Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-11-01
NEW WINTER CLoAKs.

Outside garments are necessarily small,
short, and cut in fanciful shapes and de-
signs to suit the present style of street COS
tunes. There is little in fact Of the cloak
to them. They are mainly jackets, fitted
like basques, and having hood attached,
or capes with hood, or looped with bows
or rosettes.
The large elOak5 are worn az wraps, and
consist of a succession of capes, the fast
forming only 4 collar. There are also
cloaks composed of three round capes,
edged with fringe, and the upper one loOped
at the back, and ornameuted with rOsette
with ends.
There is also a very comfortable loose
paletot, in which two cape5 are attached,
the upper one of which is either arranged
With double folds, which forms pointed
hood, and is ornamented with bows or tas-
sells, or is looped up on the center, a II COL
Issn Barn, with two rosettes.
The new Tar,an costumes are generally
made capes and edged with fringe made Of
balls of chenille in the colors Of the Tar
tan. They are additionally trimmed with
round bow rosettes Of black velvet, with
narrow flowing ends. American ladies find
it difficult TO ignore their traditions, and
still look upon velvet cloak as the ne plus
ultra Of fashionable elegance, but Partisan
ladies rather give expensive cloaks the 60
BY, adopt stylish suit and cover it, when
necessary, with an ample waterproof. A
warm winter suit, and Tartan or water
proof cloak, with a Scotch shawl, to wear
as a plaid in change, are, in fact, all that
ia necessary for comfortable winter wear.
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velvet cloaks is to cut them down into
Jackets or basques, but l would not advise
any one to expend the amount of money
necessary to the pLrchase Of a new, hand
some velvet cloak while styles are 50 fan
tastic and unsettled.
EVENING DRESSES.
Light shot silks and glace silks have
come into fashion again this season, ard
will be very much worn, trimmed with
white lace. Nothing preller or more be-
coming than these silks can be conceived,
and they ale made quite inexpensive by
simply trimming the waist with bretelles
or square berthe of lace, and leaving the
skirt plain or putting it up. over a sash of
the self material, the ends only having a
finishing of lace.
Money spent on real lace is always a
GOOD investment. A tunie or Aounce OF
white lace is always a beautiful and
! fashionable trimming, and enriches a new
dress and glorifies an old one. Young la
| dies who do not require expensive toilets.
and whose means will not admit Of it, will
| find white silk game a very pretty trim
ming for light glace silk dresses, particu-
| larly pink blu2 and mauve. The gauze
| may be mounted ~ narrow tlounce5 upon a
strip of the same, and will be ready then
for basting on or taking of with very lit
tie trouble. The bretelles for the waist
may be arranged in the same way.
! A new ball dress, which is very pretty
for yonng ladies, consists Of a blue gtact
| silk skirt, short enough to clear the ground
and trimmed around the bottom with a
putting of gauze, headed with black velvet
edged on either side with white blounde
| The tuuic over dress consists of white silk
| gauze, pulled loOgiludinaliy, and edged and
| divided with black velvet and white
blounde. The tunic is high, has long
! pulled sleeves, with q band Of velye
edged with biounde at the top and bottom
and ouen in front over a low, square
| bodice of silk black velvet band, 10 which
| q Cross Ut lUGktL II EuS pGhASAI SuiACthN'
the neck. The head-dress should be, CON-
posed of wreath or spray Of blue or white
Marguerites, with trailing branch al
tached.
En- PEASANT, it may be remarked that very
full wreathes across the.front are the vogue
again this winter, and are finished in 9
wonderful way, according to the most aP
proved idea Of French naturalist7. The
Waltean ia a Sheperdess wreath of pinl
rose-buds, with profusiOn Of messy foliage
The 'Pompadorea," a wreath of China blu
cOnvolyus or mornings glory with bright
autumn leaves dotted with gold. Tht
"Naiad" is composed Of white lilies an'
long trailing sea-grass, to which tiny, glist,
ening fish, bits OF coral and small shells ar
attached. Quite new styles Of wreathes ar
mounted as coronet with bOquet du cOrsdg
formed into a bow, with trailing ends.
There are often head-dresses compose
I of black quilted lace, mounted as a cOronet
with daisies or other small flowers stud
ding the center and forming a branch a
the side. The most fashionable sashes ar
of very wide Scotch tartan, arranged in al
immense bow at the back, but with shor
ends, They are worn over black an
white toilettes with the greatest effect.
An excellent way to utilize an old blac
| Ill, Jrsss ia TO cut the sleeves snort an