National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-01-27
The Winter Fashions.

are o favorite materials for evening
dresses this season. Shell pink, Gle
blue, pearl, chrysoprase green, guanC
gray, and the delicate Frou Frou tints o
butt are the colors shown. These choic,
colors in fine qualities ofrepped sill, cos
So to 81 so yard. Very handsome
corded silks are also sold for 81 a yard
but the rage shades now in vogue are moi
found among them. Still lower pricec
than this is limo of silks. costing from
81 80 yard to SO 80, of thin, uneven
quality, detected readily by holding
/ the fabric before the light
FANCY SILKs.-Of the fancy silks
shown the reversible striped gros grains
are the only novelty. These have satin
stripes two inches wide OF rose-color
alternating with white on one side of tho
fabric, while the reverse side has blacl
stripes on white, or else two shades OF
violet or Of purple are used with white
These are 81, SO n yard. Other striped
silks are shown at various prices, begin
ming rs low as 81, "a yard All figured
silks, except the novelty just mentioned
and the rich satin brocades, are reduced
in price, 81 yard buys very pretty
white silk with blue, mauve, rose, OF
green stripes half an inch wide. Solid
colored silks are still expensive,
and will become more SO.
MANNER OF MAKEd.-Contrary to
prediction, low cOrsaoes are again III
favor They are straight around the
neck, falling low off the shoulders, in
stead, OF the three-quarter square neck
with sAolder-straps worn last year.
Round waists are entirely superseded by
point back and front. Sometimes only
on, dart and sort Of side form nre seen
in the front Of pointing waists, but for
tleshy figures there are two and even
three darts. The points are very sharp,
slender, and three or four inches long.
A double cord is the prettiest finish for
them. Lace or fringe is often attached
to the points, to initiate basques, or
the Aounces of the skirt but this has q
poor effect A silk lacing fastens the
dress behind. BY way of variety the
back OF low corsages has sometimes o
postillion basque instead OF a point,
but the pointed front Is ne riquer The
sleeve for such waist Is the merest puff
or band The ornament is berth of
folds of tulle, or OF the material OF the
trimming. These are called Grecian
folds, and give beautiful round fullness
to the bust.
TRAINs-Of the imlnoderate length
worn two years ago have disappeared.
Ladies who refused to give them up last
winter are now having demi-tralns about
sixty inches long. The newest fancy is
to cut the three straight back widths of
the skirt half yard longer than the side
widths next them, giving square train,
and trimming the long widths with a
pleated tlounce, which, extending up
the sides to the waist, has the effect of
a court train. A skirt of this kind, with
q corsage pointed in front, the back in
a long, slender basque, is very becom-
ing to stout person,
TRIMMINGS. Velvet fuffies an eighth Of
a yard wide, put on in scanty gathers,
trim the handsomest silks Of the season.
The velvet is exactly the shade of the
dress. Pink, blue, pearl-color, and clear
green velvet hounces are exceedingly
admired but the shadowy gray silks
and the underlined pale tea-rose, apricot,
ectu tints are not effective in velvet. For
the latter there is, nothing SO pretty as
ruffles Of the material of the dress, al
ternating with lace or pleatcd muslin
founces.
HE DUCHESS POINT LACE and the
stronger Bruges are generally used tcr
trimming colored silks and white muslin
dresses. They have thick Honiton fig
ures wrought on the llghtest meshes.
CHINA GRAPE is so frail that it is no
longer III first favor for tunies, but is
retained as garniture in the way of
drapery and founces with .
fringed edges.
TARLATAN, TCILB, AND GAUzR.-ln
thin fabrics for ball dresses white re-
mains in favor and tarlatan is the popu-
ar material. The prettiest white tar
atans, copied from an imported model,
nave demi-trained skirts of coarse white
act, trimmed with ten tarlatan hounces.
The llounced made double of the tarla-
an are nearly two fingers deep when
louble, and have white silk cord, or
Gathered braid, or satin ribbon near the
.dge, to suggest hem. They have one
bird extra fullness, are gathered in a
llain Seam, and each houncc laps half
way over the one below it. A gathered
uche of tarlatan heads the upper '
lounce, and similar one edges the
l1irt. The long, simply shaped over ,
kirt is draped behind, and reaches to |
he upper founces The low pointed
orsagc is ofMhite silk plainly covered S
With tarlatan.
WHITE CHAMBERY GAuzE Trimmed q
18th black lace and decorated with Grim q
on roses, describes handsome design I
all dress. Some white gauzes eighteen l
lches wide and sold for 81 a yard '
'ider goods cost from Sl,75 to $3.50. i
he striped Chambarys sold last year {
Or $50 are now offered for S45. l
DouBLE TuNIos OF MUSLIN. The c
ouble tunics described last week are {
lade of white muslin, and trimmed with '
lsertion of duchess point, separated by t
Iusters Of tucks, and edged with duch- q
IS lace. They are worn over blue or
)se-colored satin dresses, bordered with {
ide founces of pleated muslin and lace, t
18th lengthwise strips of bows of satin I
ctween the pleats. A flower parure |
orn with such dresses is Of blue and v
ink convolvuli, forming bretelles, S
and sash. On a garnet satin 1
.e edge of the train is cut in square c
locks to disclose pleated muslin
ounce below.
A SINGULAR CASE OF q monkeys lntelli- 9
ence is mentioned by the San Francis ,
, Bulletin. An animal Of this sort wns I
ased by some Chinese washerwomen, ,
hereat he broke his chain, and, instead \
going for his tormentors, jumped upon I
eir clothes-lnes. from which he tore +,
Ieir lines, laces handkerchiefs, and !
else that he could lay his =
avs on. If this does not show insight =,
IN tho raolno.e nj human nnt11re If