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CLIPPINGS ABOUT DRESS. 
FALL BONNETS. 
The small bonnets have scarcely any brim, and 
seem to consist of a square crown that takes in the 
back of the head and covers only about half the top. 
These shapes have been worn during the summer at 
Newport and Saratoga, and have looked more like 
caps than dress bonnets, as they are without face- 
trimmings, plumes, or flowers—being simply trim¬ 
med with ribbon loops and bows. Other shapes 
serve either as a bonnet or round hat. 
The regular Scotch cap is shown for very young 
faces, and there are jaunty Derby hats precisely like 
those worn by gentlemen. 
FEATHERS. 
Fancy feathers will be the leading feature of the 
trimmings of winter bonnets. Merchants call these 
fancy feathers because of the fanciful shapes in which 
they are mounted, but the feathers themselves are 
of natural colors—not dyed—and are plucked from 
rare birds. These feather ornaments combine many 
rich colors, and are mounted in flat pieces that con¬ 
form to the shape of the bonnet. Occasionally the 
whole bird is placed in a natural poise on the front 
or side of the hat, but far oftener one bird is made 
to do service for two hats by being split in halves 
from bill to tail, and having a spirited little top-knot 
or some tail feathers added. The beautiful Brazil¬ 
ian humming-birds, that glisten like jewels, are more 
used than the larger birds. Sometimes an ornament 
consists of five or six of these tiny birds clustered to¬ 
gether as if in a nest, their heads and long bills crowd¬ 
ed as if pushing each other from the nest, and thus 
showing their upturned throats with their beautiful 
plumage. There are coronets with two heads meet¬ 
ing in the centre, a number of tiny wings stuck next 
in fan shape, and tail feathers at each end; these 
are to be set between the crown and brim, and will 
serve to trim the bonnet. The object seems to com¬ 
bine as many brilliant colors as can be massed to¬ 
gether in one of these clusters. Sometimes an Al¬ 
satian bow is formed of birds, or else of their wings, 
and there are feather butterflies and foliage similar 
to those used last year. Golden pheasants’ feathers, 
especially the small “ eyes ” of the feather, and 
guinea-hen feathers on borders, are shown for tur¬ 
bans. 
WOOLLEN DRESSES FOR FALL. 
Dark cloth colors in the new shades of amaranth, 
Rembrandt green, prune, Burgoyne, golden brown, 
and duck’s-breast blues are shown in the hew wool¬ 
len dresses being prepared in the furnishing houses 
for early fall wear. The materials are camel’s-hair 
cloth, cashmere, and a new fabric called toile de 
sanglier, which is regularly woven, yet has a rough 
surface, and resembles bunting made sufficiently 
heavy to serve for warm winter dresses. The trim¬ 
mings are satin of the same shade, silk plush bor¬ 
ders, many rows of machine-stitching, wide woollen 
braids, and gay contrasting silks in Scotch plaids or 
in the most intricate mosaic designs.— Harper's Ba¬ 
zar. 
COLOR. 
Dark shades predominate, of course; but there is 
an almost infinite variety in their gradations, and 
the narrow stripes and clouded mixtures in the soft 
woollen textures are exactly suited to serviceable 
street and house wear. 
Very dark, solid colors are, however, undoubtedly 
the best choice for street wear, and some of the best 
authorities restrict the design to the simple material, 
well cut, closely draped, and enriched only with 
stitching and buttons. 
BUTTONLESS GLOVES. 
A new glove, the “ Foster ” patent, recently in¬ 
troduced, furnishes very neat and ornamental sub¬ 
stitutes for the buttons that are always coming off. 
The fastening in the new glove is effected by minute 
gilt hooks, with round tops riveted in, and placed 
at short intervals on both sides of the wrist. A fine 
silk cord, with gilt cap attached to the end, winds 
in and out of these hooks, holding them close, yet 
without the strain or waste which is necessary in 
buttoning the ordinary glove over. It is impossible 
for the fastenings to stir, and they are very pretty 
and ornamental. 
DRESS FANS. 
The fan has become a very important adjunct of 
the dress, and must as nearly as possible correspond 
with it. The most unique fans are undoubtedly 
those which are painted, or otherwise ornamented in 
special designs upon satin, silk, crape, or feathers. 
The sticks are opaline pearl, and some are beautiful¬ 
ly carved, inlaid, or ornamented with encrustations 
of gold. Black satin fans are ornamented with de¬ 
signs in gold leaf, and also with an application of 
gold-thread embroidery. 
WOOLLEN SUITS. 
In the making of woollen suits the most impor¬ 
tant recent change has been in the substitution of the 
trimmed skirt for the overskirt. This renders the 
dress much more compact, less burdensome, and 
more susceptible of complete and harmonious de¬ 
sign. An outside jacket accompanying a trimmed 
skirt and basque is a finished dress, simple yet ser¬ 
viceable, and so thoroughly protective that it seems 
hard to improve upon it.— Demorest's Monthly. 
SCARP IN KNITTING. 
Materials.— 8-ply Berlin wool or 4-ply fleecy, 
selecting any two colors that contrast prettily for the 
ends, the centre being made of one of the colors 
only ; two needles, No. 8 Bell gauge. Cast on with 
the wool seventy-four stitches — that is, three stitches 
for each pattern and two over for the edge stitches. 
First row : Bring the wool in front of the needle in 
the right hand, then turn the wool quite, round the 
needle, so as to bring it in the front again, and purl 
two stitches together; * the wool will now be in the 
front; turn it round the needle so as to bring it in 
the front again; pass the needle down the next 
stitch, and take it off without knitting it; then purl 
the next two stitches together, and repeat from * to 
the end of the row. Second row : Bring the wool in 
front of the needle and turn round as before, then 
purl two stitches together; * turn the wool round 
the needle, bringing it in the front; then slip the 
next stitch thus -; put the needle down at the 
back of the stitch, and, bringing the needle in the 
front, take off the front part of the stitch without 
knitting it—this stitch slipped is a long loop ; then 
purl the two next stitches together, and repeat from * 
to the end of the row. All the rows are the same as 
the second. Knit six rows of each color alternately 
for about one-quarter of a yard; then, working the 
same stitch but only one of the wools, knit about one 
yard, and make the other end to correspond with the 
beginning. Cast off. The ends are further deco¬ 
rated with a narrow strip of crochet and a fringe. 
Use wool like that in the centre of the scarf, and a 
crochet needle of medium size. Crochet on the 
edge of the knitting a row of 5 chain and ] plain, 
then 2 rows more the same, working the plain stitch 
in the 5 chain of the preceding row. This, of course, 
makes three rows of the ordinary looped crochet. 
For the fringe cut the wool in lengths of about eight 
inches, and loop them into the last row of crochet. 
Ice in the Sick-Room. —Mention is made in a 
foreign paper of a plan pursued by an ingenious phy¬ 
sician for ensuring a supply of ice for use in sick-rooms 
during the hottest nights, and without disturbing the 
patient. This plan is to cut a piece of flannel about 
nine inches square, and secure it by ligature round 
the mouth of an ordinary tumbler, so as to leave a 
cup-shaped depression of flannel within the tumbler 
to about half its depth. In the flannel cup so formed 
pieces of ice may be preserved many hours—all the 
longer if a piece of flannel from four to five inches 
square be used as a loose cover to the ice-cup. 
Bure White Castile is a little expensive for 
washing fabrics, but its purity preserves the color of 
silk handkerchiefs, ribbons, etc., wonderfully. We 
have seen a very fine damask, white silk neck-ker- 
cliief, with deep blue border, washed in clear water 
in which castile soap was lathered, and few people 
could discover any difference between the laundried 
kerchief and a perfectly clean one. In this case the 
kerchief was snapped between the fingers until 
nearly dry, shaped, folded, and pressed under a 
weight —not ironed. 
How to Make a Rug. —A good and quick way t 
make a mat to cover up some of the shabby places i 
your carpet, which will wonderfully brighten you 
room : Take all the bits of woollen cloth that are m 
large enough for anything else; cut them in round; 
or have them of uniform size ; string them on stron 
wrapping cord, the different colors on separate cords 
have ready a square of old rag-carpet, or any bit < 
carpet, though rag is the best, being heavy; se 1 
your work on this very firmly. Geometrical design 
and lines are the best patterns to follow; the flor; 
are usually so unsatisfactory and much harder to d< 
Work the design first; fill in with gray or black, an 
if you wish you may ornament the edge with pinked 
out scallops of any bright bits of cloth. Trim off a 
the rough edges nicely. 
