The Newtown bee., 1880-03-10
FOR THE EAiR SEX.
r. sHllo., Fancies.

EkSh0zt \ AnSaGss 1 -,s satin seems to be preferred in- stead uiribbons for bonnet ties. Mummy cloths in stripes and figures i and in plain colors will be worn this summer.
 Collarettes of satin in shirrings and bordered with l;tce arc worn with cash ! mere gowns
 Fa, ,oys' school suits plain cloths and fancy ;,assimeres in checks and small, broken plaids are used.
 Le;.ti CT petticoats are used for walk ing by English women. They look like satin ard wear forever.
 YeIlowish shades of color will be popular in laces, millinery goods, dress fabrics and wraps for spring. Ribbon bracelets of the brightest hue are worn on one wrist by young ladles ! who aspire to be considered fashionable. Pearl embroideries and passementer-. ies are much employed on toilets of white satin and delicately tinted gauge.
 Heliotrope, a peculiar shade resem- bling lilac, represents new color III silk and woolen goods for spring wear.
 Black chip for hats and bonnets is much used in Paris, and chips in all colors promise to be a favorite mate rial.
 Ruches of both black and white lace are now mixed with little bows ot rib bon like the outings around a baby's cap.
 Ball cultures for young ladies are very simple this season, the only ornaments admissible being a few flowers or a ieweled comb or, poniard.
 Dragons, bees, butterflies and birds in InHx fIn lr,1 leaves and other Eastern designs of lately imported spring goods.
 The most elegant mule dressing slip pers are of black satin, lined with red silk and decorated with black velvet bows with gold or steel buckles.
 The long overdress which has recently draped princess polonaise, which re- quires only a founce to complete the costume.
 One of the prettiest of the new spring fabrics bears the name of F7eur de The. It is as thin as cambric and elastic like crape, and returns to its crinkled form after being laundered.
 Colors and patterns which have dis tinguished the silk and woolen fabrics during the past season are now appear ing in fine French prints and other cot ton goods for spring wear.
 Plain suits for girls from ten to twelve years of age are of wool and silk in combination. These are frequently made in princesse style, with a deep plaited flounce at the bottom of the skirt and with scaTfhke drapery. Shir- ring is also in favor On misses suits.
 Included among spring and sum- mer goods suitable for children's use are momie cloths figured in Japanese style on soft, cream-tinted grounds, or dotted with tiny flowers and leaves on plain pink, blue or other colors also kind of crepe so rich and soft that it has al- most the appearance of silk. Both of these materials are entirely cotton.
 Dresses for children up to six and eight years of age are still made in one piece-a fashion both comfortable for the child and conv enient for the mother Wool and silk, and silk and velvet are employed in these dresses, which may be very simply or elaborately modelled to simulate vest and jacket. Satin bands and lace serve as a garniture.
 The large old-fashioned black satin aprons. embroidered with flowers in silks, are now beginning to be seen again, and happy are they who have them among old stores of treasures of bygone years. Some of the modern copies of these grandmothers' aprons" as they are called, are printed instead of worked, and are edged with black lace.
 Yellow Tuscan braids, it is an- nounced, are the fashionable material for spring bonnets, and rival French chips and straw faces. The early inn portations show also Leghorns, and many of the yellow straws have lus- trous finish. The early bopnets are medium-sized; turbans and wide | brimmed round hats are included in the millinery exhibited.
 A new cravat bow, called the butter i fly, has two little plaited pieces of white India muslin strapped tightly where i they are joined, and this forms the center. Wide lace, either Languedoc or l duchesse ~or Valenciennes, is then sewed l to the plaited ends, and when the bow is worn the upper edge of this lace is 1 pinned high about the collar and it is i allowed to fall open below and display the pretty design wrought upon it.
 Fancy silk neckties are used now as bows for the hair and also for caps The bows are very large, like those worn by the Alsatian women, and lie close to the head the ends fall on to the hair, be- hind the loops. The caps are made by ! tuSb IjaSSlllS GiiC IOIOuIiu tuC llSdu, bW 1SU- ing and pinning it to the side of the head to give it the appearance of a cap, and turning the ends back from the front, so that they rest on the top of the head, rather to one side, one end being little l longer than the other. The ends should be fringed to look well, those ties with an embroidered pattern and a ball fringe at each end looking the best and most dressy.
 Among the simple spring walking suits are fine dark colored fannels in the latest shades of blue, green and other colors, with a finish of many rows of very narrow white or black braid. The waist is belted, the over- skirt has an apron front and full drapery at the back andthe lower skirt is kilt plaited. Walking jackets for sping differ from previous styles principally : in having longer skirts. A new model is double -breastedand slightly cut away at the front below the waist, forming in
 long narrow opening. What are called
 blanket cloths, in mixed hues with fine
 lines of color running through them, are
 made up in this style, and show the
 tailor's finish. Fancy silk and wool sacques will be trimmed with fur foI early spring, after which fringes and feather trimming will probably bepopu !, lar.
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