FASHIONS FOR SEPTEMBER. (From the Illustrated London News.)

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XV, Issue 1200, 28 December 1858, Page 4

FASHIONS FOR SEPTEMBER. (From the Illustrated London News.)

Fashion has now taken flight from London, and established her temporary abode in the jcmj wateringplaiet of England and the Continent. Paris also feels the influence of the mnrte iaison. . The drives and promenades of the Bois de Boulogne no longer exhibit their wonted gaiety. Parisian fashion has fled to St. Cloud, Ptombieres, and Baden. t In the country, morning dress and neglige demand especial attention ; consequently, a few hints on those styles of costume will be found acceptable at the present time. Fot morning dress, pique and printed jaconnet are favourite materials. White pique, sprigged with small flowers in pink, blue, or lilac is very pretty, and extremely fashionable. Dresses o\ pique are usually made with large casaques or loose jackets ; the latter trimmed with needlework. For negligS costume and outjoor dress, jackets of white marsella trimmed with needlework' are much worn wjth skirts of silk or printed muslin. For a later period of the day dresses of barege or organdy are extremely appropriate. In morning costume In the country, and at the seaside, round flat hats of straw or leghorn are still preferred to bonnets ; but for the evening promenade the latter are most generally adopted. The skirts of dresses seem to increase rather than to diminish in expansion, and silk dresses are invariably madj' with either flounces or double skirts. Corsages arV'Tery highly trimmed, and those of silk are almost invariably made with basques. Quilles are less worn than heretofore ; but side trimmings formed of bows and passementerie, and tablier fronts, are much in favour. A skirt entirely plain is scarcely ever seen. Many dresses are made with low or half-high corsages, to be worn with pelerines or fichus of lace or worked muslin. These pelerines are usually round at the back, and have ends crofted in front. Some are made of black tulle, covered with rows of narrow black velvet ribbon. These have a pretty effect The fetes at Cherbourg, as was expected, called forth a great display of elegant dress. The ladies of the French Court and their aristocratic English visitors vied with each other in tasteful and Techerche costume. We may here describe a few dresses worn during the fetes by ladies of distinguished rank. A much ailmired dress consisted of white chine taffety, with three flounces each, edged with a cordon of Parma violets. The corsage, half high, was covered by a fichu of white tulle, trimmed with Venetian point. With this dress was worn a shawl of white lace, and a I French chip bonnet, trimmed with bouquets of Parm» violet". , | An evening cress worn by one of the Empress Dames dv Palais was remarkable for originality of style. It consisted of very rich silk, of a brilliant tone of cerulean blue, and covered with small star* embroidered in white silk. The dress was made with a double skirt, and each of the i ilk skirts had the appearance of being worn over a skirt of white muslin, edged with broad Valenciennes lace. This effect was, however, produced merely by bands of muslin and lace attached to the silk skirts. The low corsage was trimmed with bands of silk (the same as that of which the robe was composed), und these bands were edged with Valenciennes and narrow ruches of white taffety. The sleeve* were trimmed in corresponding style. One of the dresses of the Duchess of Sutherland has attracted much attention. The robe was of rich pink lampas, embroidered with silk so exquisitely lustrous that it presented the effect of silver. The robe was open in front, and worn over a skirt of white taffety, also embroidered with white silk, and trimmed with two Bounces of rick Alen<jon lace. The pink robe was i edged with festoons of lace, fastened by rosettes of pink silk, and in the centre of each rosette there was an agraffe of pearls. The trimming of the corsage and sleeves correspond with that of the skirt, and in the centre of the corsage was a row of pearl agraffes. Pocket-handkerchiefs for plain morning dress are simply edged with a hem, headed by a row of hemstitch, lhe handkerchief suited to demi-toilette is I scalloped at the edge, and above the scalloping is a j border ot flowers in embroidery, or a row of embroidered medallions, surrounded by Valenciennes. The hand • , kerchief for evening full dress is almost wholly composed of lace. Ths small portion of cambric in the centre is filled up by the crest and initials. The newest morning pocket-handkerchiefs have exquisitelyembroidered borders in black or violet colour, with the crest or initials worked at one corner.

Mr. George Combe, author of the "Constitution of Man" died on the 14th of August. Mr. Combe had, aa was his annual custom, left Edinburgh early in the summer, and paid visits to several of his friends and connections in the South of England, the mild and equable climate of which was peculiarly beneficial to his delicate constitution. He had profited in health and spirits by the change ; and a few weeks ago went to the hydropathic establiehmewt of Moor-park, Surrey, not *b a patient, but for the sake of the agreeable residence, and of the pleasant society which he knew, from former experience, was generally to be found presided over by his friend Dr. Lane. Here his health continued to improve in a remarkable manner. The weather, however, which had been very warm and fine, about six weeks ago became somewhat less so, affecting Mr. Comte unfavourably. On the 18th of August his malady, an affection of the chest, left little hope of recovery, and he expired on the morning of the 1 4th. Mr. Combe had been more or less of an invalid for •ereral years. He had attained the threescore and 10 years which is set down as the common term ; that he did so wai undoubtedly due to his strict obedience to those laws ot physical and moral well-being, the knowledge and practice of which his works have done so much to extend and enforce. Hi» life was in all points a wonderful example of the soundness and beneficial influence of the practical precepts of his philosophy ; but it was only those who enjoyed and were honoured by his friendship who really knew how thoroughly compatible that philosophy was with the exercise of every amiable and generous feeling. Those who knew him most intimately the best appreciated the depth and soundness of his moral nature ; his intellectual powers an i position are before the world Throughout a very wide circle — a circle not limited to this country only, but extending to Continental Europe and America — the announcement of Mr. Combe's death will be received not merely as telling of the departure of a man in many respects one of the most remarkable of his generation, but as of the loss of a kind, considerate, zealous friend, — Borne News, Blub Gum.—Ao blue gum seed is both scarce and costly, I think it should be publicly known that its propagation by slips is almost as infallible as willow cuttings. These, from the lateral shootsof a yearling seedling, seven or eight inches in lengtn? if placed in a sheltered bed of fine damp loan, will strike quickly, and may be planted out any time during the •ummer. There is thus a great saving of both time, trouble, and expense, and a very few plants will be sufficient to form a considerable nursery. The slips should be put out whilst they are still tender, and before they have had time to become woody, the crown always to be retained. Woody shoots from more advanced plants will not succeed. This is the result of trials I have made this season, and considering the constant care a seed bed requires, I think it is the most certain and satisfactory method of propagating this valuable tree.—CorrMpondent of tht Ly Helton Times. — ■■ 'O ' '

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