The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1880-08-21
HINTS FOR THE LADIES.

Fresh and Ingenious Devices Wherein the
selves as Fine as the Lilies of the Valley
India null is a favorite material for trim
ming coarse straw hats.
Boudoir sacks with "angep sleeves have
been brought into vogue.
Large hats and bonnets are worn more and
more as the season advances.
1t is again fashionable to make chemises
with V shaped gussets in the neck.
A young girl always looks well in a SIM
| pie toilet with small tunic formed by q
scarf
Surah satin and religieuse yelling make q
| lovely combination tor summer evening
dresses.
Old lace wells and other laces are being
brought into service by putting over Leg
horn hats.
Cardinal satin belts with golden edge
are pretty when worn with either black or
white gowns.
A new hairpin has ball head of Moorish
enamel, which opens, disclosing a large
Roman pearl.
Scarf mantles of the dress material, edged
with gathered ruffies, are exceedingly stylish
With muslin costumes.
The diversities of trimming have now be-
come so great that more thought is required
for the garniture of toilet than for the sell
ection of its material.
High heels are not so much worn as they
were year or two ago. 1t is even rumored
that the most stylish shoes will be made
without heels next season.
Petticoats are all made short. Long dress
es are provided with deep balayeuses, &C
cording to the length of the dress, instead of
having to wear long skirts.
The newest French sunshade is black, and
upon it design is outlined by a fine gold
cord and all the space inside is filed up with
iridescent beads. 1t is heavy and not at all
handsome.
Materials used for ordinary travelling dresses
are chiefly flannel or flannel finished ma
terials of pure wool. They are more service
able than bunting or serge. Flannel finished
buntings are pretty fabrics and wear well.
Some of the newest gloves imported are
stitched with Tapped edges instead of being
sewed in an overland seam, and are designed
for long slender hands, the wrists having long
extensions, although they fasten with three
buttons only.
Pins for fastening bonnets are so orna-
mented that they are an additional trimming,
especially on black hat. The most stylish
are the plain round balls that are cut to APP
pear as ifthey were hundred little jets
fastened to one large one.
White petticoats, so long in favor, are out
of style. Black or colored satinet, foulard or
silk are for everyday wear, and are trimmed
with ruffles, edged with lace. For evening
wear cream or coffee-colored foulard is Sc
lected, and those are frequently trimmed with
lace.
The invention of the French in colors is
endless Just, now a shade of raspberry
cream and another of crushed strawberries is
much affected. The variety in the tints of
| yellow and orange is great. Buttercups cow
slips, maize, apricot and sulphur yellow are
the tints most in vogue.
| Shirred sleeves are again fashionable for
summer dresses; others are made with puffs
at the shoulder and the old fashioned deep
ruff1e at the elbow. Another style has the
sleeves slashed in several places from the
shoulder to the elbow, and V shaped puffs
of silk, satin or velvet are inserted. No
| style can take the place of the graceful coat
sleeve so long worn.
| Belts of silk or satin in the Oriental de-
| signs are more fashionable this summer than
| those of leather or velvet. These belts are
fastened with agraffes or oxidized silver or
! ieweled enamel in the medieval style. At
tached to these belts are small fat bags of
like material, with plain satin puffings
around the sides, and in the center of
rosette of lace is placed a satin bow, a tiny
bunch of white flowers, or small ornament
of silver or jeweled enamel.
The Exhibition of Decorative Arts has
produced quite a revolution in buttons for
| both dresses and mantles. Old models have
been copied, and the Button buttons are
rapidly becoming fashionable. They are
natural insects imprisoned in glass, and
small flowers in crystal globes; also Dresden
china buttons, miniature plates, exquisite imi-
tations of wedgewood, etc. Wood and
pearl and horn buttons will be banished for
time, and we certainly shall enjoy va.
riety.-Andrews Bazaar.