Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-10-31
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
Fashions of the Season.

BONNETs. bonnets now being
made are taken from nearly all periods,
and include all shapes, from the baby
bonnet to the broad, faring brimmed
hat. From this it will be seen that
there is no particular fashion for hats.
Every lady can wear what best snits
her taste, or her purse, and is most be-
coming. Nearly all bonnets have broad
ribbon tie strings; some are brocaded,
mixed with gold or silver; Others plain
and fiowered stripes; and still others of
satin, striped with Persian figured silk.
Birds and feathers are used in enormous
quantities. Owls, parrots, pigeons and
even the little sparrows are not dis
carded. The latter dye easily and make
a very pretty trimming. Small feathers
of the most common kind of fowl are
purchased in great quantities, dyed
brown, black or in bright colors, are
sewed separately on large pieces of thin
cloth, and made into elegant feather
bonnets. A black cottage bonnet is
made entirely of small black feathers
studded with black beads, trimmed
with a cluster of black tips and black
lace embroidered with jets; broad striped
tie strings of plain and brocaded satin.
The crowns of many of the bonnets are
embroidered in variegated beads, jets
and silk, in many fanciful sh pes and
figures. Patterns for these embroidered
crowns and fronts can be obtained, and
ladies can easily make their own bon
nets. The newest style is to have the
strings at the top of the crown and fas-
tened at the side with some such orna-
ment such as birds head or an arrow
of Jet or steel. Face trimming is not
used, all brims being simply lined with
plain or shiTred satin or velvet. Many
of them are edged with gold braid.
CHILDREN s GARMENTS for
children are becoming more and more
simple. A paletot of stone-colored
cashmere with plating of silk in the
back, the same shade, will serve both as
a dress, and with the addition of can
ton flannel underwaist as AN outside
wrap; it is made long, loose and com
Portable. Others of dark plaid material,
gabrielle shape, with two narrow plait-
ings at the bottom headed with narrow
ribbon velvet. A pretty outside gar
ment for a child is made of light blue
cashmere; the front loose and of square
shape. over which are short cutaway
fronts. The back is a very long plain
waist, to which the skirt is attached in
kilt plaits, finished with a broad blue
sash of light blue silk, raveled out at the
ends. The fronts are trimmed with a
mixed galloon, cream and gilt. The
garment is double breasted and fasten-
ed with large pearl-white buttons.
STREET DRESSES. dresses are
the same as they were last season; are
made short. Some are made without a
vestige of trimming on the undeTskirt,
and the overskirts are simply stitched
around the bottom. The plain pointed
basques are stylish. and have fewer
seams in the back than they formerly
had. Overskirts are made full across
the hips The latest are opened in front,
Mixed fabrics of silk and wool, tlowered
and plain stripes and palm-leaf cloth,
will be much used this season for dress
trimming. The seryiceable black silk is
frightened and made more dressy by the
addition of vests. cuffs and revers OF
brocaded silks in colors of old gold, blue
polka dot, crimson and torquoise blue
In combination with such colors an old
black silk can be made to look fresh and
new.
FICHUs.-Very simple and plainly.
trimmed dresses may be made quite
stylish for evening by simply adding g
fichu. These are made in variou;
shapes and of different material. Fol
elderly ladies there is the black net, en-
broidered with colored silk, vest shape
with ruflles of killed Spanish lace in the
inside, forming square shaped neck
Many handsome ones are of the SAME
shape, with white lisse and plaitings o
Breton lace, one inside, the other re-
lieved with loops of colored satin. More
simple ones are made of India null, GU
in The shape of half q square, the ends
extending to the belt, trimmed with two
rows of Valenciennes.
STOCKINGS are profuSely
embroidered. Many ladies embroidel
their own, buying stockings of a soliC
color and embroidering them in differ
ent colors to match the dress. Mucl
spare time can be very pleasantly en-
ployed in this way. In fact, if youn!
ladies will simply undertake to consul
their own tastes and crafty them will
theif own handiwork they will be sur
prised at the increasing pleasure thi
will afford and the economy it will
stimulate.-Net0 York Fashion Letter.