Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-21
Fashion Chit-Chat.

Very simple dresses are chosen for
travelling.
Stuffed birds will ornament fall and
winter bonnets.
La1ge clusters of Marguerites are
worn for the waist bouquet.
The latest fancy is for stockings of old
gold and bright gold colors'
All sorts of shade hats are worn. The
brim is bent indlscribably.
Cover a japanese fan with bit of
pretty silk, and it is quite "chic."
Dresses buttoneu behind are not nearly
\so fashionable rs they have been, not
feven for girls.
Young ladies in England have taken
to canoes for amusement, and the sport
Is very popular.
| The corsage en- ceur, or in the V-shape,
is taking precedence of the square or
Pompadour corsage.
Dresses of gauze and grenadines are
trimmed with bands of embroidered
gauze in mile feur colors.
| There is a greet deal of shirring on
white satin, as no other fabric looks so
pretty when massed on drawing strings.
French ingenuity has made birds
nest with humming bird or wren
| nestled within as an ornament for a
! shade hat.
Sarah Berndardt has decreed that the
| tiny b0nquet de COZ sage must be worn on
the left side of the neck of the dress.
The new patterns in Honiton lace
braid are wider, and give the effects tor
merly obtained by sewing two Or three
braids together.
japanese tans will be decorated this
year with highly improbable hocks of
red hens refusing to he ''shooed" by
ridiculous blue oman.
The thinnest veil of silk handk erchief
thrown over the face while riding or walk
ing against a cold Wind is a remarkably
comfortable protection.
Petticoats of wife and of tinted foul
ard silk are the demand of the moment
in dainty wardrobes. They are trimmed
with lace-edged plating.
A pretty shade hat has the scoop brim
covered with dotted muslin on the front
and trimming of two loops of muslin On
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volvul.
Flowers are not so iav1shly used in the
decoration OF wedding dresses as former
". Small bouquets are set at intervals
down the front, or clustsrs are fastened
in the paniers.
Many ladies nave never left Off wear
ing a small crinoline tournure, even dur
ing the reign of Princesse dresses, and it
| is this hustle that it noa generally adopt
ed for short dresses.
ContCsting popularity with the ''cheese
CLOTH costumes for wear at summer re-
sorts are those of ''zephyr CLOTH or a
very fine quality of French gingham, and
Madras glnghams.
A richly ornamented garter is one OF
the regulation presents to German royal
bride, and an illustrated German paper
depicts such an article given to the En-
press fifty years ago.
A bonnet forming point at the top
like the roof of Swiss cottage, and
worn on the front of the head, is the last
and it is to be hoped the ugliest, inven.
, ton of the French mllllners.
, Elegant fans are of the feathers of par.
rots, radiating from common center un.
der tuft of swans down set with clus
ter of South American blossoms made ot
the breast-feathers of the humm1ng bird
: Al old-fashioned hat that has recent,
, been introduced abroad is of tiny silver
bells attached to lady's dress. and oc
casionally little golden bells fastaned tt
} the hair, after the fashion of those for
merly worn by Arabian princesses.
For the soiree the most popular dres
ses are of sprigged or dotted white mus
: lin, with the short skirt, the tunic, ant
the round waist, or the panier basque
7 They are trimmed with muslin or lace
edging, and garnished with ribbon bows
Il Silk painting is turned to account il
. various ways. A painted silk dress is ex
quisite; so are fans. The ends OF sashe
: and neckties are very pretty when paint
. ed with suitable fip~ers. On a cushion
: a color is apt to wear off, but for banner
: screens it is very suitable.
s Among the prettiest of the inexpensive
8 wash costumes are those made of a ma
t terlal called ''cheese CLOTH" a soft, semi
diaphanous unbleached cotton fabric
: bearing closest resemblance to tie canva
D used for wrapping cheese, or the thin
J, | nest and sleaziest unbleached muslin.
The recent development of Partisan
$ fancy is shown In Ugh, strapped shoes
or sandals, OF maroon colored and navy
I blue French morocco. They are ungar
. nished with bows or buckles, buttone,
i on the side of the foot, and worn wit
plain silk stockings of contrastin,
: color.
English crewel-work, on mummy clot
is very popular for lafnbrequins, table
covers and curtains. The cloth is gen
! darme blue, brown, old gold, white
crimson. A table-cover of gendarme blu
: has border of bro n velvet, on whicI
peacock feathers are worked in crewel
: AMI in silks.
: The newest thing in lace-wnrk IS I b
/; Church or Spanish lace for decoratin
a curtains, mantle lambrequins, and in nal
II row widths, for trimming dresses. 1t j
10 made Of braid laid in patterns and edge
with cord, put together with button-hol