Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-26
New York Fashions.

GIRLS COSTUME.
Very pretty school and house dresses
for girls are made of serges, merinos,
woolon cloths and hannels. A handsome
model, made of wine.colored merino,
has the skirt trimmed with fiounce com
posed Of double box pleiats with wild e
spaces between, which are filed with
straps of the material, bound with black
velvet and sewed at each end to the skir.
under black velvet buttons. The over
dress, with apron front and slightly pan
tered at the back, is looped very high at
the sides and finished on the bottom with
a bias band, edged on both sides with
black velvet buttons
VERY STYLISH WALKING COSTUME
for a miss of ten or tweleve years of age
consists of a violet -colored cashmere skirt
and casaue. The skirt is trimmed with
three bias fiounces, bound top and bottom
with velvet of the same shade. The cas-
que, which is very full and looped at the
sides, has a wide bias band up the front
which is edged with velvet and ornamen-
ted with velvet buttons of the same
shape violet velvet ribbon trims the
waist and simulstes basque back and
front. The bottom of the garment is fin
ished with fringe, and they have loose
sleeves, and velvet and fringe,
to correspond. The cape which belongs to
the suit has the same trimming.
PARTY DRESSES.
Party dresses are made of bright colored
silks and gauzes, white gaze de Chambery,
white silk grenadiue, white alpaca and
white Swiss, A very stylish costume
made for birthday party Is of white silk
grenadine, trimmed on the bottom with a
rose colored gauze ruffle, very scantily
gathered and headed by a gauze ruching
The overdress of gauze has the front
breadth ruffled nearly to the waist the
back and side breadths, which display
three ruffles, are looped and paniered very
high at the back and sides. The high
grenadlne corsage is trimmed with folds
of gauze which form bretelles; the
sleeves which descend below the elbow,
finished with gauze ruffes with ruching
above.
BOY SUITS.
A boys suit, called the cutaway, which
is especially designed for school, is made
of gray and brown cashmere, of cheviots
and cloth. The vest is high and the
jacket, which fits loosely, shows the Derby
back it is made with a collar with q sin.
gle notch on each side, and which fastens
low enough 10 display about three inche,
of the vest at the top; below this it falls
apart 10 show the bottom of the vest
The pantaloons which are easy fitting,
reach TO the knee. The pockets, cuffs and
the edges Of the jacket are finished with
two rows of narrow braid the same trim
ming runs down the sides and finishes the
bottom of the pantaloons.
SAILOR SUITS.
Made of blue flannel and trimmed with
white and black binding, and with black
and gilt buttons, gathered and belted al
the waist, and with sailor color and point
ed cuffs the knee pants are trimmed or
tAe bottom and up the sides The sailor
hat should be worn with the suit, which
is suitable for boys from three to ten
years OF age. A similar blouse or sack
opens low upon the chest, to show an i'm
itation vest.
DARK BLUE AND BLUE BLACK FABRICS
continue 10 be the choice for dressy suits
The Commodore, which is most dressy
may be made of very fine black or blue
cloth, although it is more stylish made OF
the latter. In this suit the vest buttons L
the neck, and the jacket, which is without
collar, has flaps upon the Derby back
it buttons at the throat, but falls apart
below it, to display the length of the
vest
ovERCoATs.
Both the King William overcoat, will
cape falling over the arm like sleeve,anC
the overcoat with full cape, fastened un
der the collar by buttons, are In vogue