The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-29
CHIT-cHAT ON FASHION.

CHIT-CHAT ON FASHION.
Our regular correspondent having
failed us this week, We append such
chit-chat on the prevailing styles as We
have been able to gather from the most
reliable sources.
Dresses are not trimmed with the ma
terial SO mdch as during the past sea-
son, although suits founced and ruffled
with the same are fashionable.
The short dress, deliberately but ar
tistically trimmed, is fashionable for
evening wear, and more worn at balls
than the trimmed skirts, but for grand
occasions and dinner parties the long
train is the most stylish.
A rich, heavy white silk, to be worn
at wedding reception, is made with
long full train, tho skirt trimmed
with founce of Valenciennes seven.
eighths of yard wide, headed by a
band of silk that is studded with small
pearls. The corsage is cut medium high
on the back and Fompadour style in
front, with fall of narrow lace around
the neck.
The old style revived, of trimming
with velvet and fringe, favors the mod.
isteS, as the binding and plating of ruff
hes required much time, and the price
charged for making did not fully pay
for the extra work.
Among the new suits brought cut is
one of heavy black silk that is quite
novelty. The skirt has clusters of box
plaits around the bottom, headed by
silk embroidery and button, in shaded
colors of green, blue, orange and gold.
The plain space between these clusters
of plaits is covered by silk striped in
the Roman colors. The overskirt is
short and rounded in front like An
apron, and has a narrow fold headed by
embroidery. The waist and sleeves are
trimmed to match, and over this is
worn small pointed cape, ornamented
in colors.
An effective style of trimming is with
both rutf1es and velvet, the skirt made
short, with four or five narrow ruffles
and row of black velvet ribbed be-
tween the ruff1es.
Fringes are also to be much more used
than of late, and heavy black silk is
quite in vogue for trimming black alpaca
walking dresses.
A morning dress of lavender poplin
has q wide fiounce around the bottom,
headed by narrow upright rufls set
on By a silk cord. This fiounce runs up
the side seams and is quite narrow at
the belt. The front is plain, with brown
velvet buttons in the centre. The cor
sage and sleeves are trimmed with
brown velvet. The belt is q sash, edged
with velvet ribbon, and ends diamond
shaped with two rows of velvet.
The sailor costume consists of the
sailor jacket, and the short round skirt
made of dark blue cloth, the sailor col
lar and sailor necktie, with the tarpau-
lin or sailor hat. This might be an ap-
propriate costume for cruise around
the world, or it might do for yachting
is, it might if the style
was properly carried OUTPUT the mate
rails which compose the costume are
too fine, and too snowy for such a pur-
pose, while it is altogether out of place
In the streets of the city.
The rage for plaid costumes contin-
ues undated. Wehave not that knowl-
edge of clans which born Scotchman
is supposed to possess, but judging by
the quantity of plaids which have been
it is fair to suppose that every
clan that was ever known in Scotland
will be represented. We like plaids,
but we prefer the self celored dress,
with tie tartan shawl gracefully drap-
ed, to an entire plaid costume.
A very pretty street dress is Of black
cashmere. The underskirt has the
Marie Antoinette founce-whicn is
wide plated flounce set upon the skirt.
The upper skirt has the bottom and the
front parts Of the side cores scollOped.
These are are headed ny broad black
velvet ribbon. Over the basque, which
is finished with aharrow plated hounce,
is worn a red and black plaid shawl
iraped in the straight Highland fash
ION.
A plaid suit of the favorite colors--
green and blue-has the skirt trimmed
with narrow plated ruffles cut on the
bias. These ruffles are bound top aud |
bottom with black velvet, and are
placed at a considerable distance apart. |
NtEN IuuiO ohii 10 hhAohSu viva
one narrow ruffle headed by a bias band
Of velvet, full two inches wide. The
basque, which has the square collar, is
turned back in reverse like a gentle
mans coat. The bottom is trimmed to
with the tunic. The coat
sleeves have deep cuff bound with vel
vet. /
A very handsome Irish poplin suit of
silver gray color has the skirt trimmed
with ruffles. Two of poplin, bound
with satin of the same shade, and two
Of satin, of course these alternate. The
basque, whicn is deep at the bacH with
front form an overskirt. This
is trimmed with a poplin ruffle, with
the satin binding. The sash is composed
of bow, q number of loops and very
wide ends, which are edged with satin
rufile. Deep cuts adorn the sleeves and
satin epaulettes are continued from the
shoulder, forming points on the back.
sFThe women are wild about