Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-08-28

Il buttons at the waist. A rowof buttons go
( down the front, but in most cases do not
fasten the body. This is done with long
the front, and all round the basque, Is row
1 of wide braid, headed by row OF narrow.
The sleeves this year are still the coat shape,
but rather tighter than before. These are
trimmed with little wide and narrow
braid. Hats are tri1e higher in the crown
and little shallower in the brim than they
were last year; the low, brbad- brimmed
that's were not by any means SO becoming
rs the present style. White tulle wells al g
good deal more worn than they used to
be; lady riders not only wear the white
tulle ever their faces now, but folds of white
tulles with q bow of the same arranged
! round the hat. Some few ladies, careful Of
their compilations, adopt brown gauze
wells; but, though useful, these are neither
becoming nor ornamental. This remark
applies equally to the one or two white
| felt hats which are to be seen, and the
trimming of ostrich feathers round the
felt hats which are also worm
Small goffered cambria frills sometimes re-
place collars, but are not considered good
lstyle; the narrow all-round linen collars
are far neater and more generally worn,
fastened either with brooch or stud, or
sometimes colored neckties are worn with
| them; but the white cambric and tulle ties,
iedged with lace, are the newest things,and
they are a very pretty and becoming addi-
ton to the plain habit. The long, straight
worn, but the muslin handkerchiefs find
favor, too; nothing looks SO untidy and al
together so unsuitable for riding as those
| long ribbon streamers which fasten lock-
ct and fly about in all directions the wind
may take them. The sleeves being tighter
than heretofore, the linen cuffs are less
seen than they used, to be; light-colored
kid gloves, mauve, gray, and often white,
are universally adopted. GbBl
| The plated coils are the best way Of
dressing the hair for riding; but plated
chignons and the plain ehignons are quite
as much worn, and are, If possible, larger
than ever, so that the profile of young
girl with her riding hat on is rather comi-
cal than otherwise, the huge protuberance
at the back of the head having a very lu-
dicrous effect. A band of colored ribbon
with no ends is often fastened round the
One way of arranging en- pointers, provided
the skirt is not too full, is to have piece
lot elastic, fastened inside the side breadths,
about a quarter of a yard from the waist,
with hook attached to that on the one
side, and an eye to that on the other. Just
at the place where they are sewn, the seam
must be left unstitched for about an inch
80 that, when not used, the pieces of elastic
may be slipped inside the skirt; when, how
ever, these are hooked together, they shor-
ten the skirt sufficiently in front, and all
the fulness at the back can be drawn
through the loop so made en- pdniers.
Simmons, at his Millinery Headquarters,
Opera Block, has already received some of
the latest styles of bonnets direct from
Paris. From his importations and notes
we learn that the fashionable bonnets (if
bonnets they can be called) are, the Wat
teau Fdnchon, the Lamballe plateau, and the
nf MOI roriof huf
three are the popular shapes. The Watteau
Fdnchon, whether 1t is made in tulle or
straw, measures only three inches in
length, and is trimmed either with star of
flowers in the center of the forehead, or
with an agrafe of flowers at the side, long
sprays falling over the back hair. The
Lamballe plateau is even younger and more
coquettish-lookingt than the Fanchon. 1t is
round, as its name indicates, and is decor
ated with either wreath of small flowers,
or moss-rosebuds and moss, large halt
opened bud being placed at the side. These
platedur are exceedingly pretty when made
of rice straw, with loops of black ribbon at
the back, and black ribbon strings likewise
tied at the back, the ends being allowed to
float to the waist. " Fn.reua5R
As to the toquets, they defy description;
the last invention is the Pourtales, and it
is 6you. 1t is made of black straw; the
crown is somewhat high, the brim that
| up Is llucQ Will Dlack velvet, ana
coquilles of black lace almost entirely con-
ceal the straw. An digette trembles at
the side, and in the centre of the forehead
there is a rose-a beautiful black satin
rose, with spray of foliage falling on the
shoulders,
One bonnet is nothing but square of
Honiton lace with strings of the same
fastened on the hair with yellow rose.
1t was not made on a shape at all There
was no wire about it. Yet it was very dis
tingue and beautiful as are all Simmons
bonnets.