Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-09-22
Autumn Fashions,

! The fashions are always an interesting
subject to young ladies-yes, and even to
those who have passed the "hey-day of
YOUTH" and are ploGding down the vale of
tears with tottering footsteps and shrunken
form. In fact, woman in the decline of her
beauty evlnces an increased desire to ard her
present appearance by the devices of fashion.
There the full rounded form which nature
had given her in youth is kept in seeming
repair by careful systematic padding
Her ivory molars are replaced by porcelain,
the damask tinge of her cheek by cinege de
rouge. The raven blackness of her hair by
Christadora's hair dye, and the symmetry of
her pedals by-horse haIr. We have no
objection to urge against all this. 1t is all
eminently proper.
AS women are originally the prettiest, it
is nothing but natural for them to keep up
the deception as long as possible, and force
poor male bipeds to admire them even it
they are, like the stuffed forms in show
window, the work of the dress maker and
milliner. In order to assist our lady rea 1ers
we append list of the fashions for Septcm-
ber. The bonnets will be more in vogue this
fall, taking in great measure the place of
the hats now worn. The trrban of the var
ious shaped will, however, still he in favor
| with the votaries of fashion,
|
| as fashionable by the demi monde, when con-
structed of pointed chips trimmed with
white ribbons, long green leaves, and a
large white or red rosebud at the back.
A bonnet of white Grape, trimmed with
pipings of blue satin and dotted with large
pearl beads, the crown being fiat and round,
resembling snail shell, promises to be the
fall favorite. This bonnet is much larger
than those worn last year, and VIC are of the
opinion that the small shaped are already
doomed. This is matter of taste, however,
and people will be disposed to wait and see
what is going to be the real style before
purchasing For the streets, of ofcourse, high
neckeo dresses will be still the rage, with
moderately tight sleeves aud the usual long
trail. Gray and light color of drab will be
the prevailing oolors. We have seen very
pretty trimming for dresses, consisting ef
| four rows of velvet near the bottom and run
! ming up the front in a bias for forming
point midway between the waist and bottom
| of the skirt. Fo- outdoor wrappings shawls
viii be much worn, but new mantle, which
! is known as the ''Pall Mall" will doubtless
be in favor This pretty and elegant mantle
is made of black grus grain silk. 1t is full
| behind, and crossing over III front on the
right side where it is secured by passemen-
teric clasp, from which depends two long
silk tassels, The fronts are Slightly curved
at the bottom, forming two separate points,
each terminated by large silk tassel. The
whole garment is entirely trimmed with a
rich passemetric, edged by row of small
grelots. The seams under the arms are COW
cred with appliqued passementric, finished
1 off with gimp fringe. The sleeve is very
small at the bottom, and hos a seam at the
elbow covered by the trimming, which forms
a cuff at the wnst, The epaulette is COM
posed ofappliqued passamenteric, with gimp
fringed to match the side-piece. Altogether
the garment is very beautiful, and as we said
before, will doubtless be very popular, The
ladies will be rejoiced to learn that dress
goods shows tendency to decline in prices.