, 1877-09-18
THE FASHIONS.
New Styles in Dresses and in
Dress Goods.
Some Handsome Toilets-.-The Survival
Of tho Polonaise.

that the paletut oa.Ic fatr to be the leading
outer garment; II 1ld not, wns sally neg
lcctful, for It Is by lar tito most popular. There
arc ali sorts uf handsome cloths for making
shta and either cloaks, some Of whtch arc very
costly, others benG both pleasing ami incxucn-
eisc. Beaver, verr heavy, will be usctIt and
prrtty sort pf Melton finds many admirers.
There IL new nll-wouI nlatelassc which IA quite
handsome, anil wb!cl, mny be had IN black,
deep brown, tavv blue, ntsl lark gray. Other
matelaseca show an ad1n[&ture Of atlk. All
1nolls Of This class nrc rather expensive,
some varieties of nll:wool costing front
&s to SIS yarl Vefg nico kinds, how
ever, arc procurab!e at from $50 to q. The
width IL usually fortS-clgl,t inches, sometimes
even moro, but tul1ln less. Thu mixed cloths,
epeckicd, spotted, t1crkc1, threaded, etc.. grow
III favor. A very handsome ci.'ak ot rich brown
Melton IS made IN the fAyuritu long palctot.
Around the bottom Is rieu fringe u sewing
silk, mingled with lsunzo beads. Surtnountng
this Ia d very elegant passemeutcrfe sEx lnchcs
wide, Of silk conl., narrow and heavy. and OF
brunxc beads. The effect is vcry pleasing and
ao.ct1llnH novel, hc,lcc tho style will probably
be much approved. As trimming for ercry-
thing. almost, beads will be greatly In vogue.
Trimmings VI TIL, sort are included unler tho
general namu Of jct, mud eael, one Ia lstln-
gulsl,ch by prefix OF It's tn1iTitlual colur, US
hluc Jet, Grouzo Jet, viar slc lunc. etc. Perhaps
Tue andsocs as , als1 te ewest RE- ie T.f,
sort of transparent bead, very effective At night,
a,.ti a'so very lovely BY day, particularly
IN the sunlight. It's uamc gfges II pretty talr
ming showing an admirable disposition of clair
dc-lnnu bcatls consists Of a tl!lcd arrangement
Of moss-grecn sitk crllil to resemble tie luz
xy moss VI tlu wuu]s. upon this ts etrewn III
Al. }11h nrEr In 1tnt1
which giyc an appearances ot dew upon tho moss.
|. 4 dinner dress of grecn tallie is thiilHsoMciy
decorated With ba1,ls ot this mud clusters OF
tl4tni1sk nuL palo "soufro ''.tlntcd roscs. The
frl,,res nre mostly mixed with bealt but tllcru
arc 81 many lpyciy ana l,ovul styles of trimming
that friuges seciil little at d discount. Ttiu
ga!looMs are particularly attractive some ior
iumcslsatu wear lepscacnt gnrlnills Of autumn
Tlicee are will su!tc'l for trimming dresses 0E
dark blue, green, or SUING shades Of EFIy. This
latter co'nr bids fair tn play d rather protnf-
Ps"t part xo in thS T. eony S1s1,y lsisks ssc.gRs
ttuts arc shown In almost every vaFicty d nrw
materials. Carmelnc Fray Is very p'raslng, md
"souris" chInchiila will also he worn. The
various shades of hrow1!, however hare takga y
Brown oncu meant brown. nnd nothing t,lorc;
but now yuu may laVc brown .lrcss as ut,lIks
anr brown one as blue II different lrosl yellow.
Tho preference s for the .leepest Richest s'inles
nut. brouzu tinis prevail, n'll some beautiful
silks, Ut Ellstunlg Chestnut, cfluHcing coI,-
Esunt1v into bronzc. arc III immense deula1d.
0ng dress Of this, .-
which has cott,c oycr, among t,thcr Imported
things a. d nulci, has tho ir,nt brcA4th
trimmed at this font by II side pleasinE, sur
" na,ro% sr n 9na ,,r,.x 'e se 10 t1bs ahs
ar1uss tho front brca.ltls, aro three rows Of
taasui fringe, hcarilY tnsnEl!.g wft1l which are
strands of tro,ze tIeals. a band of thrce-lrel
and bronxc. The trainc.l skirt Il trimmed with
three HARROW rlt3cs. There Is n W,lnnatse IT
| branzc silk richly hroeaded with crimson. THIS
| reaches outy little III front Of the shoulder
nnd un.tcr-arrn seams, anl rcycals' tl,c centre
front o[ thu drcss whist atltl all of tho front
| breadth. 1t IL fastened DIVA cilch silu
by tlsu. emhrohiercd Ealloo's. Thu waist Of tho
dress Is cut very low. AMI sstero .llc nolu'ase
collcs upon tho shoulders It rycs tlc crcrt Of
pou,paotls neck Tic N,lunaIsu fails 10 q deep
pont On tl,c sides, nul Is worry lung In tho tack.
Where It Is tastcfully ,rapod. 'rliu bottom Is
bur7!csed by fringe aild tho gall"on. This elbow
ua.ncnted by lace, fringe, rib'osl, bows, etc.,
It Will bc pleasing to many to hear
that tlc beautiful told-ti,na color kn"wl'
,'sra r lx4 '' ona es S.rv ve,r Is aSn y.
aud fullles OF thls cul0r aro to be shown at the
openings, md will doubtless bu eagerly sought.
A very handsome variety IN this coior IL q silk
70 inusely woven os u uo LILLY i'ure saaa,
Is to bu 1nuvt. used fur gvenng Wpar and nttcr
t!rcssy c<aal9t.s Ayety l"ss5 .oes.c s. noW ac'
lux 1naur Is y IN exaulsto F!a!e " tus9 co.or,
eonletAlg y! Io!h 10y eEm aa',o II LIN. a ~
dellc.lte tawn flllliR peF'npb u iilaY 70 neat
tcslgnatuu as cameo taht: tasfc ~ lrIscssa
tsscsa o. tns, sery tois ~ slo oaGh, na 1a.!i ~!
meu WIN uoahees o1 tho SAINT eaeia eaeIu Hita
widc snlone'snhes: tho ovcsress m9naI9se .9.t
Or tn'a s!k' a"'i ~ ~ tuos ti
bcautlfnl Alatla Lnulse u!ue. - ~ nsh.neeKsu s';
ont tlet'eicsa, WINS 'no unuceMa!st ~ p.nh
Pix !o~.hseKeu, " laaMst ~, ~
noIA oach MN "ont I" "pAssIia. "9tE..
Ins tfntmhg nn t9o em:s ~. H.
tHe ioloalse consists u = nSttea sna
!!lnGe laillhE ofcr Aonhte VI F"!enc'eMne" r..
f9f Ernllafe thcsa arc oi''@ Eoses 1a 'oop' u
"n'te lase. ,,~nx a. ,,r,vr, v.,o,,
ANOTHER VERT AhAu1isoL fANHlt
Ior fall aresscs is sta!aeete; ~ presents thlI
g4uzy surface, enriched WIN hcaVy hMufes ~
sAt1n, hl!H, VI teIft.. ~ sn se't suet9Mfa
| yaFu-ahu IL not o! cAtEa Nh'lH. ~ lla3 ~ MY
~ l!t tnu heW evening tnts, aHo utesa nIa,ts !,