The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-10-15
Fashion Notes.
AUTUMN cloaks are very long.

HUNTsMAN green has superseded the
olive shade.
MULBERRIEs are the newest ornament
for mourning bonnets.
UNCERTAIN shades of green and blue
combined with every imaginable shade
of red prevails in plaids.
The black straw hats and bOnnets for
early autumn are profusely trimmed
with feathers and q great deal of jet and
chenille.
A GOOD way To make n pretty foot
ugly il to put on it the La VALERIE shoe
of undressed kid, with Il low heel and a
big black bow on the instep, which has
begun to be worn.
A NEW feather has two cOlors different
ly arranged; the long exterior filaments
are, for instance, bright gold color and
the soft down beneath is delicate gray
or putty color.
TAssELED walking-canes are n part OF
the impediments Of English women, AMI
the masculine "stand ut ease" attitude
is assumed by fashionable young ladies'
when they pause in the street or park to
exchange greetings.
EVEN for full-dress evening toilets, in
Paris, woollen fabrics will be much worn
during the coming season, the fashion
correspondents say. These fabrics are
as transparent as muslin, and combined
with satin.
The buttons used this year are some.
what changed in size. The smallest IRE
put on the front of the outside garments,
the next larger size on the sleeves, and
the largest of all on the pockets and the
back.
A NOVELTY in neckwear is a muller OF
sewing-silk, woven in lace stitches,
These are in all the new shades-darl
blue, cardinel, old gold, etc. New
neckerchiefs are of plaid silk, in hand
kerchief styles, to match the new suits
New cloth wraps intended to cover
the whole dress, are made to look like {
nuns dress, with cords and tassels tiei
loosely around the waist, pointed hoot
or pelerine, sometimes both, ant
clasps for the neck in the shape o
shells.
The new round hats rival pokes il
their quaint shapes, and must be con
fined to very young ladies', as they are
worn back on the head, and no longer
shade the forehead and protect the eyes
in the way formerly 80 comfortable tt
older ladies'.
PLAIN gros-grain black silk is out OF
favor, except in mourning. Duchesst
satin, the sultan, "a new material, will
satin face and sicilienne back, and soft
Levantine silk, with cord like Irish
poplin, are the richest fabrics that can
be used for costumes and garments OF
the first Importance.
CLOTHS for cloaking this season are OF
almost every description. Newest Of MI
are plaids for coats and circulars and the
double faced plush cloths for infants and
for ladies' evening wraps. Black fig
ured and plain cloths are shown for
coats, dolmans, circulars; plaid-lined
cloths for ulsters, and velours cloth for
fancy mantles.
The latest and sweetest" thing in
hats is the "Sunrise." 1t has crown
of bright green feathers, n scarf of green
velvet, and in front cocks head with
its bill open, MS if he We're giving his
first morning crow. Gold beads are
SCutUcreu over Tue cIoWl, uiiu Uue green
velvet strings are not for ornament, but
to represent the rising day.
BoNNETs are many of them small and
close, and may be divided, according to
the nature of their Ornamentation, into
three styles-the feather bonnet, the
fruit bonnet and the beaded bonnet.
Among large hats for fall wearing is the
Duchess of Devonshire, in black straw;
the brim is lined with Melted silk and the
outside trimming consists of black ostrich
feathers.
DAINTY underclothes are now made of
Chinese silk and are rich in embroidery.
Night-dresses of cambria and soft percale
show exquisite embroidery and much
fine lace. Flannel petticoats are also the
objects of much laborious needle-w ork.
They are made of two breadths of ma
teria', slightly gored at the top and set
into wide band. In addition to those
finished with silk embroidery are the
even more fashionable petticoats edged
with lace. White flannel petticoats are
sometimes edged with ruffies of torchon
over lining of blue or pink satin.
Colored flannel petticoats are also popu.
lar; red and blue are popular colors.