Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1871-07-19
Fashion.

Thin gauze wells are fashionable; also
light blue tied about the neck.
Sleeveless jackets of lace, worn over
Hghf-colored silks or muslins, are pretty
and stylish.
Bathing shoes are of plated straw or
of oil skin, tied to the ankle by bright
colored tape.
a mania for white vests with gilt but
tons has broken out among our would
be swells.
Miss Nilsson's summer toilettes are the
admiration of her set. They are sim
ply exquisite.
Some gentlemen affect entire suits of
white linen, leading friends to imagine
they are spotless.
Sunshades with perfume bottles at
tached to the handles is the latest Flora
McFIimsey wrinkle.
Blue is the fashionable color this sum-
mer. All the girls at the seaside appear
to have the blues.
White morning robes are much in
favor among young ladies. They look
so spirituelle, they say.
Bonnets, except for church or state
occasions, have been discarded for the
summer by our fashionable bellies.
Jet ornaments are in vogue again, es-
pecially for breakfast wear. Long pen
dants are the style for earrings.
The new Maud Muller hats are just
about the nobbiest, most jaunty little
bits of head-gear ever introduced.
Very beautiful fans are of white lace
stretched upon coral orje frames and
ornamented by gilt or coral bali.
Fashionable hair dressing-Do it in a
fashionable mess in front, and let it
hang down in pIaits and curls in the
back.
Violet wood fans are the latest novel
ties. They are fragrant, are quantity
carved, and bear the owners mono
gram.
BOnnets have been almost entirely
discarded for jockey hats by our fashion
able young ladies in town and country
It is fashionable to order your we'd
ding dresses to be designed and made
up by French man-milliner as ''fit for
a princess" It is questionable to pay
like princess.
Double-breasted jackets are worn cool
mornings and evenings by ladies at the
seaside. Those of white cloth, trim
med with velvet, are particularly rich
and handsome.
Entire dresses or robes OF white are
fashionable for morning wear in the
country. Some are verp elaborately
trimmed with lace and made with
alarmingly long trains.
Evening dresses for summer wear will
be of thin material and generally white.
Very beautiful ball toilettes are made of
white gaUze texture trimmed with.silver
fringe.
Pendent earrings retain . deal of fa-
vOr, and some new and rather unique
styles in that line have been recently
introduced. Those of jet are only suit
able for breakfast wear.
Black and white lace jackets, made
without sleeves, and worn over some
brilliant colored silk, are very elegant
and fashionable, particularly among
the ladies at Newport.
High English cut-throat collars are
generally creeping into fashion among
our metropolitan bellies and beaux.-
They are not becoming to those having
eXtravagantly long necks.
Wax candles instead of gas are used
to light the most fashionableand exclus-
i've houses on wedding occasions, reoep-
tions, &c. The complexion and pearls
look best in such Il light.
Cloud is the name given to Il bit of
fine wOrsted intended to encircle young
maidens' necFs on cool evenings. Their
eyes and nose can only be seen peeping
from beneath the cloud.
Striped calico and percale polonaise,
in the Louis XIV. style are becoming