The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-04

worn now glitter with It, and letters from
Paris assert that it, reign is by no means
over. But in our own stoIes 1t i selling
al Iess than cost, and modisis and mer.
chants shrink from investing in It, fear-
in le,t though 1t glitters, there is nogOld
in it 5
The buyer Of one Of our largest triAm-
ing houses has recently written from
abroad that everything in course ofprepa.
Ea9On for the coming season is wrought
ES,h jet but the head Of the firm which
he represents is unwilling, even on such
authority, to "dip deeply into it"
4 new jet braid, composed Of long
strings Of buglcs forming glttteFing Ftb.
bons, with which waists Of all material
are striped, Is announced as one Of the
latest Partisan novelties,
coLoRs,
Brown is the fayorite hue this season
for all ages, The shades are many and
various, but real brown is preferred,
Next to this comes gray, and the dark
blue, which, It is said, owes its origin to
the mistake OF Lyons dyer IN mixing his
chemicals.
Plaids are popular with children, and
graver ones in gray and brown are worn
by older people.
SHIFTS OF two shades are still much in
vogue, and will continue SO throughout
the coming season. Grave, dark cOlOrs
are chosen for outdoor use, and bright
hues are reserved exclusively for
EVENING AND FULL DRESS,
Just now fashionable New York is on
the qui rire with regard to the coming
charity ball, the great event Of the season.
Marvellous combinations Of velvet and
lace-of silk and tulle-Ot gos grain and
gauze, are Gin process Of preparation
therefor. One elegant robe Is embroidered
with seed pearls, and the point lace on
another is worth moderate fortune.
The wealth lavished by our million;
aires on this occasion may DO Imagined
from the fact that tho aggregate cost Of
the dresses to DO worn BY tho ladies OF
ono family-four in number-amounts,
exclusive Of jewels, to SI2,500,
TullG is much used for trimming ball
dresses Of silk, or is put on in cloudy
puiings, among which flowers arc llber-
ally scattered. Indeed, sonlo elegant
robes appear as though basket Of BIOS
SONS had been emptied upon the wearer.
Kniic.plaitings Of gauze or grenadine
trim Colored silks prettily Tor young
ladies. A more elaborate and snowy
trimming is Of light, fluffy silk, raVcled
on the edge to form fringe, and put on
in side plaitings.
The length Of trains varies from city,
five to sixty.fve inches, and four yards Is
wide enough for tho longest. White
grenadines, and those Of the light shades
SO much admired, are exceedingly pOpu.
lar for party dresses. A pretty and not
very difficult style for making one Of
these, Is with trained skirt with full pan
nier puff, beneath which sash shortens
tho dress when desired for dancing, A
plated lounce, twelve inches deep, is
around tho foot OF the dress, and above,
to the pAnnier behind, and to the waist
in front, arc perpendicular pufiings di.
yidcd by narrow side plaitlngg, which
also trim the lower edge Of the putis.
These pufTings arc graduated from the
top downward after tho manner OF On in
verted funnel. The front breadths cling
closely to the figure, The oyerskirt-a
simple round OnC-Gdgcd by pulling
and plating, Is loopcd high on ono side
by u sash. Tho waist Is low cuiFass,
with pulled tulle bertha.
The beauty Of this dress, and ia eS-
pensC, may 10 greatly enhanced by trim.
ming with flowers and gos.grain.
Made In white muslin, with high pulled
waists, It Is u pretty style for q. very
young girl, or for wear on summer
evenings. bu
DoNNETs
are imperceptibly but surely increasing
in size, and each new shape Is q little
larger than It's predecessor.
Felt and velvet are the materials, and
black the prevailing hue. Ladies' who
can afford a multiplicity Of hats have one
to match cach suit; those who buy but
one, prefer black. Agood plan is,to have
different flowers and feathers, and change
with the dresses worn, by which harmony
may DO obtained at small outlay. All the
shapes turn up more or less, and great
latitude is allowed ~ 10 the manner Of so
doing. That most popular has the brim
turned squarely up In front, with q cIus'
ter Of flowers just above tho forehead
trying ordeal, which none but fresh
young faces can successfully endure.
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