The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-17
FASHION AS 1T FLIES.

In the spring importatiOns are some very
handsome goods showing lace stripe in
coarse square mesh, alternating with solid
stripe Of material. which bears floral de-
sign in frlse, each stripe being of the popular
width, which is about one inch.
Among the fashionable coloIs, pale blue
appears in the list of millinery and trim
ming effects. They are clear and pure. Dark
navy and marine tints are also ION the list"
while gendarme and metallic blues are IA
vored. but nothing is seen in the middle
tints. In yellow tones amber takes the pre-
ce6ence. Amber beads will be in high favor
for bonnet trimmings. Lemon, yellow, or
'ange and mandarin, it is said, will be spar
ingly used, but the entire range of wood
colOrs, ecru. to the faintest tint of cream
color, will be favored.
Browns, olive, ruby and cardinal still hold
their popularity, and green is shown in the
pale yellowish shades of last season. Reseda
, and moss green are again accepted but few
emerald green's are found among the best
stocks. The myrtle shades are in high favor
and represent some of the choicest fabrics
for dress and millinery purposes. Black is
always in favor, and nothing is more becom-
ing and lady-like. Black and white as a
combination is not meeting with general
success although it will be worn to some
extent by those LADIES to whom ii is be-
coming.
The economical fancy for black hosiery
viii continue during tse spring and sum-
mer; this is true not only for ladies but also
for children. Dark cardinal stockings and
the brighter poppy red shades are worn to
match jackets and garnet bead trimmings,
and merchants import few other dark col
ored stockings, such as navy blue, seal
brown, dragon green, ard maroon, to match
dark dresses, but the preference is given to
black with dresses of any color, and also
with toilets otherwise Of purest white.
Plain colOrs with side clocks are preferred to
stripes.
Checked Cheviots, stripes, and cross-bars
are imported in very light weights that
should be used for spring gowns for walking
suits, and for seaside, mountain, and travel
ling dresses all summer. Some of these
have very smooth surfaces others have
bOucle loops OF mohair in cross-5ars, and
others are as roughly woven as rag carpets,
and look heavy. out are exceedingly light
There are also fancy striped serges of TWO
alternating cOlOTs, or else with two tones of
one color, and another new fancy is that of
weaving camels hair in zigZag stripes max
ing the diagOnals in fence rows across the
goods. Various white wool stuffs are also
. shown for tailor gowns such as striped
lamb s-wOOl, which has an inch-wide bOucle
stripe with smooth space of the same width;
also the white canvas goods white cheylot,
and white serge.
SHAPES OF BONEETs AND HATS.
Fancy straws Of various kinds are the
earliest importations of spring millinery
but the most experienced dealers believe the
fine, smooth Milan straws or English Dun
stables will remain in favor, especially TOR
black and colored bonnets- Some very fine
Neapolitan brai6s are shown, with the crown
and brim bOrdered with loops and scallops
of straw that give pretty effect. For white
stTaws the cream-tinted Tuscan braids are
shown in great variety, some of them being
as closely plated as Leghorn, but a new
feature Is the introduction of open lace-like
effects in rows about the crown and the
brim Of the TuScans. Fancy lace straws
sometimes form the entire bonnet while
others combine lace with satin straw. Bou-
Gle straws showing rows of loops are new,
and another novelty is the entire hat or bon
act croquetted in the familiar she'll patterns
'fof straw cord like fine thread. Hsckel braid
is a stylish rough straw that is made up in
stripes around the bonnet, alternating with
smooth braid, such as Milan, or else satin
straw. Cream, ecru, and tobacco brown
shades are largely imported in smooth and
In rough straws, and there are also many
seal brown, fawn, bright red. bronze, and
mlgnonette shades, with both light and green
tints.
Small bonnets, high hats and turbans are
announced for the next season and the shapes
are very similar TO those now worn. The
small capotes have corOnets falling back from
+. closely fitted brims, or else the brim is
lightly fiaring with scalloped edges, and is to
be filed in with puffs of gauzy ribbons and
flowers. The crowns are narrow, but both
short and long crowns are imported, showing
that the hair may still be worn either III 4
high soft coil, or in a medium low plated
coil or still lower in a dropping Catogan
, loop. Round hats for the spring and for city
streets.will have high sloping crowns, with
the brim wider on the left side and rolled
close against the crown. For midsummer
wear LeghOrn fats with low crown and briDl
i've inches wide will be revived. For gen.
eral wear there are turbans of many shapes
one importation showing nine varieties. The
soft-crCwn turbans will probably be most
used early in the spring. with the crown of
the material of the dress or Of its trimming,
crowns and low round turbans are seen, and
there are oddly shaped melon crowns that
viii have to be concealed by trimming in or
der to make them attractive. Rustic straw
hats for the country are in plaids of two con-
frasting coiors braided in intricate patterns.
A bishop in the Church of England had in
his family a domestic, a woman, a strict
Romanist, who was always thinking about
the impossibility of heretics getting to
heaven Why" said the bishop, do you
think, Mary, that will not get to heaven.
well, said she, eff you do, it will be on
account Of your inconsavable ignoraoce."
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