The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-11
SUGGESTIONS OF SPRING STYLES.
Canvas cloth has fronts Of wooden lace to

SUGGESTIONS OF SPRING STYLES.
Canvas cloth has fronts of wooden lace to corr
respond.
Louisine silks, With tiny black and whit<
checks, silver gray in effect, will be much worn.
Mikado parasols have the points turned ups
ward, and are made of striped or embroidered
silk.
Costly white lace over a white satin princess
slip is a favorite wedding dress for a youthful
bride.
Yum-Yum parasols have a silk foundations.
ana are covered with colored silk, creped and
loosely put on.
The combination of lightweight wooden fab
RIGS with plush or velvet is specially favored foE
costumes for early spring.
Batiste 'all over em broideries, in brown and
ecru, have little figures and dots and the seal
loped edges are embroidered in red or blue silk
Many of the summer dresses will be finished
upon loop, from the throat in front to the belt ov
the point of the bodice.
Tartan plaid surah is used for skirts, the bod
Ice and draperies being plain surah, correspond
ing to one Of the colors in the plaid. The plas-
tron, collar, revers and cuffs are OF the plaid.
Many of the novelties in spring bonnets haya
most of the trimmings placed upon the crowns.
emulating the style of Kate Greenaway, some of
which are almost hidden by loops of vari- colored
picot ribbons.
Little shoulder capes, pointed both before and
behind. and reaching to the belt, to which q
basque is affixed, are shown for summer wear
They are cool and also pretty. Nothing ,more
becoming for q slender figure was ever devised
Clusters of velvet loops, worn at the throat
on the wrists and at the back Of the neck, ard
among the adornments of the new, light sunz-
mer NANTES, which, upon the whole, are less
overloaded with lace than those Of former sea-
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hlias except In having Spanish combs in cut ieE
set In the center, are imported from Paris fcp
London worne to wear this summer. They hava
wide strings and feather ornaments in red and
olive.
In spring models the princess bonnet, with q
coronet rim and a modified Normandy CROWN. 10
especially popular. and bonnets in this shape ara
handsomely made of black French lace in thread
patterns, with the coronet covered with q network
Of jet beads.
With the round waists which are in high vogus
this season are worn belts of solidly-beaded GAL
loon to match that which garnishes the bodice,
sleeves and skirt. The belt is fastened in frena
with a handsome buckle that is sewn to the edges
of the galloon.
The principal feature about the skirt drapoR-
les In the spring and summer models is that O.
great quantity of material is used. The over
skirts are made very long. and then drawn up al
the sides into a very small space, SO that the
underskirt is revealed.
The close-ftting French bonnet is too becona-
ing and elegant to be left out Of the list Of pope
lar spring head-cevsrings, as 1t is always fouuA
as suitable for the most elaborate toilet as il iE
for the most simple, the only difference being I'M
the materials and trimmings of which each In
made. Its popularity, therefore, remains uaa~
bated.
Tiny checks, hair stripes, blocks and other de-
signs SO much used in summer silks and surxhm
are closely copied, both in ~coloring and patters.
in the new sateens, and are made up in the sama
style as the silks. The former dresses retain
their freshness almost as long as those Of sum-
mer silk; they have quite as pretty effect, and
cost about one-third the price Of a good surah
The bourrette-striped wooleps, boucle erena-
dimes, fancy veiiings and other light wooseu.
goods will be first choice the coming season for
gay afternoon gowns, and will, in a great meax-
ure, take the place Of the organizes, French
lawns. batistes and other inexpensive wssh
dresses so popular last summer, whose REQUEST
visits to the laundry made them In the end q
serious item OF expense.
There IS q new quality of sateen, called satesn
foulard, which closely resembles Indian silk i'm
appearance. It comes in a variety of designs
Egyptian, floral, Mikado, checks, stripes and
geometric patterns, multicoIored over grounds az
pearl, doe color, beige, garnet, sapphire blue.
etc. Pointed basques with postillion backs, or
p~rincesse polonaises, are made of these fabrics.
trimmed with fancy lace. They are worn ovsr
tucked and paneled skirts finished at the bot
tom with an extra wide hem turned up on tha
right side.