Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-01-13
Paris FASHIONS.

An Eastern journal has the following
from its correspondent in Paris relating
To the holiday fashions in that city.
We copy:
At the Partisan Court the ladies
change their toilettes from four to five
times each day. It is said that such is
the severity of the Empress in these
matters that she is. always dispitsased
when she remarks dress that has pre-
sumed to do duty on any previous occa-
sion. Such being thecase, the Partisan
dressmakers- are kept hard at work.
And not to be behind hahd, our own
Daodistes are up to their eyes in work.
White alpaca, white lustre, and white
silk dresses are all the rage for Christ
mas and New Years Day.
Light silks of every description, and
notably light check silks are great favor
ties for evening dresses during the
present gay season. OF the latter we
saw check silk, of beautiful quality,
the entire pattern of which cost only
500. The dress was made with plain
good skirt-as checked silks appear to
better advantage untrimmed--a close
fitting round waist, with belt, and on
the sleeves epaulettes of blue fringe, of
the same shade as one of the checks IN
the dress. The coIsage was closed
down the front, with buttons to match.
This makesa dress at once, elegant and
rich; and when such dress can be
had for $40, there is nothing left to COM
plain of IN the price OF dry goods.
The colors are popularity known as
pearly gray and regina blue, are the
tayorites for bonnets this season.; they
are used in-velvet, III satin and in terry
velvet, with pluMes and ribbons to
mach. ear
At another store we saw the following
lovely bonnet: A drawn Eugene bon
net made of blue terry velvet, and
trimmed with an edgIng of blue feathers
of the smallest size. The inside trim
mings were OF silver leaves, frosted with
gold dust. 1t is seldom that anything
so beautiful viii be found in the show
room of an American establishment.
Pearlv gray and regina blue are the
favorite cOlors for bonnets this winter.
A drawn Empire bonnet, made of pearl
gray terry velvet, trimmed with Dor
der of pigeons feathers, selected to
mach the terry, Is considered in very
good taste. Gray crepe HsSe is used for
trimming gray velvet bonnets and sill
yer grecques are added round the edge
OF the front, as well as upon the harrow
curtain and inside the cap; small white
wing is added to stand upright, at the
left side of the bonnet. This style of
bonnet is made for evening in white
tulle; the three puffings which form the
front being separated by a gold grecgue;
the curtain, the strings, and coronet
inside being ponceau velvet.
Instead of being confined to the
Empire in bonneCs, there have sudden
" sprung mp such a variety of bonnet
shapes, that it is impossible for any
ones taste to go unsatisiied. The Marie
Stuart, Empire, the Marie Antoinette,
| The Pamela, the fabian; and for eve
ming, the always favorite FanchOn are
/ all in the full tide of fashion, and afford
"a choice ofstyles seldom offered in any
one season. Bonnets trimmed with
swansdown are very popular for festive
| occasions, such as weddings, afternoon
| parties, etc. The swansdown is very
| light, and there is no necessity to weave
borders to ribbons in imitation of it,
/, for the strings can be trimmed with
the veritable article. Very fanclful but
still pretty collafets have made their
appearance with the cold weather.
They are called Polish collars. and are
made in the form of victorine without
ends. Either curled plush or velvet il
the material used for them, and they
are edged with swansdown. .iq
For wearing over the shoulders,
either at home or over paletot out OF
, doors, these Polish collarets are very
comfortable. For balls and parties
incidental to the holiday season, the
numbers of beautiful evening dresses
are almost innumerable. The following
descriptions of the handsomest we have
seen will interest our lady readers, and
give ideas that may be valuable in the
carving out of their own designs for
evening attire A dress of rich, heavy
! white silk, trimmed with Cerese silk
and swaDsdown, put on in this manner:
A band of Cerese silk about five inches
wide, edged on each side with swans
down, was carried from the wristband
down each side of the front, the dis
lance between widening toward the
hem and carried all round the skirt;
the corsage low and trimmed with a
narrow band to match; the sleeves
short and similarly ornamented. For
very young ladies, muslin and tarletan
dresses, trimmed with ruching and
bands of contrasting colors, are very
much admired. -3a. aifse
Kew Louisiana G0t iIs Name.-In the
early settlement of the country there
was a great scarcity of females-just as
there is III Oregon now. Several ship
loads were imported from France, but
the market was still not supplied. Two
beautiful daughters of a London trades
man lone named Louisa and the other
Anna hearing of the restitution here.