Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-12-15
New York Fashions.

Flu AND FLowERs-PLUsH AND VEL
vEr-NoUsQUBTAIREs AND JERSEYS
GLOVES.
Correspondents Of tho Staunton vINDIcAroR.l
NEW YORK. Dec. 18th. 1882.
Boys are the last fashion for bridesmaids.
A statement which now that it looks up
to me from paper, scarce seems logical -
Nevertheless, you know what mean; that
sufices. 1 do not mean however that boys
are the only fashion but one of the fash
ions. For in the fall epidemic Of we'd
dlngs peculiar to 1882, no fact shows forth
more plainly than that there are many
facts all equally true. Curious to read in
the different Fashion Magazines. The d.
rectlons as to outfits. whether of the young
lady who according to Beecher Is about to
''marry a divinity and sadly thereafter
consent to live with a man" or her equal
ly poetlcal bridesmaids whether girls or
boys. One says dresses are made simply
and of one or two materials; another says
they are rich and varied and display COM
binatiens of three or four fabrics. etc ETC.
Which is right? "All." answer, and
great therefore is your liberty of consci-
ence. But boys should be fancifuliy
dressed as pages; copied after old pictures
and unquestienably tbs the revival of by.
gone ideas that brings up really pretty
thought. Then too. the present notable
see king after color, has caused an attir-
ing of bridesmaids in different dresses of
pronounced hue such as crimson, blue.
yellow, green. ETC.; the grouping to imi-
tate old paintings. So far, SO good. The
| larger the latitude, the larger the
FIELD FOR ORIGINALITY.
For much of the above we must thank
aesthetic Oscar, who has stirred the pub
! lie mind to think on such matters and
| thought being aroused, one knows not the
ending. Oscar, whom fate has cast into
lodgings directly opposite and who In pur.
| pie faced dressing gown gaZes medltatlve-
ly from behind soft lace curtains; occa-
| sionally emerging into sunlight as, striv-
ing for ne W thought. he throws back su-
| per abundant locks. These cold days on
the street. he wears-pantaloons and-an
overcoat. So far has principle yielded to
Jack Frost. But large round collar like
those worn by boys, causes the passer by
to look with stare and say wonderingly
"that must be Oscar Wilde"
FUR cAPEs AND BACHELOR BUTTONS.
The sign and symbolism of young lady.
hood is fur cape. Long or short fur;
black lynx falling shaggy around Shout
ders shapely enough to bear it; seal more
modest in outline; ditto beaver. Choose
your fur according as nature has bestowed
| proportion. while if you should chance to
be too stout would say merely little
collar. A bunch of yellow bachelor but
tons looks ever so pretty Nesting on fur
cape or the reddish brown aesthetic color.
ed ones that florists have gotten up to OF.
der. These bachelor buttons look pretty
on jackets too. snd on jackets they are
worn. They look pretty with anything
and with anything are worn-sometimes
huge punches; causing the most hardened
bachelor to pause and stare Young
ladies sometimes wear long, silken, fur
trimmed cloaks but usually they are given
over to their elders.
FUR LINED CIRCULARS
certainly have nine lives, for again they
choose not one If you are buying. Better
the cloak. Muffs are as small as they car
be- side appendages, ribbon bows, passe
menteries, etc. having gone away som.
seasons ago and never come back Quite
economical likewise are the muffs of ma
terial with fur bands to match cloak OF
dress. A change, if sou are dressy enough
to need changes, a refuge, if your purse i:
not what a purse ought to be. Nor are
bachelor buttons and other ,wers giveI
up to young ladies. They chiefly veal
them, but Aunts and Mamas can do the
same. Yet hardly in SO pronounced :
way. The belle of eighteen thus bedecke6
is one among many others. the belle Of
forty is thought dressy. yet not unduly sc
IN our metropolitanized eyes. Hoping
your printer may prove equal to that last
long word, proceed to
CLOVES.
| What is not Terra Gotta is tan and what
Is not tan is terra Gotta. Save at balls
etc.. where ivory and flesh enlor are muct
worn. In shape. the Mousquetaire. VIII CT
like Pharoah g rod has swallowed up The
Bernhardt, Biarritz and all that is there
unto of kitb and kindred. The Harris
| qoap
| great superiority, is now in Mousq uetaire
form and retaining all its elegance of Fl,
and durability, remains as heretofore tnt
choice for those who wish really frs
class glove. or thicker kid. but mucf
sought after, comes the Harris pique Der
by. stitched in black; while undressed kid
Nous quetaires are likewise IN demand
The shortest gloves too, nowadays, arr
long; beginning at six or eight buttor
lengths and running to eighteen. Not,
however that have said 'button lengths
not "buttons." For buttons does moi
mean buttons any more but what woult
be buttons if there were buttons. Because
there are only two or three buttons at tn,
wrist and the remaining cxpanse stretches
up, up, up the arm, often to the elbow OF
is allowed to lie in an artistic mass O
wrinkles.
WHAT is A BUTTON
In writing of the Mousauetaire shape, ]
bethought me not of the Jersey gloves OF
fine merino woven and in cloth shades;
fitting close and both pleasant and pretty
for general wear. For little girls there art
miniature Mousquetaires and Jerseyi
while for gentlemen come tans and teris
cottas in conservative lengths and shapes
What better Christmas present to another
or yourself than pair of gloves; the more
SO as the styles mentioned can be purchas
ed at some leading store of your city OF
| H0uld he sent fram hare hx mail VAR