, 1876-11-03
New York Fashion Notes.


GExrLrNrx use very small visiting
cards.
FALL ." opcnings" are now taking
place.
CREAN-vHITE lampasis used for over
dresses.
VELVET flowers are used in the gar.
niture Of hats.
JET and steel ornaments are seen on
new Fall hats.
BRAIDs embroidered in fancy silks are
a novelty in trimmings.
A BEAUTIFUL female foot is said 10 be
one-seventh Of the lady's hight.
The costliness Of chenille net for over
dresses will prevent its ever becoming
common.
IS introducing a gentleman to lady
it makes no difference which name is
used first.
FEATHER tips-many on one hat-are
to be used in preference to long plumes
this Winter.
SILKS used for evening dresses are in
shades of pale blue and pink. White is
also in high favor.
Sc1ssoRs are made to fold up so that
they may be kept in little leather case
"a pocket convenience.
LADIES visiting cards are very large,
and have the name and residence en-
graved to look as if written.
Low shoes are we'll enough for out
door wear in the country, but are
scarcely proper on city streets.
EVERYTHING is to be laced this Win
ter instead of buttoned, the backs of
sleeves, overdresses, polOnaises and
waists.
GENTLEMEN visiting cards, to be es-
pecially "nobby" should have the ad-
dress engraved in the lower right hand
corner.
Two materials-not two colors-are
to be combined in outside wraps, in the
same manner in which they are en-
ployed in dresses.
The rage for cream color has been
carried even into the region of collars
and cuffs, and ladies now wear yellow
linen instead of pure white.
FRINGE being a popular trimming for
costumes, a new and striking effect is
made by combining in the fringe the
colors or shades used in dress.
The distinctive qualities of new polon-
aiseS are tight-ftting, long waists with
skirts closely drawn across the knees,
and made long and flowing in the back.
RED, cardinal and caronbler- shades
of the same color-still remain popular.
They have been in vogue all Summer,
and those supposed to know predict
their use another season.
TIE bebe (baby) bonnet, modifica-
ton of that worn by young children, is
to be quite generally adopted by ladies
with youthful faces, and by them is
designated perfectly lovely"
A VERY dainty robe de chanabre is made
of white cashmere, cut Ia Wdttedu, and
lined throughout with blue silk, slight
ly quilted. Blue silk collar and cuffs
ornament the neck and sleeves.
For stately danes and matrons even
ing toilettes are made of heavy brocade
or velvet. Youngladies who care much
about dancing still show a preference
for light gauzes and less heavy silks.
OLIvE-GREEN is combined with gos-
ling green in hat trimmings = plum
color with ight-blue, maroon with blue,
brown with cream-color, while black
velvet is mingled with Innings and fac
ingS of any Of the pale tints.
BLACK dresses-of elegant materials
to be sure-have been considered en-
tirely proper for evening wear of late
years; but we now hear of change.
Light colors are in favor again for all
but very elderly ladies.
VELVET will be more popular as bon
net trimming next Winter than it was
last. A material called mole-skin plush
will also be employed. 1t has longer
and more heavy pile than cut velvet,
and yet it is not like the ordinary plush.
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 falls some dropping
fiowers-hke fuchias, and entirely COW
ering the upper part-generally made of
muslln-are flowers of one specie, or a
mixture of all kinds.
HIRING HoRsEs.-Ithas been decided