Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-29
SOCIETY CHIT-oHAT.

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SPUN silk hose are fashionable.
ABOUT 5000 women and children are,
employed in the British coal mines.
The Sultan of Turkey is ssid to spend
$l0,OOO,OOO yearly upon his 800 wives.
GEN. SHERMAN's daughter Ella, who
is soon to be married, is very expert
and daring horsewoman.
A NEW fabric in silk plush initiates
seslskin most cleverly. It is used in
combination with satin or silk.
SEAJEKIN will be made into dolmans
this year. The garments will be Dor
dered with the silver otter and lined
with scarlet or old gold.
PRETTY wrappers for invalids are of
fleece lined pique. They are made in
plain Gabrielle shape and trimmings are
Hamburg embroidery and pearl buttons.
PRINCES are not to be discarded this
winter. On the contrary, the richest
varieties are to be employed, in combi-
nation with satin, for the garnituEe of
skirt.
EUROPEANS say that they can always
tell an American woman by her feet,
which are usually smaller and better
dressed than the feet of women Of other
nationalities.
In some Of the recent dresses made by
Worth they are laced up on one Of the
side darts. The opening is concealed
with bows and the dress looks as it were
stitched On the wearer
OVER three hundred babies, it is said,
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England alone, since the publication of
=" Daniel Deronda," George Eliot, having
no children of her own to name, fur
nishes namesf for other women's children.
TIE face trimmings in the most ex-
pensive bonnets have the stuff laid in
small tucks and the thread drawn so as
to make shirrings instead of being SIM
ply gathered as they are in cheaper head
coverings
AT an afternoon wedding in London
there were nine bridesmaids dressed in
Indian muslin gowns. Each carried q
basket of flowers instead of bouquets;
their heads were enwrapped in opera
hoods, crossing in front and forming a
sort of mantilla.
BELTED bodices, with wide clusters of
shirring in the back, below the belt, are
much worn. Shirred surplice fronts are
also popular. Basques are either pointed
in front, sloping up on the hips, or are
turned back in wide revers. Cuirass
bodices are remodeled by arranging scarf
paniers on the hips.
The popular goods for cloaks and
wraps are large diagonals, twills, basket
squares, stripes, small blocks, checks and
cancels hair. No smooth goods are used.
The colors most popular are bronze, seal
brown, admiral blue, black and drab.
Many of the fabrics have long fleece
lining.
THERE is nothing of the promised SIM
plicity in hairdressing. In heavy goods,
cameps hair and velvets are made plain;
other fabrics, including silks and satins,
have the front tablier shirred, plated,
pulled or covered with trimmings, while
for even plain dresses the backs are elab-
orately draped.
A LADY writer asked the commission
ers st the Cincinnati exposition why
they did o. have women judges On the
flower committee, and was answered that
zone of the exhibitors objected on the
ground that if lady should express
preference for any particular display the
men would agree with her out of polite
ness"
Tie present styles in Undertaking
demand a superabundance of lace, and
very sensibly the laces used are cluny,
torchon, maltese, Valenc;ennes and other
sorts strong enough to pass through the
laundry unframed. Colored fannels
ere constantly increasing in popularity
for underwear, and promise to become
as generally used IS colored stockings
Brooklyn Eagle.
NECK ribbons are substituted for the
fancy silk ties so long popular. These
come in brocaded designs, and in many
cases belt is, worn like the tie only
wider. Two or three sets of ends Of the
narrowest ribbon are attached to the
belt in the fashion of the straps On the
archery belts and tied in small bows, the
belt being secured with pins.
WHEY a man returns home after a
prolonged absence he experiences thrill
of Joy which causes his heart strings to
vibrate with tender motion; but
when he gets back after a few hours fun
"with the boys" and is met at the front
door by his frowning wife, his knees
knock together and he trembles all over
like tapioca pudding on an ocean
steamer. Such are two of the character
istics of genuine emotion.