BETTER THAN ANY OTHER.-- The Bloomfield (Iowa) Clarion says:-- "To say that Peterson furnishes a better Magazine for the price than any other publisher, is but saying what every one should have known long ago, and what every magazine reader does know.  Send for it at once."  We may add, it is not too late to get up clubs.  Back numbers furnished, from the beginning of the year, if desired.  Recollect, this is the only Magazine that has not raised its price.  In spite of the advance in paper--about one hundred per cent.-- we continue to furnish Peterson at the old rates.
INCREASING IN BEAUTY.-- The enormous circulation of this Magazine is explained by the Viroqua (Ill.) Expositor, which says:-- "Peterson contains the finest and most lifelike steel engravings we ever beheld.  No one can look upon its beautiful pictures without astonishment at the expense and taste with which this Magazine is got up.  Peterson's Magazine is increasing in beauty and interest every month."
SHAWLS.-- Double woolen shawls in knitting or crochet are being worn, the upper point of which may be turned over the head like a hood.  These knitted or crochet shawls are lined with silk, and are trimmed with moss fringe and colored ribbon.
EMBROIDERY STAMPS.-- L.P. Borden, we are informed, continues to manufacture his celebrated Premium Embroidery and Braiding Stamps.  These stamps have become very popular through the United States and the Canadas.  There should be a set in every town.  They have never failed to give satisfaction to those who use them.  Stamps from any design made to order.  They will stamp on any material with accuracy.  Send and get a few dozen.  Address L.P. Borden, Massillon, Ohio;  or his agents, J.M. Pickering, No. 96 West Fourth street, Cincinnati, Ohio; Mrs. Sylvia Harrington, Potsdam, N.Y.; Miss Carrie P. Aydon, Wilmington, Del.; Mrs. F. Brooks, 838 North Tenth street, Philadelphia; Mrs. J.M. Newitt, Chicopee, Mass. Mrs. E.C. Borden is traveling agent.  Inking cushion, pattern book, and full instructions accompany each order.  Price, five dollars per dozen.
RIBBON FOR THE THROAT.-- A black or colored velvet ribbon is very generally worn round the throat, to which is appended a locket---the scented lockets which were lately introduced have found much favor; but these are again likely to be superseded by the small gold or silver buckle, which in Paris is now so frequently  employed for fastening the velvet around the throat.
A HINT ECONOMICAL.-- Many of our readers are, no doubt, possessors of black silk dresses, which have done good duty and service as dresses.  These may be converted into very warm and pretty petticoats, if a little time and patience be expended on them.  We will describe the style of petticoats we mean, and then our readers will see the arrangement of the same.  These, of course, may be made in new material as well as old, or alpaca may be substituted for the silk.  The silk should be cut into narrow gores, measuring about six inches at the bottom, and sloped off to about two inches at the waist.  Between each of the gores a thick piping of colored or white silk should be stitched, and the whole of the petticoat should be lined with eiderdown and good glazed lining.  These are amongst the favorite shapes for silk petticoats.
COSTUMES FOR BOYS.-- Little Parisian boys adopt either the Russian or the Scotch costume; the latter is the most popular among them, as the Prince Imperial often makes his appearance as a small Highlander.  The Russian dress is bordered with a band of cloth, and the over-coat is made either of cloth or velvet, and is always bordered with fur.  Plush is now frequently used in Paris as a material for children's dresses.  In London the usual style for little boys out of petticoats is the loose blouse and the Knickerbockers, with a leather band worn far below the waist; these are made in a variety of materials, but none look so well as either fine broad-cloth or black velvet.
A BEAUTIFUL DRESS.-- The colors most worn in taffeta silks are fawn-color, more or less yellow, Russia leather in various shades, violet, and bright blue.  Miss Dayton, the stylish daughter of the American Minister in Paris, wore, lately, at one of her father's crowded receptions, a very pretty dress of the shade of fawn-color, known as Cheveux de la Reine, having a bright golden tint through it.  The dress was made with a narrow flounce about six inches wide, bound with black velvet, and put on in plaits at the bottom of the skirt; over this, black velvet ribbon about an inch and a half wide, with a narrower velvet on either side, was placed so as to form lozenges interlacing one another, the velvet being stitched down on either side with a sort of herring-bone stitch in white silk, which threw out and relieved the effect of the black velvet.  The body was ornamented in a like manner, so as to imitate a figaro vest, the same trimming being prolonged on two long and widening ends which formed a sash behind.  We have described this costume minutely, as with a little ingenuity, and very little labor, many of the young lady readers of this Magazine may produce very pretty dresses by giving a little of their own time in working such a trimming, which, in a mantua-maker's bill, would, no doubt, occupy a very considerabkle position, without, perhaps, being as pretty or more effective.
 

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GENERAL REMARKS.-- Foulards and alpacas are among the choicest goods of the season.  The colors range from the darkest to the most delicate tints.  The shades of leather and fawn are the sought for.  The latter color is not as becoming to fair complexions as to brunettes; but if trimmed with brown can be readily worn by blondes.  The plain foulards are of an excellent quality, but the figured ones are inferior to those which came a few years ago.  The materials which we have mentioned will take the place of French silks this season in consequence of the high price of the latter.  Grenadines, organdies, and, in fact, all the thin summer goods are very much risen in price, so that the present fashion of wearing old skirts, with Spanish and Zouave jackets, is a most convenient one.  Piques or Marseilles are among the most popular materials for morning dresses for ladies.  The figured piques are not pretty or effective this season; but the buff and white ones braided in black are charming.
TRIMMINGS are in every imaginable style.  Every lady can be her own arbiter of fashion in this respect.
SLEEVES are worn rather narrow, and mostly cut like a coat sleeve to the shape of the arm.
BODIES are usually made with small points both at the back and in front; but the postillion body, like that in our plate, is very much worn; and very narrow basques, too narrow almost to be termed such, are becoming fashionable.  We will describe the shape of the Postillion Jacket, as, doubtless, there are many of our subscribers who would like to have one.  The garment is stylish.  The bodice portion is made to fit the figure with two points in front like a dress bodice, and may be arranged to close at the throat or open with revers.  A very long basque is attached to the jacket behind, which is sloped off sharply at the hips.  The sleeve is usually of the coat shape, with a seam at the elbow, cut rather long, and a lace ruffle is generally the finish to the sleeves at the bottom.  We have seen these pretty jackets in velvet, silk, and cloth; and we may here add that they are very useful for wearing with old skirts, the bodices of which are worn out.  Those in velvet are decidedly the most stylish.