Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-08-20
FASHIONEITEMs.'

All outdoor dresses are made short.
Derbys never go entirely out of fash
ion.
Jersey costumes will be worn next
month.
Pompadour silks are growing in popu-
lar favor.
Plaids will be revived in the early fall
millinery.
Many narrow ruffles appear on early
fall dresses.
The nightgown with shirred waist is
a new fancy.
Ostrich tips and plumes will be in high
favor this fall.
1t is admissible to go anywhere now
with short dress.
Plush will take the place of velvet in
millinery this winter.
Chinese Corah silks in lowered de-
signs will form parts of fall toilets.
Red pleatings around and under the
bottom of the dresses increase in num-
Der.
Fancy and tinsel ribbons will be used
more than Surah silk or satin for winter
! bonnets.
The fashionable evening color takes
the name of Ophelia; it is dark shade
of heliotrope.
All lustrous fabrics and trimmings,
such as satin and jet, will remain in
fashion this fall.
The tea gown of the moment is of soft
ivory Ramchunda silk, trimmed with
Languedoc lace.
For very deep mourning English Grape
takes the place of Surah silk for the col
lar, cuffs and belt.
The riding habit of the fall season has
a cutaway-coat basque buttoning over 6
striped waistcoat.
Black silk poplin is again in demand
1t is used for skirts of black costumes O
Surah silk, cashmere or camels hair.
Marguerite sleeves, pulled in the arm
hole and at the elbow, appear on some O
the lately imported Partisan costumes.
The Pilgrim polonsise loosely define
the figure, and is bound with a heavy
silk rope, finished with cones, balls, tag
or tassels.
The novelty in black silk dresses worl
as mourning is imperial Surah, will
rich twill, like the regular diagonals O
imperial serge.
There is an effort to make all mourn
ing attire more wholesome by using les
Grape, and wearing it shorter time thai
was formerly done.
The Spanish mantilla and elbow cap
are not confined to misses or to YER
young ladies; they are equally suitabl
for ladies of middle age.
Belts of cream-white, black, or gra
striped saddle girthing, from two to tire
inches wide, are worn, fastened wit
leather straps and buckles.
Four little children dressed as sailor
holding the brides train in the brida
procession was one of the features of a
English wedding last month.
Young ladies will revel this fall i
white illusions decorated with flowers i
either knots or wreaths. 1t heighten
equally the charms of blonde and bru
nette.
The English baby stare is done b
opening the eyes as wide as possibl
without raising the brows, and slight
turning the corners of the mouth w
Saying mouse" five or six times, give
the right position to the lips.
3 One of the most elegant fabrics fc
: mourning dresses is imperial serge, an
its cost is only from $3.50 to So. 1t di
fers from the Henrietta cloth in havin
, even diagonal weaving, like serge, il
, stead of the short irregular twill know
. as cashmere twill"
, A toilet service of novel charactt
has just been produced by an Irish pc
' terry. The service is Japanese in gener;
( style, finted and decorated with the Jal
! anese thora in bas-relief. The jug an
, basin are each provided with set (
+ three elongated low feet, covered wit
e India rubber so as to avoid noise.
4 Curtains of some quiet soothing hui
0 hanging in natural folds, catching tt
. light on their edges and deepening ava
: into richer shades of color, will som
times give a singularly simple and arti
q tic finish to a dining-room otherwi
g tastefully furnished, which the mo
i deliberately wrought hangings would ia
:, to effect