The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-27

10 the retail prices and comparative values Of
different fabrics and costumes.
Short redingo.es are again worn.
High back combs are no longer worn.
None but Derby hats are OF plain felt
Polka dotted stockings are much worn.
Bead emDroidenes retain their popularity.
Cardinal and old gold remain fashionable.
Derby hats never go entirely out OF vogue.
Gold and tinsel will be as fashionable as ever.
Crown braids and puffs have gone out OF date.
The new coiffures are all very fiat and smooth.
Short dresses are worn on all sorts OF occa-
slors.
Dotted fabrics are growing in fashionable
favor.
Fancy feathers will be worn only on Derby
hats.
The polonaise in various forms will be re-
vived this fail.
English aud French styles are not at all alike
this fall.
Crmped and fluffy hair dressins has gone
out OF fashion.
New laces are embroidered with gold and
silver threads.
Fifteen yard-square handkerchiefs are sold
FOR costume.
Plush Will take the place OF velvet in millin
cry next seasoni
Jet ornaments will b. used to excess on fall
hats and bonnets.
The hermit polonsse is the novelty n
early fall garments.
Ostrich tips and plumes will be more worn
than fancy feathers.
Plush and satin will bs usel together, in
trimming costumes.
Many narrow fouuces appea: on the skirts
OF some full dresses.
Polonlises, basques, round waists, and point
ed bodices are all in vogue.
Pettcoats are much wider, to iii out the
wider skirts OF the new dresses.
Cords Will play an important part in tta
trimmings of dresses aud wraps next season.
Derby and jockey hats will be covered with
palds aud checks in the fall TO match costumes.
Plush and satin will take the place of Surah
silk and lace for millinery purposes this season.
Trains are still worn FOR full dress, but short
dresses are also admissible on ceremonous
OCCASIONS.
Handkerchief dresses made OF ali-wool, large,
plaid handkerchefs are in the bands OF PARIS
dress
The fashionable coiffure Is DOW low in the
the high hair dressing.
Gold brocaded, and PLAIN gold ribbons, and
gold cord braids and laces appear among the
new millinery goods.
Among importatons OF early fall goods are
quantities of fine, all-wool plaids, IN bright
colors on plain dark grounds.
The infinite variety which has prevailed in
fashion for several seasons past, is repeated in
the new autumn styles.
Wide belts OF saddle girth canvas, fastened
with straps OF leather and buckles, are worn
with all sorts OF demtolet costumes.
At present 1t ls the high fashion in Paris TO
make the corssges OF evening dresses high IN
the neck, bat with very short or no sleeves.
The plain skirt with full unIooped back dra
perry is American in orlgn, but 1t is gaining in
favor on the other side o! the Atlantic.
Two bouquets are worn on the corsage one
at the waist on the lert side, the other at the
neck also on the left side, high and far back.
The first lmportatons of fall hats and bon
nets are large in slze, eccentric in form, and Of
furry beaver and plush felt; the leading colors
are old gold, red, and black.
The streets OF New York Will present
checkered, plaided, aud chess-board effect in
The early fall, on account OF the numbers OF
plaid aud handkerchief suits that will be worn,
Some lately imported suits have basques cut
long and square in front, With large pockets
set on each side in trout OF the hip, while the
back Of the basque is cut into two short points.
The hermit polonaise defines the figure
loosely, but is drawn to the required size by a
rope or wide belt at the waist; the skirt is al
most as deep as the under-skirt, and is turned
up en- reUers in the washwoman style; tho
sleeves cut wide aud deep are also turned up,
and the neck is finished with cardinal cape,
a cowl, and narrow, upright collar.