The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-14
IMPROVED F1G.I.EAyES.
rme Latest style In Hats ANA BOnnets--
Thc New Fabrics Put out = taiOves.
scarf pins, Trimmings, sandals, etc.
HATS AND HnNNETa.

HATS AND BorNErs.
There 10 just enough change Il
che fashions for hats and bonnet
TO render II impossible to d
over last winters hat for this
The bonnets are trifie smaller
and ft close to the head: yet wide Mar.
stuart shapes are also popular. Felt
velvet and plush are the leading mate
rails, and bonnets to match suits ar,
Il made Of cloth. OF brocade, and of velvet
Shaded leaves and velvet fruits are thu
floral ornaments but feathers, as usual
are the trimmings OF the season. o.
trich tips and long plumes, wings, birds
every feather In fact which can be EN-.
ployed, 10 brought into requisition
Among the hundreds OF new hats shown
ready trimmed at our large millinery
stores there IL infinite variety; ergo,
one fashion reporter noting bonnet
OF brocade with only band and
bow OF ribbon and q single heavy
plume, writes, less trimming is used
on bonnets this winter than HERETOFORE y
while another, viewing. the new hats
which are one mass OF feathers, an
nounces that "the head coverings Of the
ming than ever" In point OF fact,
dressing ones self 10 every year becom-
ing more an art, and Ia treated az such !;
milliners as we'll as modistes study the
style of the faces they are to set off, and
make the hat or bonnet frame there
Tor. Many beaded ornaments are used !;
fringes, drops, and netted pieces, az we'll
Z ne beaded brooches. japanese orna-
m na 81, also s are popular buckles, pins
can.red, moonlight. gray, and all the
bronze shades, which, more than oil
others, are the shades OF the season,
Bands OF galloon are worn on round
hats. A stylish new hat 10 the sugar.
loaf with wide brim, identical with that
worn by gentlemen. With this the ap.
propriate trimming is long Medieis
plume.
] STYLES In GLOVES.
Gloves are things that not only perish
with the using, but. as every woman
says. they are gone before one knows
1t" For evening wear pale colors are
relied upon to bring out the effect OF the
brighter portions OF toilet, and for the
street dark shades are advised. They
also reduce the size OF the hand they
cover. Handsome gloves are brought
which prevail In silks and dress goods,
but at the same time 1t lie more elegant
20 wear glove brighter Ia tone than |
the costume.
For general wear less than three but |
tons 10 not considered stylish, while for |
evening and full dress length varies
from four to twelve buttons. The liar |
rs Provost" side cut glove is preferred
Tor evening and dress occasions, being |
perfect In shape and OF beautiful quail.
tty In kid. The Victoria" glove intro
duces . variety OF new colors, and thoee |
In three buttons can be had at 81 go, /
The Donna Maria" glove IL also pop
ular style, and can be had as low as
ninety-fve cents per pair. !. i
The newest styles are heavily stitched
or embroidered on the back Of the hand.
the glove, but OF a lighter shade. Again.
che outer rows OF stitching are OF the
shade Of the glove, while the inner rows
are lighter.
Gloves for deep mourning are stitched
In black. and those for second mourn
Ing the outer row is stitched In black
aud the inner one In pale lilac. Prices
Tor these gloves In three buttons are two
dollars.
All the new bronzes, browns, dark
plum and Ink shades and heavy colors,
which match new suitings, are brought
out In the seamless gloves In two.
three and four buttons.
Undressed kid gloves remain very
popular, and are shown In all fashions
BILE lengths and colors--light, dark and
white. plain and embroidered.
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kid are fashionable for demi-toilet, but
they should be stitched with some bright
color to correspond with the toilet.
sEAsoNABLE FABRICS.
Merchants are certainly able to tender
y practical reply to the shoppers in
quiry for something odd and novel In
dress goods. The woollens come first,
rs less experimenting Is done in silks,
and fashion DEGREES this season that
wnnIIauH ahnI1 form n OrQaf f1rnrrrffnn L
OF street as we'll as ordinary house !
dresses.
Chintz cashmere--a single width ma
terial OF soft texture-has been intro
duced, showing stripes in dark brown
or dark green, with faint twilled lines Of
white and single cordlike stripes Of car
dinal red. Price eighty-five cents per
yard.
A similar material In navy blue is
striped and cross barred between and
over the stripes with bright yellow.
French novelty cloth" Is very
pretty, rough material for autumn suits I
that comes In single width, price fifteen
cents per yard. The combination in I
color and contrast are introduced in {
sufficient quantities to vitalize the
whole. It
Cuban cloth is stylish material In {
pure wool, In shades Of robins egg blue J
and warm tan color, the figure being I
an exceedingly fine check. This Is
twenty -four inches wide and sixty cents
q yard.
The prices of silks are reasonable, {
there having been no advance in black
or neutral shades, and the growing ex-
cellence Of domestic manufactures rem
ders 1t probable that silks may be OBJ
tanned all through the coming winter at r
favorable prices. =
Satins will be worn for entire full q
dress toilets, and will also enter largely /
into combination uses. q
SCARF PINS. Il
The demand for scarf pins has, as d
may be imagined, interfered with the q
sale Of medallions. They are among t