The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-01-09
LETTER FROM NEW YORK,


/ sit down to my desk in good
spirits, this beautiful and bright day
the first Monday in eighteen hundred
and seventy three ] have had time to
&c. over the excitement that usually
comes with holiday week" and look
ing the new year in the face / can say
to him. like your appearance very
| much. hope all the readers OF the
REGISTER may be, able. with truthful
ness, to say the same. And why
should they uot-no difference what
may be their circumstances? II they
are tired Of life. the New Year brings
them nearer home If they love lie
the New Year gives them q chance to
enjoy it.
The number OF calls made this year
was nearly equal to those made on any
former New Years Day. For the frat
time in five years we had bright and
beautiful day, and, as the sleighing was
pretty good, the geutlemen-bless their
heartst they are never selfish, you
kuow-could not bear to disappoint
their lady friends, andso they gallautiy
procured sleishs and made the usual
calls, the cost being from three to ~
teen dollars an hour / wonder hew
many OF them ordered the sleighs for
their wives the next day, which is
"ladies' day? This is very convent
emit arrangement for making q plumber
Of calls or, a. every one goes out, you
find no one At home and 60 you leave
YOUR card and no time ia lost. Your
correspondent is not Of the number,
however. who made calls 80 | NAV be
hardened if right here | introduce a
little gossip cleaned from those who
called on me.
The dresses this year were in almost
every respect more extravagant than in
anv preceding year. / subjoin de.
scription OF two or three.
rHg DRESS OF A BLOND.
Skirt and vest OF pale buff gros
grain silk founc.d to the knee. in front,
with buff organdy. trimmed with satin
OF the same shade; court train and
Jacket OF b|ue silk with a satin str pc ;
the train edged BY rutfle Of the same !;
white silk overskirt trimmed with
heavy silver fringe, headed by band
Of rich hand embroidery, representing
wreath OF various colored roses !;
sleeves OF the Jacket. tight to the elbow,
| finished by two ruffles and rich point
lace, two rich bracelets on each arm,
one q diamond bracelet, diamond ear
rings, a cluster OF diamonds Of the fnest
water. fastened by blue velvet ribbon
around the snowy throat; a number OF
roses at one side OF the vest in imita-
ton OF a gentleman's huttonhole noae-
CAV. cluster OF roses also in the hair,
| which vas drawn up from tie face
! and arranged in finger puff1 on the
crown falling in a cascade Of hraids
and curls down the back; mother Of
psarl fan; handkerchief Of richest lace,
and last but not least, blue satin boots
encssed the shapely feet, completing a
toilette in exquisite taste and o. mar
vellous cost.
A BRUNETTEs OUTFIT.
Rich black gros.grain silk, skirt en-
tram, covered with black velvet round
the bottom. one ruffle bound with black
velvet, put on with a cord OF white vel
vet, extended round the entire skirt !;
above this . wide box plating, about
| fourteen inches deep, bound top and
bottom in the came manner as the
ruffle, between the box plaits a plain
space was let, held by bow Of white
velvet trimmed with rich fringe across
the ends; an ovsrskirt, very short in
front, gathered iu folds and puffs at the
back, trimmed with rich fringe four
inches deep, headed bv txo pipings OF
| velvet,-b'sck and white; plain round
corsaqe, coat sleeves. tight to the wrist,
inst allowing a handsome bracelet to
sbo~, under 'rufie' Of rich duchssse
lace; q sleeveless velvet Jacket, piped
to match the overskirt; ruftie OF lace
around the neck, coral ornaments,
crimson roses aud white japonicas in
the ms.sive black brsias, black satip
boots and behold, the lady stands before
YOU complete in all that goe, to make
the outward look like 8 noble woman.
| That the inward corresponds may we
with safety predict.
NArRoN's DRESS.
You see q ladv dressed in dove
colore1 MORE antique; shirt trained,
puffed in the back; basque trimmed
with thread lace; Goa: eleeves open q
little way up to reveal the elegant point
lace updersleeves and gold bracelets; q
handsome point collar fastened bv q
cameo, act in diamonds, hair in plain
silver threaded bands. over which a
barb 'is carelessly knotted and one o.
our best beloved women stands before
you.
Palmer DRESSES.
But do not think that only those
who could dress richly, entertained
their friends. for such 10 not the case
many appeared in simple costume Of
merine and alpaca with only q few
flowers for ornament Some / know
personally, who belong to the literary
world and Who no doubt enjoyed the
dsy a. we'll as their more elegantly
attired sisters.
| THE Foe.
After New Years csme the thaw and
the oldest inhabitant" never saw a
more deuce fog than that which hung
over our CITY and the rivers on last FIR
dsv. Ferryboats became lost In thu
confusion occasioned by the numerous