The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-10

largely sought after.
Hand+knit silk stockings are much worn
by fashionable ladies.
| Fleece-lined raw silk gloves are both
pretty and comfortable.
The latest novelties in lace curtains are
colored to suit the room.
Dresses for the street are made short
enough to show the boot.
Saeques and bodices made of plush are
reviving for winter wear.
On plush bodices gold and emerald
buttons are very popular. :"
A beautiful new shade of red for win
ter bonnets is "amaranth."
Acorn-shaped buttons painted in cash
mere colors are fashionable.
Artificial dahlias are much worn in
the hair by foreign nlodistes.
The polonaise is again taken into favor
under new name, "Habit redingete." !"
White bonnets sheuld never be worn
except in an open carriage or at the the
alter.
One of the most interesting sights in
life is that of a spiritnalistiel young lady
sharpening lead pencil with table
knife. I....
One of the fashionable shapes for ear
rings is a large rosette' with colored
stone in the center, surrounded by dia-
monds
Dinner cards in fan shape, with the
very smallest Of flower sprays painted on
the left hand side and tied with an al
most invisible bow Of ribbon, are in good
taste.
Sacques for the street are masculine in
style, and walking coats for ladies are
made Like gentlemen's overcoats. Some
are of velvet-no trimmings except but
tons.
Garlands of small crab-apples, mingled
with chestnuts and hazel nuts, form
the embroidered decoration of dark
brown gown supposed to represent au-
tumn.
The satin hoods that button under the
chin like a pelerine are called capulets.
When MADE of a becoming color they
make the plainest wearer as pretty as
Juliet.
A New York florist decorated bridal
dress with lily Of the valley sprays, last
week, and the bride wore wreath COM
posed of this flower. The effect was
charming.
The jauntiest jackets for young girls
are made of cream and drab-colored
cloths, with collars and cuffs Of
olive, green, garnet, gendarme blue or
black velvet.
Canes are more in demand this year
than ever, and bamboo stick with
either silver cross handle with a match
box on it or an agate or tortoise-shell
knob is popular. ......
It is against the law to carry concealed
arms; yet the Rome Sentinel says it is
nothing uncommon, on moonlight even
ings, 10 see young ladies with half-con-
eealed arms around their waists.
1.-TWO ladies without any characterp'
was the loud announcement of a stupid
usher at fancy ball, who had been told
to announce persons in the chsracter as
sumed, and who saw that the ladies were
in ordinary attire.
Lining furs are not manv in number
the chief is Siberian squirrel; the best
quality shows very little white--the de-
sired color is rich dark gray in stripes,
showing no streaksof yellow and alterna-
ting with narrow lines of white.
During a school inspection at town
in Stafordshire, where some Mormons
had been lecturing, the Inspector asked
the boys why man should have only
one wife. Because no man can serve
two masters" was the prompt reply.
"Etiquet" writes to the Journal oi
Commerce to know what is meant by g
fulldress ball. We think it was N. P
Willis who once said that a full-dress bal
WAS an entertainment where the dresses
began too late and didn't leave off early
enough.
| AIlweol fabrics are exceedingly rich
and attractive this winter. Habit elotf
comes in several dark shades-claret, gen
darme, mulberry, and invisible green
All-wool suitings, feece-lined, are ver,
desirable and rich in expression. En-
glish cloths are also favorites.
! English manufacturers have succeeded
in producing new cloth from the hail
;. Of the vicuna, and call II csmeina vic
una. It is made in all the new color
and also in ivory, but the latter hue i
different from all other white goods, il
consequence of the introduction Of tn
black hairs that appear in vicuna wool
!. Purple is now fashionable in all it
shades, from deep ametlfyst-vfolet 10 pal
Il lilac, For winter dresses, deep pnrpl
cloth is in great favor, more 50 than navy
blue or prune, of both Of which one ha
become, a. little tired. Garnet still
pleases. For evening dress pretty shade
Of lilac and mauvs have been introduced
The. four-leafed clover is the fashions
L., G.-L