The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-23
FASHION FLASHES,
And Items Which Interest the
Ladies.

SHRED mantles of black satin de Lyon
are among the new spring wraps.
Much Of the new Languedoc lace is as
dark as though 1t had been dipped in
coffee.
Plain round skirts of corduroy or vel
vet will be worn with the new French
surtout.
Spanish lace mantles are very large,
wide scarfs, and in the shawl shapes for
merl " worn.
Gray and purple are much used to-
gether in brocades and in the different
materials of a costume.
Two bouquets to match are sold for
dinner toilets-one to be worn in the
hair, the other on the corsage.
The favorite fabric for summer coats
for small children is white cordarette,
i. e.. fancifully figured corduroy.
A Paris princess, on the anniversary of
her twenty-second birthday, gave dog
dinner party. Each guest brought his or
her favorite dog, and fed HIM with honor
and delicacies.
A new idea in wool suits for spring is
the use of cords and tassels arranged
merely as festoons, or passed around the
hips with the ends hanging to the feet
directly in front, or else on the left side.
Richter is credited with saying that
with women marked, irregular noses,
signify far more talent than with men,
and, except in the case Of few, beauty
must always sacrifice something to
genius"
"From the moment the woman Is no
longer the wife for life, the perpetual and
immovable mistress of the house, she de-
pends upon her husband to an extent
that soon becomes abject," says M. Paul
Feval.
youth, beauty, grace and $150,000 a
year," are described as the possessions of
Miss Maynard, who was recently pre-
sented to Queen Victoria. Her courtesy
to the sovereign is said to have been q
marvel of flexible loveliness.
The heroine of Justin McCarthy's
latest novel, Donna Quixote, 4'left a Wild
ow under very romantic circumstances,
and devotes herself to making people
happy, pursuit in which she attains a
very doubtful success"
Colors in hosiery correspond to fash
ionable hues in dress goods. Favorite
colors in plain and cloeked hose are
gendarme blue, sapphire, garnet and old
gold. Roman stripes and tartan plaids
remain in favor for both women and
children.
Habits of velvet or satin oyerdress of
tulle or of silk covered with lace will be
worn. These habits are cut almost pre-
cisely like the masculine frock-coat, but
have no sleeves whatever, only a row of
narrow white lace gath cred around the
armhOle.
China Grape scarfs, large enough for
mantles, are shown covered with en-
broidery. The palest rose, cream and
blue are shown in these mantles, and the
embroidery is in gay colors, representing
natural flowers and foliage, done in the
long stitches Of India needle-work.
Madame de Remusat says of the late
Napoleon the Thirds mother: "I knew
Madame Louis Bonaparte very intimate
ly, and was acquainted with all the se-
crets of her domestic life. Ihave always
believed her to be the purest, as she was
the most unfortunate, of women"
For fancy coiffures for the house ladies
are generally adopting extremely small
caps made of foulard, With Oriental de
signs, or else Of plain foulard simply Dor
dered with a broad stripe. These littl,
caps are even made of velvet, red, blu,
or black, and such coiffure closely re
sembles the fez
Persian yelling is the novelty to be in
troduced for spring. This is black net o
very fine quality, edged with Persian col
ors given by India embroidery or else b,
rainbow beads. 1t is quite narrow, ant
is to be worn as mask veil, or else a
the long scarf veil that crosses behind tn
head and is tied in great bow under tn,
chin.
In "Daniel Rochat" Mile. Bartet, tn
heroine, has had her hair dressed charm
ingly in wavy bands with small frisure
on the forehead; the chignon is con,
posed OF Psyche knot and plaits, AM
the only ornament is gold comb. Tn
new mode of dressing the hair. has bee
christened by its inventor the "coiffur
Lea"
The new French breakfast caps are il
most varied shapes. The "Fanchon" j
again used and is universally becoming
The novelty, however, is muslin drs
perry at the back shaped like the Spanis
veil, and with ends crossing in front be
low the chin. The Martha Washingto
caps, with mob crown, have large re
settes Of silk notched in saw-teeth on tn
edges for trimming. Point .d'esprit ne
| is used for many Of these crowns, an
the notcbed edging for plated frill
around it, Flowers in small cluster
aud fringed satin ribbons trim the daint
"Fanchons'' of lace.
!, Striped petticoat skirting has bee
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