West-Jersey pioneer., 1876-11-09

FOR THE LADIES.
Sealskin is slowly losing ground.
Ribbed stockings are fashionable.


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Sealskin is slowly losing ground.
Ribbed stockings are fashionable.
The coat sleeve still holds it's reign.
Poplins are coming into vogue again.
Quilted satin skirts are very fashionable.
Folds, as trimmings, are again coming in
vogue.
Breakfast sacques of bright colors are
worn again.
The new cut glass toilet bottles are cone
shaped.
Fur will be used for dress trimmings in
midwinter.
Moonlight in-the-air is one of the new
shades in blue.
Passementerie is much in demand for
trimming cloaks.
There is an effort to introduce swallow
tailed basques.
"Invisible setting" is now preferred for
all jewels and gems.
Drop buttons are used to ornament both
wraps and costumes.
Beads of silver or gold are the new neck
laces in f1ligree work.
Gloves with gauntlets will be worn this
winter with walking suits.
Bows are worn on shoes; sometimes as
many as three on one shoe.
Armholes of waists and polonaises are
corded again with fine cord.
Mrytle green and sky blue are combined
for evening costumes.
China plates now have the monogram or
initial letter in the centre
Smyrna lace is the lace of the moment for
trimming undergarments.
Brocaded raw silk is an equisite fabric
for the overdress of costumes
The back seams Of polonaises and bas-
ques are corded with large cord.
Leather belts pointed back and front,
with the points laced, are quite new.
The "Gainsborough" is among the pref
tiest of bonnets worn this season.
Costumes with basques having Louis XIII
skirts are struggling into fashion.
Chenille fringes are handsome for trim
ming dresses made of black velvet and silk.
Coquettish little bows made of lace and
colored silk are to be worn in the hair,
Dresses are cut longer on the shoulders
than they have been for some time hereto
FORE
No suit is complete unless it has large
handsome pocket on the side of the over
dress.
The hair is to be worn further off the
forehead this season than for some time
heretofore.
Silk handkerchiefs, with the border and
the inside of the same color, are new and
pretty.
Black silk circulars cloaks and sacques
lined with fur are desirable only for extreme
ly cold weather.
Broad, military braid is used for trimming
wraps. 1t is also used for stripping over
skirts and basques.
Linen bows, edged with lace and made to
button on to the collar, are used by ladies
for morning toilets.
The hair is either braided or puffed low
in the neck, when worn under the sLucca''
or 'sMassaniello" net
Collars and cuffs made on linen, having
a futed ruff1e edged with black, are very
stylish for second mourning.
Harper's Bozor says that drapery dies
hard. That is to say, that the bacl- vi
overskirts are almost as plain as the front.
Bonnets made Of white illusion, white
Spanish lace, and delicately tinted flowers,
are in favor for theatres and operas.
Many of the winter cloaks have long
pointed hoods, lined with pleated silk and
ornamented with cord and tassels.
Breakfast caps are the height of fashion
for young ladies. They are generally made
of Valenciennes lace and colored ribbon.
Silk skirts to dresses are not as fashiona-
BILE as those made of the same material as
the rest of the suit and trimmed with silk.
Bonnets made of rich black lace and car
dinal red silk, with feathers and flowers to
match are exceedingly pretty for evening
wear.
Polonaises with wraps made of the same
Soouoi UooA SaImoutS DoiHg eOgeu with
bands of cocks feathers, are very stylish
and popular.
Instead of elastic for fastening on hats
small combs are used, which are fastened
to the hat by means of a safety pin attach
ed to the comb.
A very pretty coat for little boy is made
of dark grey cloth, double breasted, and ve-
ry long. The coat and pocket holes are edg-
ed with gray astrakhan.