Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-02-01
M1pwINrER SUITS.

trimmings. Ine most dlStlngue SuiIs
are of black velvet, or else of dark
green or blue. with a border of black
or silver-fox fur; or If the wearer is
young and fair, a band of soft gray
. chinchilla. The polonaise and slightly
trained skirt is the model for these.
Fox fur borders are from 50 to So a
yard and are quite narrow, hence ladies
of limited means content themselves
with a band Of black martin fur. which
every one now knows to be the skin OF
the polecat, and which a lady is apt to
test by smelling before she purchases.
If an entire suit of velvet is too ex-
instead Of the velvet polonaise once
the object of womanly desire. This
skirt is founced with velvet and worn
under a long redingote of camel's hair,
or else of sicilieIne, which is a soft rep
ped fabric, showing q silken surface
filed IN with wool of thecashmere goat.
The edge of the redingote has a fur
border or else a wooden ball fringe, and
perhaps the garment is wrought all
over with soutache. The waist and
sleeves of the redingote are lined with
flannel and it Is worn over a jacket OF
channels skin, making the wearer COM
Portable enough In most weather to
dispense with other wrapping. If any
thing more is added it is a seal skin
sacque or else a dolman Of cloth or
camels' hair.
HABIT sUfTs.
For plain costumes, Vgogne and serge
are used, and the. limitations of cam
ELS hair. The redingote is still the
prevailing style, but there are also very
stylish imported suits called "habits,"
with a basque and long over-skirt, so
plainly made, SO clinging and altogeth-
er so like riding habits, that they are
very appropriately named. The basque
is quite long and square, with fat per-
pendieular pleats behind, held down by
buttons; the front is either double or |
single breasted, and the sleeves are
tight, without SUITS. Such a suit of
dark blue cloth, with white neck-tie, or
else of dark green, or Of black cash
mere with fur trimming is very hand
sotle.
DIRECToIRE BoNNETs.
The directoire bonnet with its round,
high coronet, is as favorably received
as was its predecessor, the ra6agas,
and is almost as universally worn as
the fanehon once was. There is always
Some special style in the matter of
aewets Of bonnets, and at this moment
the favorite idea is to have a branch or
half wreath of rosebuds across the left
of the cofonet: Net aH faces, should
wear roses, yet nearly all do, even
though the equally stylish but more
elderly parure of autumn leaves and
grapes is more becoming. Black vel |
vet bennets are, as ever, the fayorites for
winter. Colofed borpets are chosen to
match costumes. The light-oolored
bonnets that were once called evening
bonnets are now seldom seen. Ladies
deliberately dressed, while theatre tot
lettes have dark bonrets 10 match the
dress, with only light feathers or
flowers to brighten them. AS for
bridal bonnets, so-called--an white
with orange blossoms-if one should
| appear on Broadway it would at one
show that the wearer did not know
how to dress well, or else was from the
far baekwoods.
THE MUFFLER-vEIbs AND OTHER
MUFFLERS:
1.-The meek is now 90 deliberately dress
ed that ever the veil, Ohee destined for
the face only, is made to do duty as a
muffler. This new Partisan fashion Is
a scarf of black, sprigged not three
yards long and nearly half a yard wide,
edged all around With Spanish lace.
The middle covers the. face, the sides
pass to the back of the head, are pinned
there and again brought forward and
wound around the neck. Perhaps l
have already spoken of the India silk
muflers now worn by ladies and gentle
men alike. They are square handker-
chiefs, usually of white. twiUed silk
with colored borders, and are tied
around the neck In sailor-fashion, to
protect the throat when ex posed to the
open reyer-coiars of dodble-breasted
jackets; they are also worn next the
throat by sensitive women who dislike
the touch of furs.
BED 6eHB JBwFbRY.
Sets of red-gold jewelry, faeeted like
diamonds, are Tiffany's latest importa-
ton. These are massive ard eypen-
siive, and their fine color is produced by
an alloy of caps. This red-gold is also
shown in sets with perforated designs
copied from the antique, and in grace
full arabesgue patterns
THE ERA OF ECONOMY.
Notwithstanding so many handsome
things are exhibited In the shops, an
era of economic dressing set in with
the panic and promises to be something
more than a mere spasm Of economy.
1t is positively the fashion to say II am
so poor this winter"-and rich women
take a special delight In repeating the
how hackneyea phrase, In the ball
room pretty girls boast of having made
their dresses-aye, even such elaborate
dresses that listeners receive the asser-
ton with arched brows; and one new
costume is all that the gayest girl per-
mits herself this season.
1t has, however, long been the gus
tom with New York ladies to buy a
new suit, wear it constantly until it
shows soil, then give it away and re-
place it with another. A number of
suits of the fashionable colors of each
season cannot be worn cut before the
style changes, and these quaint tints
look very odd when they are passee.
Indeed black suits are the only ones
that can be bought recklessly, and after
all, the blue black of one year, differs
vastly from the jet black of the next.
HINTS OF SPRING.
Scarcely has February set in when
the large furnishing houses begin their
preparations for the spring. That short
suits for the street will continue In
fashion, is The only settled fact at the
moment of writing, but / shall hasten
to convey the earliest information of
the future. 1 foresee, however, from
present indications, hat there Will be
very few decided changes. The at
tempted simplicity of attire, it is said,
will be confirmed, though modistes
shake their wise heads and say that,
however well winter dresses may look
without hounces and furbelows, the thin
fabrics of summer must be trimmed.
Nous Verrons.
Miss KNICKERBoCKER.
ONLY SEVEN YEARS.