The Red Cloud chief., 1880-02-26
FASHION MOTIFS

Girls ovcr is viii no: wear bangs.
Bangle rings and bangle bracelets
Arc the craze.
Oriental designs prevail in the nes
spring goods.
banged front locks are worn oaly By
small girls and little boys.
Yokohama Grape IL one q The ns~
cotton dress suds 70. .pr!ng wear.
Six bangles on one arm i No "A
unusual number for n fashionable gih,
Mummy cloth, much improved. viii
be among the fashionable spring goods
Gilt and silver balls, both plain and
face;ied. form the heads Of fancy pms
for the hair.
yellow. red. and brilliant dark col
ors are mingled with the faint fade col
ors in new goods.
Misses part their hair in the middle
and arrange the front in sof, DAT ring.
on the forehead.
Two buttons are considered the
fashionable number for kid gloves when
they have tops Of the new kid lace.
White silk and wool fabric. are seen
In new designs and unique patterns for
ball and evening dress purposes.
Large honnets with poke brim:, and
wide strings tying them down oycr the
ears, are becoming more popular.
Grape Yeddo is a new cotton Grape
material, crinkled like Canton Grape,
thick rs calico, but soft and pliable As
silk.
Ball c~oiffures for young ladies are
very simple this season, the only orns-
ments admissible being a few flowers or
d jeweled comb, or poniard.
dragons, bees, butterflies, and
birds in indefinite forms appear among
the palm leaves and other Eastern de-
signs or lately imported spring goods.
The long overdress, which has re.
Gently been revived, is nothing but a
gracefully draped princess polonaise,
which requires only a fiounee TO com
plete the costume.
understandable French flowers are
the best kind for art decorative purposes
indoors rs well n outdoors, as neither
heat nor cold, storm, rain, nor snow can
harm them.
One of the pre.tiest of the new
spring fabrics bears the name of F3eur
De The. Ii is IS thin a cambria and
elastic like Grape, and returns to its
crinkled form after being laundried.
Fashionable false fronts OF waved or
curled hair cover the whole crown Of
the head, coming low on the forehead,
and fastened beneath the knot with u
small shell comb on each side.
Among the new fancies for buttons
are twin mice of dull silver. owls-the
most fashionable of birds Just now-and
lady birds Of red enamel. Buttons Of
floIentine copper, representing a ter
rier's head, are in favor.
Swiss embroideries on muslin, lawn
and nainsook exhibit, especially in tbs
best qualities, very attractive patterns.
Among the newest Of these are designs
Of very fine and close network in what
Is called the lace stitch.
The handsomcst mule slippers are
of cardinal kid, ornamen,ed with 4 vine
and leaf design il shaded FURNISHED
gold, with quilted Innings Of white or
pale blue silk, and bows and quillings
around the edges of narrow cardinal red
satin ribbon.
-Fichus which fit closely about the
neck and supply the place Of collar or
rutlie are fastened 10y oblong lace or
scarf-pins of gold, silver or enamel,
either plain or ornamented with in
Vulnerable devices of fans, horseshoes,
birds, and the like.
Stylish bonnets for deep mourning
are of Grape in turban or capote shape.
The trimmings are of Grape also; strings
are either Of Grape, finished with a fold,
or else of lusterless soft twilled black
ribbon, worn rather for use than orna-
mcnt.
The fashion of a corsage different
from the dress will prevail in the spring.
Long corsages of material and color diff
ferent from the skirt will be worn both
In the house and on the street, and later
when the weather is warmer without
any wrap.
New corset covers and chemises are
made with square necks, tn suit the
fashionable style of corsage. New night
dresses have round yokes, and a pretty
idea joins Hamburg insertings OF these
with u narrow band, covered by briar-
stitch vine, making the work appear as
q solid piece.
Long black kid gloves, with a brace
let of small yellow rose-buds ut the top,
is m of the capriccs of semi-dress toi-
lettes. For a debutante to wear with a |
white and blue toilette, white undressed
kid gloves and a band of tiny blue for
get-me-nots forming a bracelet at the
top Of each, just below the elbow.
East Indian nets of gold and silver
cord are worn on the hair, covering the
space between the forehead and the
Greek knot in the back, but extend
ing Over the knot itself. These nets are
finished with a band of gold stars on
each edge, and they are drawn to .
point under the knot in the nape of the
neck.
The new Jersey is 8 close cuirass
bodice of webbing that fits the figure
like a glove, and is so elastic that it is
made with very few seams. This elastic
webbing comes in the stylish dark col
ors of cashmere, and is either silk, wool,
or cotton, and is TO be worn with q
skirt of the same color.
The latest Partisan couture for
girls under Is is to crimp the
Of the hair, brush it out smoothly,
and then braid it in one long plat or
braid fastened at the nape OF the neck
with a soft ribbon bow. Another bow
IS placed some distance below around
the braid, and the hair below the final
iS orrappet in lpyht cr,rls |