The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-10-21
The Fall Fashions.

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In New York they have grand "open.
ing day" at each commencement of sea.
son, which is the signal for all womankind
to rush to tho milliners' warehouses and
faunt their feathers in the streets, rs they
trip from one shop to another all day long.
In Chicago we are ahead of the Gothamites
in this respect. We do not have an open.
ing day merely, but grand series of open
ing days. The fall season of opening COM
menced about two weeks since, and has
grown in importance and bigness to within
day or two past.
During the past three days Lake street
has presented a grand spectacle Of busy
lifc-a splendid scene Of shopping. So
have all other parts Of the city where
wholesale or retail millners or dressmakcrs'
stores can be found Ladies who reside in
the city have had some fine weather for dis
play, and it is question whether they do
not 60 out with as much the design OF
showing what they have already got as OF
purchasing more. Our country cousins do
not have as much regard for the weather
as the city bellies, and rain or shine, they
may be seen gliding through the long store
houses, scrutinizing every thing, and some
times purchasing something.
We took stroll though Lake street, the
principal location Of the great millinery
houses yesterday, and hazardcd ourselves
among pretty millners and goods that we
were afraid to touch, with the express pur-
pose in view of seeing something and OF
telling the public what we did see Some
Of the styles which we met with struck us
as being very beautiful, and we have no
doubt but rich parents who have extrava-
giant daughters, and saw the same styles
that we saw were struck in the same way
that we were.
A very beautiful bonnet was shown us
called the golden dun, elegantly but not
gorgeously trimmed. On the inside, upper
dernea Ms coi h. Mot Ct feathers. Out.
side trimmed with plain dark velvet and a
feather. Item for fathers. Price of this
bonnet, s65.)
Another was trimmed With plain velvet
outside and ornamcntcd. inside upper front
and sides. with tuft of rich geraniums,
and deep thread lace.
"a. remarkably fascinating, dear duck Of
z little bonnet wa. an embossed chip, $50
they called IT'D color de CUR, trimmed very
plainly with band of plain ribbon, n,'-.
the top, and ornamentcd with !" Heron
feather.
A curinns bonnet was one Of the regular
-4styf e for this season, except that the crown
or the part underneath the crown spread
out like fan, plated twas adorned with
beautiful olive celored feathers, tipped with
pearl drops, and set in the form of hand
some boquet. On the inside was simple
blush rose, very beautiful.
We noticed particularly one bonnet for a
miss that the young ladies would probably
call treasure. 1t was covered with black
velvet, had the Maria Stuart front, with a
roll covered with black steel bugles to fall
over the upper front, and tye bow at the
top. Inside, cloud Of rich and deep la &C,
and tye bow of rose ducbcin ribbon.
A seventy. five dollar bonnet for an adult
lady was trimmed with point lace, to fall over
the crown, the lace about one eighth of a
yard deep, which is remarkable width for
this kind of lace, and probably had much
to do with the seventy five dollars.
Altogether. the style of bonnets this fall
are charming, and will take the eye of the
fair sex generally. The shape of the bon
net is remarkable, and looking al them from
the front when there is no head in them,
they seem almost perfectly square. AS a
general thing, in external appearance. they
are of plain but Of costly MATERIAL Chica-
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