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Backtracking Pa's Roots
Spring Edition 1996
Volume 10 Number 1 Page 17

The Charlevoix Sentinel
February 5, 1878

LATE FASHION ITEMS Large hoop earrings are again worn. Alsatian bows are seen on the newest imported bonnets. Pale blue brocaded silks are used for full dress bonnets. Cuckoo feathers, tipped with jet, are handsome for round hats. Marble paper and envelopes are the latest novelty in stationery. Evening bonnets are all white, with a border of white ostrich plumes. Among new piece-trimmings are stamped velvets and tinsel galloons. Embossed card- holders are in the shape of a shell, held by a pretty little figure. Point-lace vests, with Louis XIII cuffs are the new extravagances for full dress. Velvet, when used for cloaks, is almost universally combined with silk or matellasse. Coral jewelry is again worn by ladies, after being worn a long time by babies only. New collars and cuffs have colored embroideries in pale tints, with a scalloped edges. New handkerchiefs have the border in large scallops, finished with small scallops in colors. Favorite scarf pins are made of two snakes twined together, and having bright enameled scales. Standing collars and narrow cuffs are hard to abolish; they still continue to be favorites with many ladies. One-third of the left-hand corner of envelopes and visiting cards that are used for second mourning is black. The handsomest evening dresses are made of plush grenadine in solid colors, such as ciel blue, rose, pink and cream. Long, graceful loops of ribbon are fastened at the throat in place of the stiff, made-up bows which have been in fashion. For evening dresses, young ladies in mourning wear plain white muslin with white daisies mingled with small black grapes. ~ N.Y. Tribune

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