The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-01-19
ITEMS FOR THE LADIES.

city.
Medieval styles prevail IN rich jew
elry
Mosaic buttons are the most fash
ionable.
Pressed fringe for trimming dresses
is new.
Belts of all KINDS ale more popu-
lar now.
For ball dresses the Princesse shape
is the favorite.
Long waists and short skirts gain
iD favor for children.
Mineral gray is one of the many
new shades this winter.
Fur bonncts are fashionable with
all costumes trimmed with fur.
New linen 1,andlcrchiefs for gentle
men resemble checker boards.
Plush and satin double faced rib
bons are the most fashionable known.
"God Bless Our Boarding House"
is one of the new Illuminated notices
Coral and gold necklaces, of fine
and delicate workmanship, arc in ia
yOr.
Silk.covered co'onge bottles are
among the pretty additions to tie tot
let table.
White flannel chemises are fanciful-
" embroidered with cardinal or blue
silk.
White organdy is the popular ma.
terial for evening dresses for very
young ladies.
An imported feather trimming,
made of ostrich down on a surface, is
a novelty.
A pew bonnet is called the "Marie
de Medici," and has the front shirrcd
on wires.
Pug dogs in enamel and gold, with
jewels for eyes, have appeared for
sleeve buttons.
A colored child. recently born in
Mississippi, weighed twenty-five and
| a half pounds.
The father, and not the husband, of
| a Russian woman, has supreme au-
thority over her.
Among the novelties in feathers are
those made of gold. aud as light as
ostrich feathers.
Skirts of felt, moreen and mnhair
are all worn. and in various colors,
but red is preferred.
Binds wings, claws and heads, Ell
ther gilt or silver, are tho newest Or
naments for winter hats.
Chamois- skin suspenders, stitched
in bright co|ols, are something new III
gentlcmen's wear.
A fAyo,ite material for gentlemen's
dressing gowns is the Whitney bcav-
er, which is reversible.
! New fans have borders Of crimped
silk fringe, instead of the feather Dor
de,s, so long worn.
The latest Paris novelty in shoes
are those which, have the high heels
studded with small steel stars.
The fortune-tclling doll is a novel
ty made up OF paper slips, on which
are printed prophetic notices.
! Clamois skin purses, ornamented
with steel beads and fringe, are much
worn by ia:lies carrying silver.
The gliding or silveriug of mats is
a new fashion. These mats look well
on a 1inner-table, ander glass dish
containing flowers.
| A Buffalo jury has awarded a dis
charged school teacher the salary that
would have been her due had she
completed the year.
| Ice wool is the favorite for knitting
this season. 1t would seem to be Il
good material for frightening the ef-
feet of u chilling reception.
Silk ties are richly embroidered i'll
colors to suit the costume. For house
toilets, muslin ties are wrought with
tinted flosses are preferred.
Beautiful gar|ands, which take the
place of 6onnets, are Of three varie
gated roses, with foliage and young
buds hung on 1ndia-rubber stems.
In New York New Years callers
this year were offered cups of coffee
by servants shortly after being seated
flew graft from Oriental manners.
An entire novelty in feather fans is
shaped to form a butterfly, and made
of feathers of varied colors. The eyes
are gems: Of course it is costly.
A decidedly uniqe lingering con
sists of plain band Of god, surm"un'
ted by a vulcanite mouse chasing =
small diamond which is pendant neal
its mouth.
Lockets and pendants are still fash
= ionable, though necklaces and golC
chains have been superseded some
what with silver bands, with pearl o.
} diamond clasps.
Point Raguse is new lace recent!
introduced in this country. 1t is uset
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