The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-12-20
FASHIONS FILINGS.

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White wooden tulle is novelty for ball dresses
Seal. beaver and otter are the leading furs thi
| season.
| seal plush bonnet has the brim bordered with
| natural beaver.
! Dainty sultana vests or jackets are made Of EN-
| broidered and beaded velvet
| brown brcea1ed boucle Russian paletot is
| lined with fancy fur and is bordered with undyed
| lynx.
| Some plush costumes are trimmed with mink
although this fur is not fashionable here as it
/ abroad.
| Pairs of GRIZZLIES (ears) generally long rabbits
| ears are made for bonnets in beads of every i'm
| aginable hre.
"Jewel buttons" are novelties. They are made
to resemble the precious and semi precious stones
| the setting being scarcely visible
| White or tinted ottoman silk. or white tinted
| W )olen novelty goods, trimmed with white plush
| m Ikes charming bridesmaids dresses.
Sulphur colored Chinese Grape dresses are
! trimmed with gold and steel lace, with headings
| OF gold braid with spun gold pendants.
| The most ropu'ar mid-winter wrap for Ia lie s
bids fair to be the ulster, newmarket or overcoat
Of seal or seal plush cut to resemble mans over
| c)at.
capote of pink velvet has the crown cover I'd
| with crystal and pearl embroidery. Loops I
velvet, fastened with golden bees, form the trim
ming.
beautiful ball dress was pale broche pink silk,
striped alternately with embroidered gold and sill
yer, and trimmed like the low bodice with guam
tity of silver thistles.
Entire birds, WINGS breasts. tail feathers and
heads, trim SO many bonnets that it is extreme y
suggestive of the extinction of the forest, field
water birds Of the whole world.
superbly embroidered satin fronts are among
the PARTISAN novelties A notable one is embroid-
cred with orchids and butterflies, true to nature
that they are delight to the eye.
Jackets for young girls of dull red green or
terra Gotta cloth, trimmed with rolls of beaver
or other fur forming collars, epauettes cuffs and
simulated Figaro jackets and vests.
Plush grows in favor as the season advances, br
not so rapidly as velvet en-. The question as 10
whether we to have another velvet and vel
veteen season is answered "We certainly WILL.
An elegant theater toilet was gold net, studded
18th gold balls and mounted over Nie-green satin;
bodice to correspond with a FIGARO jacket IN EN-.
erald-green satin, covered with I'D embroidery.
Anew Grape has been brought out, striped and
studded with spots, all in one color, and charm
Ing dinner gown of this in pink shade lad
Straight draperies intermixed with pink crepe Of
tn same tone
The long French paletot or pelisse is the leading
seal skin and seal plush wrap. 1t is generally bor
dered with Alaska sable Russian sable, or black
otter or sea fox, and is frequently fringed with
tails-real or imitation
Opera cloaks once more assume Importance. The
newest are made in red aud gold Oriental silk. and
white Siciliene, embroidered with beads. They
borde ed with thick cord.
Large round boas are worn around the neck, with
velvet dresses and wraps, the other side, but
the fashion has not yet reached New York Here
the furs for the neck consist OF fiat bands some
times heightened to the waist line.
New waterproof cloaks look like gray velveteen,
and are as dressy as velveteen wrap. They come
in various shades Of gray. and some few in gTayish
tones of russell red brown and purple but the gray
tint in various shades is the preferred color.
India seersuckers with crinkled and plain stripes
are late novelties. They are intended for chill
drens aprons, nurses and housemaids' dresses.
and need no laundering save washing. folding an
pressing. They are not intended to be starched or
iroDed.
Toys and dolls both foreign and American, AZ
not only cheaper this year, bur they come with
marked improvements upon last years produc-
tons, as in fact they do from year to year. The
mechanical musical toys. however, keep their
prices.
Exquisite hats and bonnets are those which have
white astrachan plush crown. brims of dove
colored beaver fur, and for trimmings loops of
beaver colored velvet, satin-faced ribbon formed
into jabot on one side and fastened with silver
slide or buckle.
Many little girls wear Normandy pokes of plush
some having full pleated fronts Of the plush that
stand out from the face aud are very becoming
Round fell hats, with conical crown Of different
color from the hrim, are also in favor for girls
The trimming generally matches the color Of the
brim.
tiful dresses for the Princess DolgorouE Among
them was skirt Of peacock-b blue MORE and
China crepe. trimuied with bands Of peacock's eye
feathers. The crepe front was draped with orange
velvet ribbon, and the high MORE bodice was orn-
amented with orange bows.
IA very unique and fashionable COSTUME was
worn lately by young light~haired girl in Paris
The color Of the suit garnet n plain skirt of
pleating and was gathered int2 the high pouf At
the back The jacket of PLATA garnet broadcloth