Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-01-27
FASHION NOTES.

FASHION NOTES.
Scarcely anything will be more popular
than white evening dresses during the pres
ent season. They are to be trimmed with
punches of dropping flowers and fruit, form
ing fringes. Each fruit will be accompanied
by the flowers or blossoms of its trees before
it became fruit.
The finest jewelry is no longer made up
in single sets of diamonds, pearls, or turquo-
Use. but in combinations of colors-d diamonds
with turquoise and pearls, opals with rubies
and diamonds, diamonds with emeralds, and
rubies and sapphires with diamonds and
gold.
The popular glove for evening wear is the
side cut patent Provost kid, from four to
twenty buttons. It is different from all
others, the buttons being scarcely perceptible
when the arm is raised, while the peculiar
and perfect fit adds to the natural beauty
and symmetry of the arm.
In few months the polonaise and over
skirt will have ceased to exist, after their long
and brilliant career. They will be regretted,
for they were pretty, convenient, and very
economical, as with little ingenuity they
enabled one to make a new dress of two old
ones.
Undertaking at this season of the year
plays important part. There are shown
short petticoats of quilted white pink, or
blue silk or of flannel embroidered with white
silk and trimmed with lace The under gar
ments with these skirts should always match
them.
The most popular balmoral skirts this
winter are in very quiet colors, as navy blue,
or bottle green, or of bright crimson The
telling used is Of better quality than former
ly, but many ladies' make their balmorals of
! twilled scarlet, or purple flannel, or of blue
serge.
An extremely rich skirt trimming consists
of a flounce laid in side plaits fully an inch
and half wide; at every sixth plat there is
a row of jet passementerie covering the plat,
the same device being repeated on the other
portions Of the dress reduced in width and
breadth as is appropriate.
Orange blossoms are only worn on the day
of the wedding, and must be removed before
the dress is worn again; the myrtle and jessa-
mine may be retained, mixed with any flower,
white or otherwise, that may be preferred, as
long as may be convenient Both gloves and
mittens are worn, according to taste.
The marquise polonaise is new and jaun-
ty garment, giving the effect of a vest and
coat shape at the back, which terminates in
a very graceful train. This design is spe-
cially adapted to plain velvet, and the new
silkand wool bourette cloth, of which the
ground color must be the same as that of
the velvet.
The designs for evening dresses in thin
materials, this season, place silk and satin in
combination instead of underneath the
muslin, the tulle or the crepe. Alternate
pufings, for example, only slightly gathered
and drawn quite straight, are of silk and
muslin, or satin and lace insertion, with lace
rufles and ribbon trimming.
A pretty conceit in the way of white felt
bonnet has the crown trimmed with crimson
faille; one cream colored feather mods for
ward over the crown, and crimson one falls
over cream faille bow in the back; the
face trimmings are crimson moss rosebuds
nestled down among soft tufts of old Malines
lace.
Undressed kid is the most popular glove
material in use at present, and the shades
are softer than those supplied in dressed kid,
mouse, gray, channels, and putty color all
handsome tints. Heavy giant de suede
gloves are advised for winter use, and these
are more durable, as well as warmer than any
other kind.
Black silks may be cleaned by mixing one
ing water, half pint Of alcohol, one tea
spoonful of molasses and washing the goods
in it. Rub the silk with piece of black
cloth till quite wet on the wrong side, and
iron it until quite dry on the same side, If
it makes it too stiff add alcohol if the re-
verse, add molasses.
The disappearance of the polonaise and
oyerskirt may be predicted at near, though
not immediate date They will be worn
through the present winter, but will gradu-
ally disappear. Ladies who like to be in
advance will adopt for the winter the prin-
cess, trimmed en- taller, with a corsage with
vest or with ends, and the short dress for
street and travelling costumes.
Underskirts are made now so as to add
nothing whatever to the volume of the
scanty and cling!ng draperies over them,
their only present Office being to keep out
the train behind. They are cut only to the
knee, excessively gored, except just at the
back, and then founces of different lengths
are buttoned on according to the length OF
the dresses with which they are worn but
all Of them must be plain in front and must
''fan OUT behind.
There is but little novelty in hosiery this
winter, except in styles for children. Black
silk hose, with long arrows embroidered in
and expensive, and being SO, ladies buy cam.
els hair stockings of gray aud drab shades
or unbeached balbriggans, either fleece lined
OF closely woven. For full dress and with
slippers ladies' wear silkhose of delicate
shades, with warmer pair beneath.
Morning walking dresses are either cut SC
as to clear the ground all round-a style sure
to be most general shortly-or very slight
ly trained, two OF three inches on the ground
only, and sufficiently scanty to be easily
raised by one hand. VIZ, from two-and a-hal1
yards to three. Afternoon walking, techni-
cally called promenade, dresses, have ten OF
J twelve inch trains, and are from three te
four yards wide. Visiting dresses are Of
course carriage toilets, ce sans dire, anc
have full, long trains falling in handsome
folds, and varying in width from four to five
yards.
Gone to See 4Lout He'll.
Fred Hinck, New York stenographer
suicided day or two ago by taking poison
After long and assiduous cultivation Of til.