The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-09-02
THE EARLY FALL FASHIONS.
Changes in Black sIIks..ShaWIS-.
ScarfS..Kid Gloves.


They show tendancy toward smoother
surfaces, have more natural lusture, and
are neither blue-black nor brown.black,
but are Of q deep jetty hue. Low.priced
silks especially show smaller grain, be-
cause they are now free from the heavy
dye formerly used 10 give them mere.
tricious lustre and weight. Instances are
known where by means Of this dye 10
ounces Of silk were raised to 40 ounces,
and sillu sold for % or $3 q yard were
as heavily repped as those costing "a or
SO. Buyers Of silk at O. or O. 80 q yard
are advised to abandon the idea Of getting
weighty corded silks, and 10 choose in.
stead softer silks with small reps, and
nearly the lustre that is natural TO pure
silk. These do not cut or crease, and
their smooth surfaces endure friction far
better than do those with projecting cords.
Lyons silks at 50 yard Is the popular
choice for street suits; and the same silk
Of higher grade, sold for 81, Is as rich
and heavy as any lady need care TO wear.
SINGLE WIDTH cAsHNiERRs.
Cashmeres Of single width are new this
season. They are 65 cents a yard, about
three.quarters Of yard wide, and IN all
the Winter colors. This will bring this
soft, graceful fabric within the reach Of
people Of moderate means, who have hith.
erto confined themselves TO Empress cloth
and satines.
FALL sIIAwLS AND scARPs.
Bright ottoman striped shawls will be
preferred to Scotch plaids for Fall and
Winter. Scarlet, blue, or gold stripes with
black, alternate with gay Roman bars.
They are square in shape, and are softly
twilled or heavily repped. Domestic and
imported shawls show the same designs,
The range OF prices Is from SO TO $25. For
elderly ladies are shaded stripes of gray
or brown with white. Narrow scarls,
mere necktics, to be worn outside Of
cloaks before iurs are put on, are In soft
ottoman reps and gay Roman colors.
They cost from 81 so upward. Wider
scarls, TO cover the shoulders, are OF the
same colors and design. These are much
worn at the sea side and country resorts.
KID GLOVES.
Long-wristed gloves will continue in
vogue. Conservative ladies, who for
long time adhered to short gloves fastened
by one button now wear those that are
long enough to require two buttons, while
the first wearers Of gloves with two but.
tons have gone still greater lengths, and
wear those fastened by three and even four
buttons. The choice with ladies oil taste
for all but full dress occasions is the three.
buttOned glove, entirely without orna.
mental stitching, and simply bound at the
top with white or black kid. Peculiar
shades of brown and gray will prevail for
day wear. The impOrtations OF a single
house show five thousand dozens Of brown
gloves, Pale blush lavender, pearl, and
ChamOis buff will be worn with dressy
carriage toilettes, while still fainter tints
and immaculate white kids appear for full
evening dress. t...
A fresh importation of gloves displays
beautiful gradations Of color. First is a
wide range Of tints, beginning with
creamy ecru and deepening gradually to
the golden maroon brown; here are blue.
gray shades, and there the stylish stone
gray with greenish cast; next are boxes
OF putty.colOr, q serviceable neutral tint
that may be worn with any dress; here
are nut and leaf brown shades TO match
special dresses, and the soft pinkish gray
canoes to wear with shaded costumes;
blue-tinged lilac Is prettily placed in con.
trast with the loveliest blossom colors:
while to satisfy most outre tastes are
bright green and blue, purple, and even
reddlsh.maroon shades. For those who
prefer ornamented gloves there is deli
cate white or black stitching on the back,
and welting oil kid TO match on the wrist;
but untrimmed gloves are less conspicu.
Gus, and make the hand look slender.
There is reduction in the price of gloves
imported for fall and winter. Those
fastened by one button arc 81 G5 a pair,
or 80 so for half dozen pairs; those with
two buttons sold last season for 81 %, and
are now 81: three, buttoned gloves are
90 so pair; four buttoned, 50 70; and
very long gloves, fastened by six buttons,
to be worn with short or half-long antique
sleeves, are IS %.