The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-09
ITEMS FOR THE LADIES.

Pressed fringe for trimming dresses u e
new.
Belts OF all kinds are more popedAf
than ever.
For ball dresses the Prineesse shapo
is the favorite.
Long waists and short skirts gala o
favor for children.
Mineral-grsy is one Of tine many aeN
shades this winter.
Fur bonnets are fashionable vita al
costumes trimmed with fur.
New linen handksrchiets for gensdo.
men resemble cheoker-boards.
Plush and satin double faced ribbusS
are the most fashionable worn.
"God Bless our Boarding-housa1 as
one Of the new Illuminated notices.
Coral and gold necklaces, Of fne Aaa
delicate workmanship, are In favor.
silk-coyered cologne bottles are amoax
The pretty additions to the toilet tabis.
White flannel ohemi5es are lanci1uliy
| embroidered with cardinal or bius s1k.
White organdy is the popular materaSii
tor evening dresses tor very young IL.
| dies.
An imported feather trimming, made
| OF ostrlch-doWn on surface, Is q nDw,
city.
A new bonnet Is called the "Maris do
Nedioi," and has the front shirrsd sR
wires.
Pug dogs In enamel aud gold, wiaa
Jewels for eyes, have appeared tor sieefS
buttons.
A colored child, recently born 10 Mics.
issippi, weighed twenty-five and hsaa
pounds.
| The father, and not the husband, oI n
Russian woman, has supreme authority
over her.
Exceedingly rich and elegant are tbs
collars, ties and outside cuffs Ia '1riaA
poin" lace.
| Among the novelties In feathers aTa
those made Of guild, and as light as Ss-
trich feathers.
| Skirts Of felt, moreen and mohair are
all worn, and in various ool0rs, but red
is preferred.
| Birds' wings, claws and heads, sitAer
gilt or silver, are the newest ornaments
lor winter hats,
| Chamois-skin suspenders, stitched In
bright colora, are something new In Ess-
tlemen's wear.
A faYorite material for gent,smen'S
I
which is reversible.
New fans have borders of orinpsa
silk fringe. instead Of the feather h5e.
derR, SO long worn.
The latest Paris Yovelty in shDea nxa
| those which have the htgn heels sttiddeA
with small steel stars.
The fortune -telling doll Is novelty
made up OF paper slips, on whioa ara
!, printed prophetic notices.
| ChAmois-skin purses, ornam entes
with steel beads and fringe, are 6auea
worn by ladies carrying silver.
The gliding or slivering Of mats is "a
new fashion. These mats look well oa a
dinnei-table, under glass dish osa-
tanning flowers.
A Buffalo jury has awarded a dis.
chargeu school leacher tue salary that
would nave been her due had she opszs-
pleted the year.
Ice wool is the favorite for knitting
this season. 1t would Sc IN to be a wvoI
material tor heixhtsning tho effect II .
chilling reception.
SIX ties are richly embroidered Ia
colors TO suit the costume. For huaaso
toilets, muslin ties wrought with tinted
hosses are preferred.
1 ~"Ns-tNA S"tAauNsy WHICH kAAn kn0
place Of bonnets, are of three ya:ie&a:Sn
roses, with foliage and young buds hMag
on India-rubber stems.
In New York New Years callers ls,sz
lyear were offered cups OF coffee by ser
wants shortly after being ssated-usss
graft from oriental manners.
/ An entire novelty In feather faus u
shaped to form butterfly, and made OF
feathers OF varied colors. The eyes ara
gems. OF course 1t Is costly.
A decidedly unique tinger-ring CON-
} sists Of plain band of gold, surmoaniea
by a YulcanIta mouse, chasing a a1aaEl
diamond which is pendant near sas
mouth.
| Lockets and pendants are stiH lassa-
iouable, though necklaces aud essa
chains have been superseded SOME
what by velvet bands, with pearl or aia-
mond clasps.
| Point Raguse is new lace recently
Introduced In this country. It is uselI
by the nobility OF Europe, and is mas
nitoent and expensive. Ons pattsra.
five inches in with. is $35 per yard.
Bridal helmets are now substitutssi
for bridal wreaths. lhey consist of tiers
of orange blossoms and buds, with tSEa
very long but narrow streamers ossm-
Iposed Of the same t,wer with its bud.
| The principal of Southern :emals
academy calis on the young mea Of Eisa
Itown to let his teachers alone. He sAgs
levery time one OF them gets fairly aS
work some fellow oomes along and Mas
rIes her.
The passementeries and braid trise-
mings, which come especially for cloaEs,
are Of such elegant design ana rico neas
OF material as to give the effect Of taTisaa
ccstliness TO the plainest shaped gar,
ments.
Worth has introduced o new nsaSts
which Is more graceful than the polls
and may probably replace it. Ia form q
is a combination of the talma and laaa,
toilet. 1t is well shaped to the back, anti
discloses the figure, which the mna4ts
usually conceals, and its large sleovss
are simulated,
A fascinating young American Sazg
recently married a FreHchman with a
title. After getting all her money away
from her he ran away With her maid.
She Is now supporting herself by keep
ing q laundry 10 London, managing Acr
business admirably, aAd employing MS
/ Tween seventy and eighty women.