, 1872-10-27
FASHION.


Opera hats are now made mostly of satin.
Large pearl are the correct thing in shirt
studs for full dress.
a watch-chain and 1ocket are out Of place for
full dress.
-Ladies' umbrellas are now made with gilt
| ring On the ferule to fasten to the waist-belt-
| Dress vests are now cut with but a single
button, and are very much embroidered.
Ladies' are wearing regular dickies, ssand-up
collars, and acarfs tied in sailor knot, Oh tho
| street.
| 1t is said that the long, grey, bel.ed-in u
ster overcoats will be much worn On the street
| this winter.
One inch square is the largest admissible
| centre for 8 lace handkerchief.
Garnet jewelry is very much in faEoc abroad
especially in Paris. Silver settings are pre-
ferred to gold.
-Neck-ties of very gay colors are once more
fashionable. The war between black and white
neck-ties for full-dress continues to rage, the
whites having rather the best Of it.
Pale amber is the fashionable color in Kid
gloves. Castor gloves are the proper thing for
gentlemen's walking dress; undressed kids for
ladies'.
trimmings are now made Of natural flowers,
coated with thin film of silver by process Of
e1ectro-magnetism.
The queerest set Of jewe1ry that has an
poared in New York this season consists Of ear
rings and breast-pin made Of coral, elaborasely
carved to represent that poetical creature,
boiled lobster.
The very latest style of coitrure is made of
the natural hair, twisted on the top OF the head
in fat knot, from which depend two long anl
somewhat stringy ringlets, also presumably nat
ural.
Tobacco pouches of squirrel skin are the L.
test novelty. The head and tail Of the animal
are retained as ornaments, and pinis silk or
satin lining adds materially to the pretty ap-
pearance Of the nic1nack.
Embroidered silk costumes ere very fashion
able this fall, the oTeTskirt and undersk1t being
completely covered with the finest embroidery
done by hand. These costumes are very rich
and Stylish suitable for the street, as well as for
dinner or rreception-dress.
AT the most fashionable dancing parties in
New York this winter, the carpets will be taken
up and the floors waxed. Doctors have declared
that the lint which rises from linen dancing
cloths is very Injurious, and society has made
up it's mind not to breathe napkins and table
cloths in gaseous form any longer.
The Feminine Element in tho Deity.
The London Quarterly, in discussing the
feminine element in our conception OF God,
gin is superstition, graceful and beautiful in
many OF its aspects no doubt, but, like al other
superstitions, liable to run into e1tE:vegaace,
and to ally itHeIf with fanotes socially injurious
prudent in not allowing this element TO creep
into our habits Of religious worship. Neyerthe-
less, We have something to learn from
at1ct 1t vb3c 3adlcates h.xe want an Inn IN
disregarded-the want of affectionateness.
tenderness and lovo in oug conceptions of the
Deity in His relations to US and our relations to
Him. The reason why our services aro SO cold.
SO dry, 80 formal, SO fruitless Of any sweet and
genial result in actual life, is perhaps owing to
feminine element in the character OF our Creator,
and to notion that piety ought always to be-
manly as We call it, and nover womaalY. Il,
however, any Protestant, believing in the Hu-
Periority Of his faith, contempla:es the conyor-
be sure that he will make little Or
no progress Especially among women),
until the defect of his cold system IS
cured and his want supplied until by him and
his Church the Supreme comes to be regarded
as we'll as the intellect, famliarly as weu as aw-
fully, % father that pitieth his children, as
shepherd that taketh the lambs in his arms II
from conceptions OF dignity md respect, Of pow
ciated) with God, certain order Of minds 6ndit
hard to supplement any softer or more common
ly human element, they viii find that whatever
the effect may be as regards their personal reli-
ooyar the hearts Of fheir fellow-men; they nav
teach philosophy, but they will not enkindla
piety. They viii find that what they can
not add humanity in general will add, because it
must. and that if men are forbidden
" philosophy to incorporate pity and soft to:,-
lerness into their idea OF Supreme Deity, they
yill fall back upon some other doity associatcI
Nth the Supreme, less wise and powerful, per-
!aps, but more gentle and kind. Can We love
ne same being whom We honor; reverence, wor-
hip, and obey? We answer, Yes! provided va
AVE presented to us the loving and loyabla
qualities OF his character. Many clever people,
EoweFer, Seem practically to answer, No, because
rom some cause or other they fail to appreciate
he sweetness as we'll as the Light Of the divine
ature- But poor humanity refuses to be balkcd
)ame. instead Of Notre Dieu-"