The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-06
ITEMS FOR THE LADIES.

ITEMS FOR THE LADIES.
Lace sleeves are still worn in silk evening
dresses.
Silver bangles are thickly studded with
diamonds.
Gold and silver braids will be used for hat
trimmings this fall.
Swiss and linen Hamburg trimmings are
at remarkably low prices.
Old-fashoned claret and garnet color will
be much worn this winter.
Lace will be more fashionable than fringe,
hence the great variety now seen.
The imported bonnets and wraps are Or
namented beautifully with garnet beads.
Fancy coverings for the head are made of
navy blue Spanish lace with cardinal bor
! der.
Rich mouchoir cases are made out of
carved wood, and are lined with quilted
satin.
1t is said that the old-styIe MORE antique
silk will be used for trimming hats and bon
nets.
Among novelties for trimmings are plaid
foulards Plaids will be worn early this
Winter.
Among the few importations of winter
fabrics are India cashmeres Of the finest
and softest textures.
The velvet pockets mounted in silver,
which are so fashionable for ladies' wear,
cost as high as $l25.
Furniture and ornaments of the greatest
antiquity are considered the most fashion
able at present.
New satin ribbons are double-faced, the
favorite colors being dark crimson with a
light shade Of mauve.
Fichus, rather deeper than those worn
this summer will be worn for the early fall
and will be made of heavier materials.
The fall fashions announce great change
in the shapes of ladies' hats; broader brims
will be worn with much larger crowns.
New buckles for belts are of silver, en-
.graved in quaint designs. Others are of
pearl, and very handsome ones are of jet.
A woman is never thoroughly interested
in a newspaper article until she reaches the
place where the balance is torn Off Puck.
Among the large variety of slippers worn
this season, those of black velvet, perfectly
plain, are the most desirable for the house.
Black straws for autumn bonnets are
trimmed with large full rosettes called
'choux." A contrast in colors is fashion
able.
Lady Caroline Norton left $500 in her will
to "the good cause of woman suffrage"
Mrs. George Oakes, another Englishwoman,
lately contributed 50, 500 to the same cause.
The short dresses now worn are some
times trimmed with a succession of narrow
hounces to the waist; these are made about
five inches deep, and put on in large side
plaits.
Many of the new imported fabrics. OF
which only sample pieces at the wholesale
houses have been received, are in Oriental
designs, and have high-sounding Eastern
names.
Side bags are almost universally worn
besides those of handsome velvet, with
chased silver tops, Tiffany exhibits some
made of fine crochet work in different col
ored silks finished with bead fringes.
Among the fall importations in trim
mings there are many new designs in the
colored embroidery SO much used for chill
dren's garments. New shades OF olive, wood
color, groselle, and light blue are found.
Gay colored belts are worn with all cos
tunes, but especially with black. Ladies
who have a taste for embroiderng work
their own belts; others wear the gaily woven
ribbons in the Oriental designs so much in
vogue.
Jarrett & Palmer lately advertized for
six stylish society ladies' to appear in
'Jane Shore" with Miss Ward in the title
role and were flooded with applicants.
Strange fascination the stage has for
W omen!
The sale of Queen Isabella's Jewels yield.
ed $721, III 81. to be exact. The celebrate d
diadem was broken up, and the brilliants
were sold by weight to Madame Blanc,
widow of the gambler king of Monaco, for
$33, 1923.
The tweed walking suits for fall wear are
in heather mixture-that is, the color Of
Scotch heather is imitated-a mixture Of
purple yellow and brown giving the pecul-
lar bronze tinge visible on the moors Of
Scotland.
A clergyman said that he once visited a
lady of his parish who had just lost her
husband in order to offer her consolation,
and upon her earnest inquiries as to the re-
union of families in Heaven, he strongly
asserted his belief in the fact when she
asked with anxiety whether any time must
elapse before friends would be able to find
each other in the next world he emphat-
ically said, "No they will be united at
oncew He was thinking of the happiness
of being able to offer the relief of such a
faith, when she broke in upon the medita-
tions by exclaiming, sadly, well, his first
wife has got him, then, by this time!