Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-05
SOCIETY CHIT-OHAT.

SPUN silk hose are fashionable.
ABOUT 5000 women and children are
employed in the British coal mines.
The Sultan of Turkey is said to spend
SIC, ,0OO, 600 yearly upon his 500 wives.
GEN. SHERMAN's daughter Ella, who
is soon to be married, is q very expert
and daring horsewoman.
A NEW fabric in silk plush initiates
sealskin most cleverly. 1t is used in
combination with satin or silk.
SEAJ6KIN will be made into dolmans
this year. The garments will be bor-
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.
FRINGEs are not to be discarded this
winter. On the contrary. the richest
varieties are to be employed, in combi-
nation with satin, for the garniture of a
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. Tie opening is concealed
with bows ana the dress looks as it were
stitched on the wesrer.
OVER three handred babies, it is said,
have been named GwendOlen," in
England alone, since the publication of
Daniel Deronda," George Eliot, having
no children of her own to name, fur
nishes names 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 30 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 we're enwrapped in opera
hoods, crossing in front and forming q
sort of mantilla.
BELTRD 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. Cuirase
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
cameps 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 faorics, including silks and satins,
have the front tablier shirred, plated
pufied or covered with trimmings, while
for even plain dlesses the backs are elab
orately drsped.
A LADY writer asked the commission
ers at the Cincinnati exposition why
they did not have women judges on thu
flower committee, and was answered thai
tone of the exhibitors objected on th,
ground that If q lady should express I
preference for any particular display tn.
men would agree with her out OF polite
mesa"
THE present styles in underclothinl
demand superabundance OF lace, and
very sensibly the laces used are cluny
torchon, maltese, valenciennes and othel
sorts strong enough to pass through th,
laundry unframed. Oolored flannel
are constantly increasing in popularit,
for underwear, and promise to becom'
o. generally used - colored stockings.-
Brook!ys Eagle.
NECK ribbons are substituted for th,
fancy silk ties 20 long popular. Thes'
come in brocaded designs, and in many
cases . belt ID, worn like the tie ONLY
wider. Two or three sets of ends Of tn
narrowest ribbon are attached to Il,
b-:t Ia tho fashi0n Of the straps On thl
archery belts and tied In small bows, tn
belt being secured with pins.
| WHRr . man returns homo after ,
prolonged absence he experiences . thrill
Of Joy which causes his heart strings 4
yibr6te with . tender motion; bul
when he gots back after few hourY fur
with the boys," and h INST at TIE from
. door BY his frowning wife, his knee
knock together and he trembles Ill ovel
!. Ike . tapioca pudding on IN oceal
. Steamer. .6ach are two a the chafactsf
istics Of genuine emotion.
NJ. Isaac q. JE1Kma : wholeaal'
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