The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-12-03
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
Fashion Notes.


Satin is the first choice for bridal
dresses.
Satin shirring brightens zap black
cashmere prettily.
Undressed kid gloves are liked for
wear on the street.
Black onyx is the proper jewelry for
deep mourning.
Stirring is conspicuous feature on
French dresses this winter.
Melted chenille scarfs, with fringe of
UNFINISHED chenille, are stylish for the
| neck.
Whalebone fringas, or shaving fringes
known by either namc-are used with
! Grape on mourning dresses.
When broche goods form part of the
toilet, then the pipings, cordings and
ribbons must always be in tho shades of
the figures,
Lace is worn in masses; ruches,
thick ruffs and plaitings, trippled and
quadrupled, in order to prpdnte the
most becoming and soitest effect.
The popular wrap for the theater and
concert-room is the circular, which is
thrown off while in the building, show
ing handsome walking dress under
meath.
Flannel skirts are embroidered in col
ors. A favorite style has founces, one,
two or three, embroidered in small bou-
quets and plated so that each bouquet
comes on top of plait.
Neckties are passed twice round the
neck and knotted, not tied in a bow,
but secured with quaint brooches of IT.
toises, lizards, etc, large bouquets be-
ing worn on the left side.
For children the English dress, a
kind of long paletot, takes the place of
the dress and wrapping at the same
time, and being loose, leaves the little
body unconfined and free from all the
compression.
The redingote, Il polonaise having the
effect of a coat with very long skirt, is q
handsome garment for stout figures.
The skirt is folded in two plaits below
the waist line in the back, and fastened
with large buttons. 1t hangs undraped
to nearly the bottom of the underskirt.
This is good style for cloth walking
suits.
A Partisan authority thus settles the
bonnet question: Large hats gracefully
turned up on one side, lined with dark
silk or velvet and shaded with long
feather, are suitable to young married
ladies, and also to young girls of tall,
slight and elegant figure. Very small
hats or bonnets are unbecoming to large
heads and stout figures. Hats without
any brim are still more trying than the
above TO any but very youthful and mig
nome faces.
A belt and sash of satin ribbon and
point d'esprit lace is a dressY addition
now fashionab BILE for plain dark silks, or
else for light muslins or other evening
dresses. The wide belt of plain blue
cardinal, or old gold satin is covered
with point d'csprit snet, while the sash
ends and loops are formed of three rows
of satin ribbon, each two inches wide,
with insertion of point d'esprit between
each row, and plating of the lace across
the ends.
Collars and cuffs are at discount;
they have yielded to frilling, and the ex-
pense and continual trouble entailed by
the white lave made the black frilling
now fashionable, not only with black
evening dresses, but for dark colored
morning ones; and black lace lappets
tied tightly round the throat often
replace even these. The tight sleeves
il I'VE no finish at all, merely bangles or
Jther bracelets worn with long gloves,
buttoned under or over the sleeves.