The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-12
NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE.
Facts and Fashions for Spring.

Special to the "Democrat."
Openings are in rapid order.
Model styles are on the taps.
Importers are busy with their new brands.
The fashionable chapeau will be I hat with
broad brim and moderately high crown.
A dressy capotc is made of gold lace inter-
woven with silver and steel, and adorned with
a profusion of velvet loops, feathers, and an
aigrette.
Pretty little bonnets made of Grape lisse all
plated and adorned with bows of contrasting
color are 4 freak of the season.
Favorite shades for spring are name, moss
green icre and all tints Of rose. Current col
ors in spring cloths are dark blue, Bordeaux
green and all the variations of brown and grey.
Walking costumes show a preponderance in
favor of the velveteens with strong firm pile
l~ustrous silken surface, such as the NOnpd-
reI on display. 1t makes up wonderfully;
with an en- sem6ie so fine as to bewildcr ev en-
the connossieur in the many sided textile lore
ofthe century. The bvoche variety is espec-
tally effective in combination with the plain
fabric in all current shades.
An American triumph suggests itself just
now. Amid the soft flower laden lustres of
the sateen in new and choice designs now
crossing the lace like frost work of the crys-
tai windows of Lord & Taylors', corner Broad
way and Twentieth ST., spring productions of
the Gilbert cloth mills of Ware and Gilbert
vile are seen. This fact speaks volumes fer
the future success of American fabrics.
New wooden fabrics for street wear are pop
ular soft cheviots in mixed colorS whipcord
diagonals in plain shades, and ,r evening
wear a loosely woven etamine with crosswise
| stripes of velvet. Metallic braids are mixed
with hat garnitures effectively; rows are laid
fat about he crown and glittering loops are
interpreted with wings or tips massed in
front. Short maneteattes for spring share
favor with the tailor cut jacket a la mttitdt1e
so popular in Paris, London and New York.
Shnrr cEIrf. with a nrpfnSInp pf MEATS mass
ed at the back, the plain tablier supplement-
ed by a small braid outlined upon, divide hon.
ors with the boufant style in former vogue.
Round waists are still short on the shoulder
and high at the throat, and fitting the figure
to perfection.
The objective point in all ~toilettes is a cor
set so constructed as to make the waist ap-
pear small without impeding the free action
of lungs and liver. Ridley's Fashion Maya
zine for spring contains a strong comprehen-
sive article entitled, 1.-The corset OF tradition
| and the corset ofto-day,' which is full of solid
information on this important point, and we
freely its perusal to our LADY read
erS.
\ lady manager Of an extensive and Gxclu-
sive metropolitan correspondence proicrs to
send Samples of new fabrics and fashions
which constitute the styles of two continents.
Such orders addressed 10 the Press EX-
CHANGE "A kearney ST., Newark, n. j., will
receive prompt and careful attention and such
data be furnished as cannot fail to be o~finter-
est and value to ladies living remote from the
great centres of commerce
All The new tints and tones on the tapis for
spring are reproduced at the Staten Island
fancy dyeing establishment. The house, 5 &
7 John St., New York, is a good point to send
to if one wants a costume recolored or refresh
ed, or household goods cleaned, though branch
offices ;of the old original reliable concern in
Brooklyn, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore,
cover the ground of territorial demand, and
will at all times do the business of cleansing
and rejuvenating to perfection gloves, plumes,
ribbons, dainty laces, table and curtain fab
RIGS are made to look like new, thus constitu-
ting this feature of enterprise an important
phase in the economies of current styles.
SIDNEY EARLE.