The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-11-10

For THE HERALD.
New York Fashions,
Novel Costumes--New Hats and Bonnets-
Beads and cmoinations-Gloves.

Novel Costumes--New Hats and Bonnets-
Beads and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Never have plaitiogs been so fash.
iouable Some new skirts are entirely
in side plaits set to yoke; others
are plain with two broad box at the
back ; agaiu we see rows OF side plait-
Ing around the bottom or the material
can be set in boz plaits SO wide that
nine encompass the eutire skirt;
rich example in this style having been
u dinner costume made for Mrs. 4.
T. Stewart of black watered silk and
plush. The skirt was OF silk while
the upper portioO, also silk, Was a
Fedora polonaise arranged to appear
like basque aud overskirt in front
sc'i gracefully draped in the back.
The sleeves we're close fitting and
shoulder cape completed the design.
! The trimming was plush laid IN bands
on the edges. Gathered flowers Dev-
ertheless are quite an idea of the time;
50 much so that plain woolens and
silks are brought out in dress patterns
where successive houuces are wrought
in horal figures. Often d f0uuce is
added at the wais: and also around
the uevk. Striped silka or woolens
are in likv manner placed as douoces
on plain goods. Dasques diiicring
from the skirt are still iu favor. Plush
or watered silk are the first choice,
yet striped goods are much liked.
Brocaded basques are WORD by those
who have them, but new ones are not
made up. This is~because small hg-
ures are going out and large brocades
are nanifestly unsuitable. For sake
of contrast, the skirt must be Of plain
goods. a spectacle the most
UTTERLY UTTER
are the new huge hats. They spread
out in a radius of half foot each way;
equally surprising are the crowns;
high and couspicuously pointed; ; rls-
irg like peaks eucircled by forests Of
ostrich plunes below. Sometimes
these hats are set far hack on The
head ; the brlm poised in halo style;
again they rest prone over the brow,
causing a search for pair of eyes
below, or the wide brim may be caught
on the left side. Akin to these are
the high pokes the mark of relation
ship being the high, pointed crowns.
But these are bonnets and tied under
the chin. a gloouily prophetic soul
might query as to how the average
mortal is 30 see or hear anything at
church or theatre too imaginative
spirit might figure out row Of ladies
all wearing such hats and wonder how
unfortunates in the rear not only are
to get along, but bow they themselves
are to turn their heads. These, how
ever, are morbid forebodlngs; nine
chances to ten, that row will be broken
by masculine pates, while most en-
couraging Of all, is the fact that as
yet, the large hats and bounets are IN
noticeable minority. Leather tur-
bans are carrying the day. At other
times, we thought turbaos adapted to
young ladies only, but now the ob'
server can discern beneath the mask
veil which is fayorite accOmpanl-
ment, both wrinkles and gray hairs.
Nevertheless the wearers are not what
We call elderly They liDger still in
the shadowy land of middle life;
land, however, of much larger limits
than in smaller towns, since fifty often
corresponds to thirty-fve elsewhere,
etc., etc.
BEADS AND COMBINATIONS.
Beads, beads, beads are the order
Of the day. We have beaded passe-
mepteries, beaded friugos, Independent
ornaments made of beads aud beaded
net works that take the place or over
skirts. They shine in shaded gilt
ter from pale to dark, or in cashmere
co.mingliugs. So you see that the
results must be sometimes quite rich,
to such degree really that ottentlme5
they take the place Of brocades as
combination for plain yeivcr, plush,
satin or silk. Nothing certainly can
more efficiently contribute to the re-