LATEST PARISIAN FASHIONS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1859, 5 June 1888, Page 3

LATEST PARISIAN FASHIONS.

. + (from our paris correspondent.] Paris, April 14. The aeaaon la late this year In ParU owing to the long long winter we had, bat at hot ladles toilets are seen m the, streets, at balls, and m the theatres. Simplicity and tjobriety m drenaea worn at the races and while out shopping strikes one first. Blaok or at teast n Bombre hae Is tho prevailing oolor. Olobo fitting jackets and plain tailor-mado dreaßea are alone ooußldered to be m good taste. Bat the form and ca.t mast be perfect, foe In this alone is a lady distinguished from tho " common her-V On the reception days ; however, tho hostess may be more golegantly attired. Embroidery and trimmings of gold, eilver and different colored beada may adorn toilets on theae occasion b 5 As to the theatres, the elegant ladies do oot put on their finest stuffs to go there, unless tboy are to appear at a ball afterwards. For evening receptions and balls, and m a word, for all evening entertainments, gowns with Bhort trains are now growing In favour. The short drees, or rather the dress without any train, la worn to-day only by young girls. The loinnure, or dre?a Improver, is, as I told you before, loalng groaud. For this renßon | the Empire style at gown \b becoming more popular. The short waist fa not m vogae yei, bqt it will oomo, and with it will disapper the paniey and all looping up. Tho skirt h plaiD, or opena m front on an embroidered or laoe tablier. Heavy stvffj are uo longer used for ball dre'^s. Tho favorite material is tulle, either plain, or. be opvlnkjod with bends or epanglea. Tho only objeotlon to this material is that it is easily torn, bo that tho ooßtame onmnot lust long, But; this defect la outweighed by tho extreme lightneßß of tho gotvn. Crape and gause are- considered heavier, and are consequently being forced out of tho ball room by the more favorite tulle. Winter hats are now giving place to spring oneo. Ordinarily at this season oi the year ladies trim their hats with aprlng flowera— vloletp, lilacs, ross buds. But this year, as lingering winter almost "chills the lap of Mny," a middle ciuree him been adopted. Puckered tulle is mnch need, advanced with a panuohe of feathers or a puft of ribbons, which may be easily replaced by a bunch of flowers, when the sun gets the upper hand' of the cold. The form that ia now generally adopted is either a small bonnot wiih strlngo or a large hat with broad brim, made of puckered tulle, forming a sort of aureole. These brims are transparent and are the latest rage. For the theatre, the favorite Is a amall bonnet embroidered m gold or aiiver and adorned with a punache of plumes. Gentlemen who like to see the Btige will be glad to learn that ladtea hatß are not bo high aa formerly.

r The Government have given notice to the . Christoburoh City Council that m future they I do not intend to defray the cost of lighting 3 the town dock on the Government Buildings, i The Qouncil have now to consider whether 1 they will pay for the lighting of the olook or lent xern&ju m dwftntfßi

I Pretty school teacher : " James, is 'to kiss ' an active or a passive verb ? " James (oldest boy m the class) : «' Both " Pretty school tenoher : • « How is that, James ? " James : " Active on the part of the feller, and passive on the part of the girl." Pretty echoo] teaoher blushes and marks James perfeot m grammar. £?A Bporting writer sbvs :— Mr Donovan, the owner of Dunlop, who won the last Melbourne Cup, has been m the habit until very recently of displaying under a glass oaBG m a side parlor adjoining his bar the gold horseshoe which was tacked on to the £3155 which went to the oredit of the Cup winner. The proud possessor of this trophy got a hint to the effect that it wasn't altogether the most sane proceeding m the world to leave a solid gold trophy, whioh might oasily be pawned for ninety poundß, m suoh close proximity to the publio bar. Mr Donovan took the hint, oalled on an acquaintance m the moulding line, and had a fao-simile made of lead gilded over. The eighteen-carat shoe went upstairs into the Bafe, the counterfeit of poor old Co emotion's shoe stood until Monday night under the glaaa oase m the baok bar. On Tuesday morning 'twa6 misßing, and I sympathise sincerely with the hypotheoator's feelings when he melted down the blue metal ; value, approximately, two and fivepenoe.