The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-08-22

charming morning toilet of white hunt
ing trimmed with blue satin bows. The
Weber, by the way, seems a favorite in
strument at Saratoga, for have observ-
ed it in leading hotel parlors, and it is
selected for concerts given by prominent
musicians.
Fancy delicate young lady strap
ping around her waist a circlngle OF
coarse canvas-red, white, blue, or yellow,
fastened with yellow leather thongs,
and you have what is regarded as 'sweet"
at the present time. The wider the more
stylish An epidemic of belts has GER
tainly broken out, and is spreading.
Exclusive houses are making up more
refined specimens in silk of various col
ors, which are fastened by expensive
straps OF alligator skin. For alligator
skin is one of our RACES and permeates
the entire world of satchels, pocketbooks,
belts, bags and the like, nothing being
thought so lovely as the crinkled yellow
ish, notified surfaces. The real is quite
expensive, but limitations run riot and
are cheap. What is left of the female
mind after belts are exhausted runs to
parasOls, and bills are brought in, not as
| formerly for one, two or three parasols,
but for a wine colored one to match a
wine colored costume; blue and ecru to
match blue and ecru toilet, and so on
indefinitely.
COSTUMES.
But going back to belts, what do they
signify They mean the final departure
of the princess costume, and the estab-
| lishment of the panier style of dress,
punched on the hips and bouffant on the
back; for do you not see that belt does
not harmonic well with an expanse of
close fitting, corsetlike whalebone ex-
tending below? Something bunchy and
bouffant is much more to the purpose.
So here is a reason not only for belts, but
for sashes, which this summer have sud
denly come to life again. Another evil
dence of the approaching reign of bunch
mess q can't find any other word) is the
display of bustles, which, dismal to tell,
are on the increase. / hate to write this,
for of all Odious things they are most SO /;
yet what are fashion writer's put in the
world for if not to tell the truth? Then
again, there are prophecies of small hoops
to keep out the untrimmed skirts, but
we won't indulge in horrid anticipationS.
Before leaving the subject of costumes,
| Will mention pretty blue camels'hair
and satin costume, worn by a young
beauty of fourteen at Saratoga. made Lu-
ellie skirt and Floy basque. This would
=
of ten or twelve.
FALL DRESS GOODS.
Of course it will be quite awhile be-
fore these are shown, but have had adj
mittance to a sanctum where only few
of the chosen are allowed to enter, and
so l can prophesy. Striking novelties
appear. What is called silk shot,
effects are very noticeable. Here the
goods, which often are wrought In small
armure squares, diagonals, or straight
rows, show stitchings of bright colored
silk at regular intervals, or again the
silk mixtures are thickly scattered, with
no regularity whatever jacquard
goods, displaying bright silken flowers
on dark ground, are largely imported;
but, in opposite style, many fabrics are
woven with dark, invisible stripes, half
obscured by grayish cloudings. The
bandanna ideas of the summer are re-
peated in very bold, bright plaids with
Saline, Scotch cheviOt and brilliant sur
faces, and these are in great numbers
But the chief novelty is the introduction
of fine soft dress goods having cashmere
and broche effects. Fancy an Indian
shawl, striped or otherwise, reduced
down in pattern to less than dozenth
part of the original size, and you have an
idea of what these novel and very beauti-
full materials resemble.
Lucy CARTER.