Connecticut western news., 1886-06-09
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

Lace eHectS Tn cotton dress 8OOuS promise to be popular this season.
 We are going back to the days of oul grandmothers for our fashions in rib bons
 Oriental lace, if not too heavy in design, may be used as ruche for the neck with pretty effect.
 A novelty is the Scotch plaid net lace, It is not stamped, as one would suppose at first glance, but actually woven that way.
 Small white Derby hats arc worn by tho girls of the period in connection with the more or less tailor-made walking suits.
 A popular wrap is that of the close fit ting cloak of thin material with a cape, and buttons that suggest Creedmore targets.
 Hats with cocks feathers running uE to point in front convince drum majors that imitation, after all, is the since1est ha.tery.
 Some of the new sunshades in stripes are an unpleasant reminder of the ma terlal of which Sing Sing inmates suits are made.
 The registry list of the town ot Tacoma, Wyoming Territory, shows voting population of 1,710, of whom 52O are women.
 Pearls are said to have advanced much in value during the past weeks, and with the increased use will no doubt get be- yond the ability of the moderate purse.
 The belle of the South to-day, accord ing to correspondent, is Miss Gordon, the daughter of General Gordon. She is described as dream of feminine love Illness.
 Bridalrobes have for some time been most fashionably made after elaborate models, with an abundance of garniture, but the more appropriate and simpler styles are again coming into vogue.
 A novelty in Parisian fans is large letter in the centre of gauge field. The letter is covered with diamond dust, and the effect is made still more brilliant by the ground of the fan being black.
 A novelty in stripes is red wool dress, striped with narrow lines of white. brown and blue. The dress is made entirely of this one material, with full drapery over a plain round skirt and short pointed basque.
 Any material can be made fashionable now if the right person introduces 1t. The variety of dress goods this season is unprecedented, and hundreds of ladies out on shopping excursions are much be- wildered to know what to buy.
 Colored wool grenadines are numbered among the fashionable summer fabrics, but why grenadine is called summer material it is difficult to say, as it IS one of the very warmest of stutfs and really more suitable for winter than summer.
 Beaded illusion among the evening mater als is extremely beautiful and adaptable, even of most perishable fla brio. The beads add weight to the airy stuff and cause it to fall when looped in charming folds, or, more correctly, waves.
 Gloves are not chosen to match cos. tunes as much as formerly and the light shades of tan are always preferred. But ton gloves are worn exclusively on the street :xld the newest styles have heavily embroidered or stitched backs in self or contrasting colors.
 Some of the white wool stuffs come with borderings of drawn work, clustered cords and loops of cord stimulating fringes on one selvage. This is intended for the bottom of the skirt, the narrow band cf woven effects trimming the bodice, sleeves, waistcoat and tunic of scarf drapery.
 Ribbon enters largely into the effective ness of many of the summer costumes, and exquisite little designs for tacking here and there on dress or jacket, or, for that matter, for adorning the neck and hair, are to be seen in the stores, where many an idea may be found by the in- genious or those who can tie graceful bow.
 The newest thing in England for bon nets is coral leaf brought from the Baha- mas It was recommended by the En- glsh Consul at the Bahamas. The leaf dyes well, and when artistically used makes bonnet to the eye of connois- seurs perfect poem in the way of head dress. It can be made white and pink; and in black is lighter than jet. The style of cutting waists depends very much on the way tho tunics or overskirts are draped. For slight young girls the most becoming arrangement is to have the waist and tunic fastened down under a round belt. The waist forms kind of plaited blouse with the plaits only in front. It opens in the neck over a plastron. This IS either embroidered or of different material to the waist. Usually the deep revers collar is of velvet.
 A pretty and sensible way of treating a dress skirt that has become worn around the bottom is to cut off quarter of an inch, bind with narrow braid, and then border with wide Hercules, Titan, or giant braid, allowing the lower edge to fall even with the narrow binding. If the skirt is D. 'eated or finished with a box pleated or kilting- pleated flounce the braid must be dampened after sewing on and pressed into the folds of each pleat with heavy iron or tai!ors goose. Something quite out of the common is now the prevailing fashion in Paris, says the New York Wor1d. Walking has be- come the correct thing in the gay capital for fashionable ladies, driving being con- sidered something out of date Accord ingly, Parisian belles conscientiously take constitflionals in the Bois or Champs Elysees, after the fashion of their Eng fish sisters, and they adopt sober walking costumes of deep slate gray, enlivened by swallow on the hat and huff of real blossoms. The newest thing in poodles makes its daily parade on the fashionable boulevards there. It is a fine brunette in tint, and it's whiskers are trimmed in exact imitation of its masters. But for slight difference in stature the resemblance would be strangely decep- tive.
 President Tyler's Son. One of the most striking figures seen in Washington is the son of ex-President