The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-04-16

The skirts of street dresses are worn shorter.
Gold-beaded white laces are coming in vogne.
Mantle visites and Jerseys are things of fine
art.
Among new summer fabrics is velvet bour-
cite.
Jet will be more used than ever in dress and
millinery.
Velveteens come for spring in all the new
shades OF color.
Some of the new shapes of straw bonnets
look like huZzar's helmet
Tin-el threads give effect to many of the
new spring wooden novelties.
Entire skirt fronts of Angora lace come
among early spring importations.
Simplicity is the rule in all spring dresses for
street wear.
Red. in subdued tones, is to be the fashion
able color in millinery.
There is an increasing fancy for all kinds of
military braidng.
Gloves are comparatively short for every day
wear. Tan, with stitched backs, are most
worn.
soutache braid is extensively used on all new
fancifu designs
PaidS and stripes are in all materials, styles
and colors. Those formed of fine checks are
especially new and attractive.
Embroidered silk scarves and handsome
pIad handkerchlefs are the simple trimming to
be seen on many of the round straw hats.
Colored collars and cuffs are coming in
again for morning wear. They are to be prin-
cipally worn with flannel gowns.
Fichus. scarfs. plastrons and all sorts of ac-
ce>sories of lace are used to transform plain
costumes into dressy toilets
Dress fronts made entirely of passementerie.
Aneora lace and braid in lace designs will be a
feature III spring fashions.
The waist is pnched very small, the hair
worn very high, the hustle huge and the shout
derS square aud high by very fashionable wo-
men.
For Young girls The fine wooden plaids and
cashneres in soft new shades are much in de-
mand for street wear. They are made very
simply
Ilandkerchief> of the sheerest lawn. with a
deep hemstitched border. and the initial of the
owner worked in one corner, are most fashion
able.
New lace pins are made of Etruscan gold in
the form of circle. and have the monogram of
the owner in diamonds and sapphires In the
centre.
There is at present a rage for the Elton Zou-
ave and Greek Jackets for house and evening
wear. The Greek jacket IS especially pictures
que.
White will be favorite color for wearing at
The fashionable resorts this summer. There are
heavy white cashmc!es very durable which
wash well.
Folds are used instead of founces to trim
dress skirts, and these folds frequently overlap
one the other, and extend from the bottom of
the skirt almost to the waist.
Ba~ques are long in the waist. but short in
the skirt, which is frequently only from an inch
to Two inches below the waist line and finished
Ii short organ pleating in the back.
"earerS of white dresses will appreciate the
pretty checked and striped organdies which
a> well as the lawns, have softer and more
delicate finish than the old styles.
A turned-down collar of black velvet. with
White lace arranged like cascade. on foun-
dalion of stiff net, is very dressy. A knot of
coIored ribbon may faSten it at the top.
White poplins are to be popular among younc
women for evening gowns. The new poplin-
are certainly very handsome. Their texture is
soli and line and they drape well.
Long newmarket coats are made with loose
fronts and closely fitting backs. with pointed
mood lined with silk, and the only trimming is
rows OF Stitching on the edges.
It is said that for summer wear light fabrics
Will be made. with corsages plated on the
shoulders, crossed in front and belttd at the
waist, The sash or belt having long ends.
Mourning goods are in grenadine and carmel
lite for thin ma erials. These are in great VA
rely of checks and pads, also in japanese
crepe, which is very good in its wearing quail
ties.
Among European novelties are patented UNI
brella -tuii-, which are woven with WOODEN
stripes at The places of folding the stuff. when
the umbrella i closed. Thus the breaking of
the stuff is prevented.
We have reached the golden age in millinery
ihl> spring. Nearly all The hats and bonnets
are trimmed with gold faces or gauze or have
1he precious metal interviewer into their cor
ncr> and brims
The cloth dresses composed of a blue skir,
worn with Il red jacket and red togue, made
popular by English women last autumn on
1.-THE lake, is fashionable in Paris as a skating
costume and ali excursion suit.
\ new evening glove. not vet brought over
from Paris. where it originated, is of kid or
>lIk for The hand and wrist where it is cut in a
point on top and applique to an arm of lace
which reaches above the elbow, or even to the
shoulders if need be.
The outlines of dress for this spring are
more elaborate, fnhta>tic, and splendid than
artistic or elegant; for waists are very long.
skirts very ample, bustles big, sleeves tight be-
low the elbow and full and high on the shout
ders, and draperies more eccentric than grace
full.
Aria
olll" combination in the new spring bonnets
one bonnet has the crown of yeowe>t wheat
>urr"nnded oy q putting of olive-greon velvet
y blS bow OF orange velvet is placed on top,
ana strings of the green velvet tie it beneath
The chin.
Cor>ages of evening dresses are worn dis
gracefully low in the bosom and back opening
III point back and front, and making woman
look as II she was almost stripped of her dress
and wore neither chemSe. corset cover, nor
corset. How it is managed no one but the mi
tiaed know.
Some of the newest evening dresses have
garIandS of flowers extending from the center
OF lhe BACK OF the loW-necked corsage over the
lett shoulder, where the flowers are massed
together and form sort CT vest. The garlands
separate at the point of the waist anC form n
trali OF flowers on either side of the tablier.
The present elaborate style of dressing the
nam anu pow ueTlnS IL almost neceSStates the
Use OF lace powders. paints, mouches or black
patches on the face, and penciIing the eve
brows and eyela>hes. IT'S pity, but It's true,
cosmetics were never more in demand than at
present. a visit to the headquarters of the
Partner" Mo"te Ch,tSto reveals this fact to the
most casual observer
The latest novelty in wash-goods is what is
called "crazy" cloth. 1t does not belle its
name. 1t is an odd MIXTURE sort OF plaid of
all kinds of coof> in many tints, evidently not
pat together with any idea of harmony This |
material is better than it looks 1t is durable
and washes well. 1t is to be utilized for
childrens morning wear during the summer.
immed with embroidery, either white or col
ured.
A handsome style of trimming for the fronts
or panels of evening dresses for summer wear.
Is composed of a spreading design of cherries
and leaves. with a powdering of lowering
hrlSht-hued butterflies. The cherries are raised
III chenille. and tlattened on one side SO as to
be attached to the satin foundation A dress
trimming of dandeions and their leaves is also
"A novelty, and would look remarkably well on
black ottoman or satin.
Velvet ribbons. with satin on the wrong
side. Will be quite "A feature of trimmings for
spring toilets. especially those of silk Some
Times these Will form vest fleet by being laid
loop upon loop from the throat in front to the
belt or the point of the basque. This is very