Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-09-28
FASHION NOTGg,

Copper and brickdust shades ara as
fashionable aa terra Gotta,
Black fringe on colOred gowns IS 10 be
one Of the winters freaks,
The new salmontpink scalled ereyoIte,
OF In our yenacular, shrimp,
Small hats and blnnets begin 10 ap'
pear among imported shapes,
Standing high collars aud low rolling
collars arc equally fashionable,
Quantities Of bangle bracelets are
worn over mousanetalfe gloves
Rather large mantles, rounded behind
are in preparation for the autumn
Cheyiot mixtures In what are termed
heather shades will bo much worn,
Mantle clasps OF silver aud gold Of
unique designs aio the rage In Paris
A new damed laco for lingerie aud
dress trimmings ~ called mauicsqnc'
Large collars arc Worn by children,
grown girls, matrons, and elderly wo'
men,
Tunis lace IL n new elective heavy
lace used for linen collars and pillow
shams.
Basques oi moirc, black and in dark
rich colors, will DO worn with skirts Of
various kinds
Little owls IN black metal, with dia'
mond, ruby, or emerald eyes, are favor
ito ornaments.
Heather In sunshine and heather in
shade, are two light and dark 'ints OF
now cheyiot mixtures
With the exception Of steel beads, all
kinds Of beads will bc used in trimming
during the fall and winter
Combs OF every description, when pot
of ivory, are now Of thin toitoise'shell
and the shell is more worn.
A new lace for trimming bonnets IS
colored guipure, in which q deal OF fine
chenille thread is introduced.
A growing fashion is that Of indepen'
dent Jackets made of Gtuil that can be
worn with any kind Of a skirt.
Nineteen apple pies OF ordinary size
in half an hour was the achievement OF
tho victor in n Louisville eating match
Basaues and cuffs will be fastened and
drapcries loopcd with flat nails or spikes,
having large heads OF gilt, silver, or Jet
Plush and velvet are the materials
most used for autumn pokes. Feathers
are used on them all, and this is the only
feature they have in common
The loose.wristed buttonless Sarah
Bernhardt glove, of yellow, undressed
kid, or of chamois leather, is an almost
universal favorite, worn with all sorts Of
toilets.
Tho hip draperies of early fall dresses
are looped high, and seem to form do
cided paniers, while the back breadths
fall in voluminous pleats, suggestive OF
cocks tail.
New bias ties, to be worn as clavat
bows or else passed around the neck, are
of gay plaid Of twilled silk in new COM
binations of colors, specially bronze or
myrtle.green with red and golden brown
with orange.
Fringes foot deep made OF chenille
tied in meshes and with pendant strands,
each finished with large cut-jet bead,
are put in rows across the front and
side breadths of a dress. The jets are
80 large that they make noise like
castanets when the wearer moves.
The most welcome material for ladies'
of quiet tasteare the silvery plush stripes,
the dark gray and black stripes on cor
responding grounds. These are so quiet
in color they are not conspicuous, and
with the rich mingling of plush cannot
fail to make handsome, stylish costumes.
The large, irregularly shaped hats are
of velvet, plush, beaver, or felt, an
many of them have what is called the
accordion crown, a novelty consisting OF
four-cornered piece stiffly lined, and
resting upon folds OF velvet or plush,
which give the closed accordeon effect.
Hats of felt will probably supersede
those of long plush. They are in dark
and light cloth colors, trimmed with os-
trich plumes and bands of repped plush
in the shade of the hat. The new pokes
have high narrow crowns in the style OF
the pointed crown seen on Mother
Goose's hat in the pictures of nursery
rhymes. Often the plush trimmings OF
hats and bonnets are wound in and out
through slits that are cut in the felt.
Hat ornaments show the most eccen'
trio French caprices, shrimps of colored
metal, wolves heads, with the mouth
wide open, showing the red tongue and
sharp white teeth, daggers and pistols
of gold, silver, steel and jet, gilt and
silver snails, boars' tusks capped with
gold at the base, spiders of jet, of mala-
chite, and of opal, with golden claws,
cocks heads. turtles, and octopuscs in
enamel and gilt.
Among new fall costumes worthy OF
description is one of fine broken check
cheviot, lava gray, and turquoise blue.
The skirt is in hollow pleats, over which
falls second skirt finely gathered and
shirred at the top. The back draperies
are in hollow box pleats from the waist
to half way the skirt. There they are
caught up in pouf, below which is a
fanlike pleated drapery. The Jacket
plain and tight fitting, fastened with old
silver filagree buttons at the throat and
waist over plastron of turquoise blue
Surah. A small pelerine, gathered and
shirred about the neck, is fastened in
front with a largo soft bow of Surah, in
which nestles the head of saucy kitten
in gold and enamel, with cats eye jew
els for eyes. The bonnet prepared to go
with this dress is of sepia brown straw,
very open in front, with flaring brim
and high crown trimmed witha wreath
of blue corn flowers inside the brim, and
a bandeau of blue plush and several
blue pompons in shaded effects on the
crown