New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-09-30

regal wealth Of lavishly expressed beauty, does
not deserve to possess either.
However, for those TO whom camels hair or Per-
sary to state that the long basques viii still continue
to be worn, but with military capes as utility wraps
they are to he recommended.
Some handsome sbawls Of cloth and heavy silk
will be in vogue, trimmed with deep fur or lace,
with buge headings. and furnished with hoods or
capes to quit Velvet is almost out of use, except in
some few regal garments edged with costly fars AS
for the furs themselves, they will undergo brit slight
changes in shape sables are always fashionable and
beautiful us all costly articles grow to be to FEM
mime vision the small collars Of fur introduced last
Winter are extremely pretty; made of ernime, with
the small muf they afford dressy addition To dark
Winter costume, and are particularly well adapted TO
Young ladies' To be biea gaHt6e ct 6iea ch0ussee is
first toilette requirement Of a French woman who
understands the value of dress az an art. The high
Congress boots, so much in favor, have yielded
somewhat to the jaunty-buttoned boot, with their
Gathering patter of saucy heels Jefers displays
fine article of this sort made OF heavy beaver-cloth,
lined with deep crimson silk, slightly wadded and
daintily quilted, which afford an exact response TO
the requirement. of warmth and beauty. The bigh
/ Balmorals have sturdy, mOuntaineer expression,
which speaks Of roadside climbings rather than tie
smooth sunny sidewalks Of our paved avenues.
Carriage boots of fur-trimmed velvet whisper Of
| gay Winter gatherings and the chill of January
overcome; skating boots summon visions of the Gen.
trail Park ice pond, and from them spring like mage
the fancifully attired form Of q gracefully gliding
skatress. Dancing paatoFyles are manufactured AMI
imported in bewildering variety; soft rosy nests
| Of satin lace adorned; azarline blue enwrouglt
! with pearls, and white with golden tags shining
amid the most pulling French in!rcacies Of puinp
and rosettes.
| Modest tasteful black satin slippers, with quaint
high heels and sparkling HarqRisette or gold orna-
ments are the acme of style and ton. French ladies,
| he it known, but seldom employ colored shoes,
except for fancy dress or toilette slippers black satin
| being the "only wear for usual evening dress
or even dancing costume but TO the changing "a
prices of American daniels every hue is conse-
| Grated.
In gloves thoso with two buttons are en- regle and
they are imported extensively that every shade OF
dress may be suitably matched. One no longer be-
holds the abomination OF inharmonious contrasts be-
tween the dress and the hand coverings Of lady Of
tate, which not long since offended the eye. The
exact HpaHoc required, either to match or dgreeaby
contrast, may and must be found and these worked
in celors or black having the wrist defined by nar
row rolaHis OF pnked Md, appear as if made TO order
10 suit any possible robe and It's gaturc. An oior
| is being made 10 introduce bright haIne-colored
gloves in promenade costume but it willbe restrict
ed we opine, to the fast few to whom red silk aose
woud appear practicable.
One of the ISLANDERS perpe,rated upon nation 10
that the gloves manufactured for the American trade
are obliged TO be numbered at least half size below
the true French or English standard. They aver
that no American lady will confess TO the posse.son
of hand requiring beyond six and a-balf, so that
the glove makers good-naturedy favored their delu'
sion, French interest and American vanity eTectng
at once an inglorious and amusing compromise.
Lest in this season Of national distress the fore.
going record may appear frivolous and illtimcd, let
u.s. in conclusion, beg to impress upon the minds Of
the world Of womanknd the fact that 10 dress well
does not necessarily imply TO dress extensively, for
with the present cbeapness Of every article Of a
ladys wear the most refined tastes may be gratifed
at comparatively trifing cost, while, with the magic
aid of sewing-mschines and the guide Of Demorest's
unrvaled charts and patterns, every lady OF ingenu-
ity may be her own modesto To those who are lift
ed beyond the influence Of monetary crises We would
say, be lavish in casting abroad the wealth ntrust-
ed to yonr keeping and at the outset Of an inevitably
hard Winter resolve that all Injuries sha be produc
tive of benefit to the needy artiLans and workmen Of
our metropolis.
Truly could some Of the ennuied, listless lady
loungers Of Uppef-Tendom cast aside their daily do
nothingness, and by rskng fatigue or the possible
shock of over senstveness ofnerve, allow themseve,
an inspection Of manufactures whence theirneeessary
or luxurious articles of apparel ISSUE they would be
unconscousy roused from thoughtlessness, and their
energy quickened.
The sense Of strong life lying perdn beneath that
| oil upon the -Society-whereon their bark.
hoat life stripped of gew-gaws Justly laboring SEN
| tent, suffering life, would awaken new impulses,
open a new vein OF thought to many who now only
know the coulear de rose horizon with which gold has
| bounded existence for them.