The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-09-22
CHIT.cHAr ON FASHION.

and it is said that more
than one artist in clothes or designers
of costumes or organizers of victory In
the ball room and elsewhere, have come
or are coming to these favored shores.
This is a graceful and gratifying recog-
milton of the progress our Republic IL
making in civilization and style. These
artists come here now because they are |
certain Of being appreciated, because I
they think that we have taste enough .
to value them, and intelligence TO know
that
aTrifiers not even in trifies can excel"
and 80 they take rank here as In the
Old World, and are deferred to as auto
Gratis of the world Of fashion.
Costume camielr will continue p"pu-
lar for fall and winter, and may be
made of different materials as well as
different shades. Silk and cachmere
form a very effective amalgamation,
and produce very stylish and elegant
dress.
The cschmeres imported this season
are especially beautiful, soft and fine,
and as handsome as silk and almost as
expensive All the dark bright warm
coiors so pleasant TO the eye in winter
are to be found in them, hut black will
be the most fashionable color for street
suits
The Scotch costume promises 10 be
very popular 1t will he warm and
comfortable, and may be stylish. 1t Is
composed Of skirt, polonaise and
talma, trimmed with velvet and fringe,
in which the celors Of the plaid are
blended. A very pretty and inexpen-
sive costume is made of a long shawl,
which can be purchased for eight dol
lars. 1t is arranged a. a casaque or
overskirt and paletot, the fringe of the
shawl forming the trimming, and may
be worn over black or other dark
dresses. Short suits still maintain their
hold on popular favor, while long skirts
are reserved exclusively for ceremonlous
occasions. The Polonaise will be the
favorite outside garment for the coming
season, and more suitable for cool
weather than those short sacks which,
like the round hats, have been repro,
duced al nauSeam in every material and
on every figure, without reference to the
true touchstone OF taste-titness. Over
skirts are decreed a necessity, and, con-
sequently, no winter dress can be com
plete without one In costumes OF two
c1ors the upper skirt may be either
! lighter or darker than the under one.
We have seen some dresses Of three and
four shades which were decidedly
patchv-looking and strongly suggestive
of remnants
Among the new materials produced
,his season il the Turkish Bril!Iantine,
a glossy, elegant fabric, heavier than
beaver mohair, and made Of the best
wool. Very handsome suits are made
of these goods which are trimmed with
braiding and fringe. All wool serges
are SO improved and OF such superior
quality that they may he regarded As
new goods. The colors are the fash
ionabe cloth colors and the price is one
dollar yard. They make very de-ira-
bic suits or house dresses for common
wear. Irish poplns will be lashiona-
BILE this winter; the trimmings will be
velvet, gros grain and fringe. The old
fashioned brocade silks. so picturesque
and quaint-looking, are competing Tor
popularity, and will, 20 doubt, attain a
success d eSt;nls-they are too dear and too
pronounce for more. There is an endless
variety Of poplins and Scotch plaids,
with their gay and pleasant melangc OF
colors, and for simpler and sterner tastes
black and white checks are redivirs.
! Bonnets are somewhat larger, and the
! gypsy bids fair to
bear the bell aboon them a."
1t has the component parts of leglti-
mate bonnet-a front, Il crown and a
curtain. 1t is, moreover, what the ar
tistes call coquettish, an adjective, by
the way, that implies the highest de-
gree of perfection in their vocabulary.
Shaded bonnets will be much worn, and
feathers and flowers are the favorlte
trimming The absurd and universally
unbecoming brides are superseded by
the orthodox bonnet strings tied under
the chin. The colors most affected are
scarabee, all shades of brown and black.
Felt hats will be considerably worn this
season in all the STYLISH colors, and
trimmed with velvet and scarfs. The
steeple crowned and hrigand-looking
hats are gone, and instead we have
broad flat crowns with brims turned up
at the sides. The sailor hats still re-
tain their hold on the popular heart.
Jet will be much used as trimming
for bonnets, in the form of brooches,
coronets, aigrettes, bows and buckles.
Some hats are furnished with two pair
of strings-one for use and the other
for ornament.
Frou-frou gauze If new material for
wells and scarfs
On dit. Plush hats will be fashion
able this winter.
Trimming for heavy cloth dresses
will be velvet, plush satin, fringe, or
groS de Londre
Plaid, for cloaking yard and a half
wide, costs two dollars yard.
Boots, laced at the side, in the good
old fashion, are making their appear
ance again, and, it is asserted, will put
the buttoned one in the background
When will we be delivered from the
disfguring and injurious high heels,
which make the Grecian bend posi-
bility, and disease Of the spine GER
tainty2
The popularity OF the muslin ruff was
universal but evanescent 1t has been
consigned TO the tomb Of the Capulets.
Shawl costumes range from twelve TO
twenty-five dollars.
Embroidered muslin flounces are
stylish trimming for silk dresses and