The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-09-09

transformed by the frost into vivid tints OF
red and chrome. Plain and coarsely- oraids
ed straw flats are entirely covered With
ruches and fine pleatings of white crepe lisse
the crown there is placed cluster OF pond
lilies or bunch of vivid scarlet peoples,
with black velvet ribbon twined about them
aud left hanging in two long
ends. These hats are LINED
with the faintest tinted silk, and lace
ruche ornaments the inner edge. Plaid
flann6l Is one of the useful fabrics Imported
tor seaside wraps and cool mornings in the
country The are made up in the simplest
possible manner. The flannel has SOIL
white ground with plsids and broken bows
of greenland black. blue and crimson, blue
and black, rose and blue, and shaded plaids
of blue and brown. The Dolman is the most
convenient shape, and there are others OF
the Taima style. There are, always, a hooo,
trimmings of black ribbon, fieecy white
lingerie is displayed in great album
dance. Hankerchiefs are relieved or
their snowy witness by the introduc-
ton of gay Madras hens; others nave
PINK AND RosE-CoLoRED SILK HENS
hemstitched on. The newest fashion In
ruffs for the neck is linen finely crimped.
Linen-lawn frills can be bought by the yard
and are found useful by the tourist, and
none the less so are the crumped coarse mus
lin ruffs, selling for % cents dozsn. not in
tended for the laundry, but thrown away
when soiled. Gossamer waterproof cloaks,
introduced in the spring, have been thor
oughly tested and found to be perfectly i'm
pervious, and Of great value from their light
weight of ten or twelve ounces. Recent i'm
provements have entirely Invested this
fabric of the disagreeable odor 1t first
possessed. 1t is made of Scotch gingham
and of silk rendered impermeable by
thin coating of rubber. These wraps
are useful all the year. They may be
| thrown over the heaviest cloak without adj
ding materially to its weight, and may be
used in the warmest weather. Entire suits
| are made of it. Ladies returning from
Europe wear soft large meshed nets on the
| hair not those of twisted silk OF few years
| ago, but made of a narrow silk brsic, be-
meath which the heir may be colled In care
less twist. Tourists find these quite iDdis-
pensable for riding we'll as driving. The
passion for collecting bric-a-5rac extends to
glass, which is being extensively used for
ornamentation az well as for table service.
Tourists abroad are ransacking old curiosity
shops in Venice, where there are to be
| found collections of old Venetian glass, del
ieate and harmonious in color. Lily-shaped
vases and qrocus bowls, ice-trosted
fsgons, opal beakers, iligree de-
canters, and flower spiraled glasses
emerald, purple, or ruby-tinted chalices,
| agate urns and silver sprayed mirrors-are
| all the hsndiwork of the modern glassblow-
ers of Milan. A chandelier which is pos
sibly on its way in this country, is of white
glass; the candlesticks, ruby-tinted, seem
ingly hang by frail transparent links oil
purest glass; pinks and tulips, with their
| spiked upright leaves, blossom between the
! tiers, while garlands of leaves and flowers
hang below. A charming device is the con-
junction of Opaque and transparent glass
These Opaque csnters lend themselves read
| iIy to the miniature painters brush, and
very exquisite are the glasses, bowls, plates
and dishes ornamented with views OF We
nice, portraits of - doges, flowers anC
children. Alternate dishes OF pink, OF blue
and of white glass have handsome appear
snce upon lunch table; each filled witt
contrasting flowers seems like a coloreC
fairy ring. Silver is cold and ugly by day
light. All cold collations ought to call NJ
| thoughts of fairy land.