The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-05-15
CURRENT STYLES.
NOVEL AND ELEGANT TOILETS.
Useful Fabrics for Everyday Dresscs-Styi-
ish and Quaint Observation-Disclosures
Dresses.


Dresses.
The choice fabrics for evening wear ar,
exceeding delicate and beautiful. ant
many OF the decided novelties resemble Oh,
various kinds Of bonnet crepe. A Phila
deiphia exchange says: In some pattern,
the surface is crinkled. while In Others Il |,
smooth. as in the plain Canton crepe. Crep,
lisse and crepe du chine are represented In
the sheerer tissues, all being more or les,
covered with large or small floral effects in
lovely colors, and again the goods arc in OK
act imitation OF the old STYLE crepe shawls
with the same kind OF embroidered flower,
over The material rs used TO form the border
finish and decorate the shawl corners.
Silk-cmbroidered Indian yelling /,
charming, and comes in great variety o
colors and designs. Some of the mos
effective are gray, embroidered with faded
pink; gold acorns over Il blue ground
coral patterns over mushroom ground
pale pink embroidered with ruby red
brown with gold-color, buff with red, pal,
blue with beige. orange and green, anC
purple with mauve.
WASHING MATERIALS.
Among the new imported fabrics that
laundry well are all kinds OF zephyrs, such
RS crepe zephyIS, striped with plain color>
10 match; zephyr lawns, embroidered
zephyrS, broche-lace Zephyrs, zephyrs
rayure point, and cashmere zephyrs in all
the new colorS. These goods are beauti
full in textures and stylish i'm designs, and
make up into useful and very pretty dress.
eS. Scotch gInghamS are in varied new
designs and odd combinations OF colors in
checks and stripes.
In American cotton goods, IN heavy
gmghamS, and fine Zcphyr9 there are orr.
giral patterns. besides reproductions OF
the foreign cOnceits i'm the same and newer
colorS. Our domestic goods are sold al
most reasonable prices, ranging from iC
cents yard up TO 30 cents. Ottoman
cambria is another neat pattern, which
washes well and can be found in dark and
light colorS, also in white: and pcrcalcs.
too, are in new colorS and figures, IN the
same grades that were sold last year.
Most exquisite are the novelties IN Per-
sian null. with tinted grounds, in more
suggestions Of coloring. showing large.
medium, and small Observation-Disclosures
polka or irregular dots, and sprinkled all
over with single flowers. sprays with buds
and leaves on clusters OF blossoms. These
mulls are said to laundry beautifully, and
they are made UP over under-drcsses OF
sateen. or satin. in the same tintS as the
grond-color Of the fabric.
NOVEL TOILETTE.
4 tyne OF the very newest style Of Pa
risi9n fashion. which can be copied in any
kind of fancy fabric, Is illustrated in pc
culiar redingoje made OF bOurrctte, in
stripes of several soft tiuts, alternating
with chamoiS-colored stripes, which rep
resent the ground OF the material. The
bodice. made with points. is fastened in
front by very small buttons OF old silver.
representing a dogs head. with eyes OF
burnt topaz: the side pieces and the back
are heightened, Joined together, and Suffi-
centiy ample 10 be gracefully loOped
up. the front side so brought forward
10 the left side and Topped up to the
walst-line, disclosing q simple skirt OF light
fancy velvet, Russia-leather colored, Strewn
all over with white spots. This rather
short skirt, cut out round the foot into
deeppeaks. is completed by iluted flOuncc,
pinked out round the edge and made OF
striped material similar to that Of the red
incote. The sleeves, narrowed at the
wrists, are put on to the armhOle with hol-
low pleats. lined with satin OF the same
shade as the skirt and piped round. The
turncd-up collar is made OF a strip OF pas
sementerie galOon, in an open-work Pat
tern, placed over 4 velvet band. Ii Is fas-
tened With a clasp OF old silver.
Quite new is a walkng-dresS with skirt
OF gray brocade and tunic OF gray cash
mere, with waterfall back. The mantle of
black satin meryeilleux is trimmed with
Spanish lace and chenille ornaments. Hat
of gray straw, silk-lined and trimmed with
wreath OF flowers.
EMBROIDERED DRESS.
One Of the most attractive tOIlettes is in
rich cream nuns yelling, in 30 deep shade
that it borders on primrose yellow. The
front and sides OF the skirt are arranged in
wide, fiat, treble pleats; each pleat is deco
rated with an embroidery design in flowers
and leaves in zephyr shade darker than
the material. The bodice is plain, with
pointed back and front, finished with thick
putting OF the fabric round the edge. AT
the back the skirt is draped into short.
full puff, falling over deep-pleated flounce;
the bodice has pleated paStrOn in front,
finished into a point at the waist, and the
sleeves have putting at the top, and are
plain and embroidered at the lower part
The costumes in light materials admit OF
much more elaboration than the heavier
cloth suits, or even those of cashmere and
merino, and skirts Of delicate veillngs and
other such woOilen goods are either en-
tirelv pleated in box, side, or accOrdeOn-
pleats, or they are arranged in series oil
pufllngS and gaugmgs. Some skirts show
deep pufiings, divided one from the other
by three or four rows OF gauging, with a
draped puff at the back, while other new
costumes have no drapery whatever IN
front. only a sort Of full, short putting rounS
the edge Of the bodice. y stylish dinner
dress has plain skirt OF American brocade
i'm purple flowers on pale-mauve ground
oyer-peatings at the lower edge OF the
skirt in pale-mauve nuns cloth, which also
forms fan-pleating in front width and
bodice. The collars and cuffs are OF pur-
pie velvet and the corsage plastron OF now
cred brocade.
DRESsY WRAPS.
A foreign authority states that the small
yisite, with the sleeves forming part OF the
back, is in unusual favor, for althC ugh the
shane Is decided il lends itself TO the most
numerous and varied combinations. some
times the front takes the shape OF acne,
mise russo; sometimes the sleeve Is turned
back on the inside and fastened 10 tne
front. so as to form an opening, llned WIN
colored silk; or again, the back Is loose or
very slightly fitted in the shape OF pele-
rine. A pretty trimming Tor the SNORT
yislte consists Of deep openwork galioon'
edged on one side with graceful fringe,
arranged in braces over the front ana
back. The visite itself is made OF riDDed
4 or brocaded silk, embossed velvet upon
satin. or grenadine ground, or Six gauze'
embroidered with fancy patterns OF che-
nile.
a spring mantle Of ribbed silk has tight
fitting back, with three double pIeats from
waist line downwards. On each sac, nom