New-York daily tribune., 1865-09-25

the wearer never wrought there. And in time her
daughter wears it, rcveent of the sacred histories
folded therein.
Dear ladies' is not the shawl worth having. and you
waste your money short sacQues If you can nave
bot all the better. Some living nearer viii be more
Justly paid and the wool growing interests receive an
impetus 1t is useless to say abstain from the reaunu
ant garment and buy Dickens Thackeray or Ihe Al
lantc" because is not province ana BECAUSE 4
you need the admonton you viii be certain not 10 "'
it, But if You can have one good thng. vi many
poor ones buy the shawl and the benson oi 'nc
in dress rest upon you
The rare India fabrics both double ana single grow
every year in beauty-and, alack' III price
Next in value are the Paisley. whose decate texture
makes them peculiarly suited 10 visiting vi o'onNs
costume-and then the pretty French CASHMERE "ho'o
finer grades are ladyke, beautiful, and rich. E'ery
year the American mills turn out finer ana hher 'a"'cS
and the increasing given to the raising OF the rare
woo.bearing sheep gives promise that NJ no ois'"'
day we shall send 20 England and france ioVehei ano
cheaper shawls than they send us.
AT the Opcra this Winter and at parties. wraps oi
ouaint and curious Eastern fabrics Will be seen. a
barbaric spendor seeks to distinguish these fanciui
tissues Stripes Of bright silk alternate with white pano
of golden brocade with satin, svey threads with cash
mere. Only bruncttes should accept these gorgeous
adjuncts. The pure and delicate tints OF blonde
beauties would look bopeessy faded and chaacterless
DRESS GOODS
orc more yarious than new and nothing Of rare beauty
apnoars The favore color in the richer materials is
,,reen Plain silks which arc always more beautiful
than any cured or brocaded stuff can be- because they
make no false angles on the person and fall In rich and
unbroken mssses of pure color still keep their place In
tho tender regard OF the fashionable world. But
dcurcs stripes and checks are seen in abundance.
Sunerb moire in ravishing shades tempt short
women and unmarried women beyond the point OF
resistance and so spend dissatisfied life in wardrobes
where they have no aesthetic right to be-ior only
dowarers and wives whose accumulation of welded
years makes them matrony. may, with propriety' wear
more antique. or velvet or pointlace. or diamonds
Youth and beauty are loveiier than any product OF
LYONS looms and are as out of place in their grand
mothers stiff maGnfccnce of toilette as that ancient
lady would be in their tulle and muslin and floating
ribbons.
The increasing prices and comparatively light I'M
portstons OF silks have turned the attention oi manu-
faoturers to greater variety and excellence in fabrics
of pure and mixed wool. Everything which boasts
wooden thread from the cheap check at hfty cents
yard 10 the superb Irish lustre at three dollars and
half is this year called popn. AT intermediate prices
one NAV command any variation of the double thread
material really beautiful fabric Of good width, in
desirable shades of exquisite quality is called Mexican
cloth, and sold at two dollars yard. black Queen
cloth, wider than alpaca, more lnstrous. and more
durable is sold at a dollar and quarter. Nothing
could be pretier for a servioeable suit Reps and En-
press cloth will be popular as ever as they well de
serve TO be- The very best material for outdoor OF
travelling dress for those in city country who are
much exposed the weather is the linsey woosey SC
much worn last season. II is a yard wide, and
costs from nine shlings to dollar and half per
yard Waterproof cloth, which can be bought fol
nine shillings ward in the poorer qualities aud two
dollars and half in the best and which is very wide
makes serviceable, economical and lady like suit.
MODES
Across the water the Golden Age OF good taste Is
heralded in faint but musical chimings "indoOr and
walking dresses made with remarkable simplicity
said Paris autocrat 10 the other day. Points.
cep for evening dress are scarcely seen The charm
ing girdle with which woman Of sentiment should
ever be seduced into parting, is everywhere seen.
Extremely wide belts and buckles have had their day
but those of medium width will still be popular and the
buckles on which much taste and skill are expended
are beautiful aduncts 10 the toilet For rich sill
dresses sets of ornaments In lace with lace gfde
suite are the richest and oyeiest trimmings TO bt
found Very costly materials made with skirts en-
tirely plain the bottom being defined by heavy cable
cord. In these days when the grostesque has super
seded the elegant and the costly the beautiful and
while that alarm bell Of Crisis has not sounded which
is ITO fright the lie from its proprety and Petroho
sweeps Broadway in robes which duchess would wear
carefully in her ancestral has the only distinguishing
test Of perfect dressing must be simplicity. Let your
dress be costly your purse can buy If that be The
best yon make OF your purse fair and stately
Valera but see TO 1t that you commit not the unpar
donable sin Of oyer-trimming il.
Tie charming coat sleeve keeps its place in the alec
tions of the tasteful and few other rnrites seen.
Gored dresses are still popular aud TO slender
very becoming. although they miss the indispensable
charm Of the belt.
Parry dresses yet bat prophecies, not exist.
! ences.
| One word about
BALMoEALs,
as the shopmen call all the pretty and ugly petticoas
which not white. Good and dccency require
that the frock should not sweep the pavement. and
Fashion at last assented when Queen decided that she
could not afford gather the dust Of Scotland about
her high. bred ankles. There dolefu whisper
across the that dresses tir< ooped up long
er worn We will not believe it, but true not let il
pass by as the idle wind which respect not. Swift
Camilla of the Avenue We beseech you to skim down
the plane of Broadway as aforeime displaying those
two honest feet Of yours be they little or the reverse
The antipodes are tributary to you and there is No
rare and costly fabric which is not shining in your
wardrobe waiting its turn 10 adorn you
Should you sigh for that Venitan luxury your dotng
papa your fond husband will carpet the steps Of your