Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-04-28
LADIES DEPARTMENT.
Fashion Rancies.

Cuffs must match collars.
Shirred waists are much worn.
Red remains the most popular color.
New hosiery matches the dress goods.
Bullet-shaped buttons, will bo much
worn.
Stockings must match the dress this
season.
Skirt draperies are more voluminous
than ever.
Twilled silks take the lead for both
dresses and millinery.
Pink and blue are favorite com
binations in ginghams.
Shirrings or gagings are everywhere,
both on skirts and bodiccs.
The rage for Japanese figured stufrs
fer dresses is on the increase.
There is great suppression in the
number of seams in bodice.
Drop ball trimmings are used for
trimming sateen foulard dresses.
Muslin fichus showing the throat are
to take the place of linen collars.
One of the new medium-sized poke
bonnets is called the Bayadere.
Some of the new polonaises are made
with full, panier-like drapories over the
hips.
Ombre satins de Lyon grow more and
more popular for both dresses and bon
nets.
Linen Scotch plaid ginghams will be
the popular novelty of the coming
season.
Shirred effects in skirt draperies ap-
pear on the most fashionable imported
dresses.
A dash Of yellow, blue or red is
deemed essential to the finish Of all
dark toilets.
Steel buttons with glittering centers of
bronze, emerald-green, sapphire-bluc or
garnet are very elegant and fashionable.
The new Scotch ginghams are very
brilliant in coloring, and the fabric is
unusually fine. They are as handsome
in appearance as the plaided silks of
last season.
A new style of low shoe is cut into
diamond shaped apertures on the instep
and is stitched with silk matching the
stocking, and tied with cord and tassel
OF the same color.
Steel lace in the shape of simple net
in figured edgings, and in crowns
wrought with beads, will be used on all
kinds of bonnets except those of yellow
straw this summer.
A close curtain or piece of reversed
braid finithes the back of the new bon
nets; each one is trimmed so as to har
monize with the style in which the
wearer arranges her hair.
A growing eccentricity is the wearing
upon one arm Of inumenblo bangles
hung with charms of every description,
and upon the other gold band of
massive thickness and prodigious size.
Mechlin and Languedoc lace will both
be used by the miIliners during the
season. Scarfs of muslin and Brussels
net will be trimmed with them and they
will be mingled with flowers. Spanish
lace scarfs will be used for black hats.
The number of tints and styles shown
under the name Of wooden mixtures is
really bewildering. There are stripes
and clouded stuffs and checks so slightly
defined that one can hardly equite sure
that they are visible or only imaginary,
and the hue of the material changes
with each movement of the wearer
Ladies who make their belt bows Of
narrow ribbon with long ends reveal
their good intentions but also their lack
of knowledge. Nothing but sash ribbon
should be used for these ornaments, and
not less than yard and q half can be
employed for bow. Three long stand
ing loops, and one short loop and two
ends about ten inches in length are
required. Repped or satin ribbon may
be used as one pleases.
New Features aud Hints.
One Of the maxims in millinery this