The Shasta courier., 1868-07-18

ABOUT THE rAsHIoNs.-The Virginis City
Enterprise has the following on ladies fash
ions which may be interesting to our fe-
male readers:
Thinking that our lady readers in the
country might be pleased to hear something
in regard to the style of dress prevailing
among Il 9 ladies Of the metropolis of the
State, we yesterday made some observations
with view to their enlightenment. When
we first thought of writing such an article
we imagined that all we had to do would be
to take our stand on the fashionable side Of
c street and note the predominant style of
dress. This appeared very simple and easi-
~ done. We tried it and have been much
puzzled. To our uneducated eyes there
appears to be no particular fashion. A lady
comes sailing along with about three yards
of skirt trailing after her sweeping the pave
ment behind her and leaving in the dust a
sinuous track like that of serpent, and MS
distinctly marking every wriggle right and
left as would pentagraph; the next lady
that approaches is high stopper with a
dress reaching but two or three spans below
the knees. wears no hoops. and her dress
hangs as closely about her lower limbs as a
meal sack would about churn-staff her
nose points up before and her chignon-lke
n May pole wreathed in ribbons-points up
behind and serves to support the crupper
that runs aft from the sort of lamp mat on
the top of the head. Following these comes
q 'ady wearing hoops of tremendous size.
skirts that just touch the pavement. NOUS
quetaire hat and chignon of long frizzled
curls next queenlv beauty in Pumpaduur
jupon crinoline and tiny Matelot hat, with
one long curl hanging down her back over
l1ft 0f
curls and they are very pretty, for those
who can afford to indulge in SD much hair
Our next specimen wears no hoops-or very
small ones-and her petticoats reaches down
to the tops of her boots, while her dress
appears to have languished by the way and
halted but little below the knees; she wears
a polonaisle paletot, or something of the
kind. with pair of claw-hammer coat tails
behind, and sports on the back of her bead
cannon ball chignon, decorated with two
long streamers of yellow ribbon. Pantalets
are not much worn, except by old ladies'
Wattau hats. with coquettishly turned-up
brlms. are very pretty for young ladies and
take the eyes of the boys, who seldom fail to
say, in an audible whisper, g What'er hatW
As for the materials everything must be shot.
All Kinds OF silk-green, mauve, maize and
gray, particularly-must be shot. Alpacas,
monairs, and some other kinds of hairs and
faoits. are also shot. To conclude-and in
our conclusion is the whole gist of our some
wnat oevildering researches in the realms of
.ssnlon7we .a.;n advise our country friends to be
Tansne9 TNn;n o. with nothing that is not in the
.ra as IA Az style. Old styles in everything
a e 'us rage now. You must raise the upper
pf png :. =; me back of your dress into a large
pour a. nine N .ne Louis XIV style; you must fasten
iaras ir .r;a Iaa;. vH =, the waist by sash with
Lo,;s xV w a - DOW and long l.pels, wear
sleeves whan "a everything till yon come to
nsrhso - w., "nen pasrouize Louis XIV. But
toms prevailing at the time Of s;,sa S,ta .ne Gus