The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-03
Late Fashion Notes.

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Some of the new spring walking-coatS
of black velvet or satin have high flarine
collars. closely covered with large JET
beads.
Some of the new bonnets of lace straw
are wonderfully delicate and airy, and
are studded on the brims with mock
ruby, pearl, repai OF large jet beads.
The new ficelle lace, which has sud
denly become so popular is made OF
cream, white or pale yellow linen threads,
;Ind Is used to garnish dresses and wraps
as wen as bonnets and round hats.
That damasse silks have lost their
former glory is proved by kthe fact that
merchants have placed quantities of very
handsome patterns upon the bargain
counter, marked at uniform price of
one dollar q yard. IS Z fEN&
Handsome Biarritz gloves of very fine
undressed kid. to be worn with full
dress, have wide satin bands at the tops
,felicaseIy embroidered in tiny clusters
of rosebuds, or painted with monogram
o. crest in, gold or silver. ..sasH-sGs G
Long mousquetaire gloves of white
Danish kid, embroidered in silver and
jet beads. look exceedingly well with
- evening" dress worn in second mourn
ing, the toilet usually being of combi-
nation ofblack and white, or silver-gray
and black, with lace garniture Of white
on black.
A new hat, styled cover the Garden
wall, - is essentially the young ladies'
hat of the period. II has an enormous
briBn. TO be tilted over the eyes and bent
up at the back. 1t is dented in on the
crown, and trimmed round with cas-
csdes of ficelIe lace, huge cluster of
unmounted crimson roses end two small
sunfiowers. #-3
Very large handkerchiefs for the
shoulders, made of soft twilled silk, Dor
dered with edelweis lace and pointed on
she broad hens with trails of delicate
flowers in water colors, will be worn this
summer over the pretty dresses of
fl0wer-brocaded muslins and satins made
with pointed waists and full pannier
OverdreSSeS. PSI " BIO '' o. 'A
Little princesse bonnets made entirely
of flowers are again in fashion. Among
the prettiest are those made of white
lisacs mingled with pale pink hedge
roses, or those of white wood violets with
trailing arbutus blossoms intermingled.
These dainty little capotes are particu-
sarly appropriate at weddings, either for
che bridemaid or lady guest.
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
cGior underneath. Some of these are
nlatie quite broad, and not only trim the
foot of the skirt, but are set in full
double rows around the edge of the
4oRg-pointed bodice in regular Eliza
bethan style. l.D- 5Gs unsf
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
five O'Clock tea cloths, many of which
lock far too beautiful to set lunch upon.
Very pretty and comparatively mex
peasixe table covers are made of ordi-
mary brown linen, the corners embroid-
cred ia erewels. with handsome bord-
ering made of sage-green satin, finished
with an edge of ficelle lace.
Leaders of fashion -ladies of taste
aud Fefinement-haye in no instance
adopted the crinoline of other days,
whicbtis said to be in fashion at the pres
ent time; still, there is no. doubt of a
greaHyincreasing fulness Ofskirt, which,
If kept within moderate limits, is far
preferable to the drawbacks and I'M
calmly lauk lines of the other extreme.
The modern 1crinolette is universally
worn. and is both useful and graceful
The oid-fashioned wire monstrosity
known as the hOopwas neither p a.
Slipping shoulders are enduringly I'M
fashionable In days gone by their pos
session was considered Indispensable to
establish any claim to having a good
figure. Nowadays fashionable women
dress the shoulders as much as possible
to produce the desired height and square,
Observation-Disclosures, high pulled sleeves,
and even beaded epaulets and floral
garnie,res. being set upon the shoulders
to produce extra height. So it seems
thai even the standard of the beautiful
is regulatedby the dictates of fashion.
A novel dress cap has appeared re-
sembiing in shape the pictures of caps
worn by the Italian peasantry The
crcwa is somewhat high and peaked,
and the brim or band rather wide One
of these shapes exhibited is covered with
black sprigged net on a foundation of
the saae color. A pale primrose crepe
scarf is ,earelessiy twisted around the
edge of the brim and fastened down here
and there by small venomous-looking
green insects of various sizes, and of q
kind which it would puzzle an entomol-
.ogist TO classify. .... s fl ro4a ..-..
New Partisan corsages show the fronts
continued in long panels, which reach
nearly to the foot of the underskirt, after
she manner OF the fronts of the old French
surtout, though fitting the form much
more closely. A handsome dress Il O.
prune-colored satin, covered with tin,
shirred rullles, has corsage of darker
prune-colored velvet, the long pane
fronts embroidered with shaded silks O
still deeper hues than the velvet In tn,
back the cersage is cut into deep van
dykes, underneath which is set a Loui.
AQuinze scarf of the satin fabric ,.st -.
The embroidery on kid gloves is yer,
artistic and pretty this season; for exam
pile, on brown gloves the small leave
and buds shade gradually from coffe
color TO palest yellow; on dark greer
gloves the silk graduates from invisibl