Sharp County record., 1880-02-26
FASHION NOTES.

Beige is the fashionable materialf for
young girls.
Medium shades of wood color and
gray are revived for kid gloves.
Creamy white bonnets are more
worn than any others for full dress.
Young ladies who dance wear short
dresses escaping the floor all round.
Loops of braids at the back of the
head are giving place to loose fluffy
curls.
Cashmere colors appear in the
trimmings of many handsome white
bonnets.
-Ruches, ruffles, and fraises in the
neck are more fashionable than linen
collars.
Young ladies wear their corsage
bouquets on one side of the neck, near
the shoulder.
-Berthas are again in fashion and are
an exceeding improvement on low-neck
corsages.
White Jet and white Spanish lace
appear to be favorite decorations of
white dress bonnets.
There never was season when so
great variety was seen in the style of
dressing the hair.
Any thing may be worn that is
pretty or becoming without putting the
wearer out of fashion.
Costumes of plain material are il
lumined by splendid sashes, which take
the place of brocades.
Young girls wear waistcoats of
some bright silk and wool mixture with
gray or brown or drab beige suits.
Small Japanese fans with long
handles are more fashionable than large
Japanese fans with short handles.
The fashion is growing in popular
ity of having the corsage of different
material or color from that of the skirt.
-Tulle dresses looped with sprays of
apple blossoms, rosebuds, or daisies,
make the most effective ball dresses for
young girls.
Large, coop-front directoire bon
nets of plain or furry felt are picturesque
and stylish, but they make any face look
needlessly older.
New silk handkerchiefs for the neck
are in pale shades of blue and rose, and
edged with plaitings of Breton, Langue-
doc, or Valenciennes laces
The novelty destined to be the great
est popularity in fancy spring goods is
the printed India cashmeres, in small,
multi-colored, pine patterns, over light
ground.
In ladies fancy ties and bows, the
newest styles are the white lace and fan
cy satin ribbon. For white lawn ties
there are pretty lappets in princess lace.
Pure white, cream white, delicately
tinted French and India cashmeres, re-
lieved by trimmings Of satin, are highly
popular for home reception and general
evening wear.
Long scarfs of black Spanish lace
are now worn on the bonnet, with the
front edge falling over the brlm, the
other gathered into the crown behind,
and the ends knotted under the chin.
Cashmere ties are of red India cash
mere, with the variegated ends like a
camel's-hair shawl in color, and exact
limitations, on a small scale, of the
broad cashmere scrafs once fashionable.
The overdress that is really the most
popular for all materials is the Melville.
This is susceptible of the greatest
number of arrangements, and is par
ticularly desirable for making up in rich
materials.
"A new fancy for trimming fichus Of
muslin and lace is that of having a vine
of leaves and buds extend up the left
side to the back of the neck, while
large bunch of larger half-b buds
is placed down the front.
Extreme simplicity, due to uni
formity of shades and their harmony,
and wise choice of dark colors for the
daytime in winter, mark the toilet of a
fashionable woman, while the toilet for
the house is fanciful and complicated.
"A fashion that will hardly be re-
ceived by women of good taste is the
wearing of anklets. A heavy band of
silver or gold, with bangles or medallion
clasp, is worn over the embroidered and
clocked silk stockings with low slippers.
Sleeve trimmings run to two ex-
treme either the trimming is carried
high up on the sleeve and arranged in
elaborate style, or the beauty is made to
depend on the sleeve itself, and the wrist
is simply finished with plain, round
sailor cuff.
Pretty evening dresses are made OF
cream-colored barege, sometimes trim
med with satin-striped barege of con-
trasting color, or with silk. 1t is hand
somely trimmed with lace and en-
broidery. Barege dresses are particu-
1arlv nrettv for vOunp ladies.