The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-08-20
THE FASHIONS.

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The passion for Oriental goods is I'M
abated, and will only be nipped by the
frosts. China Grape is much admired
and sought after, and, considering the
soft, delicate nature of the goods, is
not dear at eighty dollars dress. The
Chinese ioulardS, Japanese pongees,
pineapple cloths, Japanese grapes and
India nankeens, are to be found in all
our large houses, and meet ready sale.
The Japanese pongees are made of silk,
and are, much superior TO the French
goods of the same name. sChanbery
gaHze, with white and rose-colored
stripes, is very stylish. Dresses of it are
trimmed with fringe, ribbon, Grape or
pufings of game. White foulards, with
green and white, or blue and white
stripes, make pretty dresses. The more
elegant of these .foulard dresses are of
the fashionable corn coler, and we have
seen one of them, trimmed with black
lace and puf6ngs of black satin, that
was very elegant and distingae.
Linen dresses are still popular, and
deseryedly so. They are cool, durable,
and when properly trimmed, becoming.
In addition TO the favorite buff-colored
linen, there are some handsome varie-
ties of brown, gray, and tea color, which
make up very well. We have seen
brown linen with polka spots and dia-
monds, which we cannot say we admire.
The spots are of reddish brown or
deeper shade of the ground color. They
are sold for forty cents yard, and are
usually made with q pleated hounce,
hound on both sides with braid, blouse
waist and a sleeveless sailor jacket.
The colors used for trimming are black,
brown, white, maroon, and even scarlet.
The last mentioned color we saw trim
ming q bug linen dress, worn by bright
looking brunette, which, perhaps owing
one of the prettiess dresses of the kind
we ever saw. Embroidery is coming
into favor on these linens, and looks
charming.
The mode, so far as aught approach
ing novelty in the way of robes is con
cerned, seems to arrive at a positive
deadlock. ..re 1854
"Paniers" are still "de riguer," and
few more heunces and bows have been
added to the jupes, and this is bout all.
Spencers have been revived this sum-
mer. An elegant toilette consists of a
robe of white muslin with tlouHces and
spencer Of sky blue taffety, or, to give
il a more recherche effect, the muslin
robe may be worn over a slip of blue
silk. r .or'sH
Bonnets are, of course, worn on occs-
sions of ceremony, still almost all wo-
men who do not admit themselves to be
no longer young appear in hats.
The novelty in this way that is just
now coming into vogue is tall Span
ish shaped hat, tapering towards the
crown, and with moderately wide
arched brim, turned up slightly at the
sides. so. 4
1t is to NJ. Sardou's drama of "Patrie"
that we are indie bted for the introduc-
ton of this stylish headgear, with its
large black or colored velvet rosetto Sc
cured in the centre by jet ornament or
jewelled buckle, and its swooping es-
trich plume and occasional bouquet of
roses reposing on the gauze. scarf veil,
which, after encircling the hat and be-
ing entwined in and ont the chignon, is
allowed to float languidly behind. These
hats are usually in straw, bound with
velvet, or in velvet of particular shades.
A rather pretty light blue one, with
rosette and feather of the same tint, had
a plain white gsuze veil twisted around
it, and falling behind almost level with
the cinture of the robe.
Others of these Spanish hats are of
black straw, bound and trimmed with
feather and rosette of pale gold color.