The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-10-26
FALL FASHIONS.

SILK CIoAKs AND SACQUEs. Few
long sleeveless circulars will be worn, but
a beautiful wrap answering the same
purpose is made with four seams, the
| black slightly gored in to cling to the
| figure, the side seams from the neck down
the shoulder c%urving gracefully, while
long, narrow sleeves are set in, low
enough down TO give good effect TO a
stout figure. This wrap will be made
up in Siciliennes and plain or repped
silks, amure and matelasses being also
fashionable for such garments; iringes
and heavy GALLONS will be used for
trimming until the winter season, when
furs will be employed. Long plain
sacques of silk or the repped and figured
woods will be worn until late in the
season and, if made with regard to the
figure, are becoming to nearly every one.
Shorter silk sacques will be moderately
fashionable, a long Louis Qlinze being
one of the new suggestions.
The pretty pale-hued cashmeres intro.
duced last season are coming into special
favor for evening wraps. Four yards
will make a mantelet, and the designs
are various; crossed pieces in front n
end longer than the other, and which
may be thrown over the shoulder diago-
nal seams-all such ideas find their way,
with many others, into these garments,
and the fanciful galloons form a beautiful
trimming.
FALL WRAPs.--Although too early in
the season for wraps of any weight, yet
even fall costumes must be made up with
some reference to them. The designs in
wool and silk costumes provide for some
kind of outside wraps of the same mate
rails, which may be worn later in the
season and at no time has fashion so
leniently considered every type of face
and form. With the costumes, includ-
ing overskirts or upper drapery, sacques
and Jackets of various lengths are shown,
none, however, being very short, while
every possible variety of cut and trim
ming is displayed. A wool and silk cos
tune trimmed with hands and buttons
had a jacket fitting closely in the back
and loosely in front, cut with long front
pieces, the sides being cut short and
square, the back similar To the front.
From the side pieces straps of silk but.
toned down into the dress, while the
back was trimmed with downward straps
and buttons, the front to correspond.
Some costumes have long plain jackets
very little trimmed, and others have silk
jackets in one color, which may be worn
with any dress that harmonizes. The
most popular form is the simplest
modification of last years long sacque,
although that will also be used to a
certain extent. Until late in the SEASON
the p~olonaises need no outside covering,
unless it be one OF the light ichus or the
crossed Dolman. The Dolman OF last
year is altered this season to a more be-
coming garment--closer seams, longer
front pieces, and a more clinging effect.
1t will hardly be SO popular a wrap as
formerly.
BoNNETs.-Felt bonnets are not seen
among the earliest i%mportations for au.
tumn. Various materials are employed
for the covering of bonnet frames. The
shapes for fall and early winter retain
the favorable characteristicso last season
with welcome improvements. Prominent
among the new shapes is one suggested
by the popular capote of last season, the
brim deeper and better shaped. This fits
the head closely at the side, aud can
have lace trimming or not, according to
individual fancy. A second style has a
round crown, with brim slightly bent a
la Marie Stuart. Another style has a
diadem front piece above a curved band,
where the flowers or face trimmings may
be set in. The modified cottage shape
Ill a1,n h morn and 10 nnrtInnIarlv
youthful and pretty. In general effect
the bonnets are small and dainty in
design, while their trimmings are entirely
novel. The fabrics to be used for the
covering as we'll as fall trimming of fall
bonnets, and probably those worn late
into the season, are silk, plush, satin,
and, for ordinary wear, wool material
like the costume. The colors are various,
plush of delicate hues being shown in
dress hats with satin trimmings, or vice
versa dark rich s%atins, the rev tints in
old gold, mulberry and garnet, bronze
and seal brown, being prominent. The
bonnets covered with plush have outside
trimming in soft rolls or loops, and face
trimming in satin Of the same shade,
while those covered in satin have a ban
deau of plush outside and in, loops at the
left side, and occasionally a binding OF
plush or a tiny pleated cape. This, OF
course, only forms the foundation both
flowers and plumes will be used, the
forme, in endless variety, although there
are certain styles, simple, rich, and ele'
CANT, which will take the lead. Feathers
will be used as complete trimmings for
tho crowus eff all the honnets described,
and are shown in every conceivable shade
and color. A pale blue has the aigret of
darker blue going up the center, and
may be effectively worn on a blue satin
or plush bonnet. The short tips have
given way to a three-quarter-length
plume, which will partially encircle the
bonnet, being finished with loops of satin
or plush, or flowers. The cloth bonnets,
like the costumes, will be trimmed with
a bandeau of silk OF different color, Of
! feathers, later in the season, with a mar
| row rim of fur.-Harper's Bdsar.