Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-04-21
FASHION NOTES.

Short sleeves will be worn the coming
season.
As many as six different colors appear in
some of the new Ottoman ribbon cocks
comb corsage bows.
New cotton dress goods exhibit greater
variety in color and designs than ever,
while the finish is simply admirable.
Gold Devonshire lace is seen upon i'm.
ported white opera hats, trimmed also with
white ostrich tips powdered with gold.
Crimped frills of tinted Grape set against
standing, lightly. gathered ruffies of Oriental
lace, are worn inside the neck and sleeves
of evening dresses.
New brocaded Ottoman silks have for
designs sprays of flowers with their fruits,
strawberries, blackberries, plums, pears,
apples and Mandarin oranges.
Printed India pongees of light weight
appear in the new colors for grounds, with
harmonizing tints in the designs, which are
in variety of large and small flowers,
fruits, Oriental and Kaleidoscope patterns,
and VARIETY of polka-dot effects.
A large rosette or bow of velvet ribbon,
with a square or horseshoe buckle of
Strauss pebble, is worn on the left side of
the dress just below the waist. Crushed
strawberry, cerise, scarlet and garnet
shades are worn with black satin dresses.
Indoor dresses for morning have the
neck cut out in low, sharp point, and
finished with standing collar. A mill
tary standing. collar of white linen with a
chemisette fastened by tiny buttons is
worn inside of the V.shaped neck of the
dress.
The dark tartan-like tweeds and cheyi-
OTIS are called Braemars those in fine
checks, in subdued but bright shades of
color, are known as Ivercaulds, and those
of a dark brown, with faint dashes of gold,
scarlet and dark green in the wool, are
styled Craiglevars.
Full dress robes for ladies in mourning
are of black satin, with vest and plated
skirt of purple satin. Wide bands of
black English Grape are put down the skirt
between the plaits. Folds of white Grape
are placed inside the neck, and amethysts,
with pearls and diamonds, are the jewels.
The favorite style of tile decoration for
hearths to-day is in imitation of polished
woods. Deep browns, reds, and black rep
resent naples, mahogany. cherry, and wal
nut, the high glaze of the tile giving the
exact effect Of the polish of natural woods.
Minton tiles and Japanese tiles are always
| in demand.
Pretty dress suits for boys have green
| velvet blouse and knickerbockers. A band
of black velvet ribbon is passed around the
short knee breaches and tied in a bow on
the outside seam. The long stockings are
of black silk, and the low patent leather
buskins have q large velvet bow. The
wide collar and cuffs are Of white lace.
Young ladies' evening dresses of pale
blue, pink or green surah have Jersey
waists of silk that are cut half low and
round in the neck behind Puffs of white
n,ousseliae de sole edge the neck, tulle is
folded inside it, and bouquet of roses is
worn around the pu6s on the left side.
The pulled panniers are gathered to the
Jersey around the hips, and the skirt is
covered with ruffies of surah and of lace.
The Cordova leather guipure, already
mentioned as novelty abroad, has ap-
peared upon Paris-made bonnets and hats
of plush, kid and velvet. This decoration
also extends to dress garniture, and among
the magnificent dresses worn by Mime.
Patti is one of dce-colored plush, with
Hounces and bodice made up with bands of
leather lace. The skirt is trimmed with
an embroidery of leather on plush ground.
A London paper describes few Of the
| court dresses which were ordered for the
Berlin fetes. One train absorbed forty
pounds of gold thread, and several required
over thirty pounds to complete them. A
well.known German grande dame ordered
dress of glazing red satin, profusely en-
broidered with copper-colored gold and iri-
descent bead trimming of renaissance pat
tern. The train of this dress cost $780, A
Silesian princess ordered train Of sky
blue velvet, over three yards in length,
covered all over with miniature es-
cutcheons, bearing her quasterings embroid-
cred in silver.