Sharp County record., 1879-10-02
FASHION NOTES.

--UnderSkirtS are trimmed WIN col
ored embroidery.
Pink and silver is one of the newest
combinations in gauze.
Dogs and owls heads are still in
favor for paraSol handles.
Sprays of wheat in dull gold make
the prettiest of lace pins.
Princess dresses are not pretty when
made with short skirts.
-Lockets are the favorite gift for a
bridegroom to bestow on the brides
maids.
Cotton Hernanis are cheap and
pretty, and when made up over silk they
are stylish.
French lace is used less and less,
black Breton having replaced it for
many purposes,
Comfortable and pretty gowns have
short skirts of black satin and grenadine
draperieS.
Some of the pretty knit shawls have
ribbon of velvet run into the border by
the way OF trimming.
-Handkerchiefs to match lawn and
muslin suits have bands of dress goods
stitched around white center.
The shape of ribbon bows have
changed completely. They are no long
er made with stiff loops and ends, but
merely with very long loops and without
any ends at all.
Never was the beauty of silken fab
rics carried to so great an extent. There
is a soft richness about the satins, a
depth in the velvet and Il variety of hue
in the fancy tissues that has never yet
been equaled.
High strapped sandals of maroon
colored and navy blue French morocco
have been introduced in Paris They
are buttOned on the side of the feet, and
worn with plain silk stockings of con-
trasting color.
"A new fancy in trimming babies
gowns is to make them rather short, and
to trim them in the same way as the un-
derskirt.
Very long trains are worn for full
dress, but there should be but little trim
ming on the train, however elaborate the
rest of the robe may be.
-WaHing-boots, cut on the same
principle as gentleman's shooting bon
net, are convenient and comfortable for
summer excursions.
The new dotted net is made into
ties trimmed with English or AlencOn
point. These are even lighter than those
of India muslin.
Some of the coming bonnets have
formidable scoop-shaped fronts that hide
the face. 1t takes about a bushel of
flowers to trim one. -
HINTS FOR THE COMING SEASON.
The first novel materials for autumn are
in delicate shades of gray, blue, ecru
and mastic, or putty-color. These are
combined either with a soft silk which
is called Pompadour because of its mix
ed colors and small figures, or they are
mixed with a plain silk which matches
the material, and the trimming is figured
or striped satin. Sometimes the side
plaitings on the skirt are of plain silk
bordered with the figured which sup
plies the trimming for the upper portion
of the costume. White cashmeres and
white buntings of first quality form some
of the handsOmest costumes that are to
be worn all during the autumn months.
For such fabrics, and the season, velvet
is not considered too heavy for trimming,
and very beautiful dresses show a skirt
of warm brown, black, or else dark
green velvet, with which there will be-,
to match, vest, collarette, and side
plated ruffles of velvet upon the elbow
sleeves. The panier is a prominent
form of drapery for these charming
dresses, which also show loops of ribbon
for garniture, but seldom have any lace
added, except the ruche and necktie.
The matinee, long house-sacque intro
duced early in the present season, is still
selected for morning wear, in place of
the regulation robe or wrapper, and re-
Gently this design has appeared in snowy
cotton fabrics with beautiful colorings,
and is punched up in panier style and
decorated with gay ribbons. A great
deal of yellow cluny and braid lace is
used to trim matinee of pale blue cam
el's-hair or downy-faced flannel. Satin
bands of contrasting colors are also en-
ployed, and these are often edged with
narrow white Maltese lace, placed
smoothly under the edge of the satin,
which requires lining. Matinees of
japanese blue foulard are worn with
black silk skirts in the revival of the
latter as an accompaniment to variety
of upper dresses, and from two to four
shades of ribbon are employed in the
extra trimming of such toilets. A ia
vorite garniture for matinees, as well as
for polonaises of cashmere and foulard
silk, consists of side-plaitings Of the ma
terial bordered with strong white lace.
Domestic Monthly for September.
High.Priced Vanity.