The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-11-09
THE Fashions.
Fan and wint4r styles.
IRON the New York EIening Post.l
B0NNET4


Velvet and satin ard the material
most in use for winter comets. Thes,
made of satin have velfet trimmings
and velvet is trimmed With satin folds
The bonnets have no tape. but differ
from the style of last sd hson in having
narrow standing frdnt, aud some
| thing of a CROWN TheH have not yet
reached the standing drown, but ru-
NOR predicts they will Ilo so in time.
a pretty bonnet is oF royal purple
velvet, with a diadent The velvet
was plain upon the frarAe, with knot
of the same at the bac4 and-a band
eau of velvet with SIND knot at the
side. A width of Whit lace Is fes-
| TONED across the Lowell edge of the
crown, falling II lOn3 wavy scarfs
from the sides. A 4ht little bon
net is of Bismarck vel}et. tastefully
trimmed with satin andIleaves of for
est Autumn tints; just the bonnet Tor
bright, pretty face. "A black velvet
has green strings, and set of with
jet ornaments aud gr6n scarf dot
ted with black. "A gray velvet is par
tlcularly attractive to those choosing
modest colors, with a running vine. Of
green leaves and snow drops wreathing
it, and inside trimming to match
A beautiful opera bonnet is com
posed of white. tulle, pulled over
white velvet. Wavy folds Of illusion
cross the front~over which rests a
wreath of the lily of the valley. The
design is chaste and effective Felt
bonnets of lightzgray are pretty, if of
the incest material and tasttfully
trimmed, and they will be worn to
some extent. The fanchor shapes
are still sought after, and, In truth,
are more becoming to most faces than
the standing front. An elegant bon
net of this shape is of golden brown
velvet, and ornamented with clusters
of rich autumn foliage.
The style of evening bonnets was
never more elegant than now. One
composed-o white velvet and trim
med With.pointsp of white satin, joined
at the top of the crown with bright
ornament, is pretty. "A white tulle,
shirred over the frame, is trimmed
with transparent leaves and flowers
Another of soft pearlscolor is edged
with satin of the same shade, from
which depends dropping marabout
fringe. A wreath OF velvet leaves
and velvet strings edged with blonde
completesthe trimming.
In round hats there is more than
the usual-variety. They have narrow
brims, low crowns, and are smaller
every way than formerly. A novelty
is the straight side Hungarian crown,
which has many admirers. and some
quite pretty ones of this style in.felt
are exhibited. They are generally
trimmed In velvet.
NODES.
A handsome dress for in door wear
was recently made at Madame De-
morest s.. The dress was of1ight gray
material, and thesnew design harmon
izing with coloEand material, gave it
a stylish but extremely neat appear
ance. The skirt was gOred, with plaits,
alter the latest mode. The bodice
was close fitting, and the coat sleeves
were trimmed with dark gray. At
tached to belt of the same lateral
as the dress was a short overskirt,
somewhat resembling the skirt Of
basque, to be worn with the dress or
laid aside at pleasure This was
three -eighths ola yard at The back,
which was slightly rounded 10, the
center, sloping gradually to the sides,
which come short From the sides it
sloped down to the front breadth,
then was cut nearly stra ght to three
fourths of a yard from the belt-just
twice the length Of the back-and was
across the bottom, resembling
an apron. This apron or .overskirt
was trimmed with fold of dark gray,
two inches wide upon the edge, and
set on with scarlet cord. In front
were three rows of buttons, the center
one being in a diagonal line from the
side rows. Velvet ribbon an inch
wide ran from the side buttons to the
center ones, and was stitched through
the middle with scarlet silk. The
dress was effective and much'admired
A pretty sleeveless jacket at the
same place is desirable. It is fitted
closely The back, extending slightly
below to the waist, and sloping up is
quite short at the sides, from which
it rounds up to the throat where it
joins with a Brooch. It is tastefully
with rich narrow velvet
Thereis nothing decidedly new in
the manner ofamaking morning robes
or chiIdren's dresses A uretty dress
for boy three or four years old has
the skirt plated and strips of bright
plaid ofrcontrasting eolors 'front.' hat
of the dress runningin the centre of
each plain the length-of the skirt A
scarf to matchaer0sses the shoulders.
Coat sleeves are more wornfhan
loose ones, except for iun dress oc-
casions, when the flowing sleeve is
much ihavogue, For. dress, the skirt
is often made double. the under one
plain aud the upper one deliberately
trimmed