The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-12-30
PARIS FASHIONS.

FORMATION OF SOCIETY FOR THE fRoTho'
rIoN OF THE pInDs-rEATHEIs USED IN
TRIMMING LADIES DREssEs--A NEW CARS
MENr-DouBLE-FAcED vELvErs
PARIS, Dec. g. 1871
sT0us goats sont dams la natue say tho French,
with a significant shrug of their shoulders. may
add les modes AUST, especially when pug-noss
radshes tiny and Brussels sprouts made
up for love knots in punches of ribbons; only iasla
no, TO be encouraged with even smile, taste out oil
Nature. is the everncreasing one for dead birds ~
is the fashion them for screen fans; whom
held in hand they have all the appearance Of li'e
songsters grazing tho finger and wrist of their owner
to which they attached by chain and ring,
as in the days when hawking was feminine
spor1 but pull at their beaks brings iortn
rice paper silk fan and the charm OF their ianced
tanner vanshes II is quito satisfactory TO have hero
TO state protest against tho most cruel havoc OF
birds has boon made by body OF gentlemen who
have joined club for the ervation Of the sweet
eahered tribe 1t has already met with the sobriquet
OF ''canar manie canaries OF elongated shape ana
almost color instead OF yellow are the chet
subjects placed under special protection, but nick
name matters ltie the rare valuable species will
outlive 1t and multiply.
FgATnERs.
Very few things In reality without feathers.
Some beautiful embroidery on tue is shaped Tor
lcnus and the crowns Of opera caps All birds afford
treasures including the quill Of the waddling goose,
the wavy rainbow cocks tail the substantial specified
hens mothcrv wing, the ilasning pncasant's breast
and tho guinea fowls strutters. But the WIDE
spreading ostrich wing and its under vest
in greatest demand, for banana leaves ara
formed with them and they frosted and cured and
sweep marble shoulders or cluster over precious
stones and sometimes shade tho hand of an Inianta
while she writes gushing love letters to the King Of
Spain. An ostrich quill with golden holder and pen
is powerful such occasions az the wand OF a
fairy Thus all voatilos stripped for some object
or other required by Dame Fashion, but the swan
mostly Tor the inside OF that narrow garment no
longer called pctncoat, but 'discreI" IL barely
covers the knees, but eafn, II does them by
few contimesres; and there IS one occasion in daily
life when poor little s'discrep' is useful as cush-
ion. 1t is when admirers will fall down at ladies'
knees for sotens great deal that in this period Of
plastic exiguity would without II, be angular and
have tho OF promptly restoring manhood to its
perpendicular
SOMETHING AvToD.
Very long wasted women should avoid tight prin-
cessc bali robes nothing Is less plastic than Nay
pole The only way to conceal the excessive length Of
some spines and the solitude OF fiat surfaces Ia
to adopt either and garlands OF flowers old
silver hhgree straps, which wcre fat chains in the
medieval period and arc loosely hung from tho waist,
falling over the hips with graceful loops OF antique
bows added to thcm as traits OF foliage which reach
the part which funess OF tulle gauze commences
On the other hand princesse tit on good figure is
perfection The bust free, though enclosed IN glowing
SATIN rising out of the floating materials which now
initiate mist, is about the poetic form Of evening
attire, and quito suitable for budding seven
teen as for twenty -Ave swelling with the varied undu
latte n m tura
ers likewise Tor full figures, but thcy thicker be.
tween tho back bones the and in 'front.'
where they diminish iii width TO mere cingng leaf.
RRvERsBLE vELvETs.
The pretiost reversible velvet is pale green on one
sido and blushing pink ON tho other There arc
richer shades aud which go through the whole
camut OF harmonious blendings, but the pacst are
most effective under gasght with tho bright. plain
chambcry tissues and delicate crepuscule and aurora
tin.s or satin fale 1t is hard TO say crpusce
is mauve smoke gray It is Of the color noticed IN
some Of the antique drapcrlcs on neutral green. All
the double faced ribbons beautiful In themselves,
but when cunningy Knottod they are brilliant and
yet ae0IigG
a THE STAGE SHOWS.
Two now pieces have as usual In Paris, shown how
much can be made OF double-taced Styles and that
they are Irresistible in spite OF their hypocrisy Tho
costumes are all sunny in the ''Fondango' ana very
old-ashioned in the 'Mariages d'aureois," bat tho
two extremes amply supplied by the novelties or
this season. In the boxes at the opera tho
Duchess Decazes for whom had been ordered white
toilette tr mined with pink azalcas; her sistcrwas in
auricula velvet and strange Vatican hcaddress
The duchess called la belle cameo in creme brocado
and wore golden diadem in her dark hair But richer
than even these olettes certainly that has boon
made Patti half GOLDEN cloth and haf ruby vel.
vet; the golaen cloth not glaring, it Us almost
lustreIcss and the ruby Is OF the rough shade which
distinguishes this stono before polish. While men-
t,onng theatrical subjects, will not overlook that in
piece played at the Vaudeville there in the
second act from which the talkativc is excluded.
Men alone the stage, and II Is splendid oppor.
tunity to judge Of the faculties for gossip small talk
and scandal possessed by that portion OF humanity
who brought up in the bccf that all tho mischief
making is done by Eye's daughters.