The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-10-20
ITEMS FOR THE LADIES,

a pretty tress for a little girl.
Buckles OF small autumn leaves are a
novelty for hat ornamentation.
One of the simplest and prettiest hats
this season is the "lmperatrice."
Silk jewelry, made bright with hand
painting, is shown in novel designs.
Undressed kid gloves appear with
gauntlets instead OF several buttons.
EARRINGS and bracelets, entirely OF
orange buds, are a novelty for brides.
Twenty-Gour buttons on each glove
will exhaust the patience of any Wo.
man.
In demi-season bonnets the newest
are small capotes, and they are very
pretty.
The latest nonsensical novelty is to
have the monogram cut deep into the
"Sole" of the boot.
Fashion favors the greatest possible
depth in frnges, some Of which meas
ure tWenty-lour inches.
A notable feature in all the imported
Iall tOiIettes for street wear is the cllng-
ing to dark, decided colors.
A great addition to the white wooden
suit is a vest embroidered in the color OF
the velvet ana spending reyers aud
cuffs.
The new autumn costumes that are
being prepared in Paris just now, are
all made more or less after the polonaise
fashion.
The CreedmOor pOlOnaise walking suit
is an eXCelle Mt model of Il costume that
is not only stylish but simple in It's con.
structiOu.
RiVerhead, l.. l., clergyman recent
ly united IN marriage man OF about
twenty and woman OF eighty. Sne
was widow.
Beads of all colors and descriptions
are in high favor; steel, jet, amber
bronze, garnet and clalr-de-lune arr
some OIL them.
Plain glass bottles covered with silk,
upon which the monogram or name is
embroidered, are novelty among fame Y
Joliet articles.
Bias silk folds in long perpendicular
clusters are added TO the back and iron1
of plain basques, to give the appearance
OF plated basque.
1t has always been waste of time fol
women to make up 50 much under cloth
before
they were half worn.
A fresh design in riding hats is a
black silk hat with peculiarly shaped
bow around the crown in place Of the
Wel!-Worn chimney pot.
Women have heretofore worn more
clothing about their waists than any
other part OF their bodies; henceforti
this Will not be the case.
The long Louis Quinze vest and the
Breton vest, closed in the middle, are
seen on many new dresses, on polon
aises, as well as basQues.
For general wear less than three-but
ton gloves Is rot considered stylish
while for evening and lull dress length
varies from four to twelve buttons.
For evening costumes the ''rose" gal.
loon is the most popular; it represents
garIands Of many-hued roses, with The
cages so cut out as to define the shape
The wife OF Il certain member of Par.
lament being told by her husband tba,
he would bring her home "Dombey &
SON. ordered beds to be made up fol
two.
Black silk costumes will take the lead
Tor church wear during the lalI. Fash
tN' 49, VI . lnlo Sudl dSIGI Vi uGeSS on all
occasions, and hence its great value ia
IL society lady.
Among feather trimmings the mara.
bout ruChe stands foremost. Huge
"W4eels' OF silk passumenterie are
again coming into favor, associated with
heavy caUle cord.
Inc la est thing in wedding dresses is
dress OF brocaded satin, with nigh
square neck and very long tram; the
1JWer5 lOrm chatelaiue on the side
and a chaplet for the hair.
A blighted female in San Francisco
sixty live years old, has brought sui
for breach oil promise of marriage
against gay deCeiyer of seventy, the
damages being laid AT $4,000.
There are five born sisters in a Cana.
dian convent, all OF them protessed nun,
and they have con rlbuted their com
Dlned fortunes, amounting to $500, 0v0, to
the treasury Of the nunnery.
Antique laces pale before the new i'm.
portaIons OF modern Iaces and the fancy
kinds such aS point r igonse, which is a
combination OF several varieties OF
stitches, Torchon aud Irish point.
Rows of mother of pearl buttons and
clusters or all sui able kinds are used
upon little girls dresses, but the Tapping
rows introduced Wtu Breton fashions
are confined 10 That variety of dress.
'Beau catchers," commonly known az
spit curls," 50 much in vogue, can be
bougAt-Warranted to stick" in circles
at The shops of the dealers in hair.
These curllkeus are sold BY the DOZEN.
A New York jeweler has q splendid
opal ring, which has been sod nine
times Tor an engagement ring, and nine
times has been exchanged on account OF
The general belief that the opal Is un.
lucky.
The rage Of the moment in Paris is for
Japanese jewelry. Fancy jewelry of
olive brown metal with designs in gold.
YinaigGettes, belt buckles,
agralfes for cloaks,in a word every thing
is Japanese.
For number of years fine handker-
chiefs, richly embroidered and hand
somely trimmed with lace, wholly dIsap-
peared from the feminine toilet. This
winter costly and beautiful handker-
chiefs Will make their temperance.
Fashion, par excellence, is never at
home in New York until November, and
Lue exhibitions and displays which are
made previous to that time, "Jennie
June" says, must be regarded as the
preliminary sklrmishlng OF an advance
guard, before The real approaches.
A decided increase in trimming is
seen on new costumes OF the princes,
order this tall: in fact an extra vacant