The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-08-28
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: rrIn\>l>r IN FAVoR-HEAD-DRESS.
,,u,,or. Eazur saws: The fashionable
r;ro,;o,, II cnlorS for costumes for the
,aIJ viii l>c that now in vogue IN Europe-
; ua,y hluc with cardinal red. The
..,. '., ,In, - ht used when cooler weather
'',, ,,,. ,,iIl l,r of the INK shades ;Id OF the
,'"cr lIu,. tint known rs SphinN-co.or,
,rLirh !. The metallic blue that Is almost
tlarl The costume will be made up OF
,yool and silk aS at present. The wool OF the
n,,-Grc>s will bc India cashmere, camcfS-
t4jr or the iaiac cGrrCe, or Squarc-hSlircd
vaoilcn StutY> already described among the
rrNlv imported fall goods. The long
,,.r,noisc will hc made OF this soft,
t.ylhlc Ilur wool trimmed with the
rcr,St niuinc~ and facings of cardi-
,,q1 silk. while the lower skirt, which
!, almost concealed. will be OF dark cardinal
red silk. Very little Of the red Is visible,
bu, there i enough seen to produce very
oroint effect. The polonaiSc is Ornamented
tchjnd and down the front by long-loopcd
bow, oi ribbon that arc partly OF blue
..ro>-crain and partly OF cardinal red. The
nuiton> are blue. with cardinal stars en-
hruiticrcd upon them. In more conspicuous
rp,fumeS. navy-bluc orerdrcSSeS are TRIM
med with gay cardinal red fringe IN the
i,i.N
,hr accessories arc all cardinal rcd, such aS
Wills. >carf>. paraSolS, stockings, etc. Blue
.,rh red with whitc--thc national colors-
have hecn 80 popularly worn here during
.n,, summer that il is predicted the new
combination. in darker shades Will meet
with iavor.
rErLUNS. BLouSES, ETC.
The prpltm corSace, 1t is said. will take
,h. place oi plain cuiraSs ba>QueS when
the next seasons styles appear. These are
ha>rucS made very long on the sides. where
they NAV be either square or pointed. while
the front i quite short. and the back mas 4
,nuarc po>ition. Other ba>queS will have
very wide Wristbands in front set in at the
unirr.arm seams. and not crossing the back.
Worth makes wool dresses for the early fall
with hlou>c-wai>t> that arc held in place by
a wide hci Of velvet, leather, or RIBBON.
some of these dresses lave yokcs in the
ha.s; hut not in front Doublc-brcast-
I'd. diagonal. Pompadour, and reverS
fronts are all announced rs being III
urrparaton for winter costumes. The
Mari" Antonettc collar, passing around the
neck and extending half way down the
FROM, !, 4 revived fashion for trimming the
fronts OF corSagcs. This gives = full ap-
rrarancc to the bust. and is becoming to
Slender figures. 1t is made Of the wool OF
the ovcrdrc>> pipcd with silk like that OF
the lower skirt, and ornamcnted with two
or three tri-cornered rcver> on each end.
Many squarc-ncckcd cOrSagcS will be worn
ON iull-drc>> occasions, while palmer dresses
will have the trimming arranged in square
on he from.
DRESS SKIRTS.
The lower skirts of dresses will retain
their present clnging shapes. OvcrSklrtS
will nearly cover the lower skirt, and VIII
h.. made with >carf-frontS. or else very long
and full and draped on the skirt beneath in
yariou> ianriful and irregular fashions.
Th,. lar.c single pocket will continue in
use. placed very far back on one side. There
are no more s;t>hcs worn, vet the so-callcd
scars are merely wide S:l>h-ribbons drapcd
across the back or entirely around the hips.
The polonui>c i> very decidedly in favor
a.an II i made very long and clinSingin
front and Oh the sides, and the drapery be-
hind j. neither gathered nor pulled, but 1t
j. merely drawn back by one large bow or
by the scarf arrangement Just noticed. The
pocket i, placed so far back that it does
duiy il trimming. and adds the appearance
Of iulln">> and OF drapcry to the exceed
ingly plain back widths. Sometimes these
back brcadths are simply Tapped near the
bottom. and Il large bow Is placed where
iutN are cTo>Stu. All ulaIlliS IL uoiS WY
far below the tournure.
BRAID TRIMMINGS AND PRINCES.
The braid> that have been gradually COM
ing into favor promise to be the accepted
trimming for the winter. Canvas braids
embroidered are the popular trimming IN
Paris at present. The ground is wool, in
basket or canvas pattern, wrought with
flowers or other figures by machine, Just as
J., ,l,,,; ,lr II
in one or two rows will be more used than
narrower widths. There are various names
for these braids. such rs the Breton braids,
with flowers in relief; the Valois braid,
hrocaded with silver; the Figaro braid,
which i, all wool, and the Coatsof-mail braid,
composed OF gray or blue steel. The mar
Iow >outache braid is not discarded, but Is
used in many parallel lines close together,
and even tapping, and producing the effect
Of single row OF wide galloon. The SOU
tachc embroidery was described last week;
hi, mus, be thick and closely get to be
stylish Many small garments are almost
entirely covered with braid.
For edging garments trimmed with braid
lrihge is the appropriate choice. The new
frnges are as wide and elaborate as to al
most form the garment itself; and, indeed,
many cardinal capes, fchus, and tabflers are
I'''Iuc vi cNenllle lrlnSe. lnlS Is u silulHel
fashion, however, and will not be so much
usrd IN winter Is the richly-nctted Moor
~! frIngc> with ta>scls in the meshes, all
made OF sewing silk, and varying in width
from three inches TO six.
TIE POMpADouR HEAD-DREss.
The new head-drcSs worn in the daytime
ana IN the house by PariSiennes is called
. the Pompadour fanchon. 1t is fanchon
square OF lace with ends that are passed
uhacr the chin and fastened on the left side
by Il bow OF ribbon. The fashionable COM
blnation OF blue and rcd ribbons appears in
these pretty coiffurcs
CENTENNIAL SSoBBERY.-The Philadel-
ptla Times undertakes to ''tell the TRUTH
about the absence Of President Grant from
The Centennial Exhibition on the day OF the
national anniversary. The President and
Mrs. Grant had not been present since the
opening day, the 10th OF May, until Thurs
Gay last, when the citizens OF New Jersey
attended in such masses specially to COM
pare their own exhibits with those OF other
states. The Times indicates that the reason
oi inc absence OF the Executive meanwhile
iVs In the fact OF snobbish slight having
Dceh put upon Mrs. Grant on the opening
0a!, ana declares that whether Intentional
GF not i, was exceedingly vulgar and i'll
oied. 1t relates that on the 10th OF Aay,
mAcn the President and Mrs. Grant and the
Emperor and Empress Of Brazil had passed
Trough the principal building In the formal
,ii%hlng OF the exhibition, it was not the
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