The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-12-20
NEW YORK FASHIONS.

NEW YORK FASHIONS.
From an Occasional Correspondent.
It is one thing to have 8 new bonnet
|iit is another thing to know how to wea
I it. A fashionable n,illiner said to me
4sWFearS your hair higher q and tn then pu
your bonnet away up Oh thestop::" asht
gave my braids friendly push, and tri
umphantly placing q high ascending
specimen of her art upon the summit
remarked with a, satisfied all, "Now yot
look stylish.'a, With an exceedingly dis
satisfied feeling, I undid her work, and
remarked sensibly that / thought
looked foolish. "Ohl never mind" was
the answer, SITS stylishp' To my regret
+ find she was right. Extremists do just
as she would have had me do. They
wear their hair in lofty foEtifcations fal
away at the back Of their hesds,s and
like turret on a battlement, the bonnet
is perched above. Fortunately, however
they are in. the minority, and such ab.
surdity is not necessity. Shapes are
|ssnothing in particular. '- That is tosay
there is no one feature, orteatures which
stand prominently forth. Crowns are
neither high nor low, nor are brims
either wide or narrow. Nevertheless, we
have both hard and soft crowns, and as
to ,brims, they speak. at least a dozen
different Languages. We have sauey
brims, tender brims, severe brims, co.
quettish brims, brims turning up, and
brims going down, etc, ETC., to say moth.
ing Of dignifed brims, poetical brims,
very youthful brims, fnll-aedged young
lady brims, matronly brims, and elderly
brims. But the last mentioned are few
and far between, far as rule New York
ladies do not grow old. This does moi
mean that they are short lived race
Far from it. Youth here extends almost
if not fully as far as the days allotted to
mans entire pilgrimage upon this planet,
nor do silyered locks oppose any obstacle
to young. lady brims filled in with all the
colors of the rainbow. For just now all
the colors of the rainbow are in favor,
not only in millinery, but. in dress goods
Not in plain material, however, for here
without exception the colors are dark,
but in the bourette fabrics (which, COM
bined with plain goods, are the rage1 we
find the brightest and most varied hues
mixed up in the most indiscriminate and
hap hazard way. For a black costume,
ladies now prefer the Teillard silks above
all others, since, while unexcelled fol
beauty of finish and durability, they are
full ;twenty-four inches wide, this being
gain Of from three to four inches on
every yard. Made Of pure silk only,
they are free from changing, and are
warranted not to turn greasy with wear
cHILDREN's FASHIONS. ~
Bourette goods are as popular fol
school girls as for ladies, but are hardly
adopted for young children. For misses
fayorite selection is dark bourette goods
piped with bright red, and coquettishlJ
finished here and there with Albright rec
bow to match, while for small children
plain dark materials are chosen, anc
these in like manner are frightened by
gay additions. Pipings of blue or yellow
are also seen, but are not in as grea
favor as red. In consequence Of sncf
preferences, we find that Scotch plaidf
are seldom worn, but in lieu thereofSaft
small shepherds checks, finished viii
bright pipings, and sometimes combined
with black velvet sleeves. In this case
| wide bands of black velvet afford a pleas
ing harmony in the way of ornaments
| ton. For girls between the ages of fou
| and twelve, the Breton dress, or the ROBE
Princess, afford charming models, Th'
Rita is likewise extremely pretty, being
especially adapted to combination suits
while the Wildred, always very stylish
is usually selected for costumes of checl
with velvet. - go
THE woMAN's HOTEL.
Ladies will be interested in the an
| nouncement that about New Year Stew
arts hotel, for the accommodation o
| women, will be opened. Although de
signed more especially for selfsupportinl
women, who as class are condemned II
live upon scanty incomes, the appoint
ments in every respect are equal to frs
class hotels, while the prices will be les
than those charged in third class board
ing houses. The cooking department
will be under the superintendeuce of al
accomplished chef de cuisine, and the bes
fare will be furnished not only to the in
mates, but to outside parties. Whil
every material want is thus cared fol
provision is made for Improvement ant
entertainment, since in addition to man.
well chosen pictufes and engravings
there will be large library, and hand
some pianos in the parlors. Persons out
side the city can hardly realize the crue
hardship siundergone BY hundreds ofseli
/ supporting women here. As rule, the
drag out lives of dreary martyrdom, ant
to provide way Of comfortable livinl
within their means, is to accomplish
work of the noblest philanthropy. Writ
ing of pianos reminds me of the uprigh