Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-24

FOB The LADIES.
ADVANCE HINTS FOR THE COMING
SPRING WEAR.
Something to wear-A Chapter Of Fem
mime Gossip and racts-stray
Hints for the Household.
Early spring costumes have already ap-
peared, and among these are the stylish
and serviceable tweed suits made up in q
number of different ways. First are those
with a plain skirt, trimmed around the
foot with ruching pinked out on each
edge. and over this skirt is to be worn a
"redingote john" of the same goods, fast.
ened with gilt buttons, and also trimmed
down each side and around the lower edge
with . narrow pinked ruche. Next are
killed skirts of tweed, joined to Jersey
bodices of a monochrome color, with a
scarf drapery of tweed covering the joining
of a skirt and bodice. Over the shoulders
is pelerine of the tweed, lined with surah
the shade of the jersey. Lastly are the
iaunty styles designed for young ladies
who aspire to the natty and the pictur.
esoue. Here is a model of one of
the latter description. The pattern
is plaid in light and dark green, with in
tersecting hair lines of dark cardinal. The
skirt is arranged in three hounces, laid in
fiat box pleats, with hem turned up on the
right side, and finished with piping of
cardinal silk. Over this is very graceful
Hungarian tunio, also piped with cardinal.
The tweed coat is in Louis XIV. style, with
waistcoat of cardinal. At each side are
wide pocket.haps. These flaps and the
front of the waistcoat are frightened by
large silver and enameled buttons, the de.
sign being dogs, foxes and deers' heads.
Around the edge of each button is mar
row rim of dark cardinal enamel. The
cuffs of the jacket are piped with cardinal,
and are three in number, placed one above
the other. For the promenade or travelling
wear is added long pelisse made of the
tweed and lined with cardinal the sleeves
are made la Mother Hubbard, and at the
throat are wide ribbons of Ottoman silk, of
dark green faced with cardinal these tie
in large bow, the long end falling nearly
to the bottom of the long pelisse. Il Chi.
cago Inter. Ocean.
Belts, to which are attached dainty bags
of velvet, plush or satin, vinaigrettes, and
chains or chatelaine watches, will be much
worn with spring costumes, especially af.
ter outside wraps are dispensed with.
Some of the newest vinaigrettes and tiny
bags for holding change are of gold or sill
yer, set with half.preoious gems, and ex.
quisitely carved. Others are of fine Rus.
sia leather or cream-tinted kid, delicately
hand-painted and mounted with chased
gold. These range in price from S. to S25,
according to the amount of gold used and
the quality of the bag itself. The most
expensive vinaigrettes are of fine ham.
mered gold set with real gems. These are
shaped like the Greek amphofa and are at.
tached to the belt by link-chains of fine
gold. Roman pearl beads have never
been more fashionable than at pres.
emit. The newest strings show delicate
and beautiful tints of palest pinks, shading
to most delicate mauve, which is only
seen upon the edges of sea anemone.
Other beads show a combination of the
softest tints of rose, gold, pearl, and palest
sea.green. Necklaces of Floreatine and
Cloissonee beads are also mach worn.
Some of these are encrusted with tiny stars
and dots, which sparkle like gems in the
gaslight. Transparent French null is
much used for handkerchiefs, decorated
with tied work and simply edged with
slightly gathered ruffie Of Oriental lace.
In one corner is finely embroidered
wreath of white silk roses, and in the cen.
ter of this wreath is the initial, which must
be worked very small, as large kerchief
monograms or initials are out of fashion
and now only considered appropriate for
marking bed or table linen.-[New York
Post.
The French descriptions of the costumes
worn at the Paris opera this season read as
if they had been written by Balzac. The
other evening one Countess wore dress of
tea-rose satin with a wreath of dark-red
roses crossing from the left shoulder to the
point of the waist, and knot of the same
flowers in her hair, together with diamond
and pearl butterfly. Around her throat
was dark.red velvet ribbon, from which
hung a square sapphire locket set in dia.
monds. Her skirt was embroidered to the
knee in pearls and chenille; but this was
not elegance enough for one box, for an
other Countess sat next her, wearing dark
blue satin studded with blue crystal stars,
q diamond locket hanging from dark-blue
velvet ribbon, and a diamond snake outside
one of her long gloves. In the next box
sat sweet simplicity in white satin skirt
and Louis XIV. waist of crimson velvet
embroidered with gold. The Princess Ma
thilde wore black velvet with black plume
fastened in her hair by great diamond,
and the Viscountess de Courval wore high
white satin dress with ten rows of pearls
about her throat.
Arabian saddle.bags, resembling Smyrna
rugs, the loosely-woven Decca and Bonn
bay shawls, and heavy Turkish wraps of all
kinds are now utilized as drapings to low
easy chairs and sofas, table-covers 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 scarf and
tidy, with fringe or braid for the edges in
cluded, will cost no more then lambre-
gum alone Dougnt reauy-Ineue Oh bne same
Bagdad material as the shawl.
Very pretty evening dresser are made
of the white llama lace shawls and bour-
houses that were once SO fashionable, by
covering a short tinted silk skirt and
square-necked corsage with these dainty
wraps cut to suit the exigencies of the cos
tune. Every portion of the silk must be
yelled by the lace, or the charm of the
dress is greatly lessened.
Feminine Gossip.
Woman may err, woman may give her mind
To evil thought, and lose her pure estate;
But for one woman who affronts her kind
By wicke passions and remorseless hate,
A thousand make amends III age and youth,
By heavenly pity, by sweet sympathy,
By patient kindness, by enduring truth,
By love, supremest in adversely.