The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-09-05 00:00:00

FASHIONS FOR SEPTEMBER.

(From the " London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of

Fashion.")

Dresses,. of clear materials have been made of a plain
transparent organdy and bareges satinees, with the single
tuck and sleeves bouillonne'e from the top to the elbow ;
the corsage full and a cceur.
In the redingote style the corsage Josephine is much
approved ; it is half-high behind, and open in front en
cceur to the waist. The corsage ala Lucrece resembles
those h la vierge, and are also in favour ; the one is made
with runners at the top and waist, the other with strai4ht
shculder straps; the bottom, if of thick material, is with
nervures, but with fulness a little spread if it is thin.
White barege of a fine texture is fashionable for peignoirs
lined with pink or blue sarcenet ; also for pet it es soirees,
trimmed with two or three deep flounces en biais, edged
with a narrow fringe or festonne's in a straight isston.
Peignoirs of coutil are made with a plain piece on the top
of the body forming a point which descends to the waist.
Dresses of lilac silk open in front over white silk, and
lacing across the whole length with lilac cord confined by
buttons, have been much approved ; the body is high and
pointed, with lacings at the sides. Pelerines and canoe-
zoos have of late been increasing in favour, but there is a
change in the form ; instead of being joined behind, the
seam is on the shoulder, and is so cut as to avoid the
defect observable in the old ones. The fichus bonne
femme are also a little different; they do not conceal the
figure so much, and are trimmed with three and four
rows of broad lace.

Pailles de riz and lace are still the prettiest wear for
dress bonnets. Capotes made with the fronts of paille
de riz and crowns of pout! de sole are very fashionable
for morning wear ; a wreath of field daisies or heart's-
ease may be added, but not ruches, which are rather gone
by, and no ribbon is required but for strings. Deep veils
are gradually superseding the voila/es; many already
reach to the waist, and some even to the knees. Capoles
of crape or organdy are very pretty with these long veils
of very fine plain tulle, merely finished with a broad hem.
A novel style for cannezous and morning caps is an em-
broidery of very fine braid in fit d'Ecosse, so fine and so
well executed that it has the effect of rich embroidery ;
for the crowns of caps it is done on muslin intermixed
with open stitches. The new cap, "a la plus belle," is
composed of three folds at the back of the head, without
trimming or ribbon, and having neither ribbon nor lap-
pets to fasten ; it is confined by two pearl pins, which
sometimes support flowers.
Mittens of watered silk, lacing at the sides, and trimmed
with narrow ribbon a la vieille, are quite the rage at Paris.

NARROW Esc kPE.—Near Renfrew an unloaded waggon,
containing the driver and his three young children, was
standing adjoining some homely houses. The horse was
exhibiting symptoms of impatience, by throwing up his
head, and ever and anon clamping heavily on the ground
with his near hind foot, as the tiny curly-headed cargo
" wo-wo-woed," skirled and shouted in elfish merriment.
The father, after chatting to a neighbour or two began to
spoil the sport of the children by seizing the eldest and
handing him out to the care of the neighbours. The se-
cond was being served in the like manner, when the third
and youngest, a girl between two and three years of age,
crept towards the front of the waggon, and when the
father turned round to take his darling in his arms he was
horrified at seeing the child, through a widened spar, fall
right under the raised foot of the impatient horse ! The
father's eye dimmed, and his frame and features shank in
spasmodic sympathy. The hoof descended—but, 0 !
guided by a higher power, it descended lightly, feeling
something soft and yielding, the animal moved the iron-
shod toe on the infant's back, as if to ascertain the nature
of the unusual substance. A movement of the infant, or
some hidden apprehension, filled the horse with alarm—a
tremor seized his limbs, and with cowering haunches and
twitching flanks, he raised the hoof, poised it for half a
second, and, in maddening terror, sent it again and again
thundering downwards, but not before the timely rush of
a neighbour had providentially snatched the uninjured
infant from her awful position, and was bearing her in
triumph to her mother's arms.—Glasgow .14,former.