The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-04-10
Fashion Sprays.

Fancy silk turbans are bound with
gold cord.
The newest table linen hss deep COLI
ored figured borders.
The Gabrielle with hood is the favor
lite style of domino.
Square mosaic pins are the latest styles
of iewelry.
Ceremonious dinner toilets demand
elbow sleeves and lace TUffiss.
Colored msntles of very bright colors
are worn with black dresses.
Cha claims for holding the fan are now
out OF date, and ribbon is substituted.
The new styles of furniture coverings
follow closely the style OF dress mate
rials.
Black velvet neck bsnds are ornament.
ed with little shells, and embroidered in
silver.
Bfaids or short curls down the back
are worn with dIessy evening or dim
ner costumes.
The latest fashion in France is 60 take
tea in bonnets and gloves, and without
any outside wrapping.
Canton-crape shawls are used 70 make
handsome overdresses, and when draped
gracefully are effective.
In the most modern sets of furniture
no wood is shown, the irsme being en-
tirely covered with goods.
Black silk, cancels hair, cashmere,
Henrietta cloth and nearly all black
goods are the popular materials for street
wear with American women.
Lace is the most fashionable of all
trimmings waistcoats are trimmed with
it, and also the lace jabot is considered a
part of the costume.
Polonaises and bssques are both worn
with wsistcoats the latter are worn
with ball and reception costumes, as
well as with walking costumes.
A street or walking dress must be dark,
short and unobtrusive in its general eff
feet; while bright colors and Isces should
be worn with the house dress.
Dressy aprons of muslin are fashionable
for home toilette they are trimmed with
lace and bows of ribbon, and the one
pocket is Oynamented with bow.
The latest wrinkle in fashionable So
ciety is knitting ones own silk stockings.
One spool of silk costs 81 so, and it takes
four or five spools TO knit one pair.
Curtains of rich material have wide
band of plush or velvet at the bottom,
and are finished al around with narrow
fringe heavy cords and tassels not being
used.
New picture frames are of smooth, pol
ished wood, without any carving or trac>
ing. Conch shells, filled with moses and
PRESSES, make a pretty window ornamen-
tation.
An entirely new combination for scarf
pins, belt clasps and pins Tor the hair is
that of garnet, blue and crystal glass
Women will soon be decked out in as
gorgeous Jewels as the savage delights to
wear.
The luxury of table ornsmentation is
increasing every day. At a recent ele-
CANT dinner party, the four corners OF
the dinner table were, decorated with sil-
yer Cupids drawing silver wheelbarrows
loaded with flowers
The majority of the new articles OF
jewelry are fine in quality hut simple
and unostentatious. There are eccen-
tricities, such rs ear rings set with stoLes
CT different color, bracelets which look
like manacles studded with large colored
stones instead OF nails.
Chuddsh and plain cancels hair cloths,
black or colsred, are the favorite ma
terials for wraps. The Hungarian and
dolmsn styles, long and sweeping and
elsborstely trimmed with tringes, gal
loonr, plush and lsces, take the lesd.
Elderly society ladies are as given to
fashionable foibles as their grand-dsugh-
tiers. A costume worn by one of them
st ball in Paris was of dark ruby vel
vet, with a petticoat front OF white
satin, embroidered with a large rsttern
of flowers and tendrils in their natural
hues. The sides of the train and the
edges of the panniers were bordered with
Sne old Mechlin lsce