The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-23
From Scribner's for october
THE Fashions.
FOrcshuGOwIpgs OF the GUniin,
Styles HAS Dresses Colors. Etc


The earliest suggestion of season bic
changes in apparel IS always observable in
hats and bonncts. The first hint of spring
or autumn is found in the slight, yet dis
tinct, variations Of headcoyerings. Al
ready the shop windows are filed with hats,
loaded with velvet, AMI feathers, and bri
liant wreaths, which, were it Il month later,
would be the envy of the passing crowds.
Now these millners' foreshadowings are
merely glanced at, and forgotten--at least
for the time. There will be no essential
variations of shapes during the carly fall.
The favorite style will be the Lcghorns,
with low, round, fat crowns and finger
wide brims, turned up against the crown
on one or both sides. This style has been
moderately popular all summer, the liking
for it increasing as the season waned. For
autumn, these hats have the der side of
the brim faced all over with velvet, an inch
vide binding showing on the outside.
Around the crown band, fatty folded or
a loose-lying scarf of velvet fastens in
number of loops without ends, on the left
side, not so far back as formerly Mingled
with the loops is n bunch of small feathers
or long plume. Under the curling edge
of the brim, turned up against the crown,
is a spray or short wreath of bright colored
leaves and berries. Ornaments of all met
als,-notably FURNISHED silver, Except OK
ydzed silver (this has run its course), are
sparingly placed upon the velvet garniture
and this, with insignificant variations, is
the regulation model for an October hat.
High authorities declare that plaids,
stripes and figures are to be fashionable in
all dress materials, for cool and cold wealth
err, which is equivalent to saying that plain
and simple shapes and mcager trimmings
are to become the rule. Plaids and stripes
and figures are so difficult to trim with any
semblance of grace or beauty, that, when
they are the mode, excessive granilure
ceases to be practicable
The pretty, old fashioned Gabrielle dress
modified and improved, is rein,roduced un
der the more preten,iOus title of the prin-
cesse. 1t is well adapted to in door cos
tunes, and like the long loved and soon.to-
be-lamented polonaise, is quite becoming
to most people. A good figure is set off,
and bad figure much helped, by the grace
full princesse costume.
However strongly fashion may declare
in favor of stuils with other than plain coll
ored surfaces, there can never be II ques-
ton rs to the more genuine elegance of
these. They are more refined and tasteful,
and always more satisfactory and oconon-
ical than any figured, striped or plaised
goods can be. One requires less guam
tity of this material, which may be turned,
according TO necessity, upside down and in
side out, than of such as has an sup and
down" or right and wrong side.
1t is believed that the deep, rich shades
of maroon, brown and blue will he quite as
popular as black during the winter, for in
and out door wear. They are pleasant
change from black, and there is much great
CIR security in purchasing low priced col
ored silks than in purchasing black, which
has become so unstable that the largest
dealers refuse TO warrant even the best
makes. Among wooden fabrics, cashmere,
drap dete, and camel's hair cloth will, as
heretofore, be the most widely worn and
promised compromise between the light
cashmere and heavy drap d'ete will fill
long-felt gap in winter goods.