The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-11-15
Fashion Gossip.
New note paper is in the tilleul shade.
Stalactite dresses are the latest nove't.

Stalactite dresses are the latest nove't,
Moss green is the color of the season.
Felt mats are the novelty for the toilet
able.
Elbow sleeves, filled in with illusion,
make an arm look plumper.
New wells are edged with Autumn leaves
wrought in silk.
Kid gloves have bunch of flowers en-
broidered on the back.
Narrow gold bracelets are considered
more stylish than broad ones.
Wedding invitations are on shall note
sheets.
As many as twenty humming birds adorn
a single bonnet.
Ladies' muffs are quite small, and are fur
nished with tassels or fur hair.
Sealskin sacques viii be wern close fit
ting and much longer than formerly.
Chinchilla fur will be the favorite mode
this winter.
Messy green velvet wreaths are used on
pale blue bonnets, and the face trimming is
of the moss green, either velvet or plush.
Scarf pins of silver, in quaint devices, are
the latest fastening for ladies' scarfs and
wells.
English ladies who wear boys hats raise
their little round hats when they salute
other ladies.
Old fashioned purses with slide in the
center are shown at the most fashionable
stores.
Necklaces and indeed whole sets of fill
gree silver jewelry will be much worn this
winter.
Gentlemen's winter overcoats are cut
much shorter than they have been worn for
several years.
novelty for ladies is the balayeuse, "
either in black or white tarletan, bordered
with lace.
Pocket-hats of cloth, such as gentlemen
wear, have been adopted by ladies for travel
ing hats.
The new winter bonnet will enable a
women to go bareheaded at an expense OF
from $15 to $25.
The reforners are hopping it up to the
ladies about the proposed reintroduction OF
crinoline.
"Belinda" writes to the Boston Globe
that young ladies who go shopping should
n OF permit clerks to try shoes on for them.
They ought to leave that for their escorts.
The time of French women is much more
their own than is that of Anglo Saxon
ladies, because, except among sisters or
those very intimate, the awful ordeal OF
morning calling is omitted from their duties
Dress materials which last season were
daintily knotty and rough, are now mon
strousIy rugged. In connection with silk
and velvet they make up handsomely, and
are very popular.
Blonde hair is coming to the front again
as the most fashionable color. Ladies who
gave their blonde switches to the grass
hopper sufferers will soon regret their gen
erosity.
The black silk house dresses are in the
new Empress style, partly of brocade or Of
embossed velvet, or else satin If they are
entirely of silk they are made dressy by
having plastrsns or vests and sleeves of jet
or of clair de lune beads.
Among the newest fashionable shades are
the following: Dead torquoise, startled
nymph, Endymion's moonbesm nonuphal
or water-lily green, pasha's green, cooked
sorrel green, Persian lilac, Dubarry pink
Pierrot white souci or marigold yellow, anC
| matador red.
A quaint head-gear of steel-colored sill
and velvet has double coronet, surrounded
by deep fringe or strung clair de lune beads
The crown is of plated velvet, front orna
ments of pink rose, Strawberries, and {
humming.bird- Strings i'll the back, to b.
brought forward, of steel-colored satin.
AtJerome Park the new patent provost
side-cut gloves, in light shades, were gen
orally worn. The glove is entirely differen
| from all others, the buttons being scarcel,
perceptible when the arm is raised, and th
perfect fit adds to the natural beauty ant
symmetry of the arm.
Jennie June gives the following moderat
estimate for an average outfit for lady:
One silk dress ....... %
One WOODEN
One 1nuOOF i
| Summer dresses, making trimmings and belong
1ngs
Two wrappers.
Shoes, including slippers.
Hats for summer and winter
Underu ear curse.s and hosiery
| Cloak, shawl, some other outside garment-....
.SLt
1t allows, however, no margin for ribbons
laces, gloves, handk erchiefs, perfumer,
nor any of those small items of persona
expense, such as stationery, which socis
life involves; nor does it mention furs nc
gifts of any description for birthdays G
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