Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-13
FASHION NOTES.
Breakfast caps grow in favor.

DreaklaSU caps grow IN laVOr
All outdoor dresses are made short
The Pilgrim suit originated in Eng.
land.
Derbys never go entirely out of fash
ion.
Fluffy crimps and bangs are out Of
date.
Jersey costumes will be worn next
month.
Plaids will be received in early fall
millinery.
The Pilgrim pOlonaise has reached
New York.
Pompadour silks are growing in
popular favor.
Dotted and sprigged dress fabrics
grow in favor.
The night-gown with shirred waste
is a new fancy.
Many narrow ruales appear on early
fall dresses.
Beaded silk Jerseys will be worn
in the early fall.
Tho Jersey corsage has never found
favor in Paris.
White evening bonnets will be as
fashionable as ever.
1t is admissible to go anywhere now
with a short dress.
Ostrich tips and plumes will be in
high favor this fall.
Side combs Of shell, jet, coral and
ivory are used again.
Plush will take the place of velvet
in millinery next winter.
Many rufies or founces on skirts
will be a feature of all fashions.
Spikes, balls and tassels are used to
finish the end of Surah sashes.
Public taste in Paris runs to the re-
vival Of directory styles of dresses.
Chinese Corah silks in lowered
designs will form a part of the fall
toilets.
Red plaitings around and under
the bottom Of dresses increase in num-
Der.
Wide canvas belts are more fashion
able than either leather or ribbon
ones.
The fashions of England and France
have very little in common at the
present time.
Gold lace, gold ribbon and gold
braid will be used to excess in early
fall millinery.
Fancy and tinsel ribbons will be
used more han Surah silk or satin fol
winter bonnets.
Black Surah silk sashes are some
times lined with red, old gold or he
liotrope Surah.
The fashionable evening color takes
the name OF Ophelia it is a dark
shade Of heliotrope.
The tea gown of the moment is Of
soft ivory Ramchunda silk, trimmed
with Languedoc lace.
The riding habit of the fall season
has cutaway coat basque buttoning
over a striped waistcoat.
Corah washing silk in natural I'M
dyed shades of cream or ecru is found
among early fall novelties.
Indian washing silk in undyed
shades Of buff, resembling pongee, is
sold for morning chamber robes.
Soft, crushable Indian silks are
much used in Paris and London in
the composition of classic and artistic
costumes.
Black silk poplin is again in
demand. 1t is used for skirts Of black
costumes of Surah silk, cashmere OF
camel's hair.
Marguerite sleeves, pulled in the
armhOle and at the elbow, appear on
some Of the lately imported Partisan
costumes.
Frank Leslie's Ladies' journal says
that the baby stare is considered the
pretty thing for a young girl in Eng.
land just now"
The Pilgrim pOlonaise loosely de.
fines the figure, and is bound with q
heavy silk rope, finished with cones
balls, tags or tassels.
Belts of cream white, black or gray
stripped saddle girthing, from two t
three inches wide, are worn, fastened
with leather straps and buckles.
When black toilets are made with
round waists, a black Surah sash is
worn with them, the ends of the sash
being gathered and finished with Q
black jet ball.
The head Of the millinery depart.
ment of A. 7. Stewart & Co., say
that the bonnets and hats of next sea.
son will be large and of plush anC
furry felt, while old gold and cardinal
will be the leading cOlors.