The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-12-10
FOR THE FAIR SEX.


Ladies in mourning edge their lace
h%andkerchiefs with black thread lace
instead of white.
Fur borderings will be much worn
this winter, especially on the cloth suits
that necessarily have little other trim
ming.
Some of the newest cloth suits have q
wide band of fur around the bottom OF
the underskirt. A very narrow plait-
ing is all that shows below it.
A new and pretty trimming for a cos
tune is made by braiding ribbons in
three or four strands. The pretty Per-
sian ribbons braided in this manner are
very stylish.
The new ruffs are of lace plated full,
with one half standing up around the
throat and the other half falling down,
exactly like the Queen Elizabeth rufs.
They are worn very high around the
throat.
The customary white so generally
used on the woodwork of houses, is
| giving place to u paint of olive-green
hue. This color tor years past has been
popular in England for similar purposes,
and only recently is introduced here.
Side sachels of sealskin r among
novelties in furs... They are sometimes
seen when no fur garment is worL, but
appear to better advantage with seal
skin cloak and muff. These sachels also
come in all the fancy furs of the season.
Soft plaid silks are imported laid in
folds to wear as fchus on plain dresses
especially to enliven black toilet es
They extend down each side below the
belt, and are trimmed inside and across
the ends with plated white Breton lace,
The blue and green plaids fichus are
very popular.
New gloves are beautifully finished
by q kid lace top, 80 called because the
finest quality kid is skillfully cut to re.
semble Valenciennes lace. The decep.
ton is so perfect that one hardly realizes
that it is not lace. Sometimes the kid
lace is of a uniform color with the glove,
or again we see tasteful contrasts. The
width is about three inches.
If American ladies should adopt the
English fashion of wearing jerseys, they
may as well understand that getting into
them is an art in itself, and getting out
of them is a work of time and requires
much effort. The latest freak in adorn.
ing them is to embroider a border in
crewel around the lower edge, collar and
cuffs, and to work the monogram Of the
wearer on the front of the garment.
P~etticoats that are worn beneath short
street costumes are of heavy cashmere
or flannel, in bright colors such as scar.
let, cardinal red, wine and deep garnet
They are trimmed with plaitings of ruff
1es, and many are trimmed up the back
as far as the belt, forming a hustle, but
making them very heavy; others have
small bustles made of whalebone fas-
tened to the skirts. Hoop skirts are
again revived but are worn at present
by few. .
The general s~upposi:ion that "dog.
skin" gloves are really made of the
hides of dogs is untrue. It is only the
name of a species of kid which is OBJ
tanned in perfection from Cape Town
sheep in Africa-a variety noted for its
tail, which is composed largely of fat
and much esteemed by e%picures. The
cheaper kinds of "dog-skin gloves are
made Of the hides of various animals,
and it is doubtful if ever the pelt of q
dog was thus utilized.
Young girls in their teens, and also
very small children, wear the grave
colors used for their mothers, enlivened
by the gayest India brocades of fine
wool, or else pompadour-figured goods
in mixed silk or satin and velvet. A
long over-dress, punched up on the
sides and behind, with q plain skirt, is
the popular design for their incest
dresses, while the short basque or the
frock-coat is used with long, round
overskirts of palmer suits.
Gloves OF nearly all colors are worn,
ruby, garnet, plum, slate, old gold,
bronze, olive, and in fact all colors that
are found in dress goods now in vogue.
Black kid gloves are fashionable with
bright colored suits; pure white are
not worn rs much as formerly; cream
white and lilac tints are. preferred .
Light gloves are considered quite as
economical as dark ones, as they are
cheaply and easily cleaned. Many ladies
clean their own white gloves with COM
mon non-explosive oil. For mourning
undressed kid are preferred, and for Or
binary use the English Isle thread is
worn; they cost from forty-five to
seyenty-five cents, are strong and dura-
BILE. Street gloves are fastened with
three or four buttons, the six or eight
button gloves are reserved for m IRE
dressy occasions