The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-10-27
4" Towel COstumeS.3

The great novelty in travelling dresses are
the Baden Baden towel costumes, that are
literally made of the rough brown bath tow
cling, which we know better as Turkish.
One Of these suits was made in the for ~ OF
polonaise, body and skirt in one, very
bouffante at the back, the sleeves rather of
large coat sleeve form, trimmed round and
down the front, round the neck and skirt,
with four or five cross-cut bands OF chocolate
colored cambria, the petticoat being OF the
same cambria, made with succession of
hounces and, strange as it may seem, there
was nothing at all outre in the appearance,
but it was rather warm and heavy. Various
other species of toweling are now converted
into polonases, and worn over bright colored
petticoats That useful material, chambertin,
kind of canvas cloth of a dark brown boil
land color, is very much sold for travelling
dresses for immediate wear, where no warmth
is required. Among the prettiest style of
make is the following skirt long enough
to touch the ground, with straight-cut
tiounce from the knee, put on IN box plants
at the edge of this narrow cross-cut flounce,
edged with white narrow lace, and made TO
tie up the back, which is so easy Tor packing;
seini-tight fitting jacket, the basques cut
up in tabs, ed ged round with crossway tucks
of the material laid on with piping, and
edged top and bottom with lace. Brown
they are made just now mostly with fiat cross
way tucks and piped at the top, and are very
easily washed and packed. Nearly all the
jackets of such costumes are semi -tight-ht-
ting. ! have also seen several made with
hounces to the waist, and over this loose
jacket, the basques cut in square tabs, and
q ruching of the holland all round, edged
both sides with lace. Still the polonaise is
the fashion of the year; and, whether for
i ,,x,tl al ,nct
worn. Serges, for Scotland and anywhere
where warmth is required, are still much in
request, especially black. l have seen sew
eral trimmed with bands OF the same, piped
with red, and worn over a red pettcoat
other black ones are trimmed with very
broad black Russian braid and fringe. One
of the old shade of naval blue | saw trim
med round the skirt and tunic with four
rows Of inch-wide braid, with loops of the
same close together under the bottom and
above the top row ; an expensive and very
effective style. Most of the jackets are made
loose, and the bodies under them so ar
ranged that they can be worn with or with
out them as they may be required. Poplin
co stumes for travelling ire most fashionable:
so are the wooden poplins, and nearly all
these are trimmed with crossway folds
piped at the top. The shades in wooden
poplins are very pretty, particularly the
grays, and slate color5, and bulis. Mohalrs
are very much improved this season, espe
cially what are called the luster mohairs,
which are very bright, and wear better than
anything. Pretty costumes of narrow
stripped black and white mohairs can be
easily made by people having sewing ma
chimes, as most of them are trimmed with
black wooden poplin, stitched on in cross
way bands. Twilled mohairs and twilled
bareges "a new, thick, useful WOODEN ma
teriaI), in two shades Of brown, and black
and gray, are stylish and useful.