Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-12
Fashion Notes,

Fir green is one of the most fash
ionable new colors.
Cloaks made Of flannel IN piua,,
stripes will be worn by children dur
ing the winter
Black velvet bodices cut decollete
will be much worn over tulle skirts
this winter
A pretty smoke-colorcd satin cos
tune has flight of swallows en-
broidered up the front.
Bison cloth ribbed, to represent
plush, in very narrow stripes is much
used for underskirts.
A unique carriage costume is of
claret- colored cloth, embroidered with
chenille in large nuts of natural color.
The most elegant embroidered mus
lin costumes are lined with white silk.
1t is thought possible to give them
sufficient color by the addition.
Woollen striped with velvet or
velveteen are among the pretticst
novelties of the season. Skirts made
of them need no further trimming.
A long cloak Of myrtle green cloth,
with deep and wide husson sleeves, is
lined with red surah and finished with
braid embroidery in military designs.
English tailors are returning to the
Scotch tartans, especially those of blue
and green plaids, using them as
draperies Of blue serge dresses and as
overdresses above red skirts.
A carriage cloak of ivy green velvet
brocade and plain velvet is lined with
bayadere striped plush of modified
dolman style, trimmed with beaded
easements and beaver fur bordering
Velvet and velveteen casaques in
the Louis XIV. and Louis XVI. shapes,
handsomely trimmed with point de
Genoa and Irish crochet laces, are the
popular, dressy overgarments of small
boys and little girls.
\ novel fancy in bonnet trimming is
to put rosettes, bows, bands, and chouS
of pinked cloth on felt or cloth bonnets.
This makes lady's bonnet look like a
big penwiper, but its originality is re,
ceived with favor.
Light silk jerseys for evening wear
have velvet plastron embroidered
with silk and gold. The high collar
on the corsage and parements on the
elbow sleeves are also of velvet, COW
cred with gold and silk embroidery.
An imported polonaise is of blue
gray cloth lined throughout with gar
net silk, having cuffs and vest Of the
same, finished with one Of the innova-
tons of the season-large crochet but
tons Of the two col0r3.
A rosette of orange-colored velvet,
with a brown velvet heart, is substi-
tuted for the daisy on some new velvet
bonnets. 1t is very pretty, although
some men will persist in mistaking it
for sunflower
Among the great novelties in velvet
brocades is one piece in which the pat
tern is flying herons in cut velvet on a
satin ground, all the shaded parts of
the bird being executed in uncut
velvet.
The small buttons used this year are
quite as expensive as If they were
large, for their workmanship is Doth
elaborate and beautiful.
Velvets wrought in small designs
set very closely all over the surface are
in favor for bonnet crowns. The sill
used in the embroidery matches the
velvet, and the general effect is bright.
ened by stitches in gold or silver.
The latest fancy in cloth costumes i:
to trim them with wide band Of as
trakhan plush around the bottom o
the skirt beaded with geometrit
braid pattern, the same trimming ap
pearing in appropriate form on thu
sleeves and corsage, but not on thu
plain looped overskirt.
To meet the demand for big bonnets
the English milliners have brought
out large caleche-like poke, which thu
wearers of the small bonnets have
dubbed the salvation bonnet. TIL,
salvation" bonnet is said to be favor
ed by ladies of serious and dignifie(
countenance. no longer young ever
though retaining their beauty.
Plain and shaded stripes and plaid
in vanishing effects are the prevailin!
style in autumn woollens, tweeds
cheviots, serges, tlannels, and foules
showing these features in fawn, darl
ed, quiet shades of blue, unobtruoiv,
greens, and even little yellow beauti
fully blended together, the brighte
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