The Portland daily press., 1868-10-09
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MISCELLANY
The Fashions Again.

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INTERESTING ToTHosE WHO HAVE NOTHING
Esia TO WEAR. so.f ~ .as. i.,.
The stores are full OF beautiful goods and
only require purse iull of money to enable
any woman to dress and look as pretty as in
exorable nature will pernfit ah 4lIrm 80
For fall wear plaid goods are always first
in the field, bu. this year they seem to pos
sess unusual claims TO consideration. and for
some reason or other are thought unusually
stylish. Tartan cloth for tall wraps. Tartan
oopn for fall dresses in the strictest of well
known clean patterns are likely to be the
rage. Ordinary suits tor ordinary wear are
made OF black alpaca or grey serge, more ell
egant suits of pure Irish pOplins, and the fan
cy costumes worn by ~dressy young girls, Oh
those who would be considered young, or
stylish, or plain silks, or satins, with the black
Pompadours," or short over dress before
mentioned. sE .9tm4yp@ hsgss. pSECE
Ihese over dresses are variation from
those which have heretofore been worn, and
are considered bright, economical and par
ticulariy useful idea. ~. v~.ss ...,,-
Last year the under dresses were made
high, the over dresses in the form of low
gofed tuhic. This season the under dress
forms merely pettieoat, long or short, and
the upper part of the costume, "a short high
dress panniered at the back and having the
characteristics OF both tunic and pelisse.
This upper dress bears the name OF "Pom-
padour," and when it is made as it nearly al
ways is, in black silk, lully trimmed with rut-
les or fringe or lace, it can be adapted for
wear with several dresses. For instance, it
can he worn to complete a black silk suit for
the streets, with short coored silk under
skirt in the street, and with trimmed skirt
OF striped silk or satin for dinner dress at
home, over braided skirt of black silk, green
or garnet satin. 1t would also compose a
handsome visiting toilette. saass7
Black Pompadours are therefore all the
rage. y 80, ~ w ~. a taa t..-i aH1odfi
-,'slsos THE NEW BoNNETs.
People who thought The minimum had been
reached In bonnets are surprised to find that
there is a smaller possibility still, ard thai we
have got to face it during the coming winter.
There is no shape to speak of, no anything,
simply nothing but the smallest OF Fanchons,
with the oval turn necessarily small sur
mounting the front. 1t forms very pretty |
little head dress, however; it is no longer flat;
1t is high often composed OF single puff dol
velvet or satin, with the su-mountipgs turn
and a Tut OF short curled ostrich feathers
placed standing at the side. High colors are
admissible in these little bonnets, and They
they are often composed of velvet or satin oi
the same shade as the rich brilliant tint OF
the dress Instead OF dark bonnet and gay
trimmings, we have bonnets OF gold color.
crimson scarlet, SULTAN red and bright gar
NET subdned with black lace and band Or 4
cluster IF the curiest, and plossiest of black |
feathers. II .g,tf - '9a 1.,,I'''
The form NJ the necklace descending Low /
unon ,be hreasf which had Iatetv been worn 1
instead Of strinos has Somewhat changed. = /
Str,nos arc aoa;n revived the latest stvle OIL
imnorfad bonna, asnac,aIly disnlavino tbam 1
tied nndar tn. chi,, whila nieces Of lace or
velvet ornamen,ad and nnited af the ends hv |
two or more hows Of rihhon. are n,acedi at |
equal distance anart fbe rnTnber Q iIeyer ex-
ceedine three The ends themselves are 4
trimmed Win lace or nInged out. if comnos- |
co of silk or satin. The fashionable trim il
mings tor hats and bonnets are feathers oi
the most varied and brilliant dyes that can
be imagined. The genuine ostrich plumes
are, however, in great demand for the High
Cavalier hats)ol black straw, just now so
fashionable, and there are long, willowyi
plumes, very slender and bright, in green and
gold, which descend nearly to the waist, alter
passing round one side of the hat, that un-
doubtedly deserve the distinction Of '.real, - |
and are, in fact, very rare, as most coveted Of |
feathered treasures. ''h' { 'iSA'Oiii''i .
HINTS OF WHAT rs TO BE. Il
Very stylish new suits are in preparation
OF Scotch Tartan cloth. These suits are
made with straight skirts, which just clear
the ground, an over-skirt looped up at the
sides with rosettes, and Bachilk mantle or
Colleen Bawn cape, the latter caught up with |
a rosette at the back, the former drawn up |
upon the shoulder and shaped at the back |
like hood, formed by told of the material. |
Ihe colleen Bawn," to our thinking, is the |