The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-10-01
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NEW YORK AUTUMN FASHIONS.
FRoU FRoU GAUzE.

Frou Frou gauze is q new material
introduced for scarf trimming and for
wells. 1t is thin, clear grenadine, of
solid color, with the threads shaded to
give the effect Of the crinkle Of Grape.
though the surface remains smooth. It.
is entwined like q scarf around royale
and velvet bonnets, and hangs in
square handkerchief or streamer on the
left side. This streamer may be used
Us veil. When the guaze is black it
has an applied border of Spanish blonde.
In the return to less elaborate trim
mings we observe that black lace is not
abundantly used. It has not entirely
disappeared, as satin has, but most OF
the handsome hats are without 1t, as
shaded colors are preferred to the con-
trast of black with q color. The way
in which black lace is most stylishly
employed is to arrange it over white
lace on black velvet bonnet. With
pipings and white ostrich tips, this
makes an elegant bonnet. The white
lace, usually Of good blonde, should be
seams breadth wider than the fne
black lace that wells it. They are both
slightly full, and gathered together ut
the upper edge. This frill is laid on
the bonnet above the edge rs q border,
and is sewed to the edge of vetstrings.
White laces are seen in navy blue, ivy
green and plum colored velvet hats.
This fashion has never found favor here,
but promises to do so now, as the best
milliners have selected these hats for
models.
FLOWERS.
| A great many flowers are imported
to be used in conjunction with feathers
Ia cluster being placed ut the base OF
two feather tips. Large, many petaled
flowers, such rs roses, camelias, and car
nations, are most seen. These are in
clusters "a large full blown flower with
buds and but few leaves. The roses are
in abundance as usual, and represent
all the large varieties known to the
florist. The prettiest are loose roses
with the petals almost falling off, rs if
blown about or just washed by a shower.
Many are shaded, from palest pink to
crimson, and the tea roses have fecked
frosted leaves, bronzed almost to black
ness.
FEATHERS.
Feathers are used in profusion. Two
or three short ostrich tips, shaded to
match the shades of the bonnet, appear
t on almost all models. Few long plumes
: velvet bonnets are bands of black os-
f trich tips; gray, scarlet and black tips
+ of cocks plumes are mounted to form
o wreaths for round hats; long, nodding
r aigrettes are made of dark, glossy cocks
: plumes arranged with two or three light
d golden tips from the bird of paradise ;
other aigrettes are short tufts of black
: ostrich, with scarlet cocks plume curved
i away from their centers.
JET ORNAMENTS.
The newest jet ornaments for bon
y nets are hollow pendantsan inch square,
. made of tiny oval pieces. They look
: ing balls and cubes of last season. Jet
- brooches, placed between puffs and on
!, bows are diamond shaped, and look
: !, solid and massive. Bows are made of
, sort of jet ribbon formed by sewing
- small jet beads on nets. Coronets are
of branching graduated pieces, and aig-
rettes have many slender, trembling
n stems of fine jet. An immense spray
: of jet, shaped like u branch Of coral,
placed in front of round hats; Buckles
~ of jetarc square or oval, with flat, smooth
3 surface.
J ROUND HATS.
Round hats are in the English styles,
: with ample half-high crowns, broad and
e fiat on top instead of peaked, as they
Il have been The brims are either turned
' up at the sides or rolled close to the
crown all around. Stylish half high tur
l. bans, with closely rolled brims trimmed
? with soft China Grape scarfs, were found
II during the summer, to be so becomin,
y to delicately oval faces that they ar,
retained for winter, and trimmed will
q ostrich bands and scarfs of soft royale
= with slanting fringed ends. These ar
il the most dressy hats shown. Stray
e hats, black, white, brown gray and blue
"a are shown to wear with the costume
of early fall. Ample sailor hats wit
high crowns arc for misses and YER
y young ladies.
le For later in the season there are hat
n of fine felt in yellow brown and WOO
IN tints, in deepest bottle green, gray IN
TO black. The trimmings are velvet an
royale scarfs twisted around the crown
&c and fringed strcamcrs on the left sid'
ID Pcacocks' breasts, white gulls' breast
to shading into gray, short tips, and Ion
10 ostrich feathers, are curled over til
10 crowns of hats. Large plumes are fa
tened near the back of the hat and Gu
toward the front. Fringes used c
= scarf ends are made of flossy balls ar
81 tasscls, secured in intricate netted hea
or ings.
Ii .
H. Whatever may be said, crinoline
and will be worn; not the round ski
with steel hoops, which are entire
OIL banished from the front of the skirt, {
got to speak more truly, the skirt has
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