, 1873-09-07
Openings OF neutrality-suspicious.
ucd Dimtnntion OF Crin-
0Iine ant Blstles,
The Last Thing in Colors---Tho
. Disadvantage Of Mixed
Goods.
BoIlncts and Hats Moro Like
Themsc1vcs--~Fea
aud Flowers.
From Our Own CorrtspoNfent.

Nrw yonu g.nt 1 1a7e
The nrornoeticat,on. Tint mr. rooi tur,,st
would bring n wnrn sontombcr pcom 1;1tcly IN
ha vorib.d. a, thona frat dova b,va ham thor.
ouchly summorial. and reue,er \ rotur, to lin
aii.n;3ato,3 rarmarta ~ tho aonvon ,rot rost
,,moat nnceaRtv. rretead ~ r1nnnin1 onc,a
ne.r canhmoree md aorroa ono has hcrn for,,c,1
10 recousflor erenad;uee and fonlanls. oontriv.
lnp lou .hov NAV ha tricke, into l,a.;,,r .not1er
month
r. thosa warm a,v. ,h,,, .r5rro y ,,tt,o 1o,,or
thov who usually h.ve tha ,nisfortno ~ 1,o " >
hohind In tho M,utuau contest vii, r,vo .
obancc, for onc. in tnoir 1;y,r ~ s.ar,ing .ssn
with tbo vo.thar.
Tn. orrs,sos
that t,vo been ho]d nm ,n iii. mor,.rt h,vo
hs., -. 81. ss;..,.s., ~ " ~. sA' y. AA'o
"o'a " 'ne Pi.no'p"1 p"]toiae1no No Is Id yet
zoo ohfly Tor tho large retail establishments to
mako any tempting display. The patterns aro
Ill moro or less in tho stylos described In INV
,rst Tho c,,;ef-end W., ,,-ottu-.x,o,,tio,,
us' sao oAlot-@Ha soiS pto''y-eAeopslon
oshg tae long 1aoKes-naeques intended to super
sode polonaiso and overskirt for the street.
Theeo gnrmenta arc realIy oross Of polonaise
and basn,,o. sufrcIenttv rosemht,n. aitior IT, bo
ua~'o'..5 ~ A'eoe4ou3 e''nos W W
IN esTle, md demand no trimming, but pip
tnge, pipod folds. and fringe Of almost
with a einpln dart. .ho ho.oua -, tron, - -, -
d.rs e,,a.,. ~. 49, Wv eu14ue ~ !tont u 'ne
a.s o1tona!ns nnsee oeio" sne waist, smu-
.as'ng 7ess,-hefng finished with etdo-plait-
ing, si1 or eight inches deep, Tho portion of
The wnBt betnoop tile dart and undor arm.aean,
Ia carr,oa e,,ur !, t,,a -. l.. ,e-.".
~ s"s- eo"a ~ sao AAeo LII ion2 aqoale .ao !;
~ p'poa oomh tne oaok cage ana across the bot
four buttons and is trimmed across thu and
with 1oan frinoo T,,o ,,an,s ~ 49,. ', w S.. ~
er,o,,h,r a,o. H. y. sAo poaqoo e.'o
n5 o'os sno puss'e' without 1u!lnesB' to tho
Under tho odge is set a sido-plaitod nonnco. tn,
or twelve incbaa doen ,yh;ch root. 49,,
tho dreas 1;kc seo,na it,. ..'nss.a ss W
.. Ao noconu shlTt-uounce.
and lee, ass though held by row of but
tons, aud simulated button-ho,es. The jackot
is either cut out in tho neck, and worn over a
vest Of sonle othor material, or the waist il nj
lowed TO run up to the neck the effect Of tho
skirt to be worn with this coat las one very
broad killing, tho top Of which rsnchos Tho boz
tom of tho tonnce on the basque.
inc description OF this jacket 1nzy seotn " fus-
ey" and inelegant; but tbs garment itself is
neither, being really simple, even sevoro, III .p-
cn,soL,xs
Browa smaller and smaller, and b,,atlss are ai-
mln1shtng to po3nt not who'll lncuu,a tlhlo
with nature. The incoming modes lvqu,ro
slight, etfaight hgurcs, to which drapery and
patfincss arc a distigurenont. The tail womcu
who require much trimming. and looping, and
aTogularitY OF design to roiieve their height
TO whom the years OF supcrabunlart decoration
hhye boen source Of dscuutetlt, niuco thereby
they were sometimes made to louA like pignlos,
will have their dsy,-a loug and bright Que lei VI
hope it will be.
Tho long bustlos made Of nprings. and reach
Ing nearly to the Anec-hatf looI,-skir, in fact
Reen to 10 tho fayoritea. They prevent the skirts
from clinging too closely tho form aud, NOW that
most figures. Tho whole skirts made OF haircloth,
OF the material eo-caled lit much resembles
morcen, only it is more ury) founccd with four
or five deep LOUNGES on tho back-breadtha, arc
demi-t1ain drosses but for tho promenade
IL required something loss elaBtic which will
sustain itsolf, aud lesvo the limbs froo in their
motion. The haircloth-nkirts are worry expon-
places them beyond the reach Of most pooplo.
Tho material eau be had by the ynrd but, as it
ia DEAR and tho skirt difficult to mako it ia visor
economy to pay the difference, and buy QUO
opo s su.tae Il oss for en- m be Is 1as4 .S
corded cloth. atarched very BtlT, aud
covered with pait6d ruf{les ncross
tho back. With slight hustle beneath, this an
swera worry we'll III place Of hnrcloth.
coLons,
III which something new has been promised, seom,
10 the unframed eye, to bo identical with tl,oyo
Of last autumn and must confess that even tho
krained eye finds It difficult to detoct d differ
enco. Almost the only perceptible alteration is,
that tho various shades OF blue-of which there
desirable this yoar than tho ollyo-greens Of last,
The fancy that came in with blus linens and cam
brics in the summer il being followed by blue
surge, oashmore, now fabric cailod cAmol's hair
cashmere, Waterproof, aud othor woolon
sluffs. Camel's hair cashmere Ia like
1no Frcnch cashmere, but Inns
also rough. hairy surface. It is tho result Of
the hold tho camol's hair cloths took upon tho
feminine mind in tho spring md summer; and
many stu1fH will be called again by that eoductive
name. Tho cAmelB hair cabhmere ia double
wtdth,-as arc most OF tho camel'shair goods
and costs s3.25 yard There are good imita-
tionB that cost about half that price, aud often
nnewer as we'll.
The deepest shades Of colors, s,-suppoaed to be
black. until luid on blnck,-are now, but not
pretty, to my thinking since they always appear
like dingy, black. There il much comfort IN tho
return ct blue as the choicest color, because it ia
the most universally becoming OF any. and tlDr8