Morning journal and courier., 1882-05-17
Latest Note. About the Fashions


 All Italian bonnet braids are of deep yell low tint.
 The ieur-de-lis is a favorite design upon cream colored sateens.
 Esthetic coachmen and footmen wear but tonhole bouquets of pale yellow jonquils and scarlet tulip blossoms.
 Some of the new spring walking coats of black velvet or satin have high farlng collars, closely covered with large jet beads.
 Some of the new bonnets of lace straw are wonderfully delicate and airy. and are stud ded on the brims with mock ruby, pearl, opal. or large jet beads. .-.
 The new ficelle lace, which has suddenly become so popular, is made of cream white or pale yellow linen threads, and is used to garnish dresses and wraps as well as hennSss and round hats.
 That damasse silks have lost their former glory is proved by the fact that merchants have placed quantities of very handsome pat terms upon the bargain counter" :" marked at 8 uniform price of one dollar yard.
 Handsome Biarritz gloves of very fine un- dressed kid to be worn with full dress have wide satin bands at the tops delicately em- broidered 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 we'll with evening dress worn in second mourning, the toilet usually being of a combination of black and white or silver gray and black, with lace sarniture of white or black.
 new hat styled cover the Garden Wall" is essentially the young ladies' hat of the pc riod. It has an enormous brim, to be tilted over the eyes and bent up at the back It is dented in on the crown, and trimmed round with cascades of fieelie lace, huge cluster of unmounted crimson roses and two small sun flowers.
 Very large handkerchiefs for the shoulders, made of soft twilled silk, bordered with edel- weis lace and pointed on the broad hems with trails of delicate flowers in water colors, will be worn this summer over the pretty dresses of flower -brocaded muslins and satins made with pointed waists and full pannier over dresses.
 Little princesse or bebe bonnets made en- tirely of flowers are again In fashion. Among the prettiest are those made of white lilacs mingled with pale pink hedge roses, or those of white wood violets with trailing arbutus blossoms intermingled. Those dainty little capotes are particularly appropriate at wed dings, either for the bridesmaid or lady guest
 Worth" visites are imported made of broche camel's hair cloth, or soft India silk and wool fabrics, or Psrisisn patterns, trim med with chenille fringe showing the varied color employed in the material composing
  colored or oliye-green satin, and fastened with chenille cords and medium sized irrides- cent buttons encircled with enamelled sil- yer.
 One of the principal features in dress trim- mings this spring is the garniture made of cut-out edges, dents of various shapes and sizes, or round, square, or oblong scallops. Dents de loup" are lined and turned back to show the bright color underneath Some of those 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 Elizabethan style.
 Some very attractive tiffin cloths have been added to the ever increasing store of fine dra- pery in which all housekeepers delight. They bid fair to rival the five-o'clock tea cloths, many of which look far too beautiful to set lunch upon. Very pretty and comparatively inexpensive table covers are made of ordina- ry brown linen, the corners embroidered in crewels, with handsome bordering made of sage green satin, finished with an edge of fcelle lace.
 Leaders of fashion-lsdies of taste and re-