Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1882 — FOB THE LADIES. [ARTICLE]

FOB THE LADIES.

Latest styles of French boots have narrow-pointed tips. 'c Tbe newest veils are real lace, with borders all in one piece. There is a strong tendency .to wear white goods this summer. Soft toques of wool like the dress are worn with traveling dresses. Little children will wear white for dressy occasions this summer. Pointed bodices are mostly worn with the popular pannier overshirt. Low-necked, short-sleeved dresses are revived for small girls under 9. Chip hate, particularly black ones, will be much worn as the season advances. The hew Princess Beatrice hat is to be the rage in New York during the summer. The newest white pique bonnet for little girls has a high Normandy crown buttoned onto a deep poke brim Diamonds, circles and dots of various sizes are embroidered in bright colored silk on dark hosiery for young girls. Irish point collars and cuffs are set in setts for children’s wear. They make the plainest kind of a gingham frock dressy. New table linen of the finest grades come in tinted grounds, with damask designs in white on one side, while on the other the order is reversed. Both for morning and evening wear, under skirts are now shown with steels down the entire length of the back breadth, making them stand out nicely. A new shape in babies’ cloaks has the cape cut in the middle of tbe back, and with this a pretty, soft, three-cor-nered hat, bordered with cord, is worn. Snake bracelets are preferred to bangle bracelets. Tbe head is created and adorned witi gems, and the fangs arc also formed ot jewels of rare value. One of the best specimens of wearing and design in satin brocade has a cream ground, with large poppies in a golden-brown shade, and guelder roses in the faint tilluel green. Woolen dresses are very popular. A combination of large checks, with plain colors in art shades, with large felt ©r straw hats. There are no flowers worn upon the parasols by the exclusives. The bristling ruche that is used on the bottom of dress skirts consumes a great deal of material, eight yards of silk being sometimes cut up in its waved pleatings; the effect, however, is very good. Colored stones for jewelry are once more coming into vogue. The most popular are the amethyst, sapphire, emerald and ruby. These are set in dead gold, principally as lace-pins, with ear-rings to match.

The severe and simple tailor-made cloth suit is the most popular walking costume for spring weather. The novelty for these is the use of plaques of braid instead of the trefoil curves for the frogs worn on the jacket. Riding habits are usually of dark green or navy blue cloth. They are cut in severe English style and fastened with frogs of passementerie. The skirts are shorter and less cumbersome than those formerly made. Dresses of one fabric are aiwayg safe, but there are no more refined toilets than the new French combination of cashmere, and Louisine silk, and white muslin garniture, incongruous as these articles appear to be. The Langtry bonnet was suggested by the one worn by that lady as Miss Hardcastle, in the comedy of "She Stoops to Conquer.” It is of English split straw trimmed with ficelle ribbon, with garnet velvet in the face, and butter-cups on the side. Long musquetare gloves of white Danish kid - , embroidered in silver and jet beads, look exceedingly well with “evening” dress worn in second mourning, the toilet usually being of a combination of black and white, or silver-gray and black, with lace garniture of white or black. Quantities of ribbons are used on white dresses, knots on the neck, on the sleeve, and looped sashes on the skirt. A new arrangement a rouleaux of ribbons around the hips, following the outline of the flounce on the back, and tied loosely down in front in carefully careless fashion. Mrs. M. M. Ricker, who was admitted to the bar of the District of Columbia, "passed,” says a United States senator, "the best examination among seventeen applicants, all men but herself. she was found to be particularly well versed in the law of real property, a branch supposed to be beyond the reach of the female intellect.” Some exquisite chine moires are well adapted for evening or reception toilets: two designs are especially changing; one blue bells with brown foliage, the other large and well-de-fined rose-buds. In all these fabrics the moire is watered in large designs, moires, with satin brocade in white and delicate tones are exquisite; so are the gros grains with satin brocades. Fair girl graduates on commencement day, will wear cream white dresses of embroidered nun’s veiling, or of mull muslin with lace garniture. The short skirt is trimmed elaborately in front, with soft pannier drapery for the back, and the waist has a surplice nock with elbow sleeves. Corsage bouquet of roses, no Jewelry, a white moire sash and white or black slippers, as the wearer chooses.