The Hickman courier., 1874-09-11
New Autumn STYLES.

Back to New York, very much
| against my Will, I have come in time to
| tell my readers something of what is IN
preparation for them for the coming
season. Much will be said about
novelty, of course, but as yet there is
nothing more than an emphatic repro
| duction of recent ideas. The skirts
cling mere closely than ever overskirts
are aprons arranged with ladders or
| loops at the back or scarfs crossed upon
one side and forming a sash upon the
other or at the back. The new polo
naise is the old polonaise with jacket
| back. The rage is for cuirass bodies
and sleeveless jackets, the former diff
fering only from the latter in being
| plainly cut, fitting closely and being
stripped or wrought all over with beads
or beaded passementeries, so as to form
a veritable coat OF mail This species
Of ornamentation is not confined TO
black and white Jet, as formerly, but
appears in a great profusion IN blue Jet,
and to a smaller extent in blue steel.
These trimmings are adapted to the
dark grays and black blues in materials,
and beading, there ore, viii not be con-
fined to black toilets, as heretofore.
Probably the most recherche color
for the winter season viii be one inst
received from Paris and called " invis-
ible" blue, because it corresponds pre-
cisely to invisible" green. 1t is q
very pure, dark shade, easily con
founded with damson OF the black blue
of last season, but quite different when
compared with either. It is only in
few pieces of cloth, silk and velvet that
1T can as yet be obtained, and only in
one place that gloves will be found to
match.
Even coIors are a shade deeper than
last year, but are to be associated with
white or black We shall have, there
fore, tinted silks shrouded in muslin
and laces, black or white dresses, with
pale blue or pure blue pink fnishings
and facIRgs, and with these gloves
match, empro.'f1sy ,,s -
into the wrists, white or BLACK, like the
embroidery.
The most practical fall suits are made
of French all-wool berege, or some of the
pretty woolen diagonals, in iron gray
and dark shades OF brown. They have
no trimming, except a lining of silk,
which shows as a facing in collar, cuffs
and basque, but they are very useful.
and are accompanied by afelt hat match |
ing the shade, and trimmed with folds |
or silk and the wing of game bird.
The usual style of making is a walk |
ing skirt, trimmed with plated hounces,
apron over-skiIt and basque, often side |
plated. too.
Ena oaSsGnt, it may be remarked in
regard to ornaments, that ostrich feath-
ers will be used for dark velvet bon
nets, and the feathers, wings and the
ike OF game birds variously mounted
for dark straw and felt hats.
Small birds are likewise in great de-
mand.
Of course, there is not much to be
said about bonnets as yet, but the first
ghmpses show as great diversity as ever,
4 decided falling off of the crown and
as decided an enlargement of brim,
which is very faring and produces an
effect not at all in harmony with the
narrow, close-itting designs for dresses.
There are some close bonnet shapes,
lowever, and we must either fall back
N these or have the others very much
nodifed.-Cor. CouSier-Joaz7oI.