Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-30
OUR FASHION LETTER.
Costumes-Belts and Parasols-New
Fall Dress Goods.
BUNTING :

EDITOR INTELLIaENcER: = GEM
teel poverty finds nothing SO con-
convenient just now as bunting. Rich
people wear it freely, and just for
that reason the tired school mistress,
or the clergymsn's wife may treshen
up III a bunting costume without the
feeling that they are assuming q
"badge" of any kind. The PASTORS
young daughter, too. in her toilette
of bunting may try her small coquet-
fish airs unfettered by the thought
that Mrs. Grump over the way is
calling her extravagant, or that Miss
Muggins is whispering awful things
to Deacon Sparse. Then, too, bunt-
ing unites so well with the varied
silks and ribbons of the day can be
made grave Dr. gay, just as one
wishes, and is suited to morning or
evening, rainy weather or sunshine.
And has been said, it is worn by rich
as well as poor. Mrs. Marshall ..
Roberts appeared the other morning
at Saratoga in q costume of white
bunting combined with yellow and
black striped satin. The same v e
ming Mrs. Edwin Booth wore q pale
ecru bunting adorned with black
velvet bows, and Maria Litta as In
the recesses of her home at Congress
Hall, she ran scales to her Weber
piano preparatory to her evening
concert, wore a charming morning
toilette of white bunting trimmed
with blue satin bows. The Weber
indeed seems q tavorite instrument
Saratoga, for 1 have observed it
III leading hotel parlors, and 1t is Sc
for concerts given by promi-
nent musicians.
BELTS.
Fancy a delicate young lady strap
ping around her waist a circingle OF
convass, red, white, blue or
y elbow, fastened with yellow leather
thongs aud you have what is regard
ed as "sweet' at the present time.
The wider the more stylish. An ep-
idenmic of belts has certainly broken
out and is spreading. Exclusive
houses are making up more refined
specimens III silk of various %colors,
are fastened by expensive
straps of alligator skin. The alliga-
tor skin is one of our RACES aud per-
meates the entire world of satchels,
pocket books, belts, badges and the
like ; nothing being thought so love-
ly as the crlnkled ysllowish, notified
surface. The real is quite expensive,
but limitations run riot and are cheap.
What is left of the female mind runs
to p%arssols, and bills are brought in
not as formerly for one, two or three
parasols, but for a wine colored one
match q wine colored costume ;
blue and ecru to match q blue and
ecru toilette, aud so on indefinitely.
COSTUMES.
But going back to belts, what do
they signify? They mean the final
of the princess costume
and the establishment OF the panier
style Of dress. Bunched OF the hips
and bouffant in tho back. For do you
not see that a belt does not harmon
ize well with an expanse of close fit
ting corset like whalebone extending
below2 Something bunchy and buff
tant is much more to the purpose. So
here is al not only for belts but
for ssshes, which this summer have
suddenly come to life again. Another
evidence of the approaching reigu
of %bunchinsss Il can't find any other
word) is the display of bustles which
l regret to tell are on the increase. l
hate TO write this, for of all odlous
things they are most so, yet what are
fashion writer's put in the world for
if Hot to tell the truth. Then again
there are prophecies of small hoops
to keep out the untrimmed skirts,
but we wont indulge in horrid an.
ticipations. Before leaving the sub.
Ject of costumes l will mention {
pretty blue cancels hair and SAITH
costume worn by young beauty o
fourteen at Saratoga, made Lucill,
skirt and Floy basque. This would
be suitable for a miss of sixteen or
girl OF ten or twelve.
FALL DRESS GOODS.
Of course it will be quite q Will
before these r shown, but l hav
had admittance to a sanctum wher
only,a few of the chosen are Above
to enter, and SO l can prophes,
Striking novelties appear. What
called s'silk shot" effects are yer
noticeable. Here the goods whlc
often are wrought in small armur
squares diagonals or straight row
show stitchings of bright colored sill
at regular intervals, or again the sill
mixtures are thickly scattered wit
s NO regularity whatever. Jacquar
!. goods displaying bright silken fiowel
on a dark ground are largely impro,