The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-06-22
Late Fashion Notes.

yellow tint.
The feur-de-lis is a favorite design
upon cream-colored sateens.
Some of the new spring walking coats
of black velvet or satin have high flarine
collars, closely covered with large jel
beads.
Some of the new bonnets of lace straw
are wonderfully delicate and airy, and
are studded on the brims with mock
ruby. pearl, opal or large jet beads.
The new ficelle lace, which has sud.
denly become SO popular is made OF
cream white or pale yellow linen threads,
and is used to garnish dresses and wraps
rs well as bonnets and round hats.
That damasse silks have lost their
former glory is proved by the fact that
merchants have placed quantities of very
handsome patterns upon the 'sbargain
counter, marked at uniform price of
one dollar a yard.
Handsome Biarritz gloves of very fine
undressed kid, to be worn with full
dress, have wide satin bands at the tops
delicately embroidered in tiny clusters
of roSebuds, or painted with monogram
or crest in gold or silver.
Long mousquetaire gloves of white
Danish kid, embroidered in silver and
jet beads, look exceedingly well with
Sc evening" dress worn in second mourn
ing, the toilet usually being of a combi-
nation of black and white. or silver-gray
and black, with lace garniture of white
or black.
A new hat, styled ssOver the Garden
WALL is essentially the young ladies:
hat of the period. It has an enormous
brim, to be tilted over the eyes and bent
up at the back. 1t is dented in on the
crown, and trimmed round with cas-
cades of ficelle lace. huge cluster of
sunmounted crimson roses end two small
sundowers.
Very large handkerchiefs for the
shoulders, made of soft twiled silk, bor-
dered with edelweis lace and pointed on
the broad hens with trails of delieate
flowers in water colors, will be worn this
summer over the pretty dresses of
fower-brocaded muslins and satins made
with pointed waists and full pannier
overdresses.
Little princesse bonnets made entirely
of flowers are again in fashion. Among
the prettiest are those made of white
lilacs mingled with pale pink hedge
trailing arbutus blossoms intermingIed
These dainty little capotes are particu-
larry appropriate at weddings, either for
the bridemaid or lady guest. 81
One of the principal features in dress
trimmings this spring is the garnitures
made of cut-out edges, dents Of various
shapes and sizes, or round. square or OBJ
long scallops. ''Dents de loup'' are
lined and turned back to show the bright
color underneath Some of these are
made quite broad, and not only trim the
foot of the skirt, but are set in full
double rows around the edge of the
long-pointed bodice in regular Eliza
bethan STYLE
Some very attractive tiffin cloths have
been added to the ever-increasing store
OF fine drapery in which all housekeep-
ers delight. They bid fair to rival the
i've O'Clock tea cloths, many of which
look far too beautiful to set lunch upon.
Very pretty and comparatively mex
penslve table covers are made of ordi-
nary brown linen, the corners embroid-
cred IN crewels, with a handsome bord-
erlng made of sage-green satin, finished
with an edge of ficelle lace.
Leaders of fashion-ladies of taste
and refnement-have in no instance
adopted the crinoline of other DAYS.
which is said to be in fashion at the pres.
emit time; still, there is no doubt of a
greatly increasing fulness of skirt, which.
if kept within moderate limits, is far
preferable to the drawbacks and I'M
calmly lank lines of the other extreme.
The modern crinolette is universally
worn, and is both useful and graceful,
Inc old-fashioned wire monstrosity
known as the hoop was neither.
Sloping shoulders are enduringly I'M
fashionable. In days gone by their pos
session was considered indispensable to
establish any claim to having good
figure, Nowadays fashionable women
dress the shoulders as much as possible
to preduce the desired height and square,
ness shil'red scarfs, high pulled sleeves.
and even beaded 4epasilets and floral
garnitures, being set upon the shoulders
to produce extra height. So II keems
that even the standard of the heanf;fnI