The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-09-29
FASHION NOTES.

A pretty stuff for evening dresses is
| silk toweling. 1t should be combined
with satin and trimmed with gauze.
The newest basque pattern is long
and square in front with a pocket on
each side. 1t is cut in two points at
the back.
Underwaists of dotted foulard are
now worn, and it is good use to make
of an ugly material, for it keeps it out
of sight.
The dainty kerchiefs which have one
short end and are worn with the other
fastened to the waist, are made of
brocade grenadine.
A good authority recommends very
dark green dancing cloths instead OF
white, for the reason that the former
show off dresses much better than the
latter.
A new idea is to take out the plain
wood panel in front of the tall standing
Dutch clock, and insert in its place one
of embroidered silk, worked in some ar
tistic and elaborate way,
The materials most in vogue for ties
and kerchiefs and wells are highly ap-
proved of by those who deal in them,
for they are so perishable, the articles
requiring constant renewing.
The rage for yellow has extended
from bonnets and dresses to the outside
Of cottages, which at present should be
in some shade ofthat color. The Queen
Anne chimneys can be red.
For morning sacques there is nothing
more becoming to all styles of woman
kind than Veronese green surah. When
to this is added green cashmere vest,
the wearer is perfectly CONNIE aJam.
For cloaks, next winter, surah with
out trimming, will be the thing. But
then they are to be lined throughout
with plush, which is to ha turned up at
the lower edge and back at the wrists
to form facings.
One of the predictions of cores
pendent Of Harper's Bazaar is IA winter
dress Of plain and plaid wool combined,
the latter material forming half Of the
narrow finely-plaited founces on the
underskirt, and also the facings aud
folds on the waist.
The new stuffs covered with jet beads
are made much more substantial than
those formerly worn. In the former
every bead is fastened so tightly that it
will not fall, even if all its mates are
cut away This not only makes the
material more durable, but diminishes
the rattle of the beads.
From the Brooklyn Eaglel
A stylish combination for the fall will be
old gold and prune color. Green and old
gold wall vie with it in favor.
Velvet will be prevailing material for
winter dresses, and the plain will be match
ed with the figured, the latter used for
trimming.
Green is a color that viii be brought into
prominence this fail. 1t will be used in
combination with the new copper colors,
with which it contrasts well.
The long polonaise which will be retained
the coming season is longer than ever, and
is perhaps handsomer than heretofore be-
cause of the attention paid to its fit.
Some of the new basques are cut long
and square in front, with a pocket put on
each side of this square front; the backs of
such basques are short, and cut to form two
points.
Plaids, which are introduced the early
part of each winter season, are already in
the market. 1hey are not, however, tartans
of Scotch clans, but are faneiful plaids
which show French taste in their combina-
tiOns of colors.
All the recent dresses of whatever mate
rial are made with shirred backs, short
apron fronts and all around bodices The
skirt hangs straight at the back, and the
shirring consists of from Ave to seven rows
below the line Of the belt,
The fashion OF wearing a silk lower skirt /
with hounces and a wooden overdress has
been abandoned by French dressmakers,
and wooden suit, in order to be stylish, \
must have only wooden seen on the outside,
silk being relegated to liaings.
The HAGUE and lower skirt Of the dress Of
last season are retained, the former being
made long or short, according to the use for
which they are designed. Some basques
have long collarettes. ending in shirred
pieces, which pass under the belt.