Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-21
Flashes of Fashion.

| AG ie'IoNIUS IIiaBc5 vi pHshiuu l. kBQ
from advance sheets Of the foritc ,miog spllus
aumber Of Elrichs' Fashion Quarterly, pub
lished by Enrich Bros, Nsw Yv:k:
| Brosz, cues are 10 vogue.
| RJm.n sashes are revived;
All the new bounets have strpps.
| Col0red straw will be much Woro.
Ali shades Of yellow are fashionable.
| Black toilets arc as fashionable as ever.
| Iron russ red is uew shace of this cJlor.
Silver gray and rosy lilac are VCry tashiuna-
| Bile.
Brocaded sufs continue to be us,d for
ackets
| TUFTS Of feathers ere worn more than long
pumes.
| Puts at the top of tho sleeve ore coming 10
| VoRu;.
Dtsperies continue to be very elaborate on
| dress skirts
Nun's yelling retains its popularity ss full
| dress fabric
Spanish lace is used 10 profusiou ou evening
dress@s
Roman sash ribbons will be used fur bonnet
strags.
White viii he the dressy toilet OF festival CO :
osslons 10 1881.
Tuscan suu Eogsh straws wi bc more worn
than chip,
Satin d. Lyons vii be the popular six of the
| comiog season.
Spiders 10 gold and steel appear among mill
nerv ornaments.
knittiog is MGR, fashionable at the moment
than crochet wora.
Pulled short sleeves arc fashionable spain
tor evening Wesr.
Dotted and f iwered Swiss muslin dreys,s
will again be Won
Satin is still th. nos. popular material for
| the dressiest toilats
Amethyst and amber tinted satin ball dresses
are Ia high fashion.
Flowers and feathers will sg ,iu be Mingled 10
bonnet trimmings.
New bounet ornaments are in gold, silver.
lst, and steel combinations.
Yellow and cream tinted muslin aud lace are
as ,shlonsble as ever.
Musiln and lace fchus aud cosrs bid fair to
take the place of aeo cj4ls
Glnghams OF oil kinds, pi,ln, pladcd, check,
ed. aud striped, will be worn
LlSie thread gloves will be as fashionable this
| sumuaor thoy woro lost.
Sleeves are growing larger at the top, form
| log sllgat tulloess ln he arm hole.
10 kolt ones own silk stGckGgs is the ambi-
| aon OF the fancy worker &C plcSeut
New calicoes initats to perfection the new
| perciles. monte oIoths, and satnes.
Flower pompons with heron sigrette 10 the
center are among Dl lreIy novelties.
Colored lacs mitts. 10 every sy.c, will be
moro worn this season than ev:r BE- Jre.
CobWeb Six gloves are the latest L5ndon
novelty Tney are made almost transparent.
The now gloghams are beautifully flushed,
huo, arllslio.l|y ,lored snu paided.
Faocy aprols of sheer muslin and of silk,
trimmed With lace and 1l3bou arc again in
| vogue.
+ bow sleeves with puff at the top appear
! % many OF the imported dresses OF this spring,
Ne" cotton p.lated urets goods come 10 the
ever popular percales, satlns, and monte
clohs
Jet bead trim niogs will be mad still moro
decorative this season 9ith mixtures Of steel sud
silver beads.
Sbitrinas and rpth 8 are seen on all paris OF
costumes OF cotton prin,et goods. where TRIM
mlops can be used
All drssSS suits are comp sed Of two or morn
fabrics Which ususlly MATCH IN color, but oon-
| trssts 10 etf<c..
Bright aud positive ooors will not be in
fashion ,xospt 10 small bits to g.vs dash IF
brightness to costume.
Fashions 10 every detail Of ths toilet change
80 rapidly, II is difficult to say what is ard what
is not fashionable.
81 I'D AID silver lace. and gold and siIv
| bralds coulloue to form the dec yrstious of MANY
lovely tulI.dr: So boonets.
Flchus and collars of muslin, lace surah.
Grape, and silk trimmed with lace sre seeu in ali
sorts OF eccentric shapes.
bordered robe pattern dresses in percsles
NON cloths, satines. and lawns are seen anon 2
| the Lew spriI 6 ana early summer goods
A novelty in the form of lace Din is golden
fishing rod and silver line loepcd over the roi,
With gold fish dangling from tha end
1 Evening dresses are made dec llete, square in
tne ntca, Ia lonpadour or opeuing ell chsle,
back and front at the option OF the We.rer.
herseymSres, belges, came's hair cloths Eng.
!lsh homespuns, chevlots, hnd light clo,h suit,
lbgs are toe materials tor fatigue, business and
| travelling suits
Evening dresses of white or colored tsrletan
nave SILK Iunc' ard Peasant Waists that Ice in
| 'front.' over white shirred wsists that are hiyh in
| Inc neck, buk have very short sle.v.s.
Among new devices in bonne. ornaments are
| three and four cle:cents crossing exch other;
! TWO and three pyrimids IN graduated size: two
bronze horses Jumping silver hurdle; two little
out CT thicket. and single csmels elepnnuts,
beetles. clubs, OATS, rskes, spadea, aud other
| gard enlpg and farming tools in dead and bright
silver gold, steel, and red bronze.
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and all blood diseases take s. s. s.
Stop THE LEAKS lin Roofing, Gutter and
R.ln Sp0ul. and all Hork Re paired prom ntly, by
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