The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-08-21
FASHIONS.
A Chat With the Ladies About What to
Wear and How to Wear It.

With weather alternately cool and hot
the cOolness predominating- ladies are
but little inclined to lay in large sup
ply of thin materials in dresses, polo
naises. and suits of like ilk. While those
goods are used but sparingly, foulards
and hair stripes are IN demand. Foul
ards, though beautiful, durable, and re-
ceived with special alteration abroad, do
not meet with the same reception here.
Why We know not, for surely they pos
sess many advantages over goods of
higher price and far less show
The hair stripe has long held its place
in the hearts of American women, and
we see no abatement of their love for it.
These silks possess new beauty this sea-
son, for nearly all are chameleon-like in
hue. and being made-the skirt of the
straight widths, and trimming of bias
puffs and rutfles-they are snowy and
genteel.
The latest, and those which will do
nicely for autumn wear, are composed,
the wOof of black, brown or dark gray,
and the warp of white, gray or other
delicate color; and the single hair stripe
the color of the woof.
These silks are very narrow and ladies
OIlcn purchase llliIlN, lOItN anu MI
yards for single suit.
Black grenadine, as it is usually made
over silk, can not really be called thin
dress-for while it has a thin, airy, look
we all know that silk is silk, even though
covered with II thin material, and silk
can by no means be considered Il cool
dress for August's heated term.
\ new style of Mexicaine is out for
i. L.
mesh grenadine, and is sprinkled with
heavy woven polka dots, all in the same
color
We are told that polOnaises are surely
going out; that Over-skirts are not al
lowed; and yet we see no diminntiOn of
either.
Pretty overskirts are made i'll the scarf
style, of which we have spoken in other
''chats" Many finding the full width of
the material gathered or plated over
the hips, to meet in the back, too clum-
sy, now round from the center up. usu-
ally leaving a sharp point for the center,
nearly touching the bottom of the skirt.
Another style of overskirt has a round
| front, which pleats up very narrow, and
ends in long sash ends at the back.
A black silk, made with IA basque and
long pointed overskirt, was handsomely
trimmed with jet fringe, and the point
was embroidered with a handsome de-
| sign in jet, and a vine narrowed from
the point around the entire skirt.
| Sleeves of all dresses. unless intended
| for full dress, are tighI coat, and the
trimming is laid both up and down at
the wrist; and for persons tall and mar
row-chested, they are fully trimmed at
| the top, giving them Il seemingly becOm
| ing width.
A pretty style for muslin was a deep
| Spanish iiOunce, put on with puff and
standing frill, and the bottom of fOunce
was edged by narrow one.
The Over-skirt was deep and long, and
edged with quite deep fiounce, headed
with puff. The waist was half-fitting
| jacket, with half-tight sleeves, and un-
der each puff was run a blue ribbon.
| The over-dress was looped with a broad,
watered blue sash; and on the waist, and
the sleeves, and throat, and in the hair,
were coquettish bows of blue ribbon;
and tile fair-haired girl who wore it
| looked as sweet as a peach.
Very dark colors are again gaining
| fancy; and crimson verbenas, scarlet
| poppies, black and red cherries, as well
as birds of the darkest, richest pluInage,
with ribbons to match in hue. are worn
by all who can wear such conspicuous
| colors.
Maroon flowers, ties. etc. are worn.
and sometimes mingled with faint, deli
cate shades of color.
The heat has had the effect to mount
the hair on top of the head. 1t is braid
| ed and cOiled for day wear. and done in
tinger-puffs for evening. Sometimes the
hair Is put away as loosely as possible.
and cascade of curls worn immediately
on the back of the head. Parting the
hair on one side is still in existence: and
We sometimes see some bright-faced
young girls who, We must acknowledge
look cunning with their hair thus parted.
But Is that any sign why girls ~ who
have long since left their teens behind
them should try the one-sided effect
themselves! The front hair is usually
creped, or worn in loose friZzIed curIs
For young girls, the fancy is braidinp
from the crown, in one braid. and the
face and upper hair braided in another
each tied with ribbon to fancy. This is
styled the ''Chinois, and is at least cool,
if not very beautiful.
| Babies and all young children have
their hair cut snort-many having it cut
as often as once month.
| Extensive fraises are going out, and
the dress is either cut heart-shaped.
| quite low, and worn with habit shirt,
or the neck fits closely, and is finished
with pleating or ruching of silk, with
a frill of lace inside.
Nearly every one now wears tiny