The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-02

TUNES are to be like those of the peas.
ants of the different provinces of Great
Britain. The walls of the parlors are ia
be concealed by leaves, benches are to
be covered with greens, and sheaves Of
wheat are to ornament the corners Of
pictures and different parts of the rooms
The ladies will wear bouquets of wheat
on their waists, and the gentlemen's
button-hole bouquets will be composed Of
the same. The Goddess of Wheat, the
blonde Ceres, who is to appear at this reun
ion, and present each guest with tiny
sickle of gold, as souvenir Of the occa-
sion, is to De dressed in long white
dress, with the golden hair falling loose
over the shoulders and wreath of wheat.
Supper will be served on rustic china
ware.
Great importance is now attached to
the slippers, shoes and hose worn with
the evening toilets The slippers are
mostly made of satin and velvet, with
heels of gilded metal in open work, ap-
plique against velvet. The cutters worn
over the shoes, called "pardessus," whica
is Russian fashion, are now very gem
orally used. These consist of velvet
gaiter lined with white lambs skin which
looks like ermine. They are trimmed
with brown fur, and have velvet heels
in Louis XIV style, with the execution
of the heel being made to allow of the
heel of the shoe fitting in. These are
made to wear over slippers to keep the
feet warm. They are taken off with great
ease, being only fastened bya single
hook. Underskirts, especially those
made for evening wear under the narrow
skirts, are mounted on broad bands. For
dresses which Just touch the ground, the
skirts are not the same length, and for
train skirts, the full muslin and lace
trains are fastened to the dress. In this
way the dress and train skirt are taken
up together, and the waist and hips are
not made large by a number of useless
bands.
Although it is the fashion for ladies
not to wear false hair, there are many
who, simple as the style may be, can not
arrange their own satisfactorily. Very
young ladies can well dress Their hair
perfectly fat on the top, but this style is
not becoming to all. The hair is general
ly dressed low, and sometimes in crimped
bandeaux; it is also cut short, and CURED
in front. The hair may be dressed for
evening wear with the part ON one side
and carelessly taken back. There is very
little hair cut short in front. The hair
is dressed loose in the back, with sprays
of flowers down the back. Another style
is to have the hair parted in the center of
the head, crimped, and curled in front
over the forehead. A very thick braid is
taken around the back with white satin
bow in the middle. Low Oh the side is a
large rose. A very simple and pretty
style is to have the hair banged in front
and taken back, perfectly plain but
rather loose. 1t is taken up very high
in the back, with few loose crimps fall
ing carelessly on the neck. On one side,
placed fiat against the head, are three
large roses. Pearl beads are very much
worn in the hair, as also different col
ored beads. The large, carelessly twisted
loops-the favorite way Of arranging the
back hair-have these beads as orna-
ments, or ribbon loops, golden combs,
and flowers. Flowers are mostly placed
near the ear The back hair is some
times quite covered with small flowers,
all placed close against the hair, without
any falling below in sprays.
A dinner dress may be of black Sici-
lienne, trimmed with jet passementerie.
The Sicilienne skirt may be trimmed in
apron shape, with plating of the same,
over which tall the jet passementerie.
The skirt in the back forms long train,
trimmed with piaitings Of Sicilienne,
cut bias. The unique is composed Of
two breadths of goods, separating on
the middle of the skirt, and forming two
points, one falling over the other A
broad bias band Of Sicilienne surrounds
these two breadths. The right side falls
fiat against the apron, and the left side
is draped under two black satin bows,
and has square pocket, trimmed with
passementerie. The front pieces have
only one gore and the left buttons by
means OF jet buttons over the right side.
The front of the basque is cut up, and is
shorter tnan the sides The back of the
waist is cut "t,illeur" shape. On the
hips are pockets, trimmed with passe-
menterie On the left side of the waist
is passementerie trimming. The jabot is
of ruched lace. The sleeves have cuffs,
surrounded by ruching, and covered
with passementerie and bows. On the
shoulder and over the breast are loops of
black satin ribbon.
| A robe de chambre may be of beige
colored faille and broche goods with the
same colored grounding. The front of
the skirt is cut out on either side in large
points, showing a plated faille apron.
This apron is placed on false front
piece which is fastened to the side seams
Of the dress. The points are bordered
with silk cordings in the same color as
the dres4; this cording extends also on
the lower part of the skirt. The collar
and pockets are of faille, surrounded by
cordings. The long sleeves are open at
the wrist over a faille plating. Long
loops Of narrow ribbon fall over the front
of the skirt. A bow OF the same ribbon
closes the collar and trims the outside of
the sleeves. The lingerie worn with the