Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-16
FASHIONS.
A rsw LINES FOR THE EYES OF THE
LADIES,
Something About a Few Novelties in
Spring Fashions at the East
Odd Decorations

The early importations of bonnets show
three distinct styles. Small, exceedingly
dressy bonnets, the medium sized poke for
summer, and a small coronet front rather
pointed IN the center. Some Normandy
crowns add to the variety, and there are
bonnets of Surah silk and foulard delicately
shirred. Later there will be seen some
picturesque large hats of the Gainsborouch
style. Straw lace predominates, in rich,
golden, straw color. ecru and palest cream
tints. The bonnets are simply the beds
from which the flowers spring in the utmost
extravaganza of luxuriance. Never has
the marvellous handicraft of French arti.
sans been more plainly visible than in these
exquisite garlands true to nature. Long.
clustering garlands of superb roses swaying
from slender stems are shaded from the in.
tense Jacqueminot red gradually into paler
shades and sizes, until, descending from
the top of the bonnet, approaching the
strings, the roses graduate into the open.
ing bud, thence into the green bud
lust disclosing the delicate growth into
maturity. finally into the tiny blossom
that holds the germ of palest green, and
ending in clusters of leaves, which fall over
the strings. Another garland is composed
altogether of gray ash. berries pendent in
thickest clusters from long, brown, slender
stems against background, which is to
lie fiat on the bonnet, of ecru, tiny feather
sprays and CLINT of steel. These charm
ing garlands are produced also in the wall
flower of brown orange blooms, falling into
feathered grass and oaten bells; almonds
blushing with roseate bloom Parma vio-
lets, half hidden in the green leaves and
shading from intense purple into palest
lilac; the velvet robed yellow and russell
polyanthus nodding lilies and tufted
spirea; red, impish columbines, peeping
saucily from thick foliage and dropping in
a tangled mass burning bed of vivid
hued geraniums, graduating into the
tiniest buds; starry-eyed white marguer-
ties; doubled, crumpled- leafed pop
pies and silken hollyhocks of pale
pink, fading into white as the garland
lengthens into soft, green, woolly buds !;
graceful clusters of sweetbriar, hiding in
dusky leaves and falling to the waist in
myriads of tiny pink buds brown woody
twigs, gorse and heather, mingle with the
long trails of the arbutus. There are, be-
sides, clustering apple blossoms, orange
blossoms in waxen purity, chaplets of
leaves, tinted like the aurora, streaked
with delicate pink and fringed with faint
blue, and anemones, whose deep scarlet is
softened by the cool neutral tint of hello
trope sprays. The multitude of roses of
every variety predominate-pink crushed
roses, dropping apart from over-ripeness !;
superb damask roses large white roses,
with snowy potines like moonlight the
beautiful Gloire de Dion the Mareschal
Neil in such perfection that they seem as
if they bore their fruitage g born to bloom
and drop" Other garlands of shaded TO-
liage fall into petals of satin and spun
glass. These are mostly, excepting the
larger flowers, made in the shape of the
Alsacian bow, faceted gold clasp, steel
and gold buckle, or gold PLAGUE with the
head of sphynx forming the center.
Another fashion of trimming tiny bon
net is monture of crumpled scarlet pop
pies, showing four shades, made in bow
and tied up with striped grass. Large
shaded pompons are made OF feathers or
of feathers and flowers mixed together.
Among the trimmings are delicate gauzes,
which have plush effects produced by
silken threads looped in rows on the sur
face. These plush stripes are seen also in
the ribbons and silks for trimming. The
ribbons are all shaded in exquisite rainbow
tints softly blending. A new color is
laurel pink, and there are condor browns,
and some superb combinations of glowing
dark colors the satin Merveilleux in bay.
adere stripes is one of the most fashionable
trimmings.
ODD DECORATIONS.
For the decorations, spiders are in the
from the painfully-natural huge
tarantula, in gold with mother-of pearl
back and hairy legs the large oxidized
silver field spider, with many legs, to the
house and garden spider, with dark pearl
back and silver legs, of verify enough to
cause a shudder. Holsters abound, of
gold and green mother-of-pearl; huge
beetles, dragon flies, crabs, flies, hornets,
all apparently fastening on many legs and
with outspread wings, are magnificent in
gold, silver, enamel and pearl. Pins, disks,
rods, have Egyptian decoration. There
are, besides, large filgree gold serpents,
coiled, with red eyes; beautiful little tinted
shells, half open, disclosing pearl; great
solemn oxidized silver owls; enormous tur-
ties with iridescent pearl backs; exquisite
bright butterflies and bows of silver and
steel net. Steel promises to be an import
ant feature in trimmings of all sorts.
Some of the pretty little black straw
bonnets have edgings of yellow lace straw
all around. A black chip is lined with new
gold straw gimp, and the back has
plated cape of straw. A Malines braid
capote has a straw gimp crown and plated
Malines cape. Wide ribbons are used on
large bonnets the small capotes and
only have wide strings. Beauti-
ful outre satin folds are placed across the
crown, finished with delicate lace edge.
Steel having been revived for trimming
purposes in laces embroidered with beads
and tinsel, there is an anticipated revival
Of the silver gray tints such as have been
worn in oldfashioned pongees of that deli
cate color. The newest wide brimmed hats
have flexible brims, that droop becomingly
over the face. The braids are shown in the
light pretty Neapolitan, Tuscan, Milan,
Cobourg the mixed rough braids of dark
red, black and olive; gray, brown and
blue old gold, cardinal and brown. Some
If the new ribbons forsake the shaded
aints, and put on the new domino or
blocks of red and black, rus
Jet, gold and olive.
Feathers are not by any means aban-
Toned. There are large round hats of ex-
picturesque beauty, enveloped
n gracefully nodding plumes, that droop
over from the crown to the brim. These
leather tips are mostly shaded to cor
.espond with the ribbons and flowers.
Some new dress trimmings show cut en-
oroidery of the most elaborate description
# Nansook of cobweb fineness, of various
widths and shades of cream coler, in de-
'igns resembling guipure and old point
ace. There are jet and steel applique
bands, and magnificent passementeries in
beads of one color in shaded tints. Lace
s used in the greatest profusion. Spanish
ace has deserved popularity never before
stained, both in cream color and black.
Other laces are embroidered with steel,
ct, or steel and jet, and steel and gold
BEADS. Some very elegant black lace tab
iers, open in front, are embroidered with
lack floss and jet in large, heavy and
elaborate designs.
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