The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-27

latest from that goddess demands that
ladies shall remove their bonnets at pub
lie entertainments.
You may tell a woman that her ele-
CANT new dress "agrees with her COM
plexion, but under no circumstances tell
her that her face becomes her dress.
Ostrich plumes, 50 long in vogue, will
give way for time to blue-green lop-
hophore feathers, the plumage Of black
birds, guinea-hen, peacocks, ducks, gulls
and Russian green cocks.
a fancy, originating, of course, in
Paris, is the wearing of ball dress made
entirely of flowers. The garment is
really an over dress, although it is so
long as nearly to cover the other. From
beneath the edge fall some dropping
flowers, like fuchias, and entirely cover
ing the upper part, generally msde of
muslin, are flowers of one specie, or a
mixture of all kinds
4 New York fashion writer thus deals
with cardinal red : A stylish priestess
in the temple of fashion looks very much
like a Preambulating confagration
Lurid ribbons leap about her shapeIy
limbs, glowing tissues envelop her head
and clasp her white throat in bood-red
coils startling flames of light dart in
and out, up and down her dark garments
and even shine between the soft kid Of
her little boots.
a wrap of some warm material is
usually the first garment purchased when
cool autumn days arrive. barge i'm
portations of these show the fashionable
shapes to be enlarged editions of all the
styles in vogue last year. 1t is a fore
gone conclusion that deep cloaks will be
de riguelr. The style of which we are
shown the greatest number is the paletot
or deep, plain overcoat, with the three
fourths or halfftting back, and plain
sacque, or slightly-ftted front. Some Of
the most elegant cloaks that have yet
appeared are of hsaVE -g5sssss-sss III
comfort and warmth, and their simple
trimming, usually a mere border, is in
keeping with their plain and graceful
style. There are many double-breasted
fronts fastened all the way from top to
bottom, while others lap comfortably,
yet are fastened only at the throat, or
perhaps from the waist upward. There
is no great display of buttons and button
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ment, as fly fronts with concealed but
toRs are very much used. The sleeves
are ample, ooat-shape, large enough to
slip off and on easily. Pockets are on all
the wraps, and though large, they are
evidently made for ornament, not use;
these are placed very low down, some
times in front, sometimes on the sides,
and quite as often behind, and are of
almost any shape the fancy can suggest.
As this is to be hard winter, our
readers will be glad to know that COM
binations in costumes remain in fashion.
There are combinations in fabrics and
combinations in coiors.
Lace has not lost its popularity, only
at this season fur and feather trimming
must share with it in favor.
The feather turban promises to be the
popular hat. This has already been de-
scribed as covered on brim and crown
with the fancy feathers now so much in
vogue.
Black velvet capotes will be generally
worm They are frightened up by
buckles or bows of the cream colored
gros-grain or with cardinal velvet, and
the blue-green feathers as trimming.
Bronze browns with green hues are
largely imported in velvets, plush and
foliage.
The red maroon shade known as teie d,
neqre is used in some of the handsomest
bonnets, and is lightened by ivory facing'
or else sea-foam green.