The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-21
TIE 'RELiTS or FASHION.

Items of Very Great Interest to tho Ladies'
--Whnt to Wear, and How to Wear 1t.
McSsrS. EliiOrS: 7 believe if was
the Poet Laureate who sang Of spring {;
who said, justly or unjustly cannot
say, that "ln the spring the Young
man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts
of love-" and the parody which changed
''lovc' into chcc!tJrC,} puIlts lad 4
trucr or mt least Il deeper insight into
human nature, Avon's Tmmo, tai Bard
TO the contrary Notwithstanding. for
Love very often speaks throagA check
cred pants or fancy nccktics.
David CoppcrIcld was not The first
nor yet The last who spent his earnings
in the purchase of ''iigurcd vests" for
the 1clight of his Doru's eyes. Nor
Ito our brothers stand alone in this
love Of dress, for where is true
wonanly woman who docs not appre-
ciHto pretty cfothcs? Who does not
her style and to seem part of her
self?
Ever since the time when old mother
Eve turned hGf attention 10 mantua-
making and constructed IL gown which
would thrown Wol tn into Il Gt Of the
"'orlors", the heart Of woman has
turned naturally to dress as the pleas
antcst and by fLt the most satisfactory
way of expressing any innate aprrc-
citation of harmony Of colors or love of
the beautiful, not Fri the Wilde way,
which she may possess. Such Il love
may easily be gratificd this spring.
Thc richest palette could not afford
greater variety or tints, the whole
gamtt Of colors is run, and every
shade from rich tcrra-cot!a and glow
ing red on throdsh "crushcd straw
berry" and "drcgs Of wine" TO "sca-
shell pink" and "vcrt dc Nile" is seen.
tailic, Ottoman and Tatlcta silks are
seen III profnsion-plain and piaidcd,
striped and checked, vic with each
other in popularity. The combination
OF two materials in these costumes is
the rule, but the suit Of all one color
is by no means discarded.
The plain fabrics will be used for
skirts with large plaits and the brochtd
or checked for polonuiscs, tunics,
Louis XIV. vests, Dirccloirc rcdingolcs
and Marie Antoincttc just az corps.
Nclvcts, hitherto excluded from sum
mcr wear, will be largely used in the
coming season. They arc mnuutuc
turcd expressly for this purpose and
are smooth, thin mousselinc vclycts.
either phlin, figured or ''cisclcss".
But TO turn from these fabrics which
Dclohg only to prttGd daughters of
wealth to those which suit the slender
PFrsc OF many ga lass WI a lang pcli-
gree" who has first TO count the dollars
ana then select the gown to suit til.
amount. For these we sec soft WOODEN
stufts which adnpt themselves to soft ,
clinGing folds, and which none need
dcspiSc, for the day has pas srl ,,hcn
no one was n lady who wore not silk
gowns.
Checks and Scotch plaids arc still in
vogue, ana in fact the ,1Urore for them
seems undimnislcd. The most popu-
lar Tor tho summer will be tho Scotch
plaius in which two colors are shown
white and black, white and blue,
white and loutcr, pink and gray, and
mnhy other contrasting yet harmon
lZlng colors. These can be made ND
into fresh and becoming suits, which
worn with small capote shape of
rough straw, tho shade of your cos
tune, silk mousquctairc gloves also
matching, a tiny linen collar and hots
or satin ribbon-No. 9-you arc en-
''egIc for almost any place.
There is marked adherence to
nnn's-ycilmg and serge. Deep "sag-
Ging' Louis XIV. putls develop we'll in
these materials. These pufls appear
not to be passing fancy; it seems ns
though thcy have come to stay among
us; 50 why, not make the most of thcm3
Embroiderics of all kinds arc used,
1t seems, on everything; we can find
them 'matle by humanity, made by
machines, and made by the fairies. %
You can suit your fancy, but unless
you have full purse select the second
variety. The silk wrought is used
chiefly on costumes corresponding In
color and TEXTURE but tho Madeira,
Hamburg, tho handmade or coarse
cmbroid4lies Initiating Irish po.ilt, ale