The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-09-30
THE PARIS FASHIONS.
nuLE-wILD LOOKING HATS MANY CoLoRED
SILKS AND vELvETs.

SILKS AND vELvETs.
PARis, Sept. IL, 1871.
There Is great deal to In favor Of the
this fall Detractors declare they theatrical
aud romantic but Tho truth IL art dress the
day. this called style and style is tho OF
artists. What II effect Is the chief aimf What
harm thore IN associations OF pleasing natureY
What II daugh have been inspired by shade oy
the great painting should these en-
nance perfection oil their hgurcsf 1t Is rather
matter ngratulaon that there should be fashions
coors materials appropriate tor all agcs suitabl8
the and dark, to Tho slender and stout to tao
pcnsive anu TO the buoyanL
UoMBiNArroS.
The gre At rule now observed to combine toilet
that need not he ruInous and yet be fascinating.
The neecy, soft neigcuscs aud odd bourrcttes are
therefore preferable TO those materials which glttered
a lew months ago under gold traccries and trans.
formed gentle ladies into bold parvcnus How much
more sympathetic arc women IN our present SQUIRE
underskirs, corUnais OF tpoonshine beads, our
mossy tinted lowers watercc frngcs and chenille
than when they pinned TO their Jackets green
or orange ticket bearing the name OF some
four legged winner, clanking chains, har-
straps, ly-away streamcrs, portraits Of
thoroughbrsds on their bracelets and hoofs fos
cun lnksl 1t then quite bon ton to SIT In boudoira
sltrcd in dsmtcoats with whip in hand. Horsenesh
were horsey too; racing passion, = speculation
without fun; our very idioms got racy.
MIGHTY CHANGES
Society has improved; titles and fortune ne longer
suffice 10 give rank; diamonds add certainly TO inc
retugent beauty OF youth. bat nowadays even da-
monds aud youth cannot replace culture. We for all
these rcasous welcome plastic include IN
our preferences tho clicked stock ngs With opou
moo pshine beadwoTk on pink instep, the high
colburn boot which roircshingly comes IN between
sheet macadarn and ones cyesght the variety Of
ways wives dress their HAIR with marieaux soupry.
bouccs d'esprit, small IN loos. In Quarto and caDr-
DIET effects
A "REMINISCENCES ROBINSON cRusoE.
This leads TO hats. Thc prettiest aud newest il .
draD, shaggy son beaver trimmed with eight
emerald colorcd birds ali huddlcd toe ether IN front as
the loot OF a drab plume. Tho sbaggness OF th,
aspect and the colonial sonsstcrs originated o notion
the nd Of OF our modistes, zoe. Jossa
that this was the kind OF hsadgcar that Robinson
Crusoe and his companion would have liked aud,
Partisan Ike she christcncd u "Friday." Tho name
has spread and ladies avail themselves Of the oppor.
tunity Afforded by their short to Paris 10 get
.VeldredLr Not one has been unIucky a. yet IL Ia
wonderful how the slightest breeze makes al long,
shaggy elts stand up their hairs and how the
sweetest woman can suddenly look; but there
thing in being able to smooth her down With equal
facility.
QUEER
We have said bourrettcs are queer--we meant the
designs them, Tor the foundation Is always sober
gray toad, frog, myrtle, granite, drab blue slate.
Their drolcry consists IN Iumpy, knotty patterns.
marked all over them In bright orange, red myrtle,
tilleul &c. Tho study OF bourrette Is almost
citing as journey over cobbe stones. One follows
line IN the material, ior Instance; II commences as nne
hair and sets out It's itinerary IRON sslvags
to another right across width; IL IS all STOP
ped by a lump OF wool covered with silk--tLe
lump the shape q millstone II turns oil round
corner and meets s,gnpost; there II s,ops as II 70
recoilect tho way aud runs underground to the
wrong side, but jumps out again further on cooled
about with another color 1t has picked up the way
MrELL.D ny CURIOSITY
There you follow IT, keeping q sharp eve on its
mcanderings until II stumbes over heap near q
kind Of cross-barrcd garden gate. Tho o; It's
soppage is heap oil nintshadsd botches and faint,
milky pebbles that have bungled themselves IN u high
barricadc But tie persevcres, twists In and OUT
unwinding IT'S coors easily French radicals turn
into moderate republicans. All tho vcissitudes Of
human lite are symtolized on toad bourrcttc where.
as the ncgouscs are make-belcyes. ono would think
while contemplating them that lilo Is soft lambs
wool, and the parts which specified over with
white floss sand are deceptive images OF existence,
intended 10 illustrate lives carrying silver dust
along in calm, oily stream.
sILKs vELvErs.
There arc no aegorIcs In plain blue green, brown
natic cloths; they are mathematical; there
are incai squares cubes, iozengc circular orbs ana
other patterns These appropriate Tor neat attire
and they matched In corded silks with wonderful
precision Stamped vcivcts arc mostly In the
cnamois tnss and gray angora shades