Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-02
LADIES' COLUMN.
Spring Novelties Gli"tln Even
when Nllltiy =" Aliuo Ai0F"h
e;1t Worms Shining Web Con-
- .,J info summer Fabrics-Fash-
ions for the Little Folks.
., ro-c at Pay in the Moral Atmos-
N''D,L ,ro Of Homo-Selected Notes on
Dress alateabIe Dishes.

chilling wind that came down
,n the Rockies, seems to hint that
Tor, -dauiance with spring has been
VI, 70 an abrupt termination, and
W. love has Iectured Boreas to some
The ladies' cannot, however,
20. that spring is near, and although
&c materials may seem out of season /,
as that to shop in sealskin and plush
~--5rassas suitable for that season, APP
-.or. not exactly in keeping. Still, the
t-,-erv of spring hnery is in the shop
..4ors and the desire TO see new goods
i.oluavs present in a woman IS breast.
T.. =, nleasant to know that among
che many fabrics designed for fash
t,n,s votaTies, some kind genius
-. baau mindful of the wants OF the
"-grr7qv woman, the busy woman who
- look ike q lady and yet does not
IL. the purse of FoTtunatus. To
-, This want nothing has been found
-. ca admirable as che India silks. A
IN of this material is certainly the
so.t aIi-around gown with which
nan can be provided. If selected
-.b dUe regard to figures and color, Of
- oraIify. and made stylishly it will
f. - denend on as a dress fitted for any
sa,osion and shows well even in the
oonnauv of costher fabrics. None of
al. commeudatiOn belongs to q cheap
crality that falls limp and graceless be-
f,7e breath Of dampness. Buy good silk
ona trim ii with itself, rather than an
inferior quality aud deck 1t with a pro-
fusiop Of trimming. The designs for the
comiur season are said TO be much the
came as last year; for children the pea
s-ofs white or light cOlOrs on a dark
ground are preferred There are zigZag
rarterns, CeOmctric figures, small rings
end wavy bands; the last in tan and
rrpqn are favorites. The combination of
ian and green is going to be much sought
after. An ideal Easter costume is of
these colors in flower designs, with stems
Of green, an eCru straw bonnet with
white vOlets iG their own green leaves,
and tan gloves.
among the printed goods much is said
If nongees in ecTu, having on them
stamped floral designs. There is q coin
odencs of opinion among writers on
fashion that grenadine, which has been
nearly displaced for three or four years
by fshnet and lace, will reassert it.
self and become the fashionable ma
terial for summer wear. Gold and
black is the favorite combination for
evening. A very stylish dress is of plain
black with a border of yellow; other pat
terms have alternating stripes of pink
and black, green and black, and other
cOlOTs in stripes. Grenadines, like all
thin silk OF wool fabrics, should always
be made over silk, as nothing gives the
same rich effect or permits graceful fold
ing and curves and offers so well resist
anCe to soft lines in draping.
Black is still popular, and with good
reason, for the world of dress knows that
as a base it has no superior, and the
shadirgs Of bright colors, the effect OF
bouquets OF color, the richness of gay
stripes is meyer so apparent as when
thrown upon black background. This
color viii be seen in straw bonnets for the
came reason, for when floral garniture
are pOppies and chrysantnemums OF
mammoth size and startling coIors, when
gay ribbons variegated with rainbow
hues and bright butterflies of jewels are
due the glitter and soften the glare.
SGShes and girdles and ribbons galore
will be among the important accessories
OF the toilet during the next season. The
ribbon most used viii not be over two
inches wide; with the round waist are
used the full width for a belt finished at
the side by long loops and ends in no
'unted measure, from five to seven wards
being required. Where the bodice is
pointed the ribbon is drawn plainly
around it, folded at tho point and
carried around with the reverse side |
but. Narrower ribbons are used to lat
ice and band long sleeves, end are tied |
N the upper side in the most coluettIsh |
If bows.
The helf-fnger ribbon in gTos grain |
With satin edge is perhaps the favorite, |
)Gt ribbons of all materials and of all |
widths not exceeding four or five inches |
Ire in use, though the widest is used !
more sparingly than the narrow. Black |
eIvet ribbon has its time honored place.
uObons are run down the sides of the |
hlFts, ending in q loop or bow or rosette; |
heY stripe the bodice lengthwise, or |
hey stripe ii crOsswise, or diagonally, or |
ound out across the bust from under one |
rm to the other, graduating TO the waist
no accompanied on the skirt by a grad
ated stripe group, reaching perhaps TO
Ne knee or above.
HE roSette or small bow alights upon |
De dress as the English sparrow does
pom favOriJe tree, and although il |
oeS not chatter so distinctly, it is equally |
iert and pugnatious. Whether of closed I
opS or Of boOt-jacked ends, it has come
occupy the territory and means to de-
nd Its rights. One of the multltudin-
Us occupations which il assumes is the |
'centuation Of or subs titution for the
louder puff in both long and short
peveS. It nestIes in the front Of dresses,
.ges the low neck, fastens the high col
r, hides in the bosom folds, attaches
'Wer clusters, adorns trains, heads,
sn steamers, closes the back girdles,
ornaments them at front or sides.
The girders are of al materials, some
mes matching the little jackets or per-
pS the simp er trimming on cuffs and
lar, but Outlines they are of ribbon in
an belts or drawn in folds gor shaped
points. The girdle pointed in front
q strs s;lt at the back is pretty. OF
she's there is no end, and yet many
ds, even as many as -four, suspended
ON the girdle IN row across the skirt
the back. Narrow sashes will have a
ort bow of two upward loops and two
inward ends sitting jauntily at enc
e of the front. Broad sashes hang in
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