The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-30
MIDWINTER FASHIONS
What the Beautiful Half Of HUI
manity Wears-Rare and Cost
ly Jewelry.

rows of buttons. are the mos stylish
gloves for ceremonious toilets. Per
fumed gloves are worn with elegant
toilets. Then odor is delicate and
lasting. Leather belts are worn with
Spanish buckles Oh Q lnia,d with
gold and silver
Buttons occupy so large IA ii lid this
winter hat any a>te may be gratitied
in choosing. From agates and foreign
pebbles. cut with great care and
beauty. down TO the PAPER mache
tri1e-cheap, yet blended with attrac-
tive colors-there Is a great variety.
Metal buttons for wais coats and vests
inc ude a kind made of silver, gold and
copper. in Japan Sc desigrs those for
evening dresses are of quartz, crystal
and silk or satin, either painted by
hand or embroidered. The diamond
button is an expensive novelty Tor
evening dresses.
The new paSSemcn cries arr rlcher
than any that have = eced them Many
are brilliant with jets, VIII lie others
are rich with velvet chenille and silk,
bits of pattern being interwoveu SO as
to represent flowers and leaves.
The la est style of hosiery for chill
dren are double over the knee, and for
! winter wear are in dark Sd wine color
aud garnet shades.
NEW STYLES IN JEWELRY.
The present display Of jewelry com
prises 50 many nOveiti"S that 1t IS DIFF
ficult to determine where to begin
their description. The slide pin" or
Lace pin" is very p puiar, owing to
its convenience of adjustment. These
are worn by tasriOnableS not only to
fasten lace DO ~ and ties, but to attach
the collar and fichu
One Of the most novel of these is a
bar on which lies a round, open fan.
Through thiS-2old Oh go d with silver
| tracing-a mouse has nibbled a hole,
is reaching through, and, 10 all appear
ances, interviewing another mouse as
to the d faculties of his ambitious at
tempt. Another pin has two mice
running over d golden griddle, which.
by the adjustment of glowing topazes
of extreme smallnesS, and garnets
equally small, looks as though heated,
which would argue a ceftaln reckless
ness, 10 say the leas~, on the part of
the mice in question. Still another
pin has upon i a hOrrld little deaths
head, in white enamel. IN which very
dIminutive points glow behind the
h ,llow sockets OF the eyes, and, upon
examination, roy TO be two lighted
cigars OF ruby. This is Of French de-
sign. A fourth pin has a golden skele-
ton adjusted by invisible wires, which
Jerks at every motion of the wearer.
There is a certain fascination about
these weird pins that gives one an I'M
accountable desire to possess them.
Pin fifth has two skeletons dressed in
the masquerade dress of ''Pantalon" of
the ballet, and with their caps set
iauntily crooked over their sightleSS
eyes.
A beautiful design is a bird balanc-
ing itself upon d silver barred fence
ard holding in it's beak a spray of coral
berries. Another equally pretty has
two unturled fans at the ends and in
the centre a ':carbuncle stone.' An
odd q IL has two heads of negro chil~
dren in black enamel. with diamond
eyes and grinning mouths with teeth
of ivory.
One of the most curious and costly,
and NEST difficult o keep from injury.
owing to it's mechanism, is a slide upon
which are set two jewelled ewes, imi-
tating human eyes, shaded with lasles
and eyebrows of enamel. and which
loN AUX w ia oy SIlI SDI
that the motiOa of the wearer stirs.
The effect is odd and is that Of rolling
rather than simply turning the eye
from side to side, yet the exquisite
beauty of the crystals, cOlOred to
represent the ball, iris and pupil, is a
aliumph Of the jewellers art.
A very handsome pin has a Turks
head. with a superb Oriental turban.
III c,,o af cn1natinp nf tbn t;nx- ,non-
hued Jewels that make up the stripes
and aigf cite of the turban must have
been toilsome, but the effect is singu-
larly good. A brilliant affair is a
p~arti-colored enamel pin. with several
spread ca ds held in a mans hand.
GENTLEMEN's SCARF /
For gentlemen scarf pins are as novel
in design ard as handsome in execution
as those for ladies. One especially
pretty has a horse jockey in blue and
white and balancing in a circle of gold.
Another has a graceful greyhound's
head. Another has a rat terrier up
setting a barrel. A pointer holding
game in his mouth is "a handsome de-
sign, and a glovcd hand holding a mask
is still another. A singular scarf pin
has a hand holding a duelling pistol.
JEwELLED HEADBANDs.
To possess these, in fine and lustrous
stones. is. of course. the fortune OF the
favored few in our country but fash>
ion having taken up the idea OF the
.sheadband' they are much sought.
and it must be admitted are very eIe-
giant, even in steel, tortoise shell and
coral. The flat band of black velvet |
with its three diamond stars is superb. |
but not so new as various other de-
signs. A beautiful band has a pendant |
row of Eastern coins, forming a word |
n Oriental letters. The first of these |
ever seen in a fashionable salon was |
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