Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-05-08
FASHION NOTES.

Primrose gloves are again the finishing
touch of fashion. Lavender in faint shades
and pearl gray come next.
Toilet covers of Turkey red damask,
edged with knitted linen, are found con-
venient by ladies where white covers are
not easily kept fresh.
Black and gold damask is the hight of
heavy fashionable style in upholsteries.
1t is not received by the artistic world,
however, and the effect, it must be con-
fessed, is funeral.
japanese Grape squares are made into
bizarre window blinds and screens, joining
the pictures by lace insertion. Where the
insertion and borders are very wide the
effect is not unpleasing.
Verbenas are becoming fashionable dec
Grating flowers in millinery and crewel
work Their variety of shades and oppor-
tunities for grouping render them most
valuable in the hands of artists.
Painted parasols. with a bouquet colored
on one gore, are quite common. A sugges-
ton will not be out of place to the effect
that the size around the design may be re-
moved by careful sponging with alcohol,
agreeable reminder of decalcomanie. The
pattern should stand out on the ground, as
if painted boldly like fresco.
Painted costumes and parasols have been
Immediately adopted by young ladies whose
skill in colors comes to the aid of their ex-
penses. A painted dress remarked the
other day was brown silk, with clusters of
flowers painted on the shoulders, lapels and
cuffs, also on long tabs down the skirt, but the
conclusion suggested to every beholder
was that painted decorations are too snowy
for the street.
A new dress in perfect taste was shown
olive green, with satin petticoat, and
long walking coat OF Indian cashmere,
the skirts lined with buff, not old
gold, but soft, old-fashioned buff, and the
sides, which were open to the waist, laced
together by agrafes of large cord, finished
in passementerie ferules. A dress of more
distinction has not been observed this sea-
son.
The fashion of ornamenting white linen
tablecloths for tea is on the increase abroad,
and is not difficult to carry out. An ap-
pliuue border of colored cretonne or fine
silesia is worked on the linen with chain
stitch of coarse cotton in the same color,
and it is edged with deep linen. The colors
of the cloth are selected with reference to
the tea service. If that is French porce-
lain, light pink and blue borders should go
with them, and red, gold and green with
Oriental china.
A rather bright but pretty style of trim
ming was seen on young lady's dress not
long ago. A black damask overdress
was worn above skirt of black satin,
finished by four narrow pleated ruffies in
black, light blue, gold and red, with similar
frills at the wrists and on the satin bod
ice. The idea was well carried out and
there was just enough of the bright color
to suit the youthful dress at the season
when dandelions, tulips and forget-me-nots
relieve the color of nature.
Very good taste is shown in decorating
tea-tables where service Of painted china
is not desirable. The table-cloth has gay
border of gay applique, and the lace edge
is darned in colors to correspond. A few
pieces of Dresden or India china occupy
the center of the table, and each plate is
placed on deep red or pink and blue
fringed doyley, and plain white porcelain
service, the pieces of which can be easily
replaced, is used, as it was before the trou-
blesome art innovations came in, which
sometimes have as much whimsy in them
as they have taste. The advantage of col
ored serviettes over colored china is that
servants can't break napkins, and it is a
costly venture to keep up fine china under
the rule of the Celtic tvrant