National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-03-17
Varieties i'm Fashions.

NNiittN~ III TuSHiVuSs
Tulc satin, out OF vSgue ior some time
past, is promised among the things tc
be restored in the coming regjme o.
fashion. It's best colors are shades o
mouse-color and grey.
Buttons used SO sparingly for long
time, and only usefullv, promise to bea,
"A part i'll the ornamentation of spring
costumes.
Some snowy toilettes, mostl,
in bright colors, have been seen recently
with broad bands of velvet extending
perpendicularly from the point of tho
demitrain to the waist. It is move
design, but has the effect of an accum.
mutation of trimming.
Embroidery upon the material, one
with black floss or silk, with faint
sprinkling of Jet will be among the novel
ties of the coming season.
Handkerchiefs, with ruties of three
inches in width, are i'll favor again, and
futcd, and pretty.
without the great the momentous ques-
ton of the black rs. the white necktie,
for gentlemen, being settled, and the
argument has ended by each individual
choosing for himself
1t is doubtful if many ladies' can be
found willing to assume the discomfort
of trimmed dresses for the street, partic-
ularly during the doubtful weather of
the weeks Immediately upon us. The
fashion has yet to be stamped as a
success.
A decline in the price of light shades
of gloves is noticeable. Dark gloves,
even with full dress suit, are worn by
gentlemen at sociables and other small
gatherings. Letters of Washington cor
respondents say that the same ladies
appear at the various full-dress receptions
there, and that they wear the same cos
tunes, time and again. This may be !
dull for the letter-writers and reporters, |
but how thoroughly enjoyable for the
ladies, who may thus find time for some
thing besides the consideration of toll |
cites, and how satisfactory to those
obliging fellows, the bill-payers Such
Il state of contentment with little must
be delighted.
The most fashionable gage d' onou,
ut present is cameo likeness of the be
owed features.
The newest watch-chains, for some
nexplicable reason called Opera" are
he handsomest of the season. One end
the watch. the other beng
with an acorn and tassel Of
,old.
Slippers of sealskin are giving way to
'retty affairs of quilted silk satin and I
'ralded velvet, or fancy kinds of the most
brilliant colors. ornamented with ribbon,
II designs in bullion. Slight heels are |
referred, and frequently there are no I
eels at all on the handsomest slippers.
Sealing wax is again in vogue for
istemng letters, and tinted note paper, I,
luared and plain, is fashionable 1t is /.
o longer positively indispensable to use !;
ne S monogram on tinted paper. !
\ HORSE AUDIENCE Pl1lssaan Off :,
nr relates that shortly after the retaking .
Orleans by the Germans he happened n
, be passing through deserted street n
nd on coming in front of what had for h
erly been one of the most popular Cnfe a
hattcnts of the town, but which was now ~
opposed to he closed, he heard the
'ep, NIDTdHt tones Oh grand piano,
ayed upon, apparently. by some mas y,
T hand. There was also heard in the ';
tervals tramphng as of many feet. r. r.
large audience Curious 6,
know how such thing could happen -
soon after the confusion into which 4
e town had been thrown by the recent ~
title, he entered and found seated on =.
e music stool Prussian train soldier, -.
nile all around him in the vast audi =. ~
nee hall-which had been brilliantly -
,htedu up for the occasion-and pressing ~,
,se up to the platform, were his charges, -
great troop of horses, who filled the VI
use and stood with pointed ears and
ect heads eagerly listening to the music
An Englishman recently hanged him ~, 1ir
I in Oxford because he had contribut-
nothing to the bronze statue of r
ltenberg, made by Thorwaldsen for -. 10
linz, which was put up some years '''
0 near the theater of that city This
one of the most remarkable reasons TIA
suicide we have heard of. The self sh
yer must indeed have thought poor wi
euse better than none or,
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The Radical party in Russia has plan WI
give a crushing blow to the influence
the mobiles by taking ont of their