San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-14
FASHION NOTES.

Ladies in mourning wear blact Ia.
mitts with cuff Of Grape. Se'
Linen bourette batiste Is favo,,.
material for useful dresses and ovaS
dresses.
Rustic sticks with the bark vsrr,.l
ed are seen on some Of the Handsome
parasols.
"A new style of hair-dressing il call
ed the MERCEDES COUTURE" after the Late
young Queen. ..l~'''
For black dresses, gold and red r;h
bon trimming is used; for white and
delicate tints, pink and blue.
-Balzarine, a fabric we'll familiar .,
the last generation, is revived. n i.
much in favor on account of its dura'
bility, and its beauty.
Small white handkerchief. with tbo
edges scalloped and wrought with a
color, are formed into pretty pleated
bows for the throat, to wear with morn.
ing dresses.
Pretty neckerchiefs for the balcony
are half squares Of pale blue or rose.col.
ored silk in basket open.work, vet bro.
caded and edged with fringe that is lied
in the hem.
Silver combs in filigree designs are
used with the low coiffures that are in
vogue this summer. Some have narrow
high tops, while others lean over toward
one side. There are also many with
ball tops or bands of gold or silver
These are worn quite far forward ON
the hair, and from the front have the
effect of a Grecian tillet binding the
front hair.
Among fancy French ornaments
there are lizards of brilliants set in sill.
yer, to be used not only as brooches.
but for ornamenting dress waists, belts.
scarfs, and hats. The lizard design Is
preferred, but there are also many
dragons andpretty small square buckles:
the latter are placed down the front Of
a dress, or else on slippers, where they
look very brilliant.
Pins for the hair are ornamental
balls. Some are of red gold, and Others
of the palest yellow Roman gold, and
there are massive silver pins. The
knobs are cube-shape, or else round
faceted balls. Squares with hollow
centres have pendent chains to which
balls are attached, or else there are
thick hanging rings. Some are dotted
with pearls or with turquoises, and 9TH
ers have cut steel faceted upon them
and glittering like diamonds.
Bunting dresses are found to be
among the most serviceable for country
use, in the mountains, and as travelling
dresses. These suits are not made Of
the sleazy mixed fabrics sold for 25 or
30 cents a yard, but of serviceable quail
tiles costing from 40 cents upward.
These shake off dust. do not cookie, and
will endure hard usage. Blue buntings
are rather passes, and the choice now
is for ecru, mastic gray, or black bunt-
ing. These are made up in conjunction
with silk of the same shade and of light
weight, and are almost as pretty as
fine camel's-hair costume.
Large round collars are made of
three rows of Valenciennes lace, each an
inch wide, laid in knife-pleatings, and
finished at the top by one standing row
Of the pleated lace and an inner pleat-
ng of crimped crepe lisse. These pleat-
I'd lace collars are far handsomer than
hose with gathered rows of lace lately
described. Avine of embroidery heads
The upper pleating, and some collars
nave loops of narrow satin ribbon down
each side of the front and in the middle
If the back. Cuffs to wear outside of
light sleeves are made to match the
collar. Other new collars similarly
made are sharply pointed in the back
md front.-Harper's Bazar.