Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1879 — FASHION FRIPPERIES. [ARTICLE]

FASHION FRIPPERIES.

New lambrequins and curtains are of striped mummy cloth. Untrimmed round skirts are preferred for traveling use. Black Brussels net bonnets bid fair to be very fashionable. Small boys and girls dress precisely alike except in the bonnet or hat. Plain skirts, as yet, are worn only by very fashionable women. Medium-sized gypsy and directoire bonnets take the lead at the moment. The newest way of arranging wide scarfs is to drape one just above the flounce which borders the underskirt. Suits of white bunting are trimmed with bright plaid and bows of cardinal and gold-colored ribbon. Bonnets, with brims of straw or silk and crowns of net, composed of black or corded silk, are in preparation. The net is bordered by a fringe, and falls in the back like a veil. Tatting is coming again into fashionable use at a great rate. For parasol covers, cuffs and ends of muslin neckties, the tatted lace is frequently and prettily employed. It revives an almostforgotten industry, and Heaven knows the poor women are always glad to patronize art and industry wh?n applied to dress. Sashes have come in again, and wide ribbons will be in demand. Brocade and watered ribbons matching the dress, and others striped in Boman, Scotch and Pompadour colors are used. Belts are fastened around the waist, and hang down in-long, flat loop and two longer ends. , A new French costume intended for driving or walking is of white ribbed woolen, simply made, a white straw hat trimmed with white rosettes, a white sunshade, white scarf and a nosegay of white flowers and mignonette tied with white ribbon. Absolutely plain underskirts are worn in New York, but they are usually made of such heavy goods that they are not much more comfortable than if of light materials elaborately flounced. The overskirts worn with these skirts may be either simple or draped in the most complicated way, but they are often so short as to show a great deal of the underskirt.