The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-01-10
THE LATEST FASHIOv

HdTpeTS BdzdT gives tnes following infor-
nation in regard to sne latest fashionable
ideas;-
BERLIN WOOL.
The fancy for garments of fine Berlin wool
increases in this country. Almost every fur
nishing store has department stocked with
these useful articles, and each season there
are novelties introduced from abroad, where
knitting and crocheting are brought to per-
fection. The zephyr wool prepared in Ber-
lin is softer and finer than any other, aad the
colors are better Retail dealers ask 20 cents
an ounce for quiet, dark colors of either split,
single, or double zephyr; and 25 cents for
high, brilliant colors
KNITTED GARMENTS.
The perfection of underwear for infants is
shown in soft warm shirts of purest white
zephyr wool, knitted in a ribbed pattern, the
neck and sleeves scolloped and overcast with
white silk floss; these cost from 75 cents to
81 Infants socks of white zephyr have the
tops turned over in Zouave fashion; others,
knit double are thick and warm, 75 cents.
Little carriage bootees, to be worn without
shoe, or else over the shoe, are long enough
to reach to the knee, and are held up by
drawing string that forms tasseled garter.
These are in all colors, or in white, and may
be had in three sizes, costing rs or 80
cents A little sock embroidered with silk
is called the daisy shoe; and the loveliest
slippers for baby are crotcheted in Marie
Antoinette shape of blue, scarlet, or white
wool, with silken bows and tassels: price So.
The bonnet for baby girls is the fairy hood,
with warm head piece of double knitted
Berlin wool, yelled with fanciful cover of
split zephyr overwrought with silk of palest
blue or rose: So. For larger babes are little
cape bonnets made of Angora wool, with long,
soft fleece, like fur. They are in blue and
rose, bordered with snowy swan's-down.
Price $5. For tiniest boys is a cunning little
turban dignifed as the Prussian cap. 1t has
border of loops above the forehead, warm
ear-tabs and a sort of cape to protect the
back of the neck. Imported mittens of white
zephyr shaped to the wrist, tiny bows of rib
bon on the back, and a gauntlet flecked
with white floss, are warm and soft enough
for the baby fists they will enclose; price 45
cents. Very pretty cloaks for infants consist
of two large oapes formed of white zephyr
in shell stitch, overcast with floss and edged
with fringe: these are $9. Handsome afghans
for babys carriage have four Roman red
stripes, or blue or buff, with five narrower
stripes of white tufted with black. At the
upper end that passes over baby's lap each
stripe forms a point that is finished with
tassel; price 81. Afghans marked $40 have
three broad stripes, the outer ones colored,
the centre white, and richly embroidered
with vine of roses. smaller size of SINH
alternating with white, and each block
embroidered with daisies, cost from $11 to
$14.
Drawers of white or scarlet zephyr with
leggings strapped beneath the shoe, or with
socks to wear over the shoe, are heavily knit,
and are comfortable for children who are car
ried out in the nurses arms or drawn about
in their open carriages. These are in three
sizes for children from one to three years old,
and cost from $1'25 to $1'75. For larger
children there are plain knitted drawers with
out CATERS, to be worn over muslin drawers
on cold days: $1'75 to $2 The prettiest
CATERS for very young children are the polka
CATERS of single zephyr, either white or
chinchilla with colored border up the out
side representing buttons and button holes;
75 cents to 81. Fine leggings of scarlet,
blue, or grey wool are shaped to fit over the
knee, and thus prevent wrinkles; 81 to S1'25.
Heavier brown or grey CATERS for children
and for ladies are knit of American tapestry
worsted. Ladies and misses wear these when
travelling in extremely cold weather, or driv-,
ing, or sleighing; but they are too clumsy for
walking Ladies' sizes are 81 80; misses,
from rs cents to $1'25.
Ladies' breakfast shawls are crocheted in
Afghan stitch, with seam down the back
joining the two pieces to form comfortable
three-cornered wrap. The centre of the
shawl is of solid color, scarlet, blue, chin
chilla purple, or black, with broad border
embroidered around it in darker shades of
the same color, or in gay contrast, as gray
with scarlet or blue borders blue with white,
and purple with black for mourning.
fringe of the wool finishes the edge. Price
So. Shawls with the colored borders merely
crocheted, instead of embroidered, are So.
In lieu of the sontags formerly worn under
cloaks and in the house, there are sleeveless
Jackets crocheted in beautiful shapes falling
in with the figure. Blue or red jackets with
chinchilla borders are most popular. These
are $3.50 each. Heavier jackets with sleeves
are So. Revers, pocket flaps, and broad
cuffs Of bright color are crocheted on chin
chilla Jackets. The fine knitted Cardigan
jackets imported from England arS shaped
like shorted polka basques rwith postillions.
Those in fine ribs and in dark rich colors
cost from Sc to $12. Novelties for
chileren are .sacques and muffs of
fleecy Angora wool knitted in long
loop stitches that initiate admirably the
Astrakhan and Iceland lamb furs. They are
shown in white and scarlet. The set costs
$6 or $40. A dressy little jacket for children
is called the epaulet jacket. The body of the
garment is of white or chinchilla wool in
Afghan stitch, while the collar, epaulets, and
border are of shaded blue or crimson. The
back is slashed to the waist, and cord and
tassels draw it to the figure at the waist.
They cost from So to SO. The prettiest
sacques for babies are knitted basques of
white zephyr shaped to cling to wee, plump
fgures-too cunning for anything, the mann
mas say: 1915 is the price asked for sizes
for children under three years of age.
The prettiest evening hood for ladies to
wear to parties is the Nilsson, described last