The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-12
Fashion Items.

Embroidered crepe is among the nov
elites for mourning dress.
Pink cambria dresses trimmed with
lace are very fashionable.
New French cabote bonnets are coy
cred with white elder blossoms.
A new and very handsome shade OF
cardinal is much used for children
dresses.
Clusters of large Strawberries on a
cream grounds one of the latest DESIGNS
for painted muslin.
Almond-tinted cashmere, adorned with
embroideries of red carnations and OK
eyed daisies, forms one of number OF
elegant French tea gowns Just imported.
Bridal dresses are again being made OF
white gros-grain and rcpped silk. They
are deliberately trimmed with elegant
white silk embroidery and lace, and the
regulation orange blossom is now min
gled with white roses, geraniums and
lilies.
Large square neckerahiefs of fine silk
muslin, wrought in delicate SPRAYS OF
apple and hawthorn blossoms, small
blush roses, or trailing vines of honey.
Suckle blossoms, are worn over spripred
or white muslin dresses with CHARMING
effect
The long, gracefully-draped redincote.
buttoned to the throat with frogs and silk
cords, and parting midway of the front
breadthS over a skirt of q contrasting
material, is favOrite style in the forma-
ton of travelling dresses of the very
latest importations.
The most becoming and elegant head
coverings for full dress occasion or for
church wear this sultry season are the
airy little princesse bonnets covered COM
pletely with white or tinted flowers. and
fastened under the chin with brides lace
or scarf strings. Many of these little
cap bonnets have the small delicate bios
SONS partly yelled with beaded Spanish
blonde.
For infants dresses are embroidery
patterns manufactured in imitation OF
Venetian point of every color. A dainty
robe is made of cream-colored creponne,
finished by a deep flounce of baby-blue
satin, completely covered with founce
of pale blue Venetian point lace With
unbleached fabrics ticelle or pack-thread
lace in Venetian designs is much used
trimming which is now considered the
height of elegance.
Slippers for full dress are cut exceed.
ingly low and adorned with buckles OF
Rhine pebbles. They are made of fine
French kid of every fashionable shade
of color, but black is the most seen
They are also made of satin or silk tc
match the toilet. Charles TX. shoes
with straps across the instep, are shown
for demi-toilet, and in black satin arr
new slippers q Ia Chinese, the pointed
toes embroidered on the tips with silver
threads and laced over the instep with
silver cords.
The pretty Alsatian peasant hats are
very much worn by young girls. Some
times the flat, velvet-lined brim is caugh
up lightly at one side, but it is gener
ally worn in genuine peasant style, anC
the wreaths of flowers on the outside are
made to match the color of the Innings
A sweet little hat in this style is of darL
green straw, faced with pale pink suraI
and trimmed outside with a wreath O.
pink oleander blossoms caught together
at the back with bow and long ends Of
dark green satin ribbon.
Yellow is color that seems to be
growing in favor, especially in the do
main of millinery, yellow Spanish blonde
and pale yellow satin ribbon being muct
employed as trimming, mingled witt
small yellow sunfiowerS, primroses anC
yellow water-lilies. Openwork lace
straw bonnets are much trimmed will
ruches and plaque of yellow lace, an(
dotfodils, wall-flowers and other bios
SONS of that tint are used in CONJUNCTION
Many of the bonnets are lined with blacl
velvet, making them very becoming t.
the wearer, adding brilliancy to clea
and improvement to dull complexion
Every well-regulated parasol now dis
plays its colors by bow of ribbon tie,
near the handle, or branch of roses o
other flowers set near its top. Heav,
silver handles beautifully carved are il
high vogue, as are also those of mother
of-pearl and onyx, with the handles il
the shape of shepherds crook or
Chinese cross. The most expensive o
all, however, are those of pearl or silve
set with gems, matching in hue the diff
ferent toilets with which they are worl
for example, white satin paraso
lined with pale blue has the handle o
silver with the owners monogram set il
pearls and turquoise stones. This is t.
be carried with a toilet of cream-whit
foulard with tunic and bodice of the same
brocaded with pale blue forget-me-nots
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