Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-11-20
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
New York Fashion Notes.
is the fancy of the moment.


Derby hats grow more and more
popular.
Fchus of lace and muslin of all size
are worn.
Squirrel continues to be the popular
fur lining.
No two hats or bonnets are precisely
alike this fall.
Flounces at the bottom of dresses are
made to flare.
A new cloaking material is checked
satin de Lyons.
Young ladies wear short round skirts
ut all dancing parties.
White Isle thread gloves are the fancy
of the passing moment.
Buffalo Bill hats take the place of the
bcefeaters of last year.
There is rage for flowers made of
shot silk, satin and velvet.
Very little trim ming is seen on the
most fashionable Derby hats.
Children no longer wear light-colored
fabrics except for evening dress.
Deep basques and square pockets ap-
pear on the new casaquin jackets.
Scotch "42d" "plaids are rs popular
for young girls and children rs ever.
New French wraps are rs often lined
with soft satin quilting as silk furs.
Dresses are worn ut pleasure with n
deep or n demi-train, or none mt all.
Jackets of n different color and mate
rial from the dress are again in vogue.
Lambrequin paniers are the fashion
able form of this drapery at this mo-
ment.
The newest fancy for trains is to guage
or shirr them just at the point of the
lap-over.
Matelassee silk-faced cloakings have
back of heavy beaver or chinchilla
cloth weft.
Dresses with but one skirt of heavy
material will certainly be worn during
the winter.
Garnet of the deepest shade isa favor
lite color for dinner and afternoon reccp-
tion dresses.
Dress draperies and corsages present
as great Il variety of fashions this fall rs
bonnets and hats.
Grecian chinchlla is new clipped
fur destined to great popularity during
the coming season.
White toile sanglicr, or boar's cloth,
is "A fine but substantial all-wool fabric,
dotted in raised pin points.
Jackets of mastic-colored or Dauphin
gray cloaking cloths are worn by little
girls with very dark dresses.
Jackets have rolling shawl-shapcd
collars that can be worn very high or
low according to the weather.
New fiat, square side pockets in silk.
velvet, satin. and also of leather, appear
among novelties of the season.
Perfectly plain skirts. devoid of
flounces, rufiles. or any trimming, are
frequently seen in Fifth avenue.
New silk fans have cashmere designs
and colors, with the white ivory sticks
painted by hand in colors to match.
Some of the jauntiest jackets are mad
of heavy nat te or baskct-cloth, in inter
mixture of grave and bright colors
Young girls in Paris wear their hair
in waves all over their head with n
knot of loosely coiled hair in the back.
The change in the coifTure of Partisan
women is decided; Greek styles and
classic ideas rule the coilleur or coifeusc
at present.
The new neck scarfs of cream colored,
polka dotted silk net require no hens.
They are knotted in the throat in an in
crcyable bow.
4 large silk cord, passing several times
around the hat and fastening under q
feather rosette. trims some of the mob
biest felt Derbys.
The latest high novelty for evening
toilet Is composite costume Of white
chudda cloth, with no trimming but
white satin ribbons.
The fashionable casaquin il long
waisted tight-fitting jacket, with deep
basque, with facing in front and large
square pockets in the back.
Some jackets are regular Louis XVI.
frock coats, with immense pockets in the
back, and opening over long waist
coat OF silk damascc in front.
The quilted satin Innings of dolmans
and visites for street wear are black
when the wrap Is black, but for evening
or carriage wear rel and ola gold satin
Innings are frequently seen.
Some of the imported French wraps
are long. loose sacques. with a dolman
cape superimposed and trimmed with the
richest fringes. passementeries, cloak or
naments, and olive buttons and cords,
beaded with cut jet.
The Marquise coat of silk plush. with
demi-trained carriage costume of ihe
same color and shade. of satin de Lyons
and short India French cashmere. silE
and wool goods, is the fashionable toilet
for ceremonious visits.
Jackets made out Of Indian shawls are
worn on chilly days by wealthy Paris
ians. They are demi-ajustees. have
wide sleeves, and are trimmed with rich
fringe, in which the several colors of
the cashmere are repeated. The hand
soonest are made out Of goid-embroider-
cd shawls; IL Is, however. very easy to
outline the designs on n cashmere shawl
with gold thread and many ladies have
mcceded admirably in bringing the pat
tern into relief and adding to its rich
ness by this means.
A walking dress Is of plaid. combined
with Sevres bne velvet in the darkest
shade. The round skirt is of velvet and
IL absolutely without trimming. The
plaid Is in broad squares of blue with
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