Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-11-25
WHAT NEW WORKERS ARE WEAR.

would come when further changes were i'm
possible, and the devotees OF fashion could rest
from her exactons. But not 50. Her resources
seem TO be ineXhaustible; her fertility Of
invention not To be calculated; and those who
follow are kept on the alert for the slightest
change in her countenance.
STREET DRESSES.
Despite the evident extravaganza and ac-
knowledged inconvenience, the demi-train pre-
walls with the most fashionable, for the walking
costumes though this, We feel, can be but OF short
duration, and the elegant robes now made up in
that style VIII be reserved for the house or car
riage For such purposes they are highly APP
prOpriate.
A heavy black gros-gran bonnet silk, made
demi train, had around the skirt plisSc tlOunCe
ten inches deep, headed 10y sde-plaitings and
other trimmings five inches deep. The tunic
was richly embroidered around the bottom, up
the sides, on the front breadths, and up the
fronts. which were left open, and Joined nv en-
brOidered strips six inches across. Below the
embroidery Was rich Chantnly lace. This dress
had a IostilliOn waist with small flowing sleeves
embroidered a the tunic, and trimmed with
lace. The effect was elegant Price 500.
cOtee-brown silk skirt, with a deep side
plated founCe and elaborate heading. had. for a
uaTdtSsus, a light brown drap d'ete polonaise
heavily embroidered with a darker shape of
brown, and trimmed with rich twisted-silk
fringe of the light brown, in which were inter
woven tasselS OF the darker brown. Price of
polOnase, $500
An Olive-brown silk skirt had a tunic and half
fitting jacket, with small pagOda sleeves, and
was richly embroidered and trimmed with
twisted silk fringe. Price, $50.
English waterproof suit, OF very fine soft tex
ture, made with skirt. tunic and half-ftting
jacket, was trimmed with box-plaited hOuncings
of the same woven in stripes. This dress was
novel, elegant and exceedingly comfortable
/ Price Ss}6.
Besides the goods heretofore noticed, we have
lately been shown an elegant material for street
suits, called satn-merinO. which seems TO par
take of the quality of both the satin and the
merinO. Various shades of color have been i'll
tToduCed, and the material sells for : l per yard
BREAKFAST DRESSES.
We have not before noticed the useful morn
ing dress; but though, perforce, often ignored,
no lady wardrobe is complete without it,
A robe of a delicate shade OF ashes-of-rose
colOred cashmere, was trimmed with bias bands
of the same, laid on fiat, and edged on each side
10y bias fold of crimson cashmere. The front
was cutin Gabrielle the back, which was train,
was cut bias, with a seam in the middle, and
from the right side breadth had Vatican fold,
which reached the right shoulder, where it was
fastened and trimmed with rOsette of the ashes
of-rose color, bound with the crimson. This
stylish dress lined white gldcs silk,
wadded and quilted. 1t was open in front, and
belted in at the waist the belt trimmed with
rosette on the left side. Price SIS.
Black cashmere morning robe was cut a loose
Gabrielle, en- tram, belted in at the waist, and
flowing sleeves. Trimming embroidery of
Mexican blue, with an intermixture of yellow,
for the hearts of the flowers. Price Sl0O.
Black cashmere dress, with train skirt and
round, loose sacque with wide flowing sleeves.
had a snowy embroidery of roses and other
flowers and their foliage, with crimson braiding
at the edge. Price $50.
Pearl-cOlored drab dete cut loose Gabrielle,
was trimmed with quilting OF cherry silk, one
fourth of yard deep around the bottom, and a
less width up the fronts, and flowing sleeves,
placed under ScallOpcd edge of the material,
on which ran heavy silk cord. This garment
was wadded, and lined with white silk. Very
elegant and comfortable. Price $50. These
robes were all open, and trimmed up the fronts.
Breakfast sacqueS have grown To be a necess-
ty. They are made loose or balf-itting. round
or slashed, and of cashmere, merno, drap d'ete.
or silk, generally embroidered and trimmed with
lace or fringe. In the garniture of these saclues
sostoche, or braid embroidery, in gilt high
COlOrs, may be frequently seen.
A cashmere sacqUe, of cafe au lait shade, had
a braid embroidery of the same shade, and was
trimmed around the edge in an artistic manner,
with heavy twisted silk fringe. Price SOS.
White cashmere round sacque, with immense
~ wide Moving sleeves; had metallions OF gilt
braid, filled in with needie-work in high colOrs.
Very gay and p'q"ant Price $50.
TUNES.
Black guipure lace tunics have lately been in
troduced; they are extremely elegant. and will
form popular garniUure for silk evening
dresses, and black silk or velvet dinner
DIRE sseS. Price from Si25 to Sl50.
EroCade cashmeres, Of delicate salmon, canary
and oc<s lot shades, with French satin-striped
baya, ere and Algerine cloths, have been intro
duced for tunics and POlonaises for evening
dresses. They are altogether new in this market;
stylish and elegant.
FURS.
An occasional piercing nOT'-weSteT does not
fail to remind US OF the help TO our comfort. and
the assistance to fashion, found in the warm
coating OF various little animals of colder eli
mates, and bids us look out where they NAV be
found OF the most approved styles.
Among the staple furs-those most celebrated
for both usefulness and beauty-the sable must
always stand at the head. The present most fash
ionablc style of making up furs is in the round
muf and the boa, though, for old ladies. the
collar is sometimes preferred. Sets vary in price
mutfs. 1t is generally thought the greater the
number of stripes in a muff, the greater the
value; but, from the most extensive and fash
iunablc furrier in New York, we are told this is
a mistake. When more than two stripes appear
i'll the muf, it is certain the skins have been cut
and deity sewed together again, to give the
effect OF three or more skins; but when tr0
stripes appear, 1T shows that the skins have not
been Cut-the skins of two animals being re-
quired to make a handsome muff.
Hudson's Bay sable is the next most popular.
Sets OF muff and boa, or collar, can be bought
at from $40 to $3.50 Mink, from SIS TO $50;
ermine, the best, with boa two and three-quar-
ter yards long, from S35 to $40; black martin,
which also bears the name of Alaska sable, cost
from $50 to S30 the set. The finest of these furs
come from Hudson county, Ohio; so that Alaska.
10 certain extent, is robbed of its. laurels,
though nevertheless valuable purchase to our
country; and not the least, in consideration of
its diamonds. 90 The black martin, IL may
be as well to say, needs very careful dressing,
not only thoroughly to deOdOriZe the skins, but
to insure against icOrms, which, We are told, are
apt to generate in the felt, and in a disgust
ing manner to destroy the fur unless very
carefully uressedi they are also peculiarly at
tractive to moths. This fur, however, is very
handsome and durable, ii proper precautions
are observed in the purchase.
Seal skin sacques or jackets, plain sell at from
SC5 to SII5; trimmed with otter, at $500 and up
wards, and with sable at $500. A colored seal
skin, inlaid with the natural color, was Sl15
Seal skin muffs cost from $40 to SIS, and boas
from IS Is SIS.
Persianer or Persian lamb il an exceedingly
popular fur, particularly for ladies in mourn
ing. The stil-bOrn lamb makes thefinest sacque;
is beautifully watered, and has beautiful lus-
ter, as rich as the handsomest MORE antique
silk. Sacques of this fur sell at from SO to $780,
the cOarser Persianer, from SG5 to 500; NUTS,
from SD to SIS; boas at the same price. The
Russian lamb or Carracul, which is ordinarily
called the Astrakan, i nsacques, sells at from
S25 TO $50; and in muffs at Sc to Sl2.
In fancy furs, the black fox takes the prece-
dence. 1t is an elegant fur, and sets of muff
and boa cost 300 and upwards. The silver fox
which is one of the most stylish and beautiful
furs now in use; sets of this sell at from S15 to
$3.50. Blue fox greatly resembles stone martin;
sets sell at from S2S to $50. Sets of the grebe,
or Swiss duck, sell at from SIS TO $40.
In the cheaper varieties above noticed, are
children's sets, and at figures proportionstely
smaller. These we shall notice at another time.
The fitch, Siberian squirrel, and stone martin
are rarely ever used at the present time. The
lynx-than which there Is SCARCELY a more haau-