Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-04-05
SPRING FANclEs.
Airy FAIRY Dana Fashion Dis
courses.
Mary Points on the Outward Woman---
What Wheeling Bellies Must and VIII
Wear This Coming
Spring.
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think this season she holds q tull hand.
The almanac says, Spring has come,
INIT the robin and violet are seen only on
hats the one stuffed. the other srtiilclai
But in this climate it is no neE thing for
he milliner to act as the advance agent or
spriup. The sun shines at last, the ar
rows balmy, and ere long the
fancy of the maid and mstIon will
tightly turn to thoughts OF spuas
adornments and the fe minnie head will turn
10 the milliner as the needle to the pole Ii
Easter proves good day doubtless numbers
of light and airy bonnets will be worn, auu
after having served their turn IN distraehng
he thoughts of less fortunate fe males and
caused the wearer a cold in the head. Will
be complacently laid away until the alma
macs. and Old Probs have settled their little
difficulty; for only Easter day ITSELF and
fashionable traditions sanction the wearing
OF spring adornings while the thermometer
fuctuates like msiden's heart.
And what will be worn this year?
Well the hand of milliner and dress
make will, like that Of Midas,
turn every thing it touches
to gold. Alas! for the masculine pocket
book, we have gilded bonnet crowns, gilt
ornaments, golden gauze ribbons with gilt
pins to fasten them on, gold braids, fringes
and buttons, until the useful receptacle Tor
worldly wealth will look as il tat womsns
association had sat on it. But the newest
ard most expensive golden fabric Is silk
tissue of that hue, this to be made up into
rayishing evening.dresses, with some other
CAV colored material with gold threads run
nipg through it. Another novelty is gold
cord which threatens to supersede braid
and is put on in beautiful coral designs or
laid fiat on the seams Of dresses, and twisted
in great loops to catch up drapery. ]
cannot say that any very striklngly
new ideas either in wraps or dresses have
vet appeared, but some very pretty modih'
| cations OF winter styles are in high favor.
Wraps are short and generally partakes OF
the beauties of the cape family without the
disfguriDg pulled shoulders so much worn
last year. Stamped and brocaded plush
srd velvet is so far the favorite material fer
these wraps, though here and there you see
ore Of some lighter sllken material. Lace
aid chenille fringe are favorite trimmings
10 ,hese little wraps, and either is pretty
| .c.ag put On rather full and standing high
d; the throat There is just suspicion OF
| sNsve to them which tasten5 III
If he side seams SO that to a mas
cuhne eye It would be entirely undetected.
Dress skirts are rather more heavily
trimmed, the cloth ones necessitating the
wcsrirg of suspenders, a style which is al
| ready in fave with many ladies. A pretty
trimming for these cloth dresses is the
| ;iMhed niche or ruiile which is refreshing
| after the moDotony of frills and pleatings.
| rucks adorn many dresses, some being
| tucked lengthwise, while others run around
| cs of yore. A pretty confirmation dress
for Young girl has the skirt tucked to the
waist, or rather to the hips, and then gath
cred in with many rows OF shirriIng to the
| belt The waist is also sblrred IN at
throat and belt, style very becoming to
slender, girlish figure. A broad sash COM
| pletes the costume. Ribbons appear every
where, sashes being very broad; rib bon
| rosettes are also iavorite trimming, and on
ball dresses which are trimmed with flowers,
| each cluster is tied with satin ribbon,
which has very pretty effect.
Sleeves now have cuffs sometimes very
deep ones, and are frequently finished with
| the old fashioned lace ruile, which Is very
| becoming 10 the hand. Elbow sleeves are
popular IN full dress, but ladies with pretty
arms will continue to display them though
their scrawny sisters call "fe." The apol'
CIV for sleeve worn by plump damsel
is sometimes supplemented by a ribbon
tied a few inches below, long gloves are also
still popular, so the display is not generally
very dreadful, though many of the toilets
at recent New York balls are de-
scribed as having for waist
merely a broad belt with shoulder straps.
| Several bracelets one above the other. are
worn, but only very young girls care to
freak the curve of beauty in bare arm BY
even golden circlet.
Red and blue are still fashionable COM
bined, either light or dark shades of both
| being used. Then we have brown and yell
| low, and the old-time combination Of pale
green and purple which is rather odd than
| pretty. A new combination is pale green
and red. A dinner dress imported from
| Paris, and worn in New York, was Of Nile
green satin with dark red gauze draperies
Pud q TOW of Jack roses to complete the
jodice both al the low neck and on
tie hips where it was eut
in deep points. This toilet. was
the admired Of all observers, and will doubt
less have many imitators Roses are much
sed to trim evening dresses, chiefly ap
caring without foliage, and indeed some
times the petals are detached and sewed on
closely together, something after the fssh.
ion of feather trimming.
The hair is still worn high in pufs or
the shape Of the figure eight, which re.
| quires very little hair, which is a great ad
vantage where nature has been niggardly.
4 new style of hair dressing is called the
'catogan," and seems to hint that return
to low coiffures is possible. The ends OF
hair are curled, and then loosely drawn to-
gether by ribbon in way suggestive Of the
que ofbygone days. The front hair is then
drawn high on the head in light curls, and
this STYLE often takes several years from
ones apparent age, not thing to DE de-
spised. Flowers are still worn in the hair
almost to the exclusion Of ornaments and
feathers, but one not unfrequently sees
rosette of ribbon which is very pretty.
Gloves are worn as long as ever, that ia in
point Of gauntlet not time, and the different
shades Of tan still prevail, though stone
color is in high favor. Many ladies prefer
undressed kids though these seem only to
be n ade with view to fitting long sleu-
der hand. Lace mittens are coming in, in
very elaborate designs with open.work
tops, sometimes headed with a
row of lace. Silk gloves also
promise to be much worn for shopping and
general wear. For early spring hats aud
bonnets, scarfs Of gay plaid ribbons are in
vogue They are loosely twisted around
the crown ard tied in q large bow in
front held by long gold pins of which we
have great variety. For later wear gsuze
ribbons promise to have great favor. The
bonnets themselves are rather small with
round crown and fit closely about the ears
to rise in a high peak, which is filled in
with gold or wollen lace, tulle or velvet
pleaiings, or in some cases flowers aud
| feathers Hats have hich croEns and stiff