Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-01-05

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are reserved for indoors or carriage
wear. There is still a talk of short
dresses for full dress, but of that we
hesitate to speak as likely to become
general. We must again repeat that
black is extremely in vogue; compare
lively, one sees little else out of doors;
and certainly, worn as it most frequent
ly is, over skirt of a most lively col
or, nothing can be more becoming or
lady like. Even the long dresses worn
when making ceremonious calls. black
velvet, MORE or satin predominates,
The fourreur, alias upperskirt, with
low or high body, continue very fash
ionable. A new dress, called ''La Pol
onaisa" is very neat for morning wear,
being simply an underskirt OF plain
cashmere or WOODEN material, and up
perskirt and basque .of the ga me in a
deeper shade, merely festooned round.
it is generally supposed that broche
silks or satins will be worn this season.
The crinolines being so much smaller,
material that will hang in thick and
graceful folds is more than ever likely
to meet with success. There is much
questioning as TO what make of body
is adopted with the short dresses. The
principal rule observed by al good or
lists is o adopt the style TO tue
individual figure, that which
may suit one, being, perhaps, very un-
becoming to another but we may Just
mention two or three makes in vogue;
The small corset and epaulets match
ing the tunic, with high body and
long sleeves hle the under skirt also,
high body, forming with the tunic the
style called "Princesse," the long
aleeves matching the underskirt; and
az lin, the veste with sleeves, open and
hanging, of the same material as the
tuDic, aud underneath, the waistcoat,
with long tight sleeves like the lower
skirt Though the skirts are not much
trimmed, we can not say the same OF
the bodies. Passementerie is made in
endless variety. and of great elegance,
for instance, the plaques la hussarde,
with a thick plat or cord, ending In
aiguilestes; Oriental plaques, worked
with crescents; plaques mandarines,
with tassels in profusion; guides formed
of thick plat, ornamented with JET
beads, and ending off in plaques to
match. Also the Chineae guides, Of
quite an original style, as their name
imphes. Another fantastic is the giant
button in mother-of-pearl for indoor
VI SITES, the diameter of which is not less
than four inches. Narrow fur trim
mings are again worn and NUTS o.
cloth or velvet like the dress. with two
bands of fur, are still used, though they
cannot be said to hold the same rank a.
the mnff5 entirely of fur. There is /;
new gallon made, called fur-galoD, al
imitation of black OF brown AstrakhaD
from about twelve TO fourteen inches il
width, which is used as trimming TO
wooden morning dresses. 1t meets will
success, making little variation from
the head trimmings, of which some ma!
begin to be slightly tired. It is Ger
tainly suitable TO the season of the year
harmenizing well with velvet or passe
menterie buttons, &c. Some bias ga
Ions are made with edgings of whit
bea Is, and also plaits of red, bordereC
with fringe of long pendants OF jet
For evening toilette, we can affirm tina
lace will be one OF the most admired
trimmings beads, if not altogether
will, in q great measure, give place t.
| flowers.
We have q charming list of model tot
lettes for our readers this month, thu
first being a black poult de sole robe
" Empire" make. The bottom of the
skirt is scolloped, the trimming being
formed of a narrow guipure, with Gu
Jet bead i'm the center of each scallop
Upper skirt of violet taffetas, with
fiounce put on in very deep p ats. Par
dessus of violet velvet, forming per
plum at the sides, the back and from
scalloped, the whole neatly trimmed
with medallions and fringes of Jet.
dresa of Pekin Saline, the satin strip,
being an orange color, and that of TIN
taffetas brown. The skirt is trained
and has cord round the bottom. u
each seam an insertion of guipnre auC
white beads. High body, with gui
pure making all the seams and roun,
the sleeves, where it is finished off b,
epaulettes of beads. The back seam
of the sleeves are ornamented will
pearl buttons A toilette, the under
skirt of green aud black striped tafetas
the upper of plain green. The plail
skirt is looped up with ornaments o
black velvet and Jet clous. The stripet
skirt has trimmings of velvet and let III
sides. With similar ornaments, kint
of basquine is formed at the back, fas
tened TO the band, which matches. =
High body ard plain sleeves W til epau
le;tes, all trimmed en- suite with tn,
skirt. A dress of black velveteen. :
Short skirt, bordered with an elegan
passementerie of jet, looped up at tn,
sides by pate or passementerie. Cor
selet and epaulettes, either trimmed OF
made entirely with passementerie.-
Plain high body and long sleeves. I'm
der-skirt of stripped mage and blacI
satin, the stripes being about one inch
wide. A short dress of cloth, color
! called ''Bismarck" "a very pretty shade
of kind of golden brown. This robs
is composed of a short under-skirt,
trimmed with q row of lozenge- shaped
ornaments of velvet of deeper shade
than the dress. Peplum of the cloth
covered with velvet. Dinner or visit
ing dress of black gros-grain. Up
each side of the skirt are three rows OF
fiat bows of pearl gray satin, edged
with thick piping of black satin =
These bows, which commence at the
waist, form three long trains, eDlarging
toward the bottom, and attached one
to the other by plisses OF gray satin
piped with black Very wide sleeves,
linked with gray satin, and caught up
with bows. Quite plain body, trimmed
also with bows. Evening dress of
white satin Upon the skirt, which is
long and plain, is thick cerise velvet
piping, forming very deep and wide
fasfnnns ahnua the hem Rnnnd the