Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-10-02
FasHIoNsF Foa OCTOBER.

| The sensation during the week has beer
| he opening at A. G. Headley 6 Co.'s, anc
was the ''event" among the ladies OF
taste and fashion; the particular court day
| If Queen Fashion, when every lady con.
I siders it her bounden duty to peep at the
'reasures of fabric, style and color of goods
Without q care for or scrutiny into the
| Jrices.
All the week the counters were heaped
With silks, serges, poplins, plaids, striped
.kirtiDgs, satins and the like. The prevail
ng colors are purple, brown, black and
green. though the most fashionable are the
Manageable goods. There are few, if any,
Thinning or 'loudn styles or -colors. The
prevailing taste seems to be for richness
ather than effect. A new and costly style
# goods in slripes of velvet and satin, in
lack and purple, blue and black, green and
,lack, and other colors used for skirts, at
racted much attention, and will undoubt-
| Oily prevail the coming season. a3F
On the cloak counters lie great piles OF
lstracan, seal skin, velvet, empress cloth
ind the like. The black velvet cloak is
hardly likely to lose its prestige in the eyes
# American ladies. and there are many
who will consider the ''suit" poor substi-
ute for comfortable winter cloak. For
the benefit OF these ladies, we may'mention
the gored coat and pelerine cape, in black.
brown, and olivegreen cloth, which will
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weather sets in. -4o
Appropriately for the season, the cloaks
worn en- suite as well as those in cloth de-
signed for fall wear, are longer than form
arly, and fit closely to the figure. The
Hungarian pelisse is a late model, the
throat open with revers, the front buttoned
over upon the left side. The edge of the
skirt reaches to within a quarter OF a yard
of the bottom of short dress, which, as
every one knows, is now made nearly to
touch the ground. 4ttr-
The Bachelick mantle, small, high
mantelet, rounded, and having a wide plat
laid in the back, which forms long, point
ed hood, is SO new that it has not yet been
commonly worn in the street. In velvet,
lined silk, and cashmere, they are still to be
seen upon those OF our .elegantes who have
worn them; but the cold weather will
probably Danish them before they have
achieved popularity.
The latest, and, in some respects, the
most elegant of the mantillas is novelty
which forms a cape with sleeves, and long
rounded ends both at the front and back.
The sides are filled in with short pieces
forming basque shape, but covered with
fringe. The mantle is trimmed all round
with wide knotted- fringe headed with
gimp. - ''- ~
Muslin aprons are of endless variety in
shape and trimmings, and admit of much
taste in their arrangement. The materials
used should be the finest Swiss book mus
lin, lace and ribbon. Some aprons are OF
the plain rounded form SO much worn in
black silk. They are edged with insertion
lace, either Valenciennes or Cluny, as may
5e preferred; beyond this a wide lace to
match, slightly full at the rounded corners,
placed, and at the head of it, on the mus
in, a thick ruche of narrow ribbon or silk,
pf the color of the dress with which it is to
be worn, finishes the apron, a small pocket
being added on the right side, trimmed to
match. it.ih
Leaving the dry goods display for this
week, we will take peep at the millinery
gems displayed by the leader in bonnet
fashions. Simmons, whose establishment
in the Opera House block is the great
:enter for the ladies who wish to see or
purchase the latest style of head gear,
though there have been several openings
since his, Simmons manages to keep
thead of the times because of his superior
New York advantages.
Here. then, we find among the novelties
the "Pierette" hat of white French felt
The new shade garnet trimming velvet
and satin to match. White ostrich tip set
In front.
"Tostee" Hat of pearl felt, trimmed with
blue velvet and satin ribbon, with fiuting
"Hamlet" Hat of black velvet, with
green satin fluted over the brim, and rib
bon stream to match, with black thread
ACE and elegant plume. A jet aigrette is
set on the side. ..r
"Vivandier" hat of black velvet trimmed
With black and scarlet satin piping, Thread
lace and steel-mixed plume, with ribbon
streamers. 1s 1' av. 10 b'.- Ta0
"Franc Teureur" hat of pearl felt, trim
med with brown velvet, and satin laid in
plaits, and bird OF paradise feather.
Bonnets have assumed but little chvnge.
The only difference between the summer
and fall styles consists in this, that while
they were small squares, or tri-
angular pieces of wire surrounding a fiat
lace foundation, they have now assumed an
elevated form, and repose as diadems or
coronets over brows that fondly imagine
themselves ''queenly."
One of the prettiest of the new models
Is composed of three standing rims of scar
let satin edged with falling fringe of
white mara bou, and ornamented with
tuft of marabou feathers, in the heart of
which is little golden bird, with spread
" wings. r- r-.-.-.r
Another has a brim of white velvet
rolled back upon crown of uncut velvet.
and trimmed with band of short, curled
white feathers dotted with gold.
A lovely puffed hat of gold-colored satin
Is ornamented with satin ribbon, gold lace
barbc, and the head of a bird of paradise.
Many summer hats of chip and Italian
straw are trimmed up for fall wear with
scarlet or gold colored velvet and black
ostrich plumes.
Feathers are in great vogue, the beautiful
willow plumes and well-curled ostrich (the
longer the better) being the favorites-
They have quite superseded fl DIVERS upon
the winter bonnets, and assist the impress
sion that bonnet is there, somewhere, by
the graceful curl of the plume around the
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In round hats, black and brown (not
g bronze' brown are most in vogue, the
brim generally being velvet, the orna-
ments, feathers, black or scarlet. r...