The new era., 1860-11-29
Fall and Winter Fashions.
Now that the people have decided


suffrage the great national question as
to who shall be the Executive of the
confeceracy for the ensuing four years,
and now that the excitement incident to
the result has in measure abated in
the minds OF the Inhabitants of our CITY
and State, we must not forget the nume-
rous lady readers Of the TINES who are
interested in all that relates to the ever
changing "fashions For their bene-
fit we transfer to our columns the fol-
lowing lively article from the fashion de-
pertment Of New York paper descrip-
tive of the new and recherche styles Of
bonnets, coaks, mantillas, shaw's and
skirts, and ether articles Of feminine
apparel, recently introduced, and n ow
all the rage in upper ten circles in that
s'fast" city No wonder the husbands
aud dads Of Gotham ''go under" every
now and then, when their wives and
daughters, in order 10 be fashionable, /"
sport two hundred dollar bonnets, fifteen
hundred dollar shawls, thousand doller
dresses, hundred and fifty dollar "Zou-
ave Jackets = ten dollar slippers, and
iewelry to correspond! Ladies of St.
Paul, how do you like the picture?
But to the report - Tunes
BoNNE1s. "A happy medium has been
found for bonnets While there is less
of them than ever before, the front is
more projecting, and is not thrown up in
the preposterous way which has incurr-
ed such JUS, censure. One "duck'
may be minutely described. Fancy a
crown Of black and white lace, the front
trimmed with white on Gather side Of
light green velvet, a white marabout
feather, tipped with green. dropping de-
Iiciously, and the inside trimmed with
white and green and gold F! Magenta
is color very much in repute--a brill
liant red-and here is bonnet Of Ma
genta velvet, trimmed at the front with
lilac, the cape and crown Of white tulle
trimmed with Magenta, and the inside
with white flowers and silk. The unan-
imous verdict is that the front shall be
close to the face There is a charming
bridal bonnet of plain white corded silk,
with q double cape. Round the crown
is a pointed leaf, an the trimming is
white illusion and lace. The decora-
tiens on the out.ide arc white roses,
green leaves and beads, and inside or
i apgs blossoms. OF ornaments there il
no end Of delicate au1a divine IDEAS
Gilt figures largely all, but Madame
Donporset clearly asserts that is ''ir
bad taste and will be too common to be
elegant or distingue." ]" The dainty feath
ers of the Paris bird-can this be Cor.
ruption Of the bird Of Paradise ?-of the
Russian duck, and of the homely but
beautiful pheasant-are to fall in soft
showers over many lovely head
There is also an entirely new and very
clever idea-a chain of medallions to
encircle the bonnet
CLoAKs AND MANTILLAs.-It is gen
orally concluded that the loose sack will
be most commonly worn. There are
numerous designs, adapted to all ages,
and apparently, to both sexes. A new
idea that Zouavc jacket, which fits nat
tily TO the waste, and is accompanied b.
a cloak, so that there is accommodation
for all conditions of the atmosphere -
i The fringes and embroideries are very
elegant, and the cost Of a silk sack va
ries from $50 to $50. Velvet main
tains its proud supremacy. A cloak OF
this rich material, lined with purple silk
and embroidered at the ed ge with q ma
chine stitch in vivid colo 5, may, we
think, be called 'stunner." For the
opera, silks Of the most gorgeous strip
edness have been imported in bewilder-
ing profusion A novel and pleasing
invention is Turkish cloak, over which
from the left shoulder, depends grace
full scarf, while the right shoulder is
perfectly plain. For misses there is a
cunning cloak, denominated Zara, quite
Arabesgue in design. II is fitted to the
shoulders in sack form, with Bishop
sleeves and japanese cuffs, and has two
collars.
SHAwLs.-One house in New York
has a stack Of camel's hair shawls val
ued at $500 Their separate val
ues range from $40 to So, 500, and their
patterns are sumptuous beyond descrip-
tion The extreme agony is heavy
gold embroidery. and the expense Of
such luxury we dare not disclose.
| SKIRTS Let the TRADE against erin
oline cease. Let no man take that
name in vain. Crinoline is a myth:
they don't wear il. The spring skirt is
alone immortal AS many as sixty
springs are sometimes worn, and by an
ingenious contrivance, ''the great an
noyance Of tapes slipping on the strings
has been eflectually remodied, by pass
ing the fastening through the covering
ofthe springs, making it impossible for
them to slip or break way" The bell
shape is the most popular, but there. is
no political preference to this fashion,
however much corrupt factions may en-
deayor to fasten it upon the ladies'