The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-05-13
Fashions Fancies

fects are seen in mary of the new silks and
novelty goods.
The dressiest silk wraps are dolman Wis
ties and mantles OF rich ottoman silk, plain
or brocaded.
Large puff crowns and plated brims are
features in some OF the most becoming
spring bonnets.
An eccentric fancy Is to cut the ends OF
all ribbon bows, strings, and sashes into
long forks or notches.
Cats are the fashionable animals at pres
ent and cat-head and cat-paw ornaments
are in high favor.
Brown and dark, almost invisible, green
are favorite coors for spring wraps when
OF woOllen cloths.
The new wraps, pelerines, scarfs, dol
mans, and vsiteS are all made boutfant on
the top OF the shoulders.
Merinos are again in favor, and, combined
with velvet. bid fair to rival cloth for dres-
~ street costumes.
The long nurse-apron front, with paniers
above it around the hips, is a fayorlte style
for spring costumes.
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red and green pepper (capsicum) pods, with
foliage and stems.
Embroidered costumes Of black cash
mere will be still more dressy with trim
mings OF the new sOutache laces.
New China grapes OF the finest quality are
beautifully embroidered (by hand. OF course)
i'm palm-eaf and other Oriental figures.
One Of the loveliest dresses for midsum~
mer or spring festival wear is Of white veil
ing, closely dotted with silk brocade dots.
Corn-1ower and royal French blue, Or
ange, flame and gold-yellow, oX-blood, and
cardina-red crop out in most Of the new
| fabrics.
Large palm-eaf patterns appear in in-
VOWED designs, covering the entire surface
of new cashmere brooches OF the finest quail
| ty.
The new fraiSes and ruches for the neck
are very wide and full, and are nearly a
yard long, so as to form iabot down the
| front.
Lady HabbcrtOn continues TO wear and
advocate her divided dress skirt in spite OF
the disfayor shown it by the Princess OF
Wales.
Waistcoats of all kinds, Directory, Louis
XIV, Continental. and D'Orsay are all in
| high favor on ladies' basques, jackets, and
bOdices.
Straight coats OF black Sicilenne, lined
with old-grecn plush, are worn over black
velvet dresses, and are trimmed With feath-
ers.
Hand-run Andausian lace with figures
as heavy as those Of embroidery is the
fashionable garniture for black Ottoman
silk dresses.
For breakfast wear very pretty and mex
pensiye caps are made OF ficelle net in hair
pin work with ficelle lace bordering.
Some OF these are lined with bright surah OF
becoming shade, and others have narrow
black velvet ribbon run through the OPEN
ings i'm the net, with cluster of velvet loops
on one side. Except for very old persons,
black lace is now seldom used fOr breakfast
caps. Plated batiSte Of finest quality is a
favorite material for morning use, caps Of
this fabric being simply made in mob-shape,
with bit OF narrow lace edging forming a
becoming border.
Arabian saddle-bags. resembling Smyr-
ma rugs, the loosely woven Dccca ana boln-
bay shawls and heavy Turkish wraps Of all
kinds are now utilized as drapings TO low
eaSy-chairs and sofas, lable-cOyers and
scarfs, and also for lambrequins, sofa-cush-
ions, and tides. These wraps are now sell
ing at greatly reduced rates, and a bag
dad shawl from Lowell, Mass, made into
mantle lambrequin, table-scari and tidy,
with fringe or braid for the edges included.
will cost no more than a lambrequin alone
bought ready-made OF the same Bagdad
material as the shawl
China Grape neckerchiefs, with bright
flowers printed on cream-tintcd pale-grav.
Persian mauve, sky-blue and sbrimp-pink
grounds, with edgings OF silk blonde lace,
the patterns outlined with silk floss the col
OF OF The kerchieI, are worn over evening
dresses OF India silk muslin or China grape,
these dainty neck dressings matching in
every case the shade OF the dress over
which they are worn. The corsage is cut
square in the neck and quite low, and the
kerchefs ale used TO veil the opening thus
made, giving an unusually dressy look TO
the easement or heart-shaped corsage.