The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-11-10
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For THE HERALD.
New York Fashions.

New York Fashions.
Novel Costpmes-New Hats and Bonnets-
Beads and Combinations Gloves.
Never have plaitinss 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; again we see rows OF side plait-
log around the bottom or the material
can be set in boz plaiss so wide that
nine encompass the entire skirt; a
rich example in this style having been
u dinner costume made for Mrs. A.
T. Stewart Of black watered silk and
plush. The skirt was OF silk while
Tie upper portioO, also silk, was
Fedora poloaaise arranged to appear
like basque aud overskirt in front
and gracefully draped IN the back.
The sleeves were close fitting and a
I 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;
so much so that plain woolens and
silks are brought out in dress patterns
] where successive houuces are wrought
iD f3ral figures. Often a aouuce is
added at the wais: and also around
the ue'k. Striped sikh or woolens
are IN like manner placed as honnces
on plaiu goods. DasQues d,ieflng
from the skirt are still IL favor. Plush
or watered silk are the first choice,
yet striped goods are much liked.
Brocaded basques are worn by those
who have them, but new ones are not
made up. This isbecause small hg-
ures are going out and large 6rocades
are manifestly 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 radius of half foot each way;
equally surprising are the CROWDS;
high and couspicuously pointed !; ris-
ing like peaks eucircled by forests of
ostrich plumes below. Sometimes
these hats are set far back on the
head the brim l>ised III halo style;
again they rest prone over the brow,
causing 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 10 see or hesr anything at a
church or theatre too imaginative
spirit might figure out TOW Of ladies
all wearing such hats and wonder how
uufortunates in the rear not only are
to get along, but bow they themselves
are to turn their heads. These, how
ever, are morbid forebodings; nine
chances to ten, that TOW 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
a noticeable minority. Leather tur-
bans are carrying the day. At other
times, We though: turbaus adapted to
young ladies only, but now the oO'
serve. can discern beneath the mask
veil which is a fayorite accom- panl-
ment, both wrinkles and gray hair'.
Nevertheless the wearers are not WHIT
ne call elderly. They liOger still in
the shadowy land of middle life; a
land, however, of much larger limits
than in smaller towns, since fifty ofteo
corresponds to thirty-fve elsewhere,
etc, etc. d.
BEADS AND COMBINATIONS
Beads, beads, beads are the order
of the day. We have beaded passe-