The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-06
FALL FASHIONS.
What to Wear and How
to Make It.
Talks of Material, Dressmaking
and Millinery,
@ H. ~
With Some Flashes of General In
terest to the Ladies.

winter tbs lHer Wclf lhSt'
Among the bonnet ribbons of the COM
ing season, those in changeable silk will
be the most attractive.
To look well the short dress requires to
be made and trimmed more carefully
than the trained ones.
Indian cashmere, beige and llama It's
sues are employed for autumn dresses, in
combination with satinette, Indian bro
caded silks and Pekins.
Harper's Bazar expresses the opinion
that every woman has the privilege, once
in her lifetime at least, of refusing or ac-
cepting an offer of marriage.
In archery leather thimbles, called
tips, are worn on the first three fingers of
the right hand, to save them from being
cut by the bowstring when shooting.
Brush brims" are feature of the new
hats and bonnets. These are fine felt,
with the nap brushed up roughly instead
of being smooth as in ordinary felt.
Beetles and other natural bugs in the
changeable colors now in vogue are
mounted on gilt, and set about the bon
net in various places. 1t is no longer a
discredit to lady to be called beetle
headed"
Millinery ribbons for next winter will
be used in broader widths than they were
during the summer, and will sometimes
form the whole trimming of the bonnet,
independent of any fabric cut bias from
the piece.
A pretty travelling hat from Paris is of
black chip with square crown, moderate
ly high, and lined with shirred black sat
in, the border bent down in front and at
the back; outside black and yellow bird
and two curled black feathers.
Tiger velvet to be used for trimming
both bonnets and dresses has satin ground,
with irregular shaped spots in long raised
velvet pile. 1t is especially well named
when the ground is of cream or ecru, and
the raised spots of darker brown.
Embroidery runs riot on summer
toilets, and in the autumn (says Harper's
Bazar) it will be more fashionable, as it
is more effective when done on heavy
cloths. Owing to its great expense it can
never become common, although many
women will learn to embroider that they
may dress fashionably
japanese fans are now used for deco
rating rooms Sometimes the entire room
is surrounded, just below the ceiling,
with these fans spread open and fastened
with tiny gold-headed nails. At other
times two or three fans are grouped above
the doors, over the pictures or in any
available place. They give a picturesque
appearance to room used in either way
For trimming black silk suits for young
ladies the gay Stuart and Rob Roy plaids
that have great deal of red and yellow
are liked by brunettes while the blue and
green mixed plaids are used by blondes
Dresses made for less youthful ladies
have the trimmings of soft twillcd silks,
brocaded in Persian patterns of many
rich colors and of most intricate designs.
While stylish summer dresses are
made up of contrasting colors, it is a rule
of the season that the accessories must
correspond in hue. Thus the parasol the
tan the sash and the stockings are chosen
all of the same prevailing tint, with
reference to that of the dress trimming.
When there are paniers brocaded in two
colors, instead of a sash, both of these
appear in the articles mentioned
Wide belts of woven canvas fastened
With leather buckles are the novelty for
country toilets. Some Of these are four
and half inches wide, are madeof white
canvas and are fastened by three small
buckles and straps Of light-colored leather;
others are only two inches broad. To the
left side is attached square white canvas
bag, and the whole is very effective with
blue, black or green dresses.
EARLY FALL MATERIALS.
For early fall wear all the lightweight
wooden goods are popular for street wear
and travelling. Debege, that serviceable
and popular material, is being tossed aside
in favor of the soft twilled India cashmere.
This is shown in every color, lighter shades
Tor September, and dirk hues for late fall
md winter wear. 1t might be appropri-
ate here to state some Of the leading
colors for the coming season. The ten
dency toward dark shades is quite
marked, and these embrace a great vari-
ETY. of blues, plums and white tints.
Olive shades are not as well received as
heretofore, except in the broche mate.
rials used as trimmings, and even then
are very nearly brown. Dark slate gray
is one of the colors for the winter. The
shades of blue are numerous and varied,
some are dark like navy blue, many are
on the peacock shade, and one, promising
to be popular, is the old Marie Louise
blue, which is little darker than medium.
Rich wine color5 and garnets, which were
50 favored last seasop, will not fall into
disfavor the coming winter, but will
have their shape Of patronage. Plum
color is shown in varity of shades, in
some of which red predominates, and in
others blue. All the colors above men
toned can be found in both woolen and
silk materials Most of the former are
plain, the elaboration being given by the
trimming of fancy silk or velvet.
A pretty all-wool goods has loosely
woven ground of plain dark color, over