The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-09-10
FASHIONS AUTUMN FREAKS.
AND OTHER ITEMS WHICH INTEREST
TIE LADIES.

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resort of bridal parties.
Late Paris bonnets have ar
abundance of roses about them.
The art of swimming is being
acquired by many fashionable ladies
Ladies are buying cheap Japan
csc fans and painting them to suit
their tastes.
AT Newport the beaux are hunt,
ing foxes and the bellies are hunting
husbands.
The styles of the sixteenth cen,
fury will be revived in the garments
of the coming season.
Anybody can feel at home in
Saratoga, but at Newport there is
room only for the opulent.
The English style Of dancing at
present is very quiet. The gliding
waltzes are as stately as minuets.
1t is noted that Maria is always
one of the names eff the members Of
the Spanish royal family, male or
female.
Unique dresses for little girls
are now made of gay plaid bandana
haudkerchiefs, with pleatings oflace.
Lace mitts and gloves are al
most universally worn at present,
and they are seen in great variety
of colors.
AT Newport, lawn tennis parties
are being had without limit, and
other ont of door games prove equal
~ attractive.
AT Saratoga they point out a
woman who is the owner of eighty
dresses, and travels With two poo
dies and two parrots.
Fifteen kinds of ice-cream are
enumerated on the wonderful bill of
fare Of the Windsor, Saratoga, and a
dozen kinds of ices.
Compartments for the slowing
away of pins and needles, cotton and
other small articles, are the latest
addition to belt clasps.
OF the British army officers at
Newport it is said that nature made
them six feet high, and society
makes them much bigger.
z White parasols with lace trim.
ming are the most elegant of the sea
son and accompany white French
bunting and India muslin toilets.
Ladies' with artistic taste and
talent are turning their talent to &C.
count by painting silk or satin to be
used as o costume for the ensuing
season.
The coming season will witness
painted silks and satins in many eve
ming costumes, and the ornamental
tation will be the work of those who
wear them.
Fashion fayors the use of sun
umbrellas to the exclusion of para
soils while of on an excursion, or
when enjoying long country walks,
OR taking lounge on the beach.
The latest parasols used by the
ladies of Newport for the drivers are
of colored velvet, bordered with fea-
theirs or wholly composed of downy
white plumes or peacock's eyes.
Jennie June suggests that
among the ambitious young women
ofto.day there is more desire to do
than willingness to apply ones self
to preparation for doing everything
well.
Some of the new vase lamps are
marvels of beauty, and they afford
evidence Of an artistic taste on the
part of the public which the manu-
facturers are willing to crafty.
The new "tear-drop ring" con,
sists of bangles, with small pear.
shaped pendants. One forces as
many as possible on single finger,
and it is understood that each tear is
the gift ola friend. s
--Dauphin gray is a new shade Of
silk that will be worn in the autumn.
1t has yellowish tiDge, not SO deep
as that of old gold, and will be con-
trasted with myrtle green and with
wine color.
---Pougee driving coats for gentle
men are very fashionable, and Ger.
tainly comfortable at this season Of
the year; and when it becomes a lit.
tie cooler these coats can be worn as
busters. &E
The leading feature of the trim.
mines of winter bonnets are fancy