Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-09-08

Sleeves are worn close at the wrists,
generally with fullness or large pufts at
the shoulders, which gives pufied-up
appearance. Sometimes the outline of
the sleeve is broken at the elbow to adj
NIT of an additional cuff or ruffie
Ruffles, wide flounces, cuttings, pip
ings, and gimp are the favorite styles
and materials for decorating dresses.
The gimps of this season are extremely
rich and costly, resembling the beaded
passementerie tuited over with spots OF
satin or velvet.
WALKING COSTUMES.
A pattern walking suit was trotted
out for our edification. 1t was Il russell
brown poplin, the color of the leaves
when they have withered and fallen
from the trees. The tlounce at the bot
tom of the skirt was wide, and set in
with full and handsome green gimp.
The over-sllrt had a pannier back at
tached to an apron pointed ut the sides
and sloping in an arch across the front.
This was bordercd with two rows of
gimp. The basque was short, cut at
the bottom to correspond with the over
skirt, and had narrow-pointed berthe
around the shoulders.
EVENING DRESSES.
One of these delightful articles was on
exhibition. 1t was of salmon-colored
silk, trimmed with a new and pleasing
shade of garnet, known rs the Sultan
shade. The skirt has two wide flounces
headed with two narrow RIFLES. The
over-sllirt has n square upon the back
skirt, and heightened out by q flounce
to the depth of the apron. Above the
flounce the overskirt is tri med with
Sultan satin pipings, producing pleas
ing tout ensemble. The corsage is low,
not to say decoUette, and is ornamented
with pipings and ruffles. These dresses
looked so lovely that we almost wished
we were girl, so that we might wear
such.
BONNETs.
When poor Maria Antoinettc dsap-
peared, Edmund Burke delivered u
glowing eulogy, in which he said, " the
age of chivalry is gone.N mot so, Ed
mund, she's come back" as the rustic
orator said. SO she has, at least in FASH
ionable life, for the styles prevalent in
her time, and introduced by her, prevail
now. This Is true of bonnets, as we'll as
dresses. These trifies, for they are only
from three to five inches in depth, and
very narrow across the head-sweep up
high over the forehead. They are made
up OF puIllnSS, BOWS, ana mowers, stand
ing erect like small tower, and when
the coquette casts her pretty head to one
side, they resemble the leaning tower of
Pisa. The scarfs or streamers are a yard
long, fall low upon the bosom, like last
season; and are joined by knotted ros-
cite. Black velvet is the material most
elegant for street and carriage wear, and
white royal velvet for evening bonnetS.
The ornamentation consists of very
handsome jet and steel beads, buds, and
jewelled bugs. The latter are not sup
posed to be alive.
HOW HAIR IS WORN.
The Marie Antoinette style of wearing
the hair is still the favorite. Short-curl
plumes are used in dressing the hair.
The chignons still move upward, and
soon will reach the perpendicular. AS
soon as it attains the highest point it
will stop, like the tide at high water,
and will then go back to the other ex-
treme, and once more the hair will be
worn in its most beautiful style, az nat
urel, adown the shoulders.