The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-01-19
CAIRO BULLETIN.
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
From Harpcr's Bazar.l

pose crmine n preferred. Wide bands of
erminc are placed fatty on the dress ma.
teriai, or appear as a facing for velvet or
satin sashes, bssques, etc. A regal dress
made in Paris, and worn by New York
lady when receiving New Years calls,
furnishes model for description. The
dress is white satin; the garniturc is royal
purple velvet, point lace and ermine. The
trained skirt has quilted rufile Of satin on
the edge, headed by broad band Of pur-
pie velvet, with stripe Of erminc placed
along the middle, and narrow quilting
Of satin on the upper edge. Down the
front breadth tablier is formed of length.
wise bands Of velvet on which ermine is
laid. The overskirt is open in 'front.' with
sharp points on each side, and panicr puffs
behind, held up by sash of velvet. There
are two corsagcs, one high and the other
low in the neck; 10th are pointed in front,
and have position backs. Velvet ermine
and point lace trim the neck and sleeves.
or tinted to match psle silks, arc also
much used for heading tho lace hounces
of rich evening dresses. The light downy
marabou, feathers are being introduced as
trimming on thin materials, but are so
frail that they do not meet with much
favor.
LAcE PoLoSAIsEs.
Lsce polonaises are among the dressy
articles lately imported. A French fancy
is to make these entirely Of stripes Of
white insertion, either of valencennes'or
duchesse lace, alternating with stripes Of
black velvet ribbon two inches wide.
The garment is then edged with white
lace I'd over black and is worn With II
belt and sash OF black velvet lined with
white silk. This makes very pretty
over dress for the black and light colored
silks that are worn TO dinner-parties and
small receptions.
PLAIN WINTER DRESSES.
Wooden dresses for daily wear at home
are now made in such fashion that they
may be worn in the street also. The have
aplain polonaise either belted or in the
princesse shape. The skirt is usually I'M
trimmed, though single deep aounce may
be added, or else cluster Of tapping folds
is used, with a narrow box-pleating on
each side. Skirts with back breadths
trimmed to the belt with rutlles
or kilt pleating are too elaborate and too
easily dissrranged for house dresses. A
preferable fashion is plain skirt, with
merely an apron In front and sashes in the
back, like pattern illustrated in Bazaar
No. Al, vol. v. The materials for these
dresses are the wool diagonals, serges
satins and merinoes, and the softer rep
ped fabrics, empress cloths, Bisrritz and
velouts. These are now sold at from
from rs cents to 81 a yard. Tho basque
corsage is used with the skirts just des-
cribed, and should be made in the simp-
lost jockey shape, with merely facing
of silk or velvet for trimming
A fanciful chatelaine pocket Of the dress
material, or else of the fabric with which i,
is trimmed, is convenient and pretty with
home dresses. VIXEN made of black vel.
vet this will serve with various dresses
This is merely fve-sided bag, or poke,
made fat, with straight sides and a
point below-pendent from two bias straps
that are fastened on the RICH. sido Of the
belt under bow Of ribbon. Dusky OIL
ives, plum-color, blus.gray, and warm red
maroon are the quiet colors that replace
the bright blue, green, and crimson for
mery chosen for afternoon dresses. To
enliven these somber hues, gay ribbons
are worn about the neck and hair, and the
complexion is softened by amply pleated
frills of clear white muslin or lace worn
around the neck and wrists. The caprice
OF the moment is to make these frills very
full in box-pleates; this is true OF
lace frills as we'll as o
simple muslin. White Swiss mus
lin crsvat bows with thu
edges trimmed with ,Valenciennes, are ais
prettily worn with house toilets. Fo
fresh, clear compilations fine sheer linen j
arranged in side pleats, and worn as I
standing frill behind, while the corners il
front are turned over after the fashion o
English collars. A muslin bow, or u jabo
Of lace or ribon, is then worn at tn
throat.
The comfortable box-pleatei blouscs o.
last year are in as grea, favor as wheI
first introduced. a blouse of gray-colore
cashmere, or of white, black or gray oper
flannel, is most convenient garment 70
house wear. 1t may be worn with varou
skirts, thereby saving the trimmed cor
ages of nice costumes, and il serves also
the place Of hAlf.worn waists that som
times accompany good skirts. Scarf
and blue 1innel blouses, with black M
white braiding on the plests, are sold
the furnishing houses for 81; white 81
black flannel blouses are also show
either for mourning or for ladies wearii
color.. The sailor blouses Of blue a.an
have been noted lately.
III CALICoEs, ETC.
T The housewives who, even in winte
I wear calico morning dresses when attcn
I ing TO their household duties, are sdvis,
10 buy the yard-wide English calicoe
These are of firm, close fabric and durat
colors, that come from the laundry brigt
pua6 and fres al WAL, altar ue.L Tn,