The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-30
FASHION TALK.
New Styles and Colors I'm Dress
Goods.
Some of the --latest Novelties In Com
binhtion5.
Things in Millinery and Misunderstanding that
Go to Make Up the Life and
Spirit Of Correct Attire.

Who can wonder that women value beauty
and strive to enhance and even manufacture
Il when tho memory Of such fragile gifts ont
lasts th0ss of victorious craftsmanship aud
war, and are the very soul Of poetry and ro-
mauee2 Heens beauty Is fresher lii our
and IIa,1ra's lovellnass more enduring than
the fame OF the poet che made illustrious
through tho eloluenns If her charms. Liter
at,ire will be forever fragrant with their
names. and has bestowed upon taem h sort Of
earthly Immortality ~. Paul will In vain
exhort women to sndorn themselves with
modest apparel, aud not with costly array"
unoss they can discover that good wotNsa"
are as becoming as good clothes. II that
apostle was, ia Il modern writer af1lrms,
~ man OF the world" we think no must have
realized the futllity Of his own counsel.
Spanish women now are aald 10 bn too proud
10 be vain and their grace and taste are In
tuitive. not the result OF thought and cor
trivance. But pride is not numbered among
the virtues, nor IL mn Indifferent abstinence
equivalent to tho self-sacrlIiCe supposed 10
bo involved In the clothing with good works"
Since We have before strongly expressed
ourselves Oh the duty or women to dress
well, and demonstrated that the duty was on
its other side charity likewise, we will pass
by the arguments against II and endeavor to
supply some Of tho means Of accomplishing
this vlrtuous object.
We are indebted to tho courtesy and untir-
Ing patience OF Messrs. y. H. Holmes 4 Go.
for an exhibition of dress goods that contains
havoc with nl frugal resolutions.
Among the less expensive sultings there ID
d tasteful variety In which now styles and
colors are shown In goods that are substan-
tlal without being costly. These are more
especially adapted TO the exigencIes Of purses
aud pursuits that limit indulgence, but are
artfuly desIgned to conceal them.
| Hutlngs In creppn hre shown In many
coors, some OF the most beautiful being In
Rendarme blue, tho texture Of which IL as
soft and fine aud close woven as satin. The
material TO be used In combination with 1t Is
richly figured showing more Suspicious or
brilliant color overlaid with old gold.
Cashmere suitings in bronze olive. com
bined with melanges of elk and wool, arc ex-
ceedingly snowy when trimmed In oolors that
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brought for this purpose show regular
figure In shaded od-gold that is woven and
unwoven and interviewer again Ia bewilder-
Ing oomplcxity.
In cancels hair we soc tho plain goods In
admiral blue 70 be combined with change
| able pOnn, In which dozen brilliant colors
7 are SD RkiltIulIy blended as to produce very
rich though dark effect.
| In goods intended for gnrniture only there
! 10 great variety of velours Ia plaids. stripes
and brocadta, those Iii Pompadour designs
being the preferred hut by no means the most
| beautiful patterns shown Az u small guam
tity only OF this rich and snowy materi u Ia
required Ia combination with other goods 1t
| Ia not necessarily thrust Without the pale. Of
| prudent economy.
Satin sollel, In black, garnet and bottle
green makes very elegant trimming fGr
either snfId silks Ur wUUutIr. II l. especially
ehowy, as tts name would Indicate, and can
only be described as u dimpled satin Ia which
the sheen of the figure runs across the sheen
Of tho ground and L.. therefore. always visi-
BILE, d simple device which renders meagre
design abundant In beauty.
Broche silk In Cashmere and Pekn designs
show every color and combination OF color
| Imaginable. and are 80 softly woven that
they may DO as gracefully draped as the
I liKhtast wooden fabrics.
| This dazzling display OF rivalinR colors and
| fabrics finds its culmlnatun IN the embossed
| and embroidered velvets that mock the long
| tDgs or the general lookcrs-on, and produces
| from first to last the eff, ct OF feliCltous
drama coming to d happy denoument.
| Perhaps the denouement should have been
postponed until mention was made OF the
iustrous white satins and brocnded silks,
which, piled up like snow drifts, await the
inevitable bridal honors But as we do not
wish To present such adventurous attractions
to M estate which Is essentially homespun,
we will leave this responsibility with less con
sCienttons chrOnClers
fh.,t Htt iah iat yyn fyDf Hal
o few items regarding those nothings In mill
merry and mantua- making which nre the very
life and spirit Of good dressing. Surpice Of
feets are sought after In most Of the new do
signs, both ~ aifording scope for variety In
finish and as u becoming style for many fig
| ures. Vests arc worn by everybody regard
less " age or avoirdupois, many OF them SO
narrow as to be no more than trimming on
the front of the basque
Street dresses for ordinary wear are entirely
untrim med. the edges OF collar, cuffs, revers
aud drhpery being turned under ana held Dy
half u dozen rows OF silk stitching. Where
the material Is self-coored the silk may DO
shaded with very pretty effect. as from deep
est garnet UP to pniest topaz, or from marine
blue To azure In meanges the different rows
Of stitching may show all the coIors In the
goods
Belts grow wider and more popular rs the
season advances Very stylish and, compare
lively speaking inexpensive belts are made
or bands OF jet trimming, which are canvas
grenadine grounds, % which flowers and
vines or formal patterns are embroidered In
let. This material bought In proper lengths
and stiffened with firm lining makes an
elegant belt which may be confined by either
a j-t buckle Or several jet pins.
Colored silk handkerchtefs, or more prop
erly nackerehiefs, nre worn around the neck
with street dresses, and are placed below the
collar, the ends being disposed OF IN some
mannish fashion. An untrlmmed street dress,
a Derby OF Oxford hat, and a silk handker-
chief. knotted into neck-tie, viewed collect
lively, are decidedly effective, tho effect differ
Ing with the prejudioes OF the observer.
Wooden buttons are shown In the fancy
stores. the prettiest being of black walnut In
laid with white wood. Pearl buttons are Of
smooth surface IN irtdescent colors, or are
inlald like the bordure cOmpone OF heraldry,
or carved like canoes In flowers, tiny land