Year: 1874

49, ---.-s -


High tortoise.shell combs are fash
ionab.e again.


Feather trimmings will be extensive
iy used this winter.


Egyptian ornaments are in favor
They are very handsome.


Silk stockings are in vogue with the
new and peculiar shoe.


Long earrings are to be revived this
winter. This is what the leading jew
elers say.


Sumo ladies wear the sash crossed on
the front of the dress and tied in huge
bow at the side.


Several new kinds OF dress material
are in market; the ''velvet-cloth" among
others.


Embroidery promises to he about as
fashionable as ever. The handsomest
imported suits are covered with it


For all full dress occasions low cor
sage, short sleeves and long double-fold
court train will be the rule.


Shell necklaces are something new
They are made Of shells of the Dead
Sea strung on fine gold chain.
The navy blue cloth waterproof cloak
continues in high favor 1t is one of
the best garments ever introduced ~
Powdered hair is entirely and COM
pletely out Of fashion. Less false hair
is worn now than for many years past.


Necklaces of American twenty dol
lar gold coins are likely to be fashion
able. Several were displayed at the
Saratoga season.


The French silks are uncommonly
handsome this season, being of heavy,
rich and beautiful texture and quality
Fichus continue to be generally worn
to the partial exclusion of collars
Some with insertion of black velvet are
very snowy and effective.


Worth will endeavor to keep in vogue
the black silk walking costumes, striped
on the skirt and waist with black silk
velvet. He regards them as very styl-
ish.


Legal-form note and letter pape- Is
still the eminently correct thing among
fashionahles. Brown, pearl, buff and
the faintest pink are the favorite shades


Stewart has imported large lot of
Roman scarf sashes. They are very
beautiful, quarter of yard wide ana
no longer embrace green in the colors
blended.


1t would appear as If the combina-
ton suits were destined to be as fash.
ionable next winter as last. The inva-
riable rule is to have the sleeves of the
waist of the same material and color as
the underskirt.


The ladies are wearing lunches of ar.
tifcial flowers at the breast, as do the
ladies Of Milan on all occasions of fes
tiviLy. 1t is a pretty fashion and we
are glad to note its introduction here.


tits strange. but nevertheless true,
that the old fashioned cloak-the regu-
lar affair reaching to and sometimes be.
lew the knee to be revived in oil its an
cient and modern glory. They are
made of quilted silk, cashmere and vel
vet


The new bonnets have rather state.
ly aspect. They are high, faring and
large in shape and susceptible of con
siderable artistic trimming. We do
not think as rule they will prove OF
all becoming. p


The polonaise will continue fashion
able indefinitely. They will not be ma
terially altered. A new idea is that of
pleating the back from the neck to the
edge in the fiat pleats. 1t is Of French
origin. - l
Harper's Bazaar Is authority for the
statement that all garments are made
very high in the neck, and a yak lace
ruff or else standing collar is added
above the hooded turned down collar.
Both bonnets and hats are to be trim
med with the breast and wings OF dark
birds, headed by aigrette Of cores
ponding shade The wings of Brazil
ian birds are said to be especially in de-
mand by the Paris milliners.