The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-10-03
81 fFFom. tha Philadelphia Age.
FALL FASHIONS. Boz fQmoa
Opening Day 50 IlOnnets, CIOaks,
'u Dresses, Modes, Hoops, Flowers,
BO0ts, iIniFdressiEig. aIe3 phH fl9'
g sNEw YoRK, Saturday, I

io ~ NEW YORK, Saturday, / at#
90 anilIuSeptembbr ", 1866, i -
That Riateri, the echoes of whose
passionate, voice have hardly yet died
on the air, should have come to US
YaaLarday, and given a new meaning
TO live with its turbulence, and its
rest. wasaa matter of the smallest
moment compared with the grand
central fact that ID was opening
day a,nbhg the milliners and haber-
dashers. Our bellies would like we'll
enough TO sae Ristori, who ID counts
ess, but they must see the fashions.
1t was = misty -moisty morning when
rainy was the weather., as Mother
Goose observes, and it would have
beeen quite fitting 30 accept the sug-
gestion of the rhyme, and go forth all
dressed in leather" However, ladies
did go in fresh robes aud fluted petit
coats, which came to swift nothing
ness by reason of the shiny streets,
and bridled anger in the celestial
breasts of the laupdresses at, home, u.
There was never anything smaller,
nor prettier, nor oostlier, nor more
absurd, than the bonnets of this sea
son. When you left the shop YOU
fanoied that you had had shadowy
dream Of a bonnet, rather than seen
one, and then you recolleeted that the
widest Imagination could never have
suggested such price for them, nor
the maddest dream have affixed such
tickets to the strings. The most FASH
ionable colors are a soft pearl gray,
and green. Either of these shades il
susceptible of exquisite combinations
In trimming, Every hue ii worn,
however, and every lady should COM
suit her complexion rather than any
mandate OF fashion merely. AL the
shapes of the Summer are Seen, with
timer Lambdlie than ever, and a
new shape, very small but made with
crown and curtain, and, haripg Mary
Stuart front, Uncut velvet, felt, and
plush will be much worn for winter.
just at present, straw, chip, lace, che
mile, satin, 0silk, and leghoFn are
most used | forgot to mention in
its place the "Catalonian," the new
est shape u diminutive likeness of
the present addresses worn by all
the young lady waters at our sanitary
fairs three years ago. rh;.aal % "A
They have no face trimming, quite
touching the hair with their close
front, and are surrounded with a fringe
of jet. This jet fringe, with jet bead
ing, seems to be the favorite trimming
on almost all bOnnets. The ribbons
are noticeably rich very broad and
thick; some are watered, some have "a
wide velvet border, and others stripe
Of shaded plush running through the
middle Still others are fringed Oh
both edges. Feathersand lace will be
more worn than flowers, The Benoiton
chain IL still seen, like loose bride
under the chin, and is made of jet
| pearls, ivory, or even feathers. but IL
has been so travestied in cheap mate
rials that its brief day IL nearly over.
! Many hats have Be7toitoap falling at
the back under the hair They are
neither pretty nor handsome.
Ii is still so warm that the mention
of cloaks may be resented as dis
agreeable impertinenee. But one may
toll of the pretty little cashmere
sacques, covered all over with beads,
and sparkling like swarthy dew drops
in the sun. Nothing jauntier has
| been seen lin many seasons and the