Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-12-20

Jockey caps Of velvet are worn by
sDsll boys.
Closks sre made almost eptirely OF
figured cloths.
Cleft halo brims are among the nov
elites in bpnnets.
Fish scal- jawelry is one of Florida'-
Northern exports.
Wells v i'll enfoId the shoulders, as
well ds the head, this winter
Some brides now set off their taper
fingers with point lace rEits.
The six.button principle has been ex
tended to garters.-N. Y. Times.
Wslkine dresses, six inches above
the ground, VIII be cleauly and sty lish.
! For pla,ner dresses the polonaiss
continues in favor, with plastrOn and
bows down the front.
The questions " hich dressmakers are
ask ing among themselves, il whether
the Overskirt is or Is not to endure.
E Yellow dsffpdils are the fl,wers worn,
the Bouquet at neck or bosum being q
necessity with all handsome toilestes.
Silk collars are covered with rows of
half inch velvet, radisting like the
spikessof wheel, from the throat out
ward.
Preach who may of the folly OF fash
lou, he cannot deny that the women of
to-day At least make themselves cOm-
Portable.
1t Is not only French fabrics which
are rich aud beautiful-American goods
are fully equsl in quality to those
which are imported.
The novelty of the season is plush :,
which has been much improved Ui
late. The pile Is shorter and the efft ct
more velvety, and comes in all FASH
iOnable tints.
A novelty which is odd, q quality
on " hich doubtless rests it's claiui to
favor since it hHs no beauty ,is blouse,
made If the heaviest kind vi cloth and
set into q yoke.
Not only heavy outer garments but
warm undertook ny Is the rule, and
pair Of thin -sOled cloth gaiters is as Out
Il place as \ greDadiue or buting dress
wo aid to.
The train Ia o macs of narrow plait.
inff. with sweeper of white lace and
uiuslin underneath, and scsrf drapery, /,
set in high on the left and lOwn on the
right, falls gracefully above it.
The grand toilette IL in one piece,
trimmed down the front
aud ut TIE sides, with long train, the
whole fastened together as one gar
snent, for which the technical term is
|confecti0n.
Outside rocke,s have Lost csste-the
be~t dressmskers n1 longer use them
On elegant dresses, and when the
weaser petitions for ut least u recepta-
Gle Tor q handkerchief the pocket Ia
carefully concealed.
American silks. though cheaper, are
rs handsome and tar more durable
thsn.the French; while velvets and
satins made in New jersey and 10 New
England take high rank for beauty and
excellence.
Letters from Paris report two ne.
cplOrs ana three new dresses. The col
|Ors are fetf- de citr0n, delicate prin-
rose; sGtItercite, described III The faint.
est of gIasshOpper green The dress
es are the DOsai,, the Kaleidoscope,
and the canoness.
Uncut plush or silk frieze resembles
Turkish t0weling in silk and Is mnch
used In millinery. OF this alsp are
made the nerw collars .ailed in Paris
Pierr0t, in Englan Cromwell collars.
They are large snd bOrdered with lace,
real or imitation, for the imitation la.
ces, are nearly Us handsome as the real,
nOw-a- days.
The Carrick polonaise is a new street
garment-iODg, Stately and novel. TIE
fastening Is straight to the bust, thence
It slopes In y sharp diagausi to the ex-
trtme right Uf the skirt front. Three
round capes, one above the other, and
es' bordered with fur, from the dis
tinctive feature of the polonaise and
give Its name.
With the advent of cold weather the
heav; wCOlens ami mossy silks dis.
played during the past two months 10
the shop wind" ~ have appeared upon
the streets. Bour ties. not Un Ike tie
wrong side OI au India shawl, sn.w
fake woolens or neigeuses-'n,j jirs,' as
The average salrsman calls them-giv.
ing an effect as though the wearer had
beeni caught in heavy snow sturn
and powdered with thick fakes.
SPLENDID EIGHTEEN.
A light-hearted, irupulsive young
lady. writing TO "A frienti nyer the arri-