The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-02-21
MOURNING.



Articles or womaa's sgos-.
Boston Transcript
"One would not be fright when enc
Is dead, y said the poor heroiRe who was
anatomized by one OF the most pitiless
of the Queen Anne men. aud still less
would one be fright because ones
friends are dead, and, as rule, no one
is more particular or exacting than the
mouEner who Is preparing to show the
world how deep is her grief for the loss
of a loved one. The veil, which in for
mer days was the point about which
Deighborhood gossip used to circle, won
deriLg Why She didn't have il a little
longer or little shorter or with deep
er or narrower hems is now usually
sxo-s arcs @aa : $3.50 Es,st1 E sae utce sc
of the bonnet, falling over the face. Tbe
bonnet itself is of the cottage shape,
trimmed with plated folds of Grape iu>
stead OF ribbon, and the Alsacian bow is
replaced by peculiar knot that is
graceful in effect, and which quite does
away with the awkward stiffness of the
cottage shape when made of felt or
straw. The face trimming is of Grape.
and in half mourning of crepe lisse and
narrow Chsntilly lace or silk. The out
side trimmings of the half mourning
bonnets are lightened by feathers sprin>
kled with jet.
Grape is less used as q trimming than
formerly, and, although some persons
insist on having the whole waist of the
gown worn in first meurning covered
with it, it is generally employed only to
define borders and Tor collars, cuffs and
pockets. On street costumes it is not
used at all, folds and pipings of the
dress material being employed instead,
and in hall mourning its place is taken
by silk. Princess dresses, basques and
overskirts, and drsped gowns Stimulating
them, are almost equally in favor. Grape
buttons are used in first mourning, and
frosted and cut jet when halt ourping
is assumed,
The day when gray, lilac, lavender and
purple were amounting colors has gone
by, aud only black and white are admis-
sible, but these are blended in an infinite
lumber OF novelty cloths. ranging from
fl ty cents to two dollars and a half a
yard, and having the same becoming ef-
feet as gray. In deep mourning the first
place is held by the Henrietta cloths,
which begin as low as seventy Eve cents
and range as high as 81 so. The serge
called drap d'alma, beautiful, pIiable
material, costs from 81 so to So 25, and
is preferred by many to Henrietts cloth
<,S,.-a..aon. 4 lain. serEes, + renota
bombazines and tamise cloths are also
worn, and above all, camePs hair, which
retains its popularity wonderfully, con-
sidering how eagerly it was adopted when
it first appeared. In cheaper goods are
the plain cashmeres and the simple de- |
LANES, which are 50 mex pensiye that
many who do not mean To wear mourning |
long prefer them to anything of better /
quslity. Aibatross, rough delaine, is
pretty for suits, in which it can be em>
pioyed either by itself or in combination |
with a smooth tabsi &c. Brocade CASH
meres, which now cost bat 81 25 yard, |
may be used for trimmings in very light
mourning, or, when employed in great |
; rofusion, will serve 10 transform |
mourning dress into an ordinary black |
costume.
The spring importations of mourning |
goods will include granite grenadines,
the fine, soft, curiously woven msterial |
which was introduced last year, and pre-
ferred to the square, rneshed fabrics; !
crepe du Japan, which has slightly |
surface; wool grenadines, both
single and double width, and baieges of ,
degrees of fineness. French |
buntings of good quality will still be |
worn, and the light summer camePs
hairs. Besides these will be byzantines,
crapelines and dozen other
light materials that are sufficiently do
lorous in appearance, without being too
heavy for comfort. Siciiiennes will be
used for trimmings of half-mourning and
lusterless sewing silk grenadines
There is a dissgreeable rumor abroad
that the polka dot is on its way, possibly
as a pretty symbol of the black death,
but as yet it is only seen in neck-ties, a
few of which, intended for half mourn
ing, have black dots scattered on their
white surfaces. Crepe lisse and clear
lawn, very finely plated, are the pref
tiest things in white ties. but there are
some good combination of black and
white transparent materials, and some
elegant cascades of black crepe hsse.
The prettiest ruches are those composed
Of triple rows OF fine plating, and many
ladies arrange this so as to simulate a
dress, and fasten it with a
knot of lusterless black ribbon at the
back. Frills of crepe lisse are inserted
in the wrists of mourning-dresses, and.
with few exceptions, the black ia very
soon displaced by the white. Linen
cuffs and collars, embroidered with black
are worn with morning dresses, and the
should match them, and
also the kerchief of which the cap is
made. The prettiest cap models are
made from kerchiefs Observation-Disclosures
On the edge, and trimmed with black
ribbon knotted coronetwise in front.
Too Heavy for Him.