Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1893 — FOR THE LADIES. [ARTICLE]

FOR THE LADIES.

YOU CAN MAKE A MCE*. Fanciful muffs of velvet to match th* dress are in great vogue and furnish th* last ornamental touch to the reception toilet. These also the milliner' will furnish with the hat or the dressmaker with the gown, or whoever has the knack to fabricate, say a handkerchief oasiy should be able to make one of them. A, strip of velvet, silk lined and wadded, shirred on each edge if you like; one end pointed; rolled up with the poiuted end outside and caught down with a bunch of flowers or a bow of lace and ribbon.— fSt. Louis Republic. SAGGERS FOR WOMEN. A prominent jeweller says that he sells a number of daggers annually to women. These are not ornaments, but serious weapous. They are just large enough to slip easily inside a woman’s gown. Some women have these made to order, when they are lavishly adorned and incrusted with precious stones. They arc frequently carried in travelling, when they are intended as weapons of defense. They are preferred to revolvers, which are likely to go off summarily and in tho wrong direction.—[New York World.

WHAT EUROPEAN QUEENS WEAK. It has truly been said, and often, that simplicity in dress is true elegance. The sovereign ladies of Europe, though otherwise they do not seem to have any ambition to bo leaders of fashion, at all events “lead" this movement. The Queen of Spain is always quietly dressed; Queon Margaret of Italy, though very artistically ifud elegantly dressed, never attracts attention by any extravagances of her toilet, and tho Empress of Germany is much more interested in the frocks and gowns of her babies than in her own wardrobe. At the Danish court, where everything is of a patriarchal simplicity, no lady wears anything but the simplest costumes, and in Holland and Belgium it is the same.—[Chicago Herald.

A BOOM FOR BRUNETTES. The brunette type is becoming more numerous in England and on tho continent generally. Mr. Gladstone, who observes most things, said some years ago that light-haired people were far loss numerous than in his youth. This statement was borne out by the results of the statistical inquiry undertaken by Dr, goddoe. who examined 720 women, and found that 309 were brunettes and 357 blondes. Carrying this inquiry a step farther, I)r. Boddoo learned that 78.5 per cent of the brunettes had husbands, while only sixty-eight per cent qf the blondes were married. From this it appears that in England a brunette has ten chances of being wedded to tho nine chances of the blonde; and Dr. Beddoo went on to argue that “the English are becoming darker because the men persist in selecting the dark-haired women as wives." The same thing is happening in Germany, in France, in Switzerland, and elsewhere on the continent.—-[New Orleans Picayune.

STYLISH COIFFURES. The stylos and fashions of hair dressing hnve ulterod completely in the last few months. The nair falls lower and lower uutil it rests upon the nape of the neck in a loose knot of the shape of a figure eight. Mrs. Langtry is responsible for this fashion, and it oertainly suits her to perfection. Another method is to copy the old-fashioned chignons though, providentially, they are copied iu a modified form. Fringes are disappearing rapidly—a tiny curl or two and the remainder of tho front hair is waved and brushed back, or the fringe is parted, waved and curled and almost done away with. Every kind of hair waver has been iu vented, for there is a great return to the smooth, rippling locks so often prated of by our mothers and grandmothers. The touzled, furze-bush style of head is a thing of the past; may it remain in obllviou. Smooth coils and plaits are worn;the sausage roll of a previous day is utterly inadmissible. Hair nets have emerged after years of seclusion. and a fashionable head is as carefully spread with netting os a strawberry bed in July.—[New York World.

VEILING. Cronstadt veiling has a wide diamond shaped mesh strewn sparsely witli medium sized dots. New souffle netts are embroidered with small jet or steel beads. Odessa nett is a rather coarse Itussianstyle, rather too thick to be very becoming. Velours Itusse is a grenadine veiling with rather wide apart stripes, simulating cords. Bordered veilings in black and colors with u fine real lace mesh strewn with small flowers or dots are now new, but will be extensively used. Columbian veiling shows a rather fine mesh with a bordered pattern in small raised dots or jet, which runs around the edge of the veil. The most fashionable veiling is the fishnet, with raised chenille dots either in single or grouped dots. The mesh is in many Instances almost as fine as a cobweb, so that it scarcely shows on the face. Fine tulle, with composition dots in imitation of Jet, are in vogue, and also nett, embroidered with extremely fine jet beads. The jetted veilings are injurious to the eyes. There is an infinite variety in colored veilings, which come in colors to match the suits. Fancy veilings are in red, blue, etc., worked in tinsel figures or dots. Chiffon veiling is new, and is usually seen in white and pale colors; it is softening and becoming to the face and is superseding grenadine.—[St. Louis Republic.

BIIE BOUGHT ODD SHOES. “Have you any second-hand shoes?” inquired a young lady at a Louisville shoe store. ‘.‘We don’t sell second-hand shoes, miss, ” said the clerk, shortly. “No, of course not. I didn’t want to buy them, but if you happened to have any that had been left here by persons buying new ones, you know,” she suggested, mysteriously. “Oh, certainly. Here are a pair of buttoned boots—kid—but quite worn out. Would they do?” “What number are they?” “Twos—small twos at that. And here is one bronze slipper—thirteen, misses’ size.” “But thirteen is an unlucky number,” she said, anxiously. “Not in shoes, miss; and here is a No. I—not badly worn.” “I will take them all. Thank you so much,” and she proffered the clerk payment for the refused shoes. “These is no charge, ” he said, as he handed them to her m a neat package.

* I suppose you want them for a hanging baskets" “Mercy, no! My sister is to be monied this evening and we want them to tfannr after the carriage. Our own areal I new, and it must be an old shoe always to bring luck." “I see,” said the clerk, and hegtnral dreamily after her retreating form, watering in an emphatic monotone: “And the family shoes range from sixes to eights—l see.”—[Boston Gazette. FASHION NOTES. Plain, close-fitting sleeves are the exception and not the rule. New wraps have enormous sleeves, some of them with cuffs just large enough to pass the hand through. Middle-aged Indies are wearing dresse* of maroon, decp-wine-color and ruby velvet, with black lacc and jet. A very handsome dress of Mack velvet has the front and a long wide sash of heliotrope satin. Iridescent materials nro popular, and are made up with velvet or satin in plaits color.

Cardinal velvet and jet is a popular combination for dressy women of ifi ages. Palo blue, lavender, and scarlet Tails are worn, but as a general thing they are not becoming. Emerald green and very delicate Ni* is a very successful combination in mning dresses. White alpaca is popular for tea gowns and house dresses this season, with on underlining of silk. Those who do not wish to wear silk petticoats, and yet desire black ones*, may have them made of black n)|taca. It is not unusual to see lace ami for on the same bonnet, as lace on winter hats is one of tho features of the season. Suede gloves arc still first favorites for evening wear, though kid. is now inure worn iu the street. Full sleeves, collar, nod broad revere of shaded velvet, are used by the bes* dressmakers for freshening up a black silk gown. Most of the drosses that are now being made liuve no darts at the top of the skirt, the fullness being gathered into the waist-band.

Handkerchiefs of pate pink, lavender, green, or yellow chiffon, hemstitched, and finished with a very narrow borderiug of black lace, are shown. All mannor of odd little wnists, to be worn with the same plain skirt of serviisuable black silk, will bo of groat help iin producing a ploasant variety in tins wardrobe. The bracelet glove lias a richly embroidered band that fits tightly nmuigl the wrist, and it is perfumed by. aiseensfc process, With the evor-to-be-noCecQ evolution, in fashions, sat in-faced fabrics arc ugain enjoying the greatest popularity, wfxkher in black or colors. An extremely stylish and elegant costume recently ordered is of tho finest white corduroy. It is without trimmings the soft white of the low-cut bodice showing against the delicate shoulder* of the wourcr.

Among the pretty and useful houses dresses for this season arc those matin of white French flannel. They are made with a long skirt, a long fitted basque and full sleeves and uro trimmed, with meltings and plaiting* of pale-tintedisilk-Contrasts in color arc the rule for wetting wear. It must not, however, be supposed that dresses of one shade ate' not worn. These are almost always affected by ladies who. have the wonderful gift of making something striking out of a single-ground matcriuL 'Black velvet dresses are fashionable both for old and young. The; aw <ta~ riehed by borders of brown umS Muck fur and a belt, collars, and cuffis embroidered in jet anil gold. A bonnet or toque may be trimmed with the sane combination. Tho long ribbons fancied on the facts of gowns seems to have transferred themselves to the fronts of long cloaks: they* are, however, much wider, and ace tied! iu front in very long loops, white the ends reach quite to the- edge of the akirt. In Paris the new skirts are stiffened around the bottom with steeL This seems to be the natural precursor of the crinoline; but though skirts are very, much fuller, and occasionally stiffened. with horse-hair to make thorn stand oat,, it is very doubtful whether hoops -wifiever really be the fashion again. The sweeping changes in the shape dt hats and bonnets have brought about u. new style of wearing the hair, termed “the bun”—a very descriptive name far the big round knot of hair which is soon to be the fashion. It is worn low, though not so low as tho Langtry knot, aud demands a larger amount of hair than Use majority of women possess.