Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-10-12
I" Towel Cestumes.o

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 form of
polonaise, body and skirt in one, very
bouffante at the back, the sleeves rather of a
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 cambric, made with a succession of
founces; and, strange as it may seem, there
was nothing at all oWtre in the appearance,
but it was rather warm and heavy. Various
other species of toweling are now converted
into polonaises, and worn over bright colored
petticoats. That useful material, chambertin,
a kind of canvas cloth of dark brown hol-
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: A skirt long enough
to touch the ground, with straight-cut
hounce from the knee, put on in box-plaits
at the edge OF this narrow cross-cut hounce,
edged with white narrow lace, and made to
tie up the back, which is SO easy Tor packing;
semi-tight fitting jacket, the basques cut
of the material laid on with piping, and
edged top and bottom with lace. Brown
hollands are always useful for travelling
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 i-tight-ft-
ting. 1 have also seen several made with
founces to the waist, and over this a loose
jacket, the basques cut in square tabs, and
ruching of the holland all round, edged
both sides with lace. Still the polonaise is
the fashion of the year; and, whether for
travelling dresses or anything else, is most
worn. Serges, for Scotland and anywhere
where warmth is required, are still much in
request, especially black. I have seen sew
eral trimmed with bands of the same, piped
with red, and worn over red petticoat
other black ones are trimmed with very
broad black Russian braid and fringe. One
of the old shade of naval blue I 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
costumes for travelling are most fashionable;
80 are the woolen poplins, and nearly all
these are trimmed with cross way folds
piped at the top. The shades in woolen
poplins are very pretty, particularly the
grays, and slate colors, and bluffs. Mohairs
are very much improved this season, espe-
cially what are called the luster mohairs,
which are very bright, and wear better th an
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 woolen poplin, stitched on in cross
way bands. Twilled mohairs and twilled
bareges "a new, thick, useful wooden ma
teriaD, in two shades of brown, and black
and gray, are stylish and useful.
BALD-HEADED BUTrER.-A gentleman wht
had been brought up on good country butte
lately stopped at a leading hotel in st. 10
seph, Mo-, and looking over the temptins
bill Of fare made his order. It was prompt,
filled, and he was indulging in the hope of
luxurious feast, when helping himself t,
some butter, along with the unctious mass
long hair, evidently from some human era
MUM, came curling out on his knife. II,
held it up, gazed suspiciously at it for mo
ment, and then motioned for the waiter
The latter individual promptly entered a,
appearance, when the guest, holding tn
knife up before him, and pointing to the ca
pillary substance attached to it, exclaime
in voice loud enough to be heard by tn
whole table: Look here, my friend, hav
you any bald headed butter about th
house?"
IRISH BULLs-It was an Irishma]
who wanted to find place where ther
was no death, that he might go and en-
his days there. 1t WIS an Irish edito
that exclaimed, when speaking of tn
wrongs OF Ireland, 1Her cup of miser
{ has been for ages overfowing and is nc
yet full" 1t was an Irish newspape
that said of Robes pierre that che left n
children behind HIM except brothe
~ who was killed at the same time''
was an Irish cOroner who when N astxe