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Show appearing as a vest, if desired, though the other accessories are usually of velvet. Flowered silk muslin, with broad sash tied at left side, sleeves and frill of plain, is much worn by quite young eirls for evening gowns. The simple style of gown, with the long gloves, and hair dressed at tho top of the head, the short waist, puffed sleeves, and largo buckle, render the wearer similar to what her great-grandmother must have looked in tho early part of the century. ( Brides' gowns aro charmingly simple , and graceful in their make up this spring. The skirts are full, flat, pleated, clinging aud trained. I he bodices are high, full and surpliced, the sleeves long and puffed in the armholn, the belt is of ribbon aud the floral garnitures gar-nitures of orange buds and blossoms mingled with small white rosM and Easier lillics of small size and lillies of tho valley for fringes. The tulle veil and diamond ornaments remain the conventional and correct usage. The handsome tweeds, English serges and fine French cheviots are made grea use of iu the formation of stylish and useful spring traveling suits for journeys jour-neys by land and sea. Many new aud attractive shades have this season been added to the familiar dyes, and there are also novel effects in stripes, bars, plaids in refined color combinations, and Venetian patterned borderings. A great deal has been said about the beautiful new inexpensive cotton fabrics fa-brics exhibited this season. There is not the slightest doubt about the truth of tho affirmation that they aro charm-iug charm-iug to look at, but it can be very easily and honorably proven that tho "inexpensive" "inex-pensive" which, true to former tradi-tious, tradi-tious, the mind still associates with a washing dress, is a delusion aud a snare. Tho impression that fabrics that cost but little a yard tend to reduce expense is a fallacy of which we all have convincing con-vincing proofs, "Simple cotton dresses" cost but a trille at the shop, but convey those fabrics to tho dressmaker, leave her to "garnish" them prettily, let the gowns have a season at tho summer re-soris, re-soris, during which course they pass through tho laundress' bauds, and then where, oh where aro thoso inexpensive dresses? FASHION NOTES. Mohairs are much used for traveling, and make charming gowns for that occasion, oc-casion, as they shed the dust so thoroughly, thor-oughly, i Swiss basket hats of open-work straw are very stylish for summer wear, and look so pretty when daiulily trimmed in mull- Furniture brocades in pompadour patterns make very beautiful tea gowns, and aro very .popular on account of their beauty. -' " ; It is rumored .".that fie one-button flovo is on its way to popularity, hreo and four button styles are already iu high favor,, owiug to tho length of many of the fashionablo sleeves. The hoop-skirt' is the latest innovation; innova-tion; uot the balloon-liko sage once so fashionable, but a skirt of taffeta glace of narrow dimensions, into which is run several slender reeds, which imparts a scarcely noticeable fuluess to tho plain skirts. White undressed kid gloves, white slippers to match and white silk or lace clocked lislo thread stockings will be worn by sweet girl graduates this year. Othor commencement toilets will'per- nut of tan suede gloves and tan or black kid slippers. Some prominent English women are discussing the dress question and short skirts was the topio of the lust meeting some voting for skirts to be live inches from the ground, others for a foot and a half, just coming below the kuees, while a third set voted for the Turkish costume. Challies come in lovelier shades for the grounds and more artistic flower figure designs than ever. Thoy aro admirably combined with plain or self-covered self-covered stuffs of tho same texture in making up charming house gowns and piazza and lawn dresses for watering places and country wear. Tho jaunty effect of jackets is properly prop-erly appreciated by the arbiters of style and, as tho weather boeomes too warm to wear them as outer garments, the effect will soon be seen ou mauy gowns. Jacket bodices to skirts of the same material will bo much iu favor, especially iu the new plain and spotted combination stuffs. Home dresses of the cashmere, veiling veil-ing or erepou have a full skirt, leg-o' leg-o' -mutton sleeves and a basquo hav'tug under-arm seams only, being shaped to the ligure by tiuy tucks extending above aud below the waist line. Velvet ribbons rib-bons trim such dresses if they are uot made of the "robes" that are em- The trimming upon the new' princess toilets for evening wear differ considerably, consider-ably, some being made up with Grecian draperies of crepo lisse caught up on the skirt and left shoulder with costly buckles of gold or silver. Others have short sleeves, with Corduy folds over tho breast, of superb real lace or pearl-dotted pearl-dotted silk tulle. "Hammock" dresses designed for elegant ele-gant wear on sultry, lazy afternoons are annonueed. They are made with loug Jiowiug Greek lines; thev are steelless. eushiouless, half-fitting, but graceful withal, having no look of unity looseness, aud are made of all soil, pretty crepalines, challies, earniel-ities; earniel-ities; and also of Chiua silk, foulard und surah. House dresses in ouo-pioce stvlo have long trc-nt laps at the waist "under a pointed belt ot velvet or passementerie or the garmeut resembles a loug prin-cesse prin-cesse polonaise slightlv caught up on tlie hip, t ashmere polonaises are worn over surah or Minikins, the silk re- |