The Pontypridd District Herald and Rhondda Valley, Llantrisant, Caerphilly, and Mountain Ash News. — 1893-10-28 (Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

LADIES' LETTER.  Dwoutsr Nzzass,  Tnere seems to be a strong feeling for jackets and coats this autumn; but it icier from probable that they will replace the ever-popular cloaks and capes, which are so much more in keeping with the present style of dress. Jackets for the autumn will I think be half-length and tight-fitting. Double•breasted jackets are much in fashion with three buttons, but the Inagua' are not long. They are trimmed in quite a novel fashion with half-inch wide silk braid in treble sets, headed by narrow bands of Astrachan.  Capes will also be worn; they are in every shape and style, though Invariably small. They will be made of cloth, velvet, velveteen, black plush, and, in fact, of a great variety of material. The trimmings will be as varied as the stuffs used for making. As the season progresses the brown and black combination will undoubtedly obtain vogue, and many of the black gowns will be elaborately trimmed either with brown fur or brown velvet. Blending of colours as well as combination of materials are indicated, and the success of gowns will largely depend on the skill with which these harmonies are effected. Velvet devides the honours with satin and moile as a favourite trimming for oloth and woollen materials.  I daresay you have noticed what an ageing effeot the fashion of parting the hair straight down the middle of the head has upon women who follow this mode. In Paris jewellery there is nothing very new, thoagh it is lovely, tasteful, and full of fancy as ever. The arrangements for the hair in the shape of birds wings, feathers, or sprays are most fascinating. One feels that even a hideous woman coiffed properly, and with one of these ornaments placed amidst soft curia or waves must needs look if not pretty at any rate die. tinguished. In the art of furbishing her head the Englishwoman is still many miles behind the Parisian.  Of the newest coiffure. one can be arranged from a fair amount of hair, or, if the natural hair is abort and scanty, the centre loop can be made from this, with • very small, light frizette to keep it firm, and one large ronleau curl placed top and bottom may be spread out to reach to the side, and lightly fastened with tiny hairpins. These curls in a small size cost about 2s. each, or very large ones 3s. and 4s. They are easily rolled up, end, if waved and the ends " frizzed " before curling up. will spread out to some length, and can be pinned on as described. The double skirt still continues in great favour. It consists of two deep flounces, the upper one coming down from the waist and just overlapping the other. You can see the treble skirt, formed of three superposed flounces over a foundation skirt. If, however, the skirt is plain, it is trimmed in circles, three or four narrow flounces put on at equal distances, or else bands of embroidery, lace Insertion, zephyr, velvet, or moire ribbon, passementerie or galloon put on in the same way. If the material is wlde enough, there is only one seam at the back; if not, there is one on each side as well, and for narrow-width fabrics, we have the umbrella skirt, formed of s number of gored widths, all tapering up to the waist.  A delightful hat I saw recently was somewhat of the boat shape, made in black silk beaver, faced with black satin; round the crown is a scarf of teleda green velvet; tied with long ends at the back, not too long, but just sufficiently long to give it a special character, and at each side of he front nestles a convincing cluster of purple-tinted dahlia.; truly this is a great success. Another hat, which may be justly written down as a success also, is of golden brown beaver, with folds of petunia velvet drawn through rings of jet; at either side of the brim are clusters of purple-tinted roses, from which emerge two black quills. An otter-hued beaver bet—and beaver, you will notice, is eminently fashionable in millinery—is lined with black felt, and trimmed with a mass of black ostrich feathers; four of these standing erect in the front, while two more are arranged at each side to droop on the hair. A very pretty felt hat can be stylishly trimmed with ribbon bows in black, navy, or brown. It can be worn with the hair fixed up in the style described above.  A great advance has been made in the style of ohildren's dresses, and one of the prettiest of the newest fashions is an "Arrow" mantle, made of winter tweed, piped with dark plush, and finished with fancy cords at the top of the sacque, the waist being outlined with a plain band in front. T e collar is charmingly shaped, with a full frill at the ba-k. A girl of nine years would find this cloak very suitable. The second figure is clad in a winter stockinette kyrle cloth mantle, nominated the " Tarff." The collar is bordered with soft racoon. At the back a semi-belt holds the pleats to the waist. A pelisse in cream fancy fleecy, buttoned down the front with pearl buttons, has cape, sleeves, and hood bonnet, bordered with white for. The muff is of the same fur.  Yours lovingly, Jwczna.  Captain Hughes, of Old Colwyn, whose vessel was lying in the Mersey, hanged himself on Monday morning at the entrance to a gentleman's house near New Brighten. Mr. George Edwards, a Suffolk J.P., residing at Carlton Colville, near Lowestoft, committed suicide by hanging. The deceased gentleman, who was 89 years of age, was found suspended by his neck in a shed adjoining hi. house. The body was out down and conveyed into the house, where lite was found to be extinct. 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