, 1876-12-01
Fashions.
LATEST CoNCEITs AND NOVELTIES or THE
MODESTO AND MILLINEE.

cream shade called tilleul. or linden col
or, orulse the gray cardinal or caroubler
red velvet.
MANY OF the neat, compactly-shaped
bonnets that suit simple tastes are
shown. but great number have large
punches of noddiDG feathers, hanging
SPRAYS OF flowers and flowing ribbons.
There are turban' bonnets that are re-
aily nothing but crowns worn far back
on the head, with hanging strings.
Some of these have MotherGoose crowns,
while others are broader and lower,
with many feathers upon them.
The trimming surrounds the crown,
and this is the only positive rule, as IN
some bonnets it is massed on top, IN
their greater abundance down the mid
die of the crown, with merely band
around it.
Marie Stuart pointed fronts, with
ample sides, are among the new shapes
for dressy bonnets to be worn by ladies
who like broad bonnets, as opposed to
the present narrow shapes. The point
is not always directly in the middle of
the forehead, but is sometimes atrifle to
the left.
Velvet is most used for tho bonnet
proper; bias silks are twisted with ve!-
vet for trimmings, but soft twilled or
basket-woven ribbons. or these with
double-face satin on one side and gros
grain on the other, are preferred for
twisting around the crown and for the
hanging streamers.
Embroidery on dresses is the present
fancy1of rich women in Europe, and is
being used here on full dress toilettes
and elegant costumes for the street. The
tablier breadth is usually covered with
needle-work, and there are many yards
of wrought bands for borders and as
headings for founces.
A three-cornered neckerchief is now
worn outside of fall wraps instesd Of the
long scarf of lace. They are made Of
white lawn edged with lace-either Nal
tese, Valenciennes or Michlin-and are
so shaped that they fit into the shoul-
ders with short point behind, and the
long ends are placed straight down in
front almost to the belt, in lieu Of ia
bot or a fuchu,
A charming novelty is q tiny fiat bow
of linen edged with lace, and provided
with button-hole in the middle, which
is to fasten it to the collar button of gold
or pearl which ladies now fasten their
collars with. This is the neatest orna-
ment possible for ladies who appreciate
the fine linen collars which are now
worn all occasions except those where
full dress is required.
The stylish, simply trimmed bonnets
have punches of two or three broad up
right loops of silk or ribbon on the left
side, with two short ends fringed out,
while on the right side is an erect os-
trich plume put in low down, and posed
80 that the end will curl up over the
top to meet the loops from the other
side. The back part of the crown is
left plain in severe looking fashion
that is now in favor, or else it may have
two long streamers of ribbon hanging
thence.
The dark-colored velvet and felt bon
nets are usually of one color, with the
merest suggestion of some light, con-
Trusting shade, or of the inevitable car
dinal, by way of relief. Thus myrtle
green velvet bonnets have ostrich feath-
ers that arc shaded with myrtle to lin
den green, while others have cream
colored azaleas for contrast with dark
green. Seal brown velvet with cream
colored cocks plumes is much liked.
Plum-colored velvet is frightened by
linden plumes or by flaming cardinal.
Velvet is the material most used, but
felt bonnets, and especially round hats,
VIII not be abandoned. Harpers' Ba-
Ear.