The Opelousas courier., 1884-05-03

SOFT wool dresses of young girls.
Guip1re de Genes is a new lace, which
mas the appearance of embroidery.
In place of the poke We have a mod
lhed Dunstable, called the Mignon.
Bonnet strings are now never tied
under the hair and the back. Thew
are tied in a bow directly under the
chin.
The beautiful and durable taffeta is
again the favored silk both for all-silE
toilets and silk and velvet con, sina-
tions.
India shawls are formed into grace.
ful spring mantles by means Of silver
or gilt buckles, used to hold the folds
in place.
Black French lace will be used to
trim l~ight-colored Summer dresses by
those who think white too light and
airy looking.
A black velvet d~og-eollar, dotted
with jewels, usually diamonds and
pearls, is fashionable to wear with
full dress toilets.
In New York all kinds of invitations
are engraved or written on clear white
paper, except invitations to gold and
silver weddings.
Rough-surfaced, self-colored cloths,
shot with tiny threads or splashed with
small knots of brilliant colors, are
among recent importations.
Black lace scarves are used in place
of fur tippets by many girls. They are
tied tightly around the throat and
knotted in a bow beneath the chm.
The most fashionable ornaments fol-
the hair are crescents, stars, sprays
and combs of Rhine crystals, often SC
fine as to be mistaken for diamonds.
Velvet, satin and tulle are the favor.
tie materials for dresses for evening
wear, though young girls sometimes
wear cashmere, crepe and grenadine.
Muslin delaine is described in the
fashion papers as ''like nuns Yelling
which, when it first appeared, was SAID
to be like old-fashioned muslin delaine
Half-a-dozen or more tortoise-shel
hair-pins, set with single Rhine stone
are very beautiful and fashionable
ornaments for the half-high coil il
vogue.
Birds and butterflies of the mos
tropical appearance are placed fiat or
the corsages and draperies of man,
gauzy and tinsel-embroidered bal
dresses.
Fawn-colored foulard, combined will
chestnut-colored velvet and trimmed
with narrow ribbon velvet, forms
very stylish home or indoor toilet TO
half-dress occasions.
Many fancy toilets are Of glaze'
goods. Some are Of fine wooden fabrics
which combine colors such as blue ant
gold for the ground, with cachemir
designs of large flowers in blende'
shades of blue and old gold.
A perfect fit is the most importan
requisite of a dress nowadays. Thos
who who make their own dresse
should have a good .dress-maker Gu
and fiji them a lining e. act. This the
can say and cut all dresses from, thu
securing a perfect fit.
The strong and handsome Irish poi
Inns once more plead aCome buy me,
and ought net to plead in vain. fo
they are really beautiful and a b
draped and plated and pulled an
treated in all the innumerable way
known to the modern dress-maker wit
the greatest facility.
The newest styles of French hal
dressing follow the lines Of the hea
very closely, the hair being fattene
as much as possible on the crown an
at the back of the head and brougI
low on the forehead. In fact, Maste
Bobby Brown, fresh from having hi
hair cropped, seems to be the Freno
BARRIERS ideal at the present monlen
and if he cannot carry it OF
exactly with long t~resses. he come