Year: 1879

Novelties are being daily
brought forward in sun umbrellas and
parasols. An entirely new style is the
| 'polka dot borders" which are destined
to share the hoRors with the "Pekin
stripes" "Polka" dots we've introduced in
coaching parasols last season, but the
"polka dot borders" are the latest novelty.
They are of satin in varietiety of colcrs,
ana the borders show alternate rows of
stripes and polka dots. Those in navy
blne, the fashionable greens and black
satin with white dots, with satin stripes
and "polka dot borders," are particularly
attractive. These are all finished in
choice handles of pearl or ivory in var
iety of designs, tipped with gold and
otherwise ornamented. A very pretty
and economical parasol is in black satine,
with satin stripes and satin borders.
They are novel, tasty, serviceaDle, har-
monizing with the Pekin stripes in dress
material and decidedly superior to the
all silk sun umbrellas that are made of
poor quality Of silk. These are hand
somely mounted and the most tastidious
taste can find qualification from goods of
this class.


ORNAMENTAL MEDLEY.


crystal Is the leading novelty this sea-
son in the way Of ornament. The new
crystal is, however, very different from
that which has sometimes born the same
same, since it has nothing of pearly
whiteness, but is clear like glass, being,
indeed, nothing more than glass cut and
fashioned into various shapes. It is con-
spicuous in millinary, on belt clasps
and pins of various styles. New orna-
ments for the hair show heavy balls of
crystal fanclfully disposed, one of these
being three globes set each on the end of
a silver cross. Silver is the favorite met
al employed in combination, and 81
though gold with crystal is seen, it is
used to limited extent only when COM
pered with the first named material
New silver combs are finished bY large
crystal balls, and again is found single
ball of crystal, about the size of an ordi-
nary marble, attached to pin, which is
run into the hair, while similar balls are
set upon long gilt or silver hairpins.


Chateiaines for holding the fan are de-
clining in popularity, ribon being often
substituted. The coming season will
certainly enliven the demand for hand
some fans, as 1t has recently become the
fasion in Paris to employ the most fam
Gus artists in their decoration, and tc
have them made to correspond with par
ticular toilets. Rare fans, uniform In
size and exquisitely colored, are mounted
on costly sticks, and even the tips of the
feathers are in some cases decorated with
paintings as fine and delicate as those
sent out from Copenhagen. A new far
conceals among its intricacies powder
puff and powder, as we'll as tiny ivory
comb. An entirely new combination fo1
scarf pins, belt clasps and pins for the
hair is that of garnet, blue and crystal
glass. Fine cut steel will be much used
in the way of hair ornaments, and in view
of the demand is brought out in a variety
of novel designs. New vinaigrettes are
very small bottles of heavy glass with
gold tops, finished by carbuncle, laips
lazuli, or some stone of like character
The tops open back by means of spring
and the bottle is so small as to be plrced
in the give of the left hand.


| BONNETs BETWEEN WINTER AND SPRING


Among the bonnets designed to form
the connecting link between winter and
spring styles are the following:


In the first place there is white fell
hat with abroad 5rim and a low crown
The crown is of felt, but the upper sur
face of the brim is plush. On the lef,
side the brim is turned up and caught
firmly to the crown. At the base of the
crown at the back is large rosette o1
white silk with silver buckle in the
centre, and attached to this rosette are
two long white ostrich plumes that SWEEP
over the top of the crown and left side t
the front. At the base of the crown or
the right side IS second rossette with s
short plume attached that is carried for.
ward round the base of the crown and
meets the tips of the other plumes ir
front.


Another hat is plum -colored silk with
shaded brown garnlture. It has the
brim raised in front and lined with three
folds of satin in three of the palest shades
of brown. The base of the crown is sur.
rounded with an artistic scarf of the silk
The front of the crown is trimmed with
a short but very broad curling plume
shading from gold to dark brown. Al
the right side of the crown and with the
head pointing downward is placed large
bird in the lightest brown tlnts.


There is an entire change in the style
of combs. The present idea seems to be
that the comb shall merely push forward
the superabundant ornamentation of the
head, consisting. of light and fluffy
crimped puffs and feathery curls of mar.
now, flat, many stranded braids, and that
1t shall lift away from the nape of the
neck all floating ripplets. The comb il
not intended by fashion to be worn with
any low coiffure. The highest mode gives
narrow, three-forked, ll-headed affair
and the poniard, with one ball or cross
shaped hilt, carries out tue same idea
This finishes high headdressing with
fine effect. So long ago, when Rache
| was in this country it was la Aaute mode
and the great tragedienne wore at din
ner poniard of gold in her jetty hair
in which were set three diamond sol
itaires.


THE PANIER RESTORED.


The most pointed surprise of the new
season is the restoration of the panier, OF
the so-called Camargo puff, which was in
troduced in the eighteenth century along
with the Watteau. dresses and garden
theatricals. It is predicted that fashion
will restore the very Camargo which was
once called "a rage and vertigo" but
until it is safe to venture upon extrava.
gance paniers will be of the same mater
ial as the dress, and procured more by
looping, draperies and trimmings
than by separate puffs, wings, &C., ap.
piled to the costume.


For ordinary walking dresses 'strim-
med" skirt--that is a skirt with the trim