Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1880 — FASHION FANCIES. [ARTICLE]

FASHION FANCIES.

latMfWfl) be heed for nardresses. .* Watered silk la the next thing for tin. ing^itliiaid. Prom Paris to Bui Francisoo, heavy plush la the fashion. ' Artificial rosea can now hardly be distinguished from natural onm _ » ,1 »i jjtH In this era of plush,, swan's down* as was to be expeated, has come to the fore. Fayal embroidery is the favorite trimming for underwear au handsome bridal outflta. .tu i;t;t .■■■■>• > • Hootch thistles and dull pink may be recommended ss a pretty border for £ tablecover. # ■ »*> 1 Champagp©colored satins are mads Still more delicate in tons by being Worked with flowers in ailyer. The bug which ia pow seen on the hats of ladies at the opera is not, as some suppose, a cock-roach, but a cricket The cloaks wit! capes now seen on ladies were fashionable in New York, it is said, in the days of Jenny Lind. f The sweetest litif tiling in dress trimming is caterpillar fringe, made of plush or cheuile, of a yellow and bronze mixtU , a • . jiii nr. (U The best material to use for embroidery forfanaUaMtn 1r1..t for tneTTOpoSe,Tun none other in made available. A* toft fa The most fashionable hoseiry isin solid colors, and the" boxes in which the halfdozens are packed, make a tempting array of colors. . ». ‘ . I '»,! i Antique lace is greatly used for tidies, and many are made dp with alternate strips of laoe and satin, * band-painted or embroidered. . In ties and neckerchiefs the greatest novelties are the long scarfs with Alencon point appliedoa the edges and ends. The kerchiefs (Boat $4 apiece. ... * A x Jennis June calls the fashion of wefltring a silk handkerchief outside the dress or the street garment, “washerwoman.” ItisaatrQngpa*u>,b*tugoodoDe. :r,tj < The autograph now seen on pocket handkerchiefs is not Jar show, bat MS, means of identification in case of a railway accident or an aocasation Of f&fgfery. Since Sarah. Bernhardt landed with a ' cane’with a head of Sevres china in her i hand the demand for such walking-sticks has been great, and, in fact, greater than the supply. ; V-i U>:* ' Coal-scuttle bonnets, according -to the obaervin g“ Tete-a-Tete of the Boston Transcript, me fit only for dear little baby faces, pouting,jfonocent-lookmg mouths and clear guireleeseyesj , 3 -, The newest toilet-sets are of linen scrim, with'hems and btftfersQone in hemstitching, edged with antique lade and embroidered in the fine French crewels, which; bear sfay amount of washing. Sofa ee+eilids may be ornamented in various ways. A border looks wolf, ants so does an ornsmept covering the whole. A center quilted in a pattern, with an ‘embroidered border, also looks nice. :J ‘Peacock feathers, tulips, passion’ flo*. ers, carnations, palms, clover blossoms, hyacinths and sWeetbriar roses and leaves are till favorite deaigs employed in manufacturing brocaded silks, velvets and satUU. S i ■ _ „ 1 * 1 • J|i r X The fashionable millinery world is turn* ing its attention to ceramic art for buttons. Miniature plates, exquisite imitation of 4 Wedge wood, Dresden chin.% buttons with small views on them, are in demand for dresses. s \ , j-*q i Pearl necklapes of many rows, costly and munificent trimmings of pearl beaded lace? and rib**, some of &em three- > quarters of a yard deep; and strings of isarl to be twisted in the hair, are among , he elegant and effective Imported Novelties for evening and foil dress toilets. , ;

An elegant eveßiag< bonnet! 4e of white plush, covered by a white Spanish lags, scarf, very long Ad" wide. Odd bangles, with the fashionable tie attached, held the scarf to the sides .of the bonnet and .another esnfffi«' it in front, ecarfwise. A bisrtff paradise oomplelea the trimming. K A is predicted that Soiid color# to*«!k at least; is for the most elaborately tfoci orated Styles, increasing rather then diminishing in tfchm&s and fineness of fabric Ad. beauty ot coloring and Wbffc. manship. I »dl no ait; Intense color and ftaslipgcon»bj gaUona are at present seeh so often in dress end millinery that the lady whose gown hn<f bf the American minister to hts plain baesadoi petess!^™ The near caps are wreaths,of floweae or ribbon foods, "which are placed bn tbs' head in tie manner of a «aj> end have no lace borders whatever; the sole thing.to show that it is* cep und*nbt» wreath Ua little lace and nau&lin seaff, which la tacked in|o the top of the wreath and fells over the top of the flowery leAvlng thetop open end crown less. The Quakers are quite in style this lately fashionable shade, of 'heliotrope in can ladies is as popular as evur, and the Other! UMt eewtel and uneoual- nsmem tjgjtf frjpe furlhe depth eftiu excitement 1n thb *&(£ n gf,Baltimore hy -the die> neve qeon <oleu fiom their «raweinthe s.tw^* mete, y* Xt U enppoeed that is£2sEre‘.sr*