
! manufactured in soft foulard finished per
Gales. Such dresses were noted IN th'
! Bazaar year ago as amoug the noyeltie!
imported by the fashionable dress-makers
Cream grounds with elaret red, blue, o
brown dots will probably be most used
There are also dark percaies in the new
claret red shades, brown, or blue, viii
| white or cream-coored dots aud borders
! SPIDER legs, zigzag, and egg-shaped design
are in white IN the dark cambrcs
A new idea Is that of printing thu figure
of French carnbric In different c0scrs g.
each side; thus making them reTeI-ible
and using the wrong side to trim the right
The ordinary cambrics come in vine ant
leaf patterns OF faence blue with gray, o.
in shaded gray with an arabesque bor<e
OF red and black, or blue gray with bord
er In which there Is great deal of black