The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-26
NEW YORK FASHIONS.

Never have plaltings been so fashionable.
some new skirts are entirely in side plaits
set to yoke; Others are plain with two
broad boxes at the back; again we see rows
OF side plating around the bottom or the
material can be set in box plaits so wide
that nine encompass the entire skirt rich
example in this style having been dinner
costume made for Mrs. A. S. Stewart of
black watered silk and plush, the skirt was
OF silk while the upper portion also silk,
was Fedora polonaise arranged to ap-
pear like basque and overskirt in front
and gracefully draped in the back, the
sleeves were close fitting and shoulder
cape completed the design. The trimming
was plush laid in bands on the edges.
Gathered tiounccs nevertheless are quite an
idea of the time, so much SO that plain
woolens and silks are brought out in dress
patterns where successive nounces are
wrought in floral figures Often hounce
is added at the waist and also around the
neck. Striped silks or wolens are in like
manner placed as flounces on plain goods
Basques differing from the skirt are till in
favor, plush or watered silk are the first
choice yetstriped goods are much liked
Brocaded basques are worn by those who
have them but new ones are not made up
This is because small figures are going out
and large brocades are manifestly unsuta.
bic. 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 ofholy a foot each wsv, equally sur
prising are the crowns; high and conspicu.
ously pointed, rising like peaks encircled by
forests ostrich plumes below. Sometimes
these hats are set far back on the head; the
brlm psised in halo style; again they rest
prone over the brow, causing a search for
pair OF eyes below or the wide brim NAV be
caught on the left side. Akin to these are
the high pokes the mask of relationship
being the high, pointed crowns. But these
are bonnets and tied under the chin. A
gloomlly prophetic soul might query as to
how the average mortal is to see or hear
anything at church or theatre; too i'm.
aginative spirit might figure out row of
ladies all wearing such hats and wonder
how uniortunates in the rear not only are
to get along but how they themselves are to
turn their heads. These, however, are NOR.
bid forebodings; nine chances to ten, that
row will be broken by masculine pates,
while most encouraging of all, is the fact,
that as yet, the large hats and bonnets are
in noticeable minority. Feather turbans
are carrying the day. AT other times, we
thought turbans adapted to young ladies
only, but now the observer can discern be.
meath the mask veil which is favorite nc.
compartment, both wrinkles and gray hairs.
Nevertheless the wearers are not what we
call elderly. They linger still in the shad.
owy land of middle life; a land, however
of much larger limits than in smaller towns,
since fifty often corresponds with thirty.fve
elsewhere, etc, etc.
BEADS AND COMBINATIONS.
Beads, beads, beads, are the order of the
day. We have beaded passemcnteries
beaded fringes, independent ornaments
made of beads and beaded net works that
take the place Of overskirts. They shine in
a shaded glitter from pale to dark or in
cashmere cominglings So you see that
the results must be sometimes quite rich, to
such degree really that oftentimes they
take the place of brocades as combination
for plain velvet, plush, satin or silk. Moth.
ing certainly can more efficiently contribute
to the restoration of the mode in black silks
than an experience of the superiority of the
Belon fabrics that are now brought promi.
nently forward. Both in wearing qualities
and in finish, they rank pre.eminent. For
wool goods, combination of material is pre-
ferred to beads and the pretty results accru.
ing from unitings of plain and striped ma.
terial, quite defy my powers Of calculation.
Mark the word striped" for it has mean.
ing. To.wis, that small, floral brocados are
going out except in case Of the aounccd
dress patterns mentioned above. The Mir
abeli is having plain round waist finished
with sailor collar and full bishop sleeves