Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-04-06
Late Fashion Items.

Late Fashion Items.
Pink and silver are much admired
combinations for evening toilets.
Very low cut gilt sandals, in the old
Directoire style, are worn with aesthetic
costumes.
Many more straw bonnets of dark
colors are seen than of white or yellow
tinted braids.
Very stylish spring walking costumes
are shown, made of olive, gold, and
bronze cheviots. trimmes, with facings
and pipings OF japanese red.
Mine dor, or brown shot with gold,
is handsome spring design in mer-
veilleux, to be used for polonaises, OF
the graceful Camargo bodice and tunic,
over underskirts of satin in monochrome
color.
The fronts of some of the new street
basques for spring are made after the
style of the Camargo bodice, the sides
being caught up pannier-wise, and the
plated ends fastened underneath the
breadths at the back.
Onenwork embroidering of black silk
on net in patterns over six inches in
depth will be much used for trimming
black grenadines and veilings next
season. This embroidery is remarkably
handsome in design and remarkably
low in price.
Some exceedingly pretty spring
dresses of pale gray and fawD-colored
repped silk are effectively frightened
with deep collars and cuffs, sashes, and
other accessories of Bayardere striped
satin, in colors of royal blue and gold,
olive and silver. peacock blue, garnet
and ruby.
Cream white surah neckerchiefs a
yard wide, with silk borders covered
with turquoise blue, lilac, navy blue, or
cardinal polka dots, are worn with
bodices cut V-shape in the neck. They
are folded Quaker fashion, with the
pointed ends tucked between two of the
buttons of the waist.
Medici lace much resembling fine
torchon will be much used for trimming
children's suits, collars and aprons this
year. 1t has also proved very durable
trimming lace for undertaking. 1t
comes in graceful but compact designs,
and can be more successfully laundred
than any other of the linen laces now in
use.
The fashion among leaders of fashion
of adopting one particular flower and
using its corresponding perfume has lost
none of its prestige. Artificial flowers
are still perfumed with the color of the
blossoms they initiate, and this season
the delicate and lovely trailing arbutus
is used as a corsage bouquet, the arti-
fetal flowers being most closely copied
from Natures early herald of spring
These pink-shaded blossoms are per-
fumed with the subtle and exquisite
perfume which belongs to the natural
flowers.
novel style of arranging the couture
is as follows: The whole of the hair is
brought back and tied low in the neck.
1t is then divided evenly, and formed
into two separate plaits. The front hair
being drawn back forms low ridge
where the forehead and hair meet. At
the back of this ridge one of the plated
strands of hair goes encircling the head,
lying quite flat, as in the picture of Sap
pho. The other strand is arranged in a
low knot behind, and holds the ends of
the braid which encircles the head. For
full-dress occasions fine pearls are woven
in these plaits.
A pretty evening dress for a young
girl is made of ivory-white yelling. The
skirt is adorned with narrow white
foulard flounces, wrought in tiny floral
patterns in Pompadour tints. Three of
these narrow fiounces go all the way
around the skirt and up the front
breadths, and reach nearly to the belt.
The Vatican tunic, enhanced by SIM
liar embroidery, is caught up at each
side, a Ia shepherdess, with gimps and
cords of silk woven in the variegated
colors of the floral embroidery. White
foulard bretelles, embroidered to match,
descend to the cuirass, which is deeply
pointed, and laces at the back.
Dark royal blue is an elegant and very
fashionable color. New dinner dresses
are imported composed of this rich hue.
in magnificent satin fabrics, brocaded
with blossoms and leaves of pale gold or
silver. One costume has a demi-train
of royal blue satin brocaded with droop-
ing clusters of silver day lilies. The
pesticoat is of silver-colored satin COW
cred with white lace f1ounces, the de-
signs being outlined with silver threads.
These fiounces reach from belt to hem.
A second dress of royal blue is made
short, the underskirt being of royal vel
vet, and the tunic and pointed corsage
of satin, figured with lunar dots of gold.
The semi-long sleeves and inside of the
high velvet ruff are trimmed with gold
lace.-N. Y. Evening Post.