Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-11-17
Miscellaneous.
The Fashions for November.

While we dcprccatc .cNtrayagaucc In
the dress OF either sex. we recognize
the fact that the ladies will think about
the fashions and copy the following de-
scription of the stsle, ior November.
furnished by Jennie June, the New
York fashion CORES spondcnt of The Bos-
ton Post. as giving the latest costumes a
Ia model
DRESSING FOR THEATRES AND CONCERTS.
Considering that it is vet early in the
season and that the ''cre'ae dc la creme"
Simmer ani rr palaccs Iffr2i r.. ini.riisr ii Of or
places of amusement present a very
brilliant appearance. or course hats or
bonnets are universal. and there i, an
entire absence Of the home evening
dress style. which renders fashionable
opera audience 80 different and - much
more attractive III appearance than ANY
other. But IL l. not since the daN> OF
the old Academy Of Music that we have
seen genuine opera audience. and tho
inferior of Wallack', or any tir>l-cla,s
theatre will now compare very well
with the interior ot the Academy on op-
era night. Among the pIeitie>t dresses
are costumes for yonug ladies made of
PINK or blue taffetas. trimmed proiu~c-
~ with soft thick ruchcs OF the material
ieaihered out and altcrnated across the
front breadth with rows ot black and
white lace put on full. With these COS
! TUNES are worn pearls. as ornaments,
| and high hats oil cream colorcd felt.
trimmed with pink or blue velvet and
mounted with very long pink or blue
| ostrich plume.
A very stylish dress for Young lady
j. of black silk made short and flounccd.
Loose paletot of white persian cloth
| piped or embroidered with black. and
Grown Imperial hat of black velvet.
ornalnenteI with black lace. Il Jet dag
ger aud a plume OF white ostrich ieath-
er-, which stand up in front and curl
over the crown. At u concert given bv
Miss Kellogg, Nilsson was present and
wore blue velvet costume, which was
unbecoming TO her, and produced a bad
effect i'll the evening, because it has too
| dark shade. 1t is very important in
selecting blue or green dress to be
worn i'll the evening. TO try it by gas
| light: all the great dry goods houses
have small darkened rooms, lighted by
gas, Tor the express accommodation Of
ladies who wish to try the effect CT gas
| light on certain shades and fabrics, and
where this convenience does not exist
! II is better to wait and test a pattern at
home than risk the loss of the complete
result. Turquoise blue looks exactly
the same in the evening as III the day
time. So does the brighter mexican
blue" but it is the lighter shades of tur.
quoises and china blues which are now
most fashionable and certainly the best
adapted for evening wear.
BRIDAL TRoUssEAU.
The European war has upset many
plans and calculations. among them
those of two prospective brides who
had intended having their trousseat
sent direct from Pans. OF course they
can be made here, but the cost for the
same quality of fine embroidery and
hand stitching would be three times as
much, and it would be difficult to get il
done at all. Fine hand sewing brings a
much higher price than machine sewing,
while hand embroidery, if done in this
country, can only be obtained at enor-
nous rates; but abroad labor is still 80
cheap. especially that done by women.
that the tedious work of weeks and
months aidly brings enough return to
keep life in the poor fingers that exc
cute it. Fine tucking and embroidery
wrought into the material itself is the
most fashionable method of ornament
ing. and is to be commended because it
is durable as well as beautiful. Many
ladies include in their orders for trous-
seau dozen fine linen eambric pillow
covers with monogram embroidered in
the centre; they are very large, proba-
bly, six inches in diameter, and cost $40
the pair for simple initial. A mono
gram which requires special design,
costs more.
OVER SKIRTS.
The change in the style Of overskirts,
which took place last season, has be-
come much more definite and pronounc-
ed. puffed and panniered over skirts
look like exceedingly old, as they were
ALWAYS very bad, style. The new over
skirts are very long, always reaching to
the top of the trimming upon the un-
der dress, and are looped high at the
sides, or drawn back and raised. 20 q