Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-09-22

embroidered velvet, embroidered silk,
muslin, grenadine, embroidered cash
mere, and the ever beautiful camels
| hair will wear the scarf form par er-
ceNeace. Poplin basques, sacques and
shawls of black or white embroidered
cashmere, will be also reckoned among
the most distinguished garments of the
season. These .basques in white, with
their black braiding, are quite too con-
spicuous for the street; but some of the
black shawls are very elegant. Cash
mere sacques are considered much more
desirable than silk this fall. OF course
the dealers will coospire to make them
equally costly, but any damsel whose
own skill can weave the beautiful deco
ration, may follow, for a small outlay,
the rich fashion.
Bonnets display little difference. In-
deed, every possible vagary of the
crownless shape seems already to have
declared itself, aud nothing remains
now for despairing variety but the
re-introductiOn of crown and curtain,
The catalonian, the newest phase of the
Fanchon, is an oblong frame with lit
tie eardrops, very like the peasant
ago. 1t is the latest within not to cover
the frame at all, but to wear wreath
OF scarlet, or purple, or yellow plumes
across the front, and tie the preposter-
ous atom under the chin, or beneath
the chfQn0n, with a ribbon only an inch
and half wide. Some of these hats
are trimmed with huge jet ornament
In place of the stick. Some are fast
ened with long, black headed, fashion
able pins, and have no strings at all.
Many have the tiresome and common
Benolton chain falling under the chin
III the most uncomfortable fashion,
These chains are OF false canoes, of
imitation pearls, of silver tinsel, of
ivory or bone, of flowers, of Jet, even
of small feathers, and each is uglier
than the other.
In hair-dressing the essential thing is
to drag the hair up from the neck, and
achieve chigaOn of the most obtrusive
and awkward order on the back and
top OF the head. When the comb can
be seen from the front, the arrange
ment is considered a success. On one
head in hundred this style is not APP
pallingly ugly, but on unfortunate wo-
men with forcible under-iaws, and long
noses, the line from the apex of the
waterfall to the base of the chin looks
longer than life. The chignOn is O mass
of puffs, frizzes, curls. braids and dis
heveied tresses tucked into a net In
most admired disorder. There is too
great profusion for nature, and too
great untidiness for art, and therefore
the fashion is q failure,
Boots of colored leather, daintily
buttoued and tintly heeled, drab, brown,
bronze, copper cOlored. buff, gray, and
even red. will be worn. Each shade is
pretty, with a gown of the same hue.
and only thus, and after the tasteful
and tidy black walking boots must re-
main the best wear The resets, so
dainty on slipper, and so ugly and
out of place on IA gaiter. are still seen
on the gaiter, and i'll the nature of
things make the foot look ungainly.
Linen collars narrow behind and |
deep pointed in front, are most worn. |
Ciuny luce Is still fashionable, and looks |
best with heavy winter robes.
When October comes, all the banners
of fashion will be hung upon her outer |
wall, and she will hold high court and |
festival within, and edict and example, |
permission aud forbiddance OF that
high mightiness shall be duly set forth
ha,ain