The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-08-24

gold beads are mucn ADMIRED as neck
laoes with these toilets, but they are not
very long or loose; on the contrary,
though the strands may be as numerous
as fancy dictates, they are laid rather
close to the throat, forming a sort of dog
collar
One of the curiosities Ct the Philad ell
phia exhibition is a dress very richly
embroidered with real gold 1t is in the
French department of course. 1t is of
white satin with very long train. The
embroidery pattern is not at all unlike
the somewhat scrawly designs of the
window curtains from the Kensing ten
| School of Art Leedle-WOrk. But it is
executed in pure gold, and, it is sal ds,
makes the dress worth forty thousand
dollars Starr & Marcus have a dia-
mond necklace worth the same amount,
| but should myself rather have forty
| thousand dollars than either of them,
The great effort nowadays seems to be
| to get fashion out of the region of the
commouplaces to which eur leVeling
processes continually tend to reduce
All national costumes, all class dis
! tinctions are disappearing; and how to
relieve the tedium of an endles monotony
! is the great question At present we
/ have fallen back on the artistic We
| have Rubens and Tlideu and Gainsbor-
| ough hats, and costumes that are studies
of form and drapery copied from the an
| tique. The most successful copying,
/ however, is done by the milliners. The
| hats of the present season are trium phs
| Ofmillinery genius. They are picturesque,
| distinctive, full of character and as vari-
| ed in expression as thoroughly train ed
| cOquette.
There are dashing hats with deep
| brims which droop low on the side,
where they are swept by a straight broad
| ostrich plume, and turned up high on
another where they reveal the bew ilder-
| ing eyes of the wearer and the lovely
piquant face. There are cavalier hats
with high crowns round which a rich
silk scarf fastened with jewels is twisted
! which also hold ptarmigau' wing; de-
mure little hats which lie close to the
| forehead, modest and sweet as any young
Quaker's could be in appearance, but
| wicked and full of roguery as the eyes oil
the wearer which peep out from under
| their narrow rims.
Does revival indicate that survival of
| the fttest which is the modern test o
merit2 because IN that case, sandaIed
slippers must have had something tc
recommend them for they have reappear
ed, to the threatened extinction of the
noRdescr;pt "Oxford" ties, which make a
pretty foot look ugly and an ugly foo
really alarming. The French shoes
| we're neater aud fner, but the requisite
fneness and finish of the strap-wOrk
made them costly as well as troublesome
Sandaled slippers are free from these
objections, but they are only suitable fol
house or country wear, Costumes pre-
pared for the country are as pretty and
inexpensive as could be desired. Fine
hair-striped cambrics are made into suits
and trimmed with needle edge whics
costs very little and LISTS as long as th
goods. Madras ginghams are made in
to cults and trimmed with Smyrn
, lace.
Very pretty and inexpensive evenin
dresses or toiletts for little dances, Gre
quet or garden parties, are of white m us
liH embroidered and trimed with Valen
ciennes lace.
Neckerchiefs and fehus of netted sill
! lace, crepe de chine, trimmed with lace
and other soft fabrics, are used for throw
, ing over the shoulders, both in mornin
! ! and evening toilette. The fashion {
opening the bodice upon the back doe
not gain ground; but some sort {
{ trimming straight down the centre
univer sal.
= Poppy-red ribbon is much used in col
u junction with gray upon gray dresses g
|. : gsrniture; even red fans ard parasols al
= = to be seen at races and at the seasId
where a somewhat loud style is not onl
: tolerated, but assists to break up th
: monosony and create good landscap
1 effects.