Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1890 — FRILLS OF FASHION. [ARTICLE]

FRILLS OF FASHION.

Tjik new colors in undorlinen are yellow and mauve. Tea and morning jackets all copy the zouave. Bluk Is the color in highest favor this season. Feathers are the chief ornament of everything. Twenty feathers are sometimes used on a single hat. A new cloak called the Watteau is a decided novelty. Pansies in velvet are used for handkerchief sachets. Sleeves are to be bought in Paris ready to slip into any dress. Linen collars are very high and stiff, and studs are very small. » • Quiet and inconspicuous watch chains are the only ones now In vogue. The sailor hat reappears in felt and serges to suit the demands of the season. The trimming on toques and capotes is high both in the front and the back. The jacket has been popular for some months past, and promises to continue so. A small pearl or a single diamond in the scarf are the only ornaments suitable for a man of taste. One of the new driving coats is of white cloth, has broad double lapels and large white buttons. A new bonnet box concocted In France is arranged with hooks on the side to which the hats are securely fastened. The corsets made at the present time are more supple and better adapted to each individual wearer than formerly. Throwing the material around the neck and shoulders is a capital method of testing its becomingness before buying it. There are numerous novelties in belts. The one known as the Norwegian is composed of pieces of leather mounted with metal. •*—» It is considered bad form to raise an umbrella on the top of a coach, Mackintoshes are absolutely necessary on doubtful days.