Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-03

that the surface is positively shaggy.
The excellent and ylish vigogue twills'
so serviceable for travelling suits and
other dresses that get hard usage. are
made HEAVIER, and warm enough for winter.
They come in natural wool browns and
dark iron gray. There are also quantities
of domestic mohair goods made in imita-
tion of camels-hair, and called such by
the uninitiated.
The summer goods like Turkish towel
ing proved so popular that warmer fa-
brio resembling this has been designed for
winter redingotes. It is French mix
ture of wool with common sllk-that is,
the waste silk of the Lyons factories.
Thick, flexible and rich looking, it has all
the qualities so commend it to favor.
CAsHMEREs, MERINOEs, ETC.
Cashmere has become a staple winter
fabric, snd is imported in various thick
nesses under different names. The old
time small-twilled cashmere restored TO ia
vor during the reign of Eugene is still the
popular choice, and seems to defy all nov
elites. Polka-dotted cashmeres are import
ed for children's dresses and for morning
wrappers. The grounds are black, with
scarlet dots, or else deep Napoleon blue or
purple, with black or white dots, or lighter
dots of the ground color. Merinoes and
the lower-prlced satines are also largely
imported.
ENGLISH AND FRENCH CALICOES,
English prints improve in texture and
designs yearly. The prettiest patterns for
the approaching autumn have black or
dark brown grounds with small figures OF
one color, or perhaps two shades of one
color, representing part of a Greek square,
double leaf, mammoth snails, miniature
comets, true-lovers' knots, in buff, violet,
blue, green orcurrent red. These will be re-
tailed at 81 1-2 cents yard, and are a yard
ide. Others slightly more expensive are
strewn with small white hexagons, with a
tiny bouquet inside in French chintz COL
ors. French calicoes are in gay stripes of
many mingled colors in Persian fashion
and may be called Shah stripes.
FALL MILLINERY.
| A few trustworthy hints are obtained
about fall millinery in anticipation of the
opening soon to take place at the whole
sale houses. The coming bonnets, it is
said, may be trimmed either as hats or bon
nets. Their crowns are amply broad, but
not high and coronets, when worn, will
be the highest ever known, though there
are many shapes without coronets. Whittier
covering is to be worn so far back that ii
will only cover the back of the head. Vel
vet, pure and simple, will be the fabric
for winter hats, though much royale (uu-
cut velvet) will be combined with it. Fell
bonnets will be worn in Europe, but have
never met with much favor here.
A new fabric for trimming. called gro:
dOrient, is soft twilled silk as glossy a.
satin, and of better quality that the twilec
India silk worn for neck-ties. This is ex
pected to take the place of turquois,
silk now used.
| Flowers are larger than those latel,
worn. Mommoth roses and large bud
not quite blown are shown in the new
grosellle red and the 7imon yellow of las
year. This association of red and yellow
is already popular, and will continue in ia
vor, as both blonds and brunettes wear it
Dark brown bronze roses are also shown
Trailing vines and leaf sprays are import
ed, but at present do not sell readily. I
tricolor cluster Of roses-pink, white an
scarlet, or else pink, crimson and yello,
will be much used on fall bonnets 10
the clusters worn low down behind. Rose
! bud bouquets, long g-stemmed and made VI
! of buds of every shape known to natur
and some suggested by art, will be stuc
under the side brim of bl ,ck velvet roun
; hats worn by young ladies. Several color
will appear on one bonnet, blended in th
exquisite fashion introduced last spring b
) a leading French milliner. Two shades
u a color, the extremes of light and darl
will also be used again. Finely cut stee
very highly polished, is the garniture use
in imported bonnets. 1t is shown in sligt
: fbrous leaves, that tremble and glitter lik
= jewels. Cherries, currants, grapes an
berries, and other small fruits are anon
d the " artificial trimmings on French hat
) S-Harper's Bazar.