Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-03-29

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pamphlet, entitled Shopping in New York,
will be sent TO any address free on appll-
cation to the Publishers.
Bronze hueS are In vogue.
Roman sashcs are revived.
All the new bonnets have strings.
Colored straw viii be much worn.
Most bonnets are of medium sizes.
All shades OF yellow are fashionable.
Black toilets are as fashionable as ever.
Iron-rust red is new shade OF this
color.
Both large and small bonnets will be
worn.
Silver gray and rosy lilac are very fash
ionable.
Brocaded stuGs continue to be used for
jackets.
Tufts OF feathers are worn more than
long plumes.
Plaids bid fair to have run OF fashion
able favor.
Puff, at the top of the sleeve are coming
in vogue.
Silk knitting is the fancy work Of the
passing moment.
Draperies conlinue TO be very elaborate
on dress skirts.
Nuns yelling retains its popularity as
full-drcss fabric.
Spanish lace Is used in profusion on
evening dresses.
Roman sash ribbons will be used for
bonnet strings.
White will be the dressy toilet Of festi-
val occasions In 1851.
Tuscan and English straws viii be more
worn than chip.
Satin de Lyons will be the popular silk
of the coming season.
Spiders in gold and steel appear among
millinery ornaments.
Knitting IS more fashionable at the mo-
ment than crochet work.
Pufcd short sleeves are fashionable
again for evening wear.
Dotted and lowered Swiss muslin
dresses will again be worn.
Cabrlolet bounets are in high favor with
ladies' of Partisan tastes.
Satin is still the most popular material
for the dressiest toilets.
Amethyst and amber tinted satin ball
dresses are In high fashion.
Flowers and feathers will again be
mingled in bonnet trimmings.
New bonnet ornaments are in gold,
silver, jet, and steel combinations.
Yellow and cream-tinted muslin and lace
are as fashionable as ever.
Muslin and lace fchus and collars bid
fair to take the place OF linen collars.
Ginghams of all kinds, plain, plaided,
checked, and striped, will be worn:
Lisle thread gloves will be as fashioi-
able this summer as they were last.
Sleeves are growing larger at the top,
forming slight fullness in the arm hole.
To knit ones own silk stockings is the
ambition of the fancy worker at present.
New calicoes initiate TO perfection the
new percalcs, monte cloths, and satines.
Flower pompons with heron aigrette
in the center are among millinery novelties.
Colored lace niltts, in every style, will
be more worn this season than ever be-
fore.
Cobweh silk gloves are the latest Lon
don novelty. They are made almost trans
parent.
The new glnghams are beautifully fin
ished, fine, and artistically colored and
plaided.
Fancy aprons of sheer muslin and ofsilE
trimmed with lace and ribbon are again II
vogue.
Elbow sleeves with puff at the top ap-
pear on many of the imported dresses o
this spring.
New cotton printed dress goods come II
the ever popular percales, satines, ant
monte cloths.
Jet bead trimmings will be made still
more decorative this season with mixture;
Of steel aud silver beads.
Shirrings and ruffies are seen on all part:
of costumes of cotton printed goods, where
trimmings can be used.
All dressy suits are composed Of two oil
more fabrics which usually match in color
but contrasts in effect.
Bright and positive colors will not be II
fashion except in small bits to give dash
OF brightness to a costume.
Fashions in every detail Of the toie
change so rapidly, it is difficult to say
what is and what is not fashionable.
Gold aud silver lace, and gold and silve1
braids continue to form the decorations o
many lovely full-dress bonnets.
I Fichus and collars Of fmuslin, lace, surah
Grape, and silk trimmed with lace are seen
in all sorts ofeccentric shapes.
Brown, tan, drab, and tones OF gray ol
dust color prevail in the new camers-hail