Bismarck tribune., 1879-08-30
Fashion Chit-Chat.

Very simple dresses are chosen tor
travelling. 5.aa a..
Stuffed birds will ornament fall and
winter bonnets. ...... ...-
Large clusters of Marguerites are
worn for the waist bouquet.
All sorts of shade hats are worn. The
brim is bent ind1scribably.
Cover Japanese fan with a bit of
pretty silk, and it is quite ':chic."
Dresses buttoneu behind are not nearly
so fashionable as they have been, not
even for girls.
Young ladies in England have taken
to canoes for amusement, and the sport
IS very popular.
The corsage en- ceur, or in the V-shape,
is taking precedence of the square or
Pompadour corsage.
Dresses of gauze and grenadines are
trimmed with bands of embroidered
gauze in mile feur colors.
There is a great deal Of shirring on
white satin, as no other fabric looks so
pretty when massed on drawing strings.
French ingenuity has made a birds
nest with humming bird or wren
nestled within as an ornament for a
shade hat.
Sarah Berndardt has decreed that the
tiny bouquet de corsGge must be worn on
the left side of the neck Of the dress.
The new patterns in Honiton lace
braid are wider, and give the effects for
merly obtained by sewing two or three
braids together.
Japanese tans will be decorated this
year with highly improbable t1ocks OF
red hens refusing to be ''shooed" by a
ridiculous blue woman.
The thinnest veil Of silk handkerchief
thrown over the face while riding or walk
ing against cold wind is remarkably
comfortable protection.
Petticoats of white and Of tinted foul
ard silk are the demand of the moment
in dainty warelrobes. They are trimmed
with lace-edged plating.
A pretty shade hat has the scoop brim
covered with dotted muslin on the front
and trimming of two loops Of muslin on
the crown, divided bya cluster OF con-
volvuli. ...
Flowers are not so lavishly used in the
decoration of wedding dresses as former,
". Small bouquets are set at intervals
own the front, or clustsrs are fastened
in the paniers.
Many ladies have never left off wear
ING small crinoline tournure, even dur
inc the reign Of Princesse dresses, and it
is this hustle that it now generally adopt
ed for short dresses.
Contesting popularity with the "cheese
cloth" costumes for wear at summer re-
sorts are those of zephyr CLOTH" or a
very fine quality of French gingham, and
Madras glnghams.
A richly ornamented garter is one OF
the regulation presents to German royal
bride, and an illustrated German paper
depicts such an article given to the En-:
press fifty years ago.
A bonnet forming a point at the tor
like the roof Of a Swiss cottage, and
worn on the front of the head, is the last
and it is to be hoped the ugliest, inven.
ton of the French mllliners.
Elegant fans are Of the feathers of par:
rots, radiating from a common center un.
der a tufC OF SNanS QOWu SCI Will d C1uS'
ter of South American blossoms made o1
the breast-feathers Of the humming-bird
Al old-fashioned hat that has recently
been introduced abroad is of tiny silver
bells attached to lady's dress. and oc.
casionally little golden bells fastaned t.
the hair, after the fashion Of, those for.
merly worn by Arabian princesses.
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1t is difficult, own, to blend and
unite tranquility in accepting, and ener'
gy in using, the facts Of life. But it is