Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-22
PARIS FASHIONS.
The Very Latest Agony In Dress
Stockings, Boots, Hair,
Eyes and Panier.

From the Para Correspondent of the New
York Herald
10 the young first turn, consequent
IL, and wish them q golden auburn
toilet of velvet over blue turquoise satin,
with panier behind Of auburn velvet
and blue, mixed with plenty of chenille
fringe; q gsudy butterfly and bit of rib
bon on their heads for bonnet, red silk
stockings and pair of high boots with
the heel Just in the center OF the foot.
This being the most fashionable style Of
dress, will proceed to wish them the
most recherche types Of 5eauty-viOlet
eyes, fair hair, pesca-tinted cheeks, coral
| lips, and curls down to the waist or
black eyes, alabaster skin, jet cable CHG
non, pearIy teeth and falling shoulders !;
or blue eyes and hazel lsshes, friZzled
hair, q CGage, pouting lips and dimpled
chin; or, Wnat is less difficult to acquire,
q merry, bonny face with rippling locks
one day q sentimental Byronic look the
next, with classic Grecian plaits; cav
alier mood the third with q dare devil
expression all day; material solicitude
for everybody's gout and vicissitudes the
fourth day, rendered tender by gentle
tones and womanly power to heal, and
so through all the fashionable gamut Of
daily life. What can l wish more than
that they become what every woman is
striving to bean actress, or as Lon
dan sstirist calls them, semi detached
wife? Those, l may add, who go much
to balls, illustrate this definition COM
pletely by becoming seml-detached prop
erty, with garden OF flowers all round
and architectural scaH0lding on the top.
It is now time to turn to the Old and
wish them never again to adopt triRn-
4. - IN rrah
Shoes. If the fashions are too extrava.
CANT at least they have done away with
these my peculiar aversions, and ladies
who have married children can be
charming in the center of all modern re-
viyaIs. l wish unto them pauch black
satin, lined with violet, fur or quilting,
much silver gray, trimmed with swans
Gown; much mauve and lavender to
renounce costumes and Vatican lOopings
m. remaining content with full, round
skirts. that do touch the ground by day,
and dignihed trains, with plenty of lace,
bv night. l wish them to give up the
fireworks of ribbons and bows exhibited
for their heads in milIiners' windows for
one rosette OF satin in draped lace or but
one well made bow on quilted net ruche
and edging are all mother wants 10 set
her sweet features off. The quantity Of
bows old ladies will put on nowadays
would have sstonished Sixteen Stringed
Jack. wish they would also give up
shoes for walking with scles as thin as
fiv's wing, and not insist so much on the
use of fans and low, bare shoulders.
The court having returned, will close
with a few elegant ideas. The toilet
worn by the Empress on the day abe lef
Compeign was s chameleon silk, red,
brown and black shades. The weather
was lovely and the sun quite warm. Her
mantle was q kind of Hungarian cloak,
of black velvet, richly braided with
gimp and trimmed with black lace; her
feathers IN the velvet diadem hat were
suited to the shades Of her silk robe,
Her favoritea color at present is tobacco
or cigar.
In my last I mentioned the new YER
million red, or aGT0u6ieT, and l said
thought it exceedingly ugly. still
have this unfsvorsble opinion, but must
own that under sdark olive green
velvet, nicely chi6o5aee (Which means
punched up with artistic foldsl, 1t is less
unenduEable.
/ recommend four plum velvet skirts,
one over the other, the top being pam
Ter it Is the downiest toilet 1magina-
BILE, only when this is worn by a blonde
with Mechlin lace ruifis and enamel
iewelry, such lovely plum Idea is 80
Juicy that the tendency man has to
bite conveys unto him uncomfortable
hydrophObia suggestions. Or course the
four velvet skirts are rounded and chif-
fonned 10 produce all the effects OF dark
an shade.
Another new costly thing is velvet