The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-12-10
Flush Costumes.

Plush is such a favorite among the
heavy fabrics for winter that some OF
the imported costumes appear to be
made of it entirely, though there arc
plaitings and revers of satin de Lyon on
the skirt, and the Innings and foun-
dation are of silk. Amethyst, bronze.
myrtle green, and garnet are the colola
that are most effective in plush. Tho
best qualities are all silk, with smooth
deep pile as heavy as that of moleskin
velvet. Chenille cords as thick as ropes
re knotted ON tho corsago and drapery
of such dresses, and the rich beaded
and gilded passemontcries and EN-.
broideries form the trimmings, the col.
lar, cuffs, and sometimes whole tabliers.
A basque with trimmed skirt is the de-
sign for such costumes, and these are
arranged so close and clinging tha
they give the effect of pIincesse dress;
indeed many are what is called the de.
tached princesse dress, the back of the
basque and skirt being sewed together
permanently, while the belt of the skirt
is separate in front, and fastened bo-
meath tho basque. The back of the
basque is sharply pointed, and is finished
with full plating of satin, doubled and
intorlined to make it stand out in what
is called medieval plating. Instead o;
rounded apron the plush is draped in
square breadths, wrinkled across the top
and straight below, opening at the
lower part of the side seams to disclose
the satin de Lyon beneath, and these
openings are finished with satin revers.
The back breadths are partly satin,
partly plush, and are draped softly and
full, yet the drapery is confined to O
narrow space that it may not be seen ON
the sides. An amethyst plush costume
made in this way with chenille and gilt
ropes knotted upon it, and gold en-
broidered collar and cuffs, is one of the
handsomest importations of the season.
Plush morning dresses and matinees
are also among the rich importations, and
these are made in historic styles with
Vatican trains over Breton petticoats,
and the dropping Medicis oversleeve
in funnel shape, with shilTed sleeve
beneath of white Surah. A pale blue
plush robe of this design opens its en-.
tire length to disclose the front of white
Surah laid in plaits at the top, with
many rows of Alencon lace across Tho
front. A little hood of the lace is at
the back. Long matinee sacks OF
light blue, white, OF rose-colored plush
are made 10 open on shirTcd Surah
fronts, and are worn with short skirt
of the plush, also trimmed with Alencon
lace Bazaar.
Some of the most eminent scientific
men now accept the view taken by Ad-
hemar, namely, that continents have
not been depressed, but overflowed by
the ocean. Owing To the procession Of
the equinoxes, the mass of water is
transferred from one hemisphere to the
other once in 10, 500 years, and the sun
remains eight days longer in one hemi-
sphere than in the other. At the present
time the winters of the southern pole are
eight days longer than with us; the ice
continent has consequently formed
there, and the mass of ocean is to be
found in the southern hemisphere, and
the ice covers the space upon and around
the south pole more than twice the area
of all Europe. The extreme of cold at
the Antarctic pole was reached about
600 years ago, since which time the eli
mate has been becoming milder, while
that north OF the equator has been grow
ing colder.
At the wofu, battle of Isandula two
British soldiers, Melville and Coghill,
were killed while attempting TO rescue
the colors of their regiment. When the
ex-Empress Eugene went out to Zulu
land to visit the place where her son
was killed. she carried with her two
wreaths sent by Qleen Victoria to their
graves. Eugen!e found their resting
place and tenderly fulfilled her mission.
An exchange says: She wrote after
ward letter to the queen describing
the wild, grand spot where they are
buried, the heroic circumstances of their
death, as she had been able to learn
| them, adding a few words of earnest
sympathy for them and congratulation
for the sovereign who had men so brave
to lose; all OF which the queen copies Ia
her own hand and sends with letter of
earnest sympathy to the widows OF the
dead heroes.
1t is estimated that $1,000 men and
women are employed in Philadelphia
| in the manufacture OF clothing, and
20 OOO, 600 suits are made every year.
Cutting machines are gradually finding
their way into all of the large manufac-
turing establishments of the city. The
machines have a capacity for cutting
nearly 1900 garments in day of twelve
hours, or about equal to the combined
results OF the labor of eight men. But.
tonholes also can he worked by machin-
cry at the rate of $50 per hour, while by
hand it would take the same period tc
complete three holes. By the cutting
machines folds OF cloth forty-ply thick.
ness can be easily cut through. The
establishment where cutting and but
tonhole M achines are used turns out l0i