Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-08-21
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
Costum es-Beits and PAsasels Fail Dress
Good Business Costumes.

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Costumes-Bsin and PAsasels--slew Fail Dress
Goods Business Costumes.
Genteel poverty fnds nothing so
convenient just now as bunting.
Rich people wear it freely, and just
tor that reason the tired school mis-
tress. or tho clergyman's vito may
freshen up 10 bunting costume with.
out the feeling that they are assum.
lag "badge" Of any kind. The pas
tors young daughter too in her tot
lette OF bunting may try her small
coquettish airs unfettered by the
thought that Mrs. Grump over the
way is calling her extravagant, or
that Miss Muggings ia whispering
awful things 10 Deacon Sparse.
Then too, bunting unites so we'll
with the varied silks and ribbons of
the day; can be made grave or gay
just as one wishes, and is suited TO
morning o: evening; rainy weather
or sunshine, and has been said, it lie
worn by rich as we'll as poor. Mrs.
Marshall 0. Roberts appeared the
other morning at Saratoga in cos.
tune of white bunting combined
with yellow and black striped satin.
The same evening Mre. Erwin Booth
wore pale ecru bunting adorned
with black velvet bows, and Marie
Litta as IN tho recesses of her at
Congress Hall che ran scales to her
Weber piano preparatory to her
evening concert, wore charming
morning toilette of white bunting
trimmed with blue satin bows. The
Weber indeed seems q favorite in.
strumsnt at Saratoga, for l have OBJ
served it in leading hotel parlors,
and it is selected for concerts given
by prominent musicians.
BELTS.
Fancy delicate young lady strap
ping around her waste sircingle of
coarse canvas, red white, blue, or
yellow, fastened with yellow leather
thongs and you have what is re-
garded as "sweet" al the present
time. The wider the moro stylish.
An epidemic OF belts has certainly
broken out and is spreading Eyclu
sive houses are making up more re-
fined specimens in silk OF various
colors which are fastened by oxp,n.
sise straps of alligator skin. The
alligator skin is one OF our RACES and
permeates the entire world of satch-
els, pocket books, belts, bags and the
like; nothing being thought as
lovely as the crinkled, yellowisn,
notified surfaces. Tho real is quite
expensive, but limitations run riot
and ara cheap. What Is left of the
female mind after belts are exhaust.
ed runs to psrasols. and bills are
brought in not as formsrly for one,
two, or three psrasols, but for wine
colored one to match q wine colored
costume; blue and ecru TO match 3
blue and ecru toilette, aad so on in
definitely.
But going back to belts, what do
they signify? They mean the final
departure of the princess costume
aud the establishment Of the panier
style Of dress. punched on the hips
and bouffant in the back. For do
you not see that belt does not har.
monizs we'll with an expanse of close
fitting like whalebone extending be.
low? Something bunchy and bouff.
ant is much more to the purpose.
So here is a reason not only for belts
but for sashes which this summer
have suddenly come to life again.
Another evidence of the approach.
ing reign of bunchiness { | can't find
any other word) in the display of
bustles which denial so tell are on
the increase. hate to write this,
for OF all odious things they are most
80, yet what are fashion writers put
10 tho world for if not to tell the
truth, then again there are prophe.
cies of small hoops to keep out the
untrimmed skirts, but we won't in
dulge in horrid antic pations. b.
fore leaving the subject of costumes
| will mention pretty blue camel's
hair and satin costume worn by q
young beauty of fourteen at Sara.
toga made Lucille Skirt and Floy
| basque. This would be suitable for
Miss of sixteen or girl of ten or
| twelve.
FALL DRESS GOODS
OF course it will be quite while
before they are shown, but l have
had admittanoe to sanctum whore
only a few of the chosen are allo wed
to enter, and so l Can prophecy.
Striking novelties appear. What is
called silk shot"effects are very no.
ticeable. Here the goods which Of
ten are wrought 10 in small armure
squares, diagonals, or straight rows,
show stitchings of bright colored
silk at regular intervals, or again
the silk mixtures are thicklv scat.
tered with no regularity whatever
jacquard goods displayed bright
silken flowers on the dark ground
are largely imported, but in oppo.
site style, many fabrics are woven
with dark, invisible stripes have
obscured by grayish cloudings. The
bsndana ideas of he summer are re-
peated IN very bold bright plaids
with Saline, Scotch cheviot and
twilled surfrces, and these are in
great numbers. But the chief novel
ty 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 doz
enth part of its original size, and
you have an idea of what these novel
and very beautiful materials resem-
BILE. Lucy CARTER