The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-21

FASHION NOTES.

Abbess crosses fasten lace scarfs.
mantles.
White lace ruffies are still worn at the
throat and in the sleeves.
A jacket of prune velvet is elegantly
decorated with gold gimp and buttons,
Scarfs in open-work embroidery are
much used for paniers, tunics and lap
pels.
Bows of mixed ribbons may be stylishIy
secured by plain or artistic metal buckle.
Very pretty stockings are of pale blue
spun silk, embroidered with ruby in ara
besque designs.
New hay is one of the late introduc-
lions in coloring for cashmere and other
woolens
Ribbon sashes are arranged to commence
from the side piece of the bodice and are
tied in front.
A Saline dress, with pale buff ground,
has Parmese violets scattered over the sur
face and is trimmed with buff lace.
Young girls wear bouquets of flowers
on one side of the waist, or light wreaths
mingling with the lace around the
neck.
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black lace, bespangled with jet or bands of
black tulle, embroidered in satin stitch.
Satin straws of changeful Lues in hats are
fashionable, while the new Manila and
Sumatra straws are very soft and elegant.
The tailOr-cut jacket in black, ornament
ed with gimp cord and buttons. can be
worn with skirts of any material and color
for walking.
Plastrons and vests are worn; some are
handsomely embroidered, others are pleat-
ed; they are of contrasting but harmonious
dolores.
Novel bonnets are those made of faded
looking Turkish materials, bits OF course
muslin or cotton. embroidered with span
giles or colored designs.
Embroidery designs, flowers, figures.
birds, dots, diamonds, and circles, are now
often outlined with gold and silver thread.
throwing out the centre Ill relief.
IN Paris, with flower bonnets and pokes,
veilettes of spotted tulle of every shade of
color are worn-blue, red. green, violet
the spots darker than the ground.
Light unbeached silk cloth. tussare.
grenadine, and yelling are worked in raised
patterns and ribbon for bows to trim
dresses of these fabrics are broCaded in de-
signs to match.
New silks in indigo, prune, myrtle green.
garnet, or black grounds have flowers in
natural colors over them, such as red car
nations, sprays of roses, hearts ease, or
blue corn flowers.
Light, soft silks, such as brocadeG gauZe,
printed or checked foulard, and summer
satin. compose entire dresses, or are com
bined with etamine yelling. cashmere. or
muslin delaine.
A new sunshade is of mauve satin, lined
with white and trimmed with three rows
of deep ecru lace: bouquets of parmose
violets and bows of ribbon are placed over
the lace near the point.
AS many sandal shoes are worn as ever.
They button as a rule. or have webbing of
silk at the sides and do not open. They
are shown in black gros grain in black
satin. and in French or American kid.
The Yankee" is a new Partisan bonnet
for married ladies, with shirrings of light
surah, and very thick wreath of flowers
roundthe crown. which is semi-conical or
rounded, while the border is more or less
wide.
A navy blue satin parasol is lined with
rose color and has a handle of Saxon china,
and very pretty is one of scabiosa- colored
satin, lined with pale heliotrope, trimmed
with yellow Spanish lace and prune-color-
ed primroses.