The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-04-26
Fashion, Article.

1 countenanco as Wehnd1t to- be TINS year.
j The Spring bonnets have had their open
4 ing day, for they will not be retarded by
any excusesof weather; Int the Spring
cloaks have not yet burst the cerement OF
packing boxes; and, like Mrs. Micawber,
4 they still remain in Statu quo. Fashion
| books, fashion plates, and modistes have,
| however. informed us that there are no
great changes. The short sacque will
Continue to be worn until the end of the
present season-perhaps even through
the summer season If, as has been talked
of. dress and sacque are to be made OF the
same material. The only change, fany,
which we have been able to perceive In
tbe sacoue of to-day and coming days
from the sacque of the past Fall and Win
ter. is that it is cut trifie longer Close
fitting short basques are quite fashiona-
BILE at present, and promise to become
even greater favorites than they already
are; and suits of the same material, con-
sistingsof dress and sbasquine will also be
worn. We arc bound to confess that
there are not many novelties in dress
goods in thesshops so far, and if thes
crets of those prison houses of dry goods
were known, we have good reason for
suspecting that many interesting discov-
cries would come to light inregard to the
"newn and stylish and. ."noyel" goods
displayed in all the fascinations of bright
colors and graceful array. The "new"
we suspect would be found to have only
lately arrived from the bottom OF last
years packing boxes; the sstylish" to
| have survived their first flash Of youth,
and the snovelD we are very. sure are not
SO in the eyes Of the shopmen who have
so deftly displayed them in heavy inch
folds. However, be they goods of this
year or of last year, the fact of their
beauty, and, we may add, durability, are
beyond dispute, and the prices are really
moderate For example: silk which
would have cost about S2.25 last Spring,
can now be bought for $3.50, and moires,
which: could with difficulty have been
purchased for $3.50 a year ago, can now
be bought for So, and even for 500; so
that we can easily afford to be blind to
the fact of whether we are buying last
years or this years goods.
T A very tavorite manner of trimming
the dress skirt just now is to trim it in
such a manner as to simulate tunlc,
and thus give the impression of full and
elegant double skirt. This can best be
done with rich velvet ribbon and a
fringe to correspond. which must be laid
on the dress skirt little lower than
midway from the waist and in any form
of tunic that suits the wearcrs fancy
There is. nothing to chronicle in regard
to corsagos. They still continue to be
round pointed, square, and tabled, all
according to. taste and sleeves are Of
every description of coat-pattern, easy or
loose, or long OF short, the one impera-
tive necessity boing that they must be
coat sleeves Bonnets, as we have al
ready noticed in.this column, are of.every
variety of style; but it is a subject of
wonder to US that they should be worn
at all when there Is such infinite variety
in the styles of round hats, and all are so
extremely pretty. Looking over charm
ing stock Of hats in fine establishment
in Broadway, we could not help exclaim-
ing: GLOW is it possible that any young
and pretty woman could, for moment,
contemplate wearing the outre and unbo-
coming thing known as "Gipsy," when
she can have this charming, jaunty, and
youth-giving sailor hat ?" Of all the in
yentions in the way of round hats, the
sailor hat is cmphatically the most beau
tiful that has yet been introduced. 1t is
unnecessary to particularize the shape,
for every one knows what a sailors hat
is like. The hat. of this shape for ladies'
wear is generally of straw, either black
or white. Those which are especially
admired were of plain white straw, or of
leghorn. One Of the latter material
trimmed all round the brim with tabs Of
blue velvet ribbon was particularly rich
and elegant. And the perfectly fascina-
ting one was OF Llain white rice straw,
bound with blue velvet, and trimmed
around with blue ribbon fastened to the
side, with long ends floating out over
scarf vail of black dotted lace. 1t was
impossible to see this charming little hat
and not abjure forever more all thoughts
of bonnets. The Clotilde is also very
stylish and handsome hat; and so, also,
is the tri-corner-the latter, indeed, is
rather too stylish, and is not becoming to
all faces. The N Norfolk Jocky3 is a favor
ite with many ladies'; and, for the sea-
side and the country, the "Chinese hat"
whose shape may be described as that
of an inverted soup plate-is both useful,
graceful and becoming. But after view
ing every style, we came back, rs we do
now, to the sailor hat, and declare it to
be by far the most elegant, natty, stylish
and. becoming, hat produced for this or
any season; for it has one great, over
whelming, surprising charm it, imparts
ness to every face that is seen under the
shadow of it's fair little brim-N Y. Neaos.