Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-03-10
WHAT THEY WEAR.

Apple green is tho latest French color.
 Prophecy says that yellow will be the most fashionable color this spring.
 The pretty textiles called Neapolitan silk crepalines are very popularly worn for danc- ing toilets.
 The new, elegant and expensive sash rib bolts are made into fchus that cover the waist and shoulders almost entirely.
 Jaunty costumes imported for the first warm days are of Suede colored homespun or of canvas, with full skirt and an outside coat
 Cloth jackets imported for early spring days are of plain, plaid or striped cloths in higher colors than are usually worn for wraps
 Striped wool jerseys with sailor blouse front, fitted back, and deep sailor collar are pretty neglige corsages for wearing out partly worn skirts.
 Long raglans for travelling cloaks are made of striped andplaid cheviots, homespuns and serges of very rough surface in gray, tobacco brown and copper colors
 Some of the elaborate French gloves are embroidered on the backs with gold or silver thread in designs of feur de lis and some times with the monogram of the wearer.
 Most of the spring jerseys have the sleeves slightly fuil at the wristband, and some are tucked at top and bottom, while others are shirred around to match the shirred yoke of the bodice.
 Cashmeres in the grayish green reseda shades, made up with darker green cashmere, or else draped over the copper red Bengaline, are are prepared for afternoon toilets for the early spring months
 | On the new bonnets all the trimmings are | lowered, though they are by no means flat. l But the towering pointed bows of last year have given place to soft, wide loops, put on to give broader effect.
 l Double breasted corsages are becoming too long for slender figures, as they have the eff feet of making them appear shorter in the waist. Irregular arrangements are preferred for double breasted bodices.
 A new idea for bridesmaids is the use o1 very fine, soft, cream velveteen, trimmed with otter. The skirt falls in easy, graceful | folds, and the material is soft as doeskin. | The bodices are arranged so that the fu1 ! crosses ill front.
 A novelty is the Tosca mantle, made very short in the back, but very long in front, and almost covered with lace aud jet; this is | AOcSTS ing front of brim, short, close back and nod ding ostrich plumes.
 Braiding has by no means had it's day o1 favor as a trimming on jackets, and is done with both metal and mohair braids some o1 which are flat and others tubular, while the twisted cords of silk or of metal are used ir most elaborate designs, hitherto done only 1T soutache braid.
 The stylish coats of smooth faced cloths fol dressy occasions come in copper colors, in ths new green shades, in tobacco browns, Suede color, the odd blues with green tints, and ir bright red shades, while the rougher home spun jackets are in stripes or bars or me langes of two or three of : .ese colors together
 A pretty demi-saison gown has white anc brown checked skirts, the second skirt loopec up, made of brown silk, the brown silk bodice with loose fronts opened over white waist coat with chased gold buttons, large, round brown felt hat, turned up on one side, linee with velvet and trimmed with tufts of brow1 | and wl,ita feathers