National Republican., 1877-10-06
First Love.
fBy Julia Ward Howell

The thing we planned 1t out ere hope was dead;
And then we women cannot choose our lot.
Much must be borne which It's hard to bear.
Much given away which II were sweet tn keep.
God help us ALI who need, indeed His care;
And yet know the Shepherd loves Ills sheep.
Ny little boy begins to babble now
:, Cpon my knee his earliest infant prayer;
He has his fathers eager eyes, k"S",
And they say, too, his mothers sunny hair
But when he sleeps and smiles upon my knee,
And can feel his light breath come and go,
think of One-Heayen help and pity me
Who loved me, and whom loved long ago.
Who might have been-ahi what, dare not think,
We all are changed. God Judges for rs best.
God help us do our duty. and not shrink,
And trust In Heaven humbly for the rest
But blame us women not ifsomc appear
Too cold at times, and sorne too gay and light;
Some griefs gnaw deep; somewoes are hard 10 bear.
Who knows the past, and who can Judge us right1
All were we judged by what We might have been.
Al. And ,,I, not 6y what We are.t9o at TO fall
These thoughts and me. In Heaven we shall
know all.
Autumn Fashions
Notwithstanding the constant cry Of "hard
times" extravaganza this season runs riot In
material and trimmings as well a. in gorgeous
ness of color There arc gimps, passemen-
teries and fringes at all the way from $40 to
| $50 per yard, and laccs whose cost counts up
l
Of these expensive but ephemeral luxuries seem
TO be plenty, We conclude that the dollars Of
| our daddics" must be somewhere In the coun-
| try. The changcful goddess Fashion, shows
more decided innovations than usual this fall,
but they are not so much In the cut and man
| ner of makeup as in the materials them
| selves. Gorgeous colOrs are combined In
warm, rich Oriental effects Of tufted silks and
woods, downy feathers woven into q fleece
like fabric, and irregular loops and rough
threads, like od-fashioned "hit-or-miss' rag
carpeting Then there are tho brocades,
matclasses, damasks, basket-wovcn materials,
the snow flake woOlcns, and rough but soft
camcls hair, with which VIC are already
familiar.
All thcee new fancy goods serve to keep
SUITS
in favor, since they must inevitably be COM
bincd with plain materials. Suits of solid
color arc still worn, in plain silk, cashmere,
velvet, etc, or combined silk and velvet, or
silk and cashmere of the same shade.
THE FAvoRITE COLOR
Is n combination of green and gold, greens that
are yellowish, and ycllows that are grccnish
moss tints and apple green, and the hues that
lgrecn leaves assume when the sun shines full
upon them. There are also all the standard
tints of browns greys, blues purples, plums
marOOns. reds and yiOlcts.
|
pale pinks and blues, creams and worries still
reign supreme. In
COSTUMES
tho Princcsse robe still holds it's own, but II
is now used only asa basis of many variations
One of its most popular forms is the long
close-ftting robe, with square train trailing a
yard behind in perfect mass Of plaitings and
ruchcs.
If the dress is for street wear il Is cut very
high In the neck with oat-sleevcs fitting close
at the wrist II for dinner or evening the
sleeves stop short at the elbow, and the boddicc
is cut a Ia pompddOT.
A wide scarf. at least three yards long, form.
the drapery. This Is arranged acro.s the from
brcadths in folds turned upward on the righ
side fastened by "A panel trimming Of loop
and ends of ribbon, silk or satin. thence car
ried in the same fiat folds diagonaly acros
the front to the back brcutths, where it il
again fastened in tho same manner as before
and spreads OH. over the train IN wide
sweeping end, edged with fringe or lace
These dresses when properly made fit so per
frctly, and without rcrccptible fastcnngs o
any kind, that 1t is difficult to discover how
the wcarcrs ever get them on or of, but lool
as If they had been poured into them Us In
mould.
An old French fashion called the
HABIT PoLoNAIsE
has been revived and bids fair to be popular
A correct model of these may be seen on any
old Vatican fln-miuus the hoops 1t Is
po'onaiso cut away in front to show the dres.
skirt, caught back ut the sides, and swccpin,
out in a stately court train. Brocadcs anC
vclvcts arc especially effective in this design
and the fronts of the dress beneath must "
: elabOntely trimmed. Ladies can utilize thci
old silks to good advantage as skirts to thi
habit.
| A NEW STYLE OF THINNING.
or rather an old one revived, consists of dccr
bias pieces of the material. shirrcd pGrpcndicu
, larry, aud vet another fashion has sort O
/, latticc-work across the breadths, in front an,
4 out of which narrow sashcs are worn.
i ovERsKlRTs
arc made no longer separately, hut are ofte
simulated and oftencr sowed fast to the drcs,
, BAsoUEs
show variety of change The cuirnss basque
with two tails ut the back is much in vogue
Another, with five seams at the back, dividet
below the waist into six long strips, cacI
, faced and folded under into hanging loor
Another is cut into two sharp points. like til
. letter V, in the rear, and another folds bacl
upon itself into an ugly rectangular end.
! The new dresses arc almost as flat behind a
in front, for everything is made to elm
more closely than ever.
Heavy collars, with rich deep fingCs, ar
worn on dresses, US we'll as on wraps. ant
masses of gimp and beads supply the place O
| the pocket
For evening dresses the favOrito trimming
are the new embroidered gallOons and delicat
flower fringcs.
e THE NEw CLOAEs
are very long and loose, in silk, velvet an
cloth, trimmed with fur. feathers, ruche
frngcs, passemcntcries, beads and ruches q
fringcd silk. Black Is the popular cOlO
= though many wraps are S.:!l made to mate
suits.
Rows of clusters Of mother -of-pearl buttor
are much used upon silk costumes and littl
girls dresses, but the tapping rows OF shel
!, are confined to Breton suits.
Loops and ends of ribbon are used in limi
less proiuson wherever bow can be put.
Appendix to "Grey's Elegy."
Two stanzas have been added to "Grcy
Elcgy, Written in Country Churchyard
L for the purpose of celebrating the virtues
the rude forcm0thcrs of tho hamlet, who
Grey ungallantly neglected while writing
their husbands. The lincs-to be insertC
after the fourteenth stanza of the pocm-ru
in this wise:
Here sleeps some fair, whose una ffeCtCd charms
+ BlOomd with attraction 10 herself unknown,