Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-10-08
FASHION NOTES.

Some OF the seaweed on new bOnnets
is made of rubber.
Petticoats are much wider, to fill out
the wider skirts of the new dresses.
Little girls still wear their hair loose
and flowing down the back, but little
girls only.
Buttons on fancy boots now match
those on the costumes with which they
are worn.
1t takes fifteen large, all wool, plaid
handkerchiefs to make Paris handker-
chief suit.
Plum-colored handkerchiefs with
pheasant brown borders are considered
very stylish.
An ulster of gray water proof satin is
the latest garment that has been designed
for rainy days.
Candles arc TO be used at fashionable
dinner parties enhancing the beauty of
the complexion of the ladies.
Tortoise-shell buttons, with faceted
steel knots inserted at intervals in their
surface, are shown for brown suits.
A maroon plush basque with cameo
bronzed buttons is very handsome with
Biarritz cloth skirt and apron over-skirt.
Wide belts of saddle girth canvas, fas-
tened with straps Of leather and buckles
are worn with all kinds of demi-toilets.
The Havelock suit with Havelock
mantle is one of the prettiest costumes
imported for the approaching cold sea-
son.
Birthday cards, in the shape of white
enamelled plates and platters decorated
with flowers and inscribed with suitable
sentiments, are new and tasteful.
White muslin and pique dresses are
worn all winter by boys one OF two years
of age. Pique is not too heavy-looking !;
many mothers prefer the feece-lined
pique.
When a bride wears her travelling
dress during the ceremony, the groom
wears black diagonal cloth Prince AL
bert coat, with black vest and dark
trousers.
The marquise princesse dress is n gay
little costume forsilks or woolens, and
may be made in either plain or figured
goods, with velvet or plush trimmings
and either silk or satin for the ruffles in
front.
The new camel-hair stuf1s are as thick
as lady's-cloth, but show their twilled
weaving slightly; they are imported in
many new red-purple shades, quaint
blue and groon, with olive, maroon, and
many drab shades.
At a recent English wedding the
brides nephew, dressed in a ruby velvet
cavalier suit, acted as page, holding the
train; and the thirteen bridemaids wore
mob-caps, puffed sleeves, long mittCns,
and paste buckles.
A pretty dress popular with young
ladies is combination of cloth or cam
| el's-hair with plaid Surah, such as plum
colored cloth with Surah that has a
plum ground, and many gay bars of pale
blue, red, and orange.
The long Japanese-shaped initial done
in colored cottons is fashionable for
marking gentlemens' handkerchiefs for
general use. Those meant for dress occa-
sions have white monogram in one cor
ner, or else the slender initial is done in
white
A dainty novelty comes in the form of
| n small, round, japanese fan with long
carved teakwood or ivory handle, the
body of the fan covered with quillings of
black French lace, and the center filled
in with daisies with yellow and black
centers, and the border decorated also
with the same flowers. The under side
of the fan has hand-painted design of
daisies and leaves.
In ostrich tips and plumes the French
"doubtlets" have entirely taken the
place of the single quills. These doub-
lets are composed of two ostrich feath-
ers united in one. producing much full
ler and richer feather than can be fur
nished on q single quill. They must not
be confounded, however, with the made
tips and plumes of domestic manufac-
ture, which can be sold at much lower
prices.