Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1865-12-21
LATEST FASHIONS.

Ladies now could scarcely afford to follow
| the example of the Duchess of Marlborough,
| however angry they might be with their
| lords. She was very handsome, and her
head was adorned with profusion of bright
golden locks, which were doomed to be sac
rlhced to the passionate temper Of their
mistress. One day when at her toilet be-
coming violently angry with her husband,
| she cut off all her beautiful tresses and
| flung them in his face This curious out
burst of conjugal malice doubtless had
salutary effect upon the Duke, for he had
taken great pride in his wife's magnificent
| hair
The waterfall has given place to a twist
which should be called the water-wheel -
We certainly think the new style of hair
dressing much prettier than the old; it will
be far more becoming to most heads than
the waterfall as it has lately been worn.
The late Partisan fashions tell us that for
paletots which are to be worn when dres-
sy toilet is required new sort of plush,
called sable d'or,is likely to be very popu-
lar. 1t is well-named, because the ground
work of this material appears to be gold
en- sand In both violet and maroon it is
very effective 1t is likewise used for bon
with straps Of colored velvet and large
false pockets in front, are worn by growing
girls who are young enough to sport hats
IN preference to bonnets. They are too fan
cItul and conspicuous for any save girls
from ten to fifteen-always very difficult
age to dress advantageously
Petticoats are very brilliant this winter
but those who can not afford great variety
of these under, or, as they have now be-
come, upper garments, will find the black
and white stripes more serviceable than
the elaborate and gayer patterns These
stripes do not date themselves, and can be
worn under dresses Of every color.
Speaking of the present fashion of dress
es, the Paris letter Of the Daily Telegraph
says:
"The story of the Maitre d'Hotel' COM
ing up to tell Madame X, who had paid her
compliments to her host and taken her seat.
that her dress was shut in the carriage
door, is hardly an exaggeration, so long
have the trains becamen
The writer's description of the last new
thing in bonnets is "a brown velvet dice
box, with a little shade over the forehead.
and what at restaurants they would call a
potion Of woodcock stuck on the top"
Bonnets, from their earliest days, have
always been open to ridicule and criticism.
Once in a while sensible and pretty style
has been adopted but far more often they
have been i'll adapted to their purpose, if
that purpose is pretty, comfortable cover
ing for the head. The first bonnet worn IN
England was brought from Italy in the
reign Of Queen Elizabeth, and its form was
a compromise between the present Italian
peasant-hat and the French hood The ma
terials employed in constructing these head
were crimson satin, elaborately
cloth of gold, and similar
rich materials. The Leghorn fiat with per
pendicuar crown and wide brm. standing
out far around the face, was the first legit-
innate bonnet worn, and this appeared long
after Queen EIizabeth's time 1t was trim.
med with artificial flowers and immense
bows of ribbons