Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-04

or embroidered, and tiny pin head checked silks with figures painted upon them Daln- ty To the last degree, and it will be such delight to wear them. All these fabrics are made over thin light silk, much like the old-fashioned foulard in quality, and are trimmed with row after row of the softest filament laces, all adding to the general Iightness and feeciness of the appearance. The silk is usually the color of the fabric itself, although now and again when some peculiarity of coloring is desired, contrast ing shades are used. As, for instance. a light green nuns yelling has not quito the yellow cast desired for the true Nile green which is the shade sought, and which is in sisted upon. The whole line of fabrics does not give the required shade; but what shall be done Will the puzzled modiSte fly the field overcome by this struggle with color? Not bit of it. A lining of soft yellow silk under the pure pale green gives exactly the tint that is wanted. These nuns yelling dresses, to be perfectly stylish, are made with no other trimmings than ribbons; the short, round skirt has pleating on the bottom the overskirt has, in front, the effect of a long, much wrinkled apron, pointed in the middle of the front breadth, and reaching nearly to the depth of the founce, quite short on the side, the pleats are held by long loops and ends of self -colored ribbon about two inches in width. The black draperies are also quite full and much punched. The bodies are close basques with elbow sleeves, the sleeves having lace frills, while quaint kandkerehief-shaped fchus of null are worn about the throat. It is quite the thing to dress bridesmaids in these simple gowns of nuns yelling, and for these costumes old pink and pale blue are even more used than white.
 wide hat or poke bonnet trimmed to match, is also woRn, and the flowers carried suit the costume. The dresses are not uni form, but alternate blue and pink. Among the other shades in which this fabric is shown are cream, buff, pale yellow and green. The China silks are very stylish, and, when prettily made, are exceeding pic turesque and becoming. Usually the trim ming is entirely lace and ribbon, but one model was recently shown which had trim ming of garnet velvet arranged about the front, and over that fell dounce of Madras point lace. Like all the other China silks, the ground was white, and the printed figure was in olive, with touch of the deep red that was shown in the velvet; the overdress, quite full and intricate, was lace-trimmed, and the draperies held in place by loops and ends of velvet ribbon of the same shade. The body was 8 small, close basque, with half sleeves edged with lace and orpamented directly in front by small velvet bow. It was an exquisite affair; just enough velvet was used to give it heightened color, while the lace, with which the velvet was overlaid, softened it and subdued what might other W1se nave been too deep color. The col DTS that used this season are typical of the season itself. It would seem as though all the colors of summer had been taken to make our girls and women brightly and pret- tily attractive. There is warmth and glow to everything; the pinks are like those of the old fashioned gardens, and ind their pro totypes in the cinnamon roses that grow by the south door of many a New England farmhouse, and in the clover pinks which make such spicy fragrance along the garden paths The blues are the blues of the lark spur and flower de luce, and spikswort; the yellows are those of the buttercups and dan delions, of the marigold and the sunhower. Even the purples have an underglow of red, and the browns glint of golden sunlight
 It is many season since there have been such rich colors, and people are taking kind, ly to them again. A knot of women will gather about a counter on which lie pieces of Scotch ginaham in the old-time plain pink and white and blue and white check, and be glad to have bit of their own girlhood over, while they buy gowns for their own little ones and exact counterparts of those they used to wear themselves. The season Is cer- tainly rich in fabrics and notions in color.