Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-06-22
New York Fashions.

Kew York Fashions.
POPULAR CAPOTEs-PERILOUs HATS
CoLORs-THOsE WHO WEAR THEM
ARMS AND ,NECKs-aLOvEs- WATER
ING PLACE COSTUMES.
Correspondence Of the staunton VINDIcAFon.l
NEW YORK, June Is.
The big hat, as one may see, aces like
The sails of vessel. It catches the breeze;
the breeze catches it and away it goes
out of car window. leaving one
bareheaded for a hundred miles or, worse
yet, showing where ones blonde wig may
be carelessly put on that treacherous hat
having been trusted to act as covering
and defence. But the little capote ID charm
ingly iuoffensive: fits snug on ones head,
gets into nobody's way. can be relied upon
to stay In its place. while for the matte
of protection, there is ones new paraso
gotten expressly for purposes Of exhib'
tion and wherefore then not exhibit it
The more 80 as the lace edging or the edg
of the lace cover, permits one to look fort
securely ON Beau No. One when one
strolslng with Bsau No. Two, while he
Number Onel knows and can know
nothing beyond that fall OF loops ant
meshes. Then again, these cunning lit'h
capotes are SO easily gotten up: so littl'
raw material Is required, that you Car
ediry lookers-on by display OF three or
four at the expense of more pretentlous
bonnet. Yet there is picturesQueness in
the large hat which causes the fashionable
lady to brave sil disasters from outdoor
gales or possibly more to &c dreaded in
door breezes, since these large hats are
comparatively expensive-when gotten up
in Hrst-class style, very expensive. such
layishnass of ostrich plumage; such a
wilderness of spaail foxeFs flor a large
eower is q high ofencel; such . sSretch
of costly Leghern or stray. Then it re-
quires such artistis skiil TO give it the
right bend of becomingness. the eQrve Of
true bewitchingnessa and know not what.
all of which must be paid for; SO you see
the large hat is dangerous sort of protec-
tien "a lltsly to get one into trouble
whether abroad OK at hene. AS we know,
however, neither the iasas hat pfr tHHs
capote are novel; ths genuine noyelty Of
the season being the poke. which rises TO
q high and sharp point over the forehead.
Only a few aTs gov seen but future is
predicted for this poks-s future that
Saratoga and Newport will decide. At
present. the popularity of the capote is
immense.
There is faissty ABOUT this seasons col
ors, a trying to be something sise than
what is or ought to be Blue endeayors TO
be gray or torrows greenish Mnges, yellow
is seldom honestly ys|loE but shoWing up
rather through mud eolored, rsddist Or
orange rays, the frst named carrying it
down to veritable yellowish mud that is
greatly sought after, because called ''tan. y
the former, striving, struggling and often
reaching up to Haunting orange. Then
there is crushed raspberry and crushed
atEaFbarry. They lead US on to mon
grel reds that SIS 3 tribe in themselves
and very popular; SO much SO tiat en en-
t!rejy red dress attracts little if any atten-
ton while GO anr dusty, elaring streets,
the display Of red Pa7asais each day be-
comes more distressing. How gladly then
We turn to green and hail the outfits of
clear. forest green, genuine without hybrid
mixtures and very. very fashionable. Even
the men are turning out in green. AS
yet, this is not 80 common but that one
looks anS says to oneself, "there goes a
man in green.n Tis sadly curious however
to see short, stout individual 60 cutting
sieEg 10 green; thus bringing ipto promi.
nence q Agusa be should endeavor to
shield in obsctrity. HisooltenJedly some
Man may answer, ''Wherefors this objec-
tieh &c green and not likewise to claret,
blue and other seuaisprononnced colors
that men are wearing ~ aEsEsr, "There
is no discrimination all are equally CO.
jectionable unless you are well proportion
cd. II not, content yourself with modest
black or unobtruslve mixtures to which
we are accustomed. To ladies likewise.
good taste would offer the suggestion that
it were yeiI got to call attention to bad
form by conspicuous Ett!re. But we are
habituated to seeing feminine Displays in
dress and what you'd be very conspicuous
for man might be unnotiesd when worn
by woman"
ARMS AND NECKs.
No chance at all for one more than the
Other. Ewathlngs of lace, ruffles, linen
collars, ueeks II dresses brought high.
anything rather than the digipely appoin,
ted neck. The same With arnas, absolute
ly prohibited, since where the sleeve stops
there must the glove begin. The shorter
the sleeve the longer the glove, which
makes nothing of turning the elbow and
running quite up the arm. Yet per contra
the GLOVE stops not always where the
sleeve stops. but wrinkles in fashionable
conflict or is drawn over it With a very
strong minded effect. Ons can readily
see from what has been said therefore that
the glove is az important finish to the Co.'S
trme and from its extraordinary length,
quit pfyJspinent. Do not let it match
aoweSer. That would be q serious mis-
ta1& and it needs but glance at fash
Enable assortment to observe how every
thing comes in yellowish colors, tan, etc;
the sole exception that Can think of, be-
ing b red glove that suits the red outfit.
In kid the Harris mousG uetaIre, exquisite
Of fit and very durable, ranks first. This
is dressy glove shown in all new sh AIDES
whether for day or evening, but it is a
Iudicious SELECTION even where lasting
qualities are chiefly v;shed for. Ladies
are now also buying the Harrls gauntlet
10 travelling and shopping glove since it
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