Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-04-29
All the small bonneto have glitter

All the small bonnet9 have glitter
ing skeletons Of gold wire, and this
foundation is prettily braided or
twined in some lacy pattern, which is
only shaded by the delicate covering
of tulle. A pretty bonnet Of Havana
brown gauze onla gold frame has a
cascade of brown and moss-green rib
bon running over the base of the
crown, finished above the face by a
spray of pink moss buds. Another in
the same slightly-pointed, lcw-crown-
ed shape is of ivy-green tulle, with a
soft roll of velvet and wreath of
glossy ivy leaves. This is a lovely
but exceedingly trying bonnet, and il
would take some fair-haired woman
with a matchless lily and rose COM
plexion to carry it successfully.
The walking jackets for spring all
come in cutaway styles, with vests.
The fronts may be open altogether
showing the vest all the way from the
collar, or they may fasten with one
two or three buttons over the chest
like a mans cutaway, or they may
button even more closely and give
only glimpse OF the vest at the col
lar, but cut away they must, and
they do, somewhere or somehow
The more flamboyant have vests o
white broadcloth, heavily embroi
dered with gold, and loose fronts with
reuers, also gold-embroidered more
gold on the pockets, cuffs and collar.
And q shade or two more subdued
are those with vests of contrasting
color, embroidered to match the colol
of the coat, as Gobelin blue
cutaway, with a vest of French
gray, embroidered in Gobelin blu,
and steel beads, a brown in the same
style, with a vest of beige colo
braided with gold, and one of oil
green, with a scarlet vest braided will
black cord. l counted at least twent,
girls and married women within ra
dius OF four blocks about Madison
Square, all gaily caparisoned in cut
away coats, with brilliant vests, an,
after that it is safe to say that tn
more distingue style will be found il
the quieter loose-front jackets, witt
or without vests, handsomely braide,
in self color er with some pretty, han
monious shade. Blue in the "Gobe
lin," ELECTRIC" "Vieon," "Tapes
try" and Tempest" shades, rival
the darker shades OF green in popu
larity for jackets, and the new ston
grays are also very elegant, an
admit of effective braiding OF EN-
broidery in steel or oxydized silvel
A stylish black coat is of smooth
handsome West of England clotf
beautifully made, silk-lined, and {
exquisite tailor finish. The back
tight-fitting, open at the tails, th
fronts loose, ingle-breasted, faster
ing below the high collar with Oh
large button and falling loosely, CT
away slightly from the bust line wit
deeply-rounded corners. These col
} ners are beautifully braided with fin
black silk cord, as are also the hig
collar and the sleeves at the wrist
: simple q jacket as there ia to be foun
in New York, and of style unutters
BILE.
Dress goods are brilliant in color an
bold of design. Summer fabrics al
covered with electric" figures-rine
interlacing each other, and enormou
circles twined upon themselves lik
mammoth watch springs, comets wit
! long tails, big discs and a peculia
broken figure, called, for some occul
reason, "Crackles." All these O
grounds of blue, green, gray or scar
let, on challies, de laines, China an
Bengalese silks and foulards, Will
, the wash goods flaunt plaids of ever
hue and size, and even cashmeres an
i Henriettas come in dress pal
' terms, which include gay skirts {
figured silk or plaided sural
Figures and plaids are prime
: pally lines of white on colore
ground. When skirts of the sam
, plain color are worn, they are trim
med with perpendicular stripes Of vel
vet, the best quality of ribbon velve
being available for this purpose, as
saves the labor required to adjus
bands of dress velvet. These velve
stripes are also used for sateen skirt
or the nicer wash materials. Alovel
summer dress is made of ecru en-
broidery and wide cardinal moire rit
bon over skirt OF cardinal silk. Fin
ruffles of the embroidery form th
trimming for the skirt; edge tn
drapery and run in narrow bretteut
from the shoulder to the waist, O
either side of a pointed vest made {
the moire ribbon.
Il The polonaise is much used for tn
street. Bustles are smaller, and neal
ly all skirts are plain, or some fla
trimming only is used, such as an en-
broidered band of velvet. several row
of velvet, or the perpendicular stripe
of velvet ribbon spoken of above
Negligees of surah or thin white mate
rial are girded with fiat passementeri
of white silk cords, or tied loosely b.
low the waist line, with dainty ril
bons shirred into the gown across th
back. These gowns have deep angl
sleeves opening from the shoulder I
show an inner elbow sleeve of fir
lace, and some are already shown fe
summer wear-without the inne
sleeve, but this sort of thing is almo
trop negligse except for the dressin,
room.-[A. B., in San Francisco New
Letter.