The Penn's Grove record., 1883-10-13
For the Fair Sex.

"A pretty material for evening
dresses is Melbourne foulard. 1t makes
up very stylishly in cream color, with
draped scarfs trimmed with wide loops
and ends of ruby velvet.
-Collerettes of lace take the form of
high rufus or of a row of lace turned
down over a ribbon passing around the
peck, finished by two jabots side by
side, giving a square effect.
The economical will be glad 10 learn
that silks will be cheaper than ever in
| the fall, as thousands of pieces of last
years silks have lately been purchased
at Lyons at cost price.
The only wraps which young girls
wear are the pelerine pelisse, the pale
tot, and the Carrick, which last is a
double capt with a ruche around the
neck, and fastened with a bow of
ribbon.
Little girls of from 4 to s frequently
wear the Louis XIV jacket with large
revers forming a collar, and pockets in
the same style. Under the loose waist
coat is worl a plated skirt.
1t is not at all likely that the Jer-
| sey will remain a fashionable garment,
for it has already become ommon ; but
| it has made a certain place for itself,
! and will remain through fluctuations or
fortune as the basque and the ~polOnaise
and the blouse waist have done. The
Jersey is easy and delightful wear for a
| good figure and for informal occasions.
1t fits like a glove, yet admits of much
| freedom of movement its elasticity
does away with all sense of binding OF
| pressure ; but for this very reason a
round, flexible, graceful form is an in
dispensible qualification In the wearer,
and no angular o. made-up figure
should ever attempt a Jersey"
Domestic Goods.
The American manufacturers come
to the fore this season, surprising all
| previous efforts, and fairly rival those
of foreign manufacture in magniieence
and beauty. The superb brocades on
ottoman grounds are strewed with
sprays of shaded roses and other flowers.
On black satin grounds enormous jar
diniere designs are in high relief of cut
velvet on plain velvet. The American
satin marveilleauX, satin armures, ar
mure Dijons, plain satins and velvet,
gros-grains are equally elegant of the
above described shades. These are all
| duplicated in delicate colors for evening
| toilets, such as a brilliant golden olive,
manila, eglantine pink, light blue,
| creamy white, the pale milky way, and
maize.
The odd conceit of uniting two mate
rails in the way of placing the figured
fabric below and the PLAIN above will be
revived, with also the fashion Of wear
ing plain velvet basques with a different
skirt. Some of the new fabrics for the
| cold season are excessively coarse and
rough, like blankets. Wide stripes ac-
company the plain goods.
Ribbons.
Two kinds of ribbons are used-the
very narrow satin ribbons for gar Iture
and the very wide for sashes /; there is
a medium width employed for belts,
but these hardly count. The ''happy
thought of clustering very narrow
satin ribbons in different shades and
colors as rosettes, bows and groups of
loops with ends, has revived that for
merly highly favored kind of garniture,
and given it a stimulus unknown be-
fore. Four hundred yards has been
put, it is said, on enc dress, and that
may not represent the maximum, since
the Juror has only just set in. 1t is
more than probable, however, that it
win o expend itself, as the violence
of a storm is its own prophecy of speedy
abatement.
In sash ribbons are some new styles
of unexampled beauty. The exquisite
late patterns seen in brocaded silk and
i velvet upon some rich fabrics, have
been transferred TO elegant ribbons
with great success, entirely covering
ruby and rese-pink OF w~ine-colored sur
faces with a frost-like tracery which
perfectly reproduces the rarest fabrics.
There are other ribbons which are bro
caded 50 as to represent the finest hand
embroidery of a conventional kind and
still others in duehesse satin with a
striped centre Of moire In the solid
color,