Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-08-02
THE FASHIONS FOR AUGUST.

THE FASHIONS FOX AUGUST.
The wide, full skirts are entirely gone
out of fashion, even for ball dresses, and the
plain, gored skirts are every day becoming
more generally adopted. These skirts are
either made quite plain all round, or else
plain at front and sides, and with few
large pleats at the back. At present they
are generally made with. moderate train at
the back, but there is a tendency to the
adoption of short skirts, and many dresses
for the morning promenade are made in
this style.
These gored skirts are very economical.
and also very easy to make. The usual
width round the bottom of the skirt is now
only six yards, which is a decided improve
meut, for instead of sixteen, and even sew
enteen yards, of wide-width silk being re-
quired for dress, it is now possible to cut
out very fashionable robe from thirteen
yards of material.
Pique dresses are made will: well gored
skirts and close fitting bodiees. If white
they look well trimmed on the epaulettes
and wrists with bands of colored gingham
and small scroll OF braiding at each edge
OF the band. Light green gingham is very
effective.
When pique dresses are printed in large
patterns they do not gore well, but should
be only slightly sloped, and the bodice
made plain, with waistband. A peplum
basque may be added if liked. IT the
straight side of one breadth be sewn to the
sloped side of the next width, muslin dress
es will wash better.
Suits are more in favor than ever, and
they are certainly most appropriate and
graceful for summer wear. The favorite
trimmings are bands of bright-colored silk.
The short, loose paletot or jacket is the
only form that is fashionable for suits.
For outdoor wear the tight-fitting pep
lum of black silk is in great favor; there
is immense variety in the form of the
points.
Peplum shawls are more fashionable
than burnouses. They are made of black
silk, bordered with cross band of the
same. piped with black satin, and edged
with jet fringe.
The short, loose paletot may also be made
OF black silk, and is an universal favor
ite.
Dress bodies always have the waists short.
and they are either made plain and high,
or are of the open vatican style.
Bonnets are now tied at the back with
narrow strings; in front tulle scarves are
fastened short distance below the chin,
either with simple bow or a small flower.
Sometimes even these tulle strings are sup
pressed and there are only the narrow rib
bons at the back. Crepe is also used this
season for strings in preference to tulle.
Toquets and all varieties of small hats
are worn with short-skirted dresses, but
trains imperatively require bonnets. As
the hair is now arranged so very high at
the back, these toquets are necessarily
pushed forward until they conceal the en-
tire forehead; this has anything but a
graceful effect, but is considered stylish.
RIDING CosTUMEs.-The habit should
not be more than yard and halt long
unless the wearer is very tall. Perhaps it
is on account of the shortness of the hab-
its that many ladies wear leather riding
CATERS, while others have leather round
the legs of the riding trousers. The habits
are made Scantier, too, as well as shorter,
with the same large, inevitable p1eat in
front as the dresses have, and very little
fulness on the hips; it ought not to take
half so much stuff to make them as it used
to do. The bodies are made mostly with
square tab at the back and scarcely per-
ceptible basque on the hips, and quite snort
and square at the waist in front. Some of
them are very heavily braided indeed, the
fronts entirely covered. Braiding is more
in fashion than ever, but if simplicity in
dress is desirable at all, it is especially so
on horseback.
There is decided change in the hats
this year; they are worn much f1atter, not
nearly so high in the crown.
The wells are mostly black, with ends
hanging down the neck at the back, though
gauze. Great attention is paid to the dress
ing of the hair; in most cases it is drawn
away fiat from the face, into a great knot
or chignon at the back; sometimes into the
rouna cushion of hair so popular just now,
but the most fashionable of all seems to be
the chignons plated over three large frs
cites, which is really very neat and pretty
for riding.
RIDING GLOVES. have had doeskin
gloves well cleaned by rubbing them thor
oughly with dry fuller's earth and alum,
spreading them out on fiat surface or
stretching them on a wooden hand while
this is being done. Removing this mixture
which should be finely powdered-with a
brush, some dry bran and whiting should
be sprinkled over them, and afterwards the
gloves should be thoroughly busted with a
soft brush. l have sometimes seen them
rubbed with pipe-claY made into a paste
with beer, after having been washed in
lukewarm water and bran tea, and put on
the wooden hands. They must dry by de-
grees, and when about half-dry they should
be well smoothed by rubbing, and then
drawn into shape. When dry they may be
brushed and ironed with paper over them.
The iron must not be very hot.
BRIDAL DREssEs.-A great many are
made of white muslin, very elegantly
trimmed with either Valenciennes lace or
guipure, and worn over white silk slips.
These are infinitely more becoming and
appropriate Especially where the bride is
youthfuD than the more elaborately orna-
mented silk and satin toilettes which have
recently come into vogue. The muslin
dresses consisting of series of 6ouilLonnes,
separated with lines of lace insertion, are
those to which preference is given. Some
times the skirt is only trimmed en- ta6lier
with these bOutll0nRes, and the rest is lett
plain. Plaits or trcsSes of white silk round
muslin skirt from also very pretty trim
ming for wedding dress. Those members
of the French arissocracy who marry in the
private chal els of their country houses al
most invariably order white muslin for the
brides dress. Mile. de Talhonet, who is
the daughter of the Marquis of that name,
and one of the richest heiresses in France,
is to be very simply dressed on her we'd
ding day. The dress is rich white silk.
made quite plain without any trimming
the sole ornaments to be worn are pearl
earrings.
Another very ladylike bridal toilet con-
siSts of plain white silk, with a pleated
f1ounce round the edge of the skirt; above
the silk q short Princesse dress made of
grenadine muslin, describing a naanteau de
C ar at the back, followed out at the sides
and rounded in front. This upper dress of
white muslin is trimmed with a cross-cut
band of white silk. edgedwith white feath-
er fringe; at the sides, where the muslin is
cut away, there is bow, with ends of
white silk.
MORE CONFERENCE.-The country is
flooded with spurious currency in spite OF
the viuiIanoa of tho oIfin;olo Tho folIor,