The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-16
THE FASHIONS.

Point d'Esprit faces and nets are In high favor.
Very stylish and becoming Jerseys are made OF
cream-coored stocknette, very soft and fine of tex
ure, trimmed with rerers OF golden-brown velvet,
nd fastened with row OF handsome medium. sized
buttons OF bronze.
handsome dinner dress lately exhibited was
made OF dark nasurtium.colored surah, yelled with
beige-colored gulpure net design of stripes rum
ming through the gupure pattern. The bodice and
drapery were OF golden.brown etamlne figured with
leaves and flowers picked out in gold, the blooms
and foliage partly fawu, partly beige, and partly
golden green AS fell In folds, of the leaves,
as they caught the light, shone out In beautiful
mngling of soft gold and russell tints.
Many Of the straw hats and bonne,s snow comhi-
nation OF braid with either tnse velvet, picot rib
bon, eiamine or gauze, In such charming devices
hat strdlr seems too commonplace a name to he
stow upon them. Two or three sorts OF braids on
one bonnet are often seen. and the cactus lace
capoes are so ehereal-looking as to more resemble
genuine beige lace head-covering than one formed
OF straw.
The luxury of the age is observable nearly every
where. Pars-made boots and slippers for ladies are
lined with creamcoored, pale-blne, mauve, or pink
silks, previously embroidered with forget.me. nots
or other nne flowers in shaded silks. SIX hose
shown In every leading fancygoods house In the
city, decorated with hand.embrodery insertions of
duchesse, point, real vaenciennes, and other costly
laces In stripes medaons the price OF these hose
ranging from s. to $50 a pair. Several noted Jew
elers on Broadway and In the vicinity of Union
Square hold for sale silk garters laceedged and fin
ished with clasps and buckles made of either solid
gold or silver these set In small floral and other de-
vices made Of pearls, tiny diamonds, garnets, and
other real gems.
New 'primrose" handkerchefs have this pale
yellow flower embroidered in one corner. Another
mouchoir decoration Is that of butterfly, the eigy
q on q N
Jig the varied brilliant colors seen on the hand
soonest specimens of this class of antenng The but
terhy is wrought separate piece Of cambria, and
when complete is laid across the corner of the
handkerchief, fastened In the middle, the wings
being left unattached. The butterfly is removed
when the mouchor Is laundered.
Many square.shaped parasols are exhibited, and
some of the round ones deeply followed between
the points of the ribs, forming complete curve and
throwing the ribs into unpleasng prominence.
The size Of the most fashionable parasols Ia very
large, and the most expensive are made either of
white silk yelled and edged with delicate white aces
and nets, which in design closely copy point and
duchesse patterns, or OF silk canvas or etamne
striped with velvet in vari-colors. The latter are
untrimmed, but look decidedly distingue. En- tout
cas- are covered mostly with shot silks, and fitted
with very grotesque handles terminating in animals
heads, but exaggerated beyond all pleasing concep-
tion. Sunshades OF every sort are decorated with
the part grasped by the hand. corresponding
bow is often placed on the of the parasol, bnt
series of falling loops there take the place OF the
sitter style of bow used to decorate the handle of
the shade.
The pretty idea of using seasonable flowers upon
the bonnet seems lost sight of this year, mode
has spread out all her floral beauties at once, thus
forcing the lowy, modest violet, the fragrant lilac
and hyaclnth, to blush almost unseen amid the
tropical spendor and brlliancy of the show of bios
SONS and foliage which should, by good rights,
await their natural season and their time for favor
itism, when the and the daffodil have faded
away. The mixture of bonnet garnitures is this
spring study indeed. In the array, for instance,
the last rose of summer and haunting autumna
dahlia tied together with bladeo'sver grass, lie
side by side with cluster of gray velvet mushrooms
two tiny cncumbers, a bunch of radishes, spray OF
pussy willow, and some rare ripe tomatoes. bou
quet Of ladysppers and four-o' clocks form an ap-
parently luxurious bed for black and yellow
bumbebee and a spotted lizard, while three tiny
field mice lie up to their heads In clover, with a
bunch of miniature ears Of gold corn lying tempt.
ingly near.
Those who think dainty frs and aces more be-
coming than stiff white linen collars and cuffs but
who ind this sort OF unwashable lingerie quite ex-
pensive, can make great saving by purchasing
either cream White, snowwhite or black crepe lisse
by the yard and cutting 1t up into bias folds The
method ls to mount the folds bands OF stiff net,
with loop OF very narrow picot ribon peeping out
between at regular intervals the loops being ar
ranged In the same manner the border to baby d
can. Navy-blue and cardinal ribbon are most used
Tor general wear, but occasionally the ''boughten
fris show three and even four violently contrasting
colors used Many prefer the lisse alone without
any addition of ribbon loops Others prefer bits
narrow black or garnet velvet. Etamine, silk
canvas, grenadine, Venetian Grape, and Silk null are
all used for lingerie with good effect, and any all
ofthese diaphanous fabrics he purchased by the
yard.
"a lady writing from England ays that at an ANA
teur dramatic performance recently the pretties
I eature of the entertainment WAS minuet danced
by Mrs. Henry Irving, her sons Henry, Jr., and Law
renee, and her niece, Miss Morgan. The quarte
were dressed In antique costumes the ladies' In pow
dered wigs, patches, and Pompadour gowns eI
train. The boys wore white wigs and pig -tas tiet
with colored ribbons. The elder son dressed II
knes-breeches, black silk hose, pumps and buckles
and ruby velvet coat, with broad lapels aud lac
vufiies. Both carried cooked hats and made grea
use OF them the ladies' did OF their large antique
ans. In the comedy of "My Uncles WILL" Mrt
I rvtng played the part of Florence Marigold, sh
being stall, slender, fair, and graceful and SINGULAR
young -looking 10 be the mother OF the great boy
who were her devoted cavaliers the evening through
AT the close OF the entertainment the two brother
lsyed together as Box and Cox. the mother MAXIM
up excelently into an ideal Mrs. Bonncer.
Some OF the spring dresses noted among the prom
ensders In Central Park maryels OF III and finish
raiding still being favoriie decoration. Many ar
IMPLY wrought, hut the smartest are elaborated
braided with new sort of nat SILK gimp. whic
Ives II the elect OF heavy applique work. Next 4
he braided dresses stripes popular, made int
Killed skirts with tuDics and b0dices the color OF III
darker stripes and closed pleated glet OF the Skin
I abrlc, with turn-back Gun 10 match. Jerse
bodces are very often worn striped skirts, an,
these are safe Investments, as good NJ IL Away
assured In advance, and 80 far as economy Ia con
erned, the jersey can be bought for less than til,
making Of an equally well appearing bodice Otter
osts, with, In sense, The material for nothing
Jerseys are to-day at the zenith OF their popularity
spite Of their passe fame a novelty. OF course
hey are not calculated for full dress, II those
are excepted which are made Of flexible silks AM
open-work textiles studded with gems, lace finished
nd sleeveless. But the Jersey pure and aimpl
gives the appearance OF iailor-made gown at
mall cost. An Old we.l-htng satin or SILK under
waist should always be worn beneath Jersey. !
acilitaies the drawing on OF the latter, and greai
Ids In Keeping it IN POSITION innocent 1t Is o
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