The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-23
SOME LoNDoN FASHIONS.
The Marvellous Stock rRs Now worn by
The S.adIes i1a~EnSIand.

The S.adIss ts-EnsIRnd.
Cardiff Mail.
In view of the belief that short dresses
will ultimately be worn, manufacturer
have produced marvels in the shape Of
stockings InGeed, many are quite works
OF art. But the embroidery on some Of
them is more elaborate than beautiful,
while others are just as tasteful and
pretty. In TACT, stockings now form a
most important item in the toilet. The
old design of a spear-head is considered
too simple looking for the present style.
Hose of black silk or Lisle thread, en-
broidered with white or colsred foss
silk, are always in good taste. The
newer kinds are embroidered up the
| front, and not st the ankles as before.
Very small flowers, such as forget,me-
nots, look far pTettier for the insteP and
| leg OF. q stocking than. roses almost as big
as s1pfowers, which are not at gah un
common. Spun silk and cashmere silk
hose can now be bought in every new
and delicate shade, to match the COS"
tunes with which they are to be worn.
Pale pink, blue, beige and caroubiet are
the most popular colors.
Fashion, like history, CONSTANTLY re-
peats itself, and, as regards the wearing
of flesh coIored stockings, the author OF
a." Ella" written in 1919, says: CA
fashion of pink-coIored hose for ladies
comes up at this juncture. Oh 1.-the
| coneeits which we varied upon red in all
its prisnatic differences. And the col
lateral topic of ankles. What an ocea-
sion for a truly chaste writer, like your
self, of touching that nice brink, and yet
nostumbliDg overit." pronounced -
says Charles Lamb, in reference to these
/ stockings, "that modesty, taking her
final leave of mortals, was visible in her
ascent to the heavens by the track of her
glowing instep; but the fashion is tran
sient, and so is the mode which has fsv-
ored US. The ankles of our fair friends
in a few weeks began to reassume their
pristine whiteness." "a - g.. s...
That is not the least likely in Our
time, 1879, for white stockings are rarely
ever seen indoors, far less in the streets
and the fashion for wearing shoes which
display SO much of the estockings, make
it almost certain that the taste for col
ored hose will be more enduring than
what Charles Lamb calls " the transient
mode Of few weeks"
Then what dainty shoes there are. al
most extravagant, and quite indescliba-
BILE in their elegance. They are made il
every possible color, with gold OK silveI
heels, and embroidered in all styles witt
gold or silver thread, or beads and pearls
likewise trimmed with Tuches Of lace
silk and what not.
! The instep is held in place by EN-
broidered bands or gold and silver clasps
or by ornamental knots of bright ribbon
made up in imita ation of gsy birds liz
yards, butterflies and h1wers are useC
to decorate the toes.
| Cardinal silk stockings look exceeding
ly well worn under q pair of blsck vel
vet or satin slippers trimmed with Whit
lace, and clasped with buckles to initiate
diamonds.
To the long gloves now worn on dres
. occasions fashion has ordered two NOR
buttons, making the almost ipcrediOi
number OF twenty six, and when hanging
at length in the. window they look ia
more like gtockings than gloves. Sleeve
to evening dresses there are none wOrtl
mentioning, aud these gloves certain},
r cover one part of the arm, though it
: at the wrong extremity -
I Caps continue TO be worn. Man.
have the crowns made of the same ms
l terial as the dress, and are trimmed. wit
t gold or silver lace, and ornamented wit
gold coins, ball, pearl beads or .marab0u
feathers fringed with gold, and some al
composed of flowers alone.
: The; "OIivia" is the favorite model ais
for bonnets made of soft materials as We
as caps. The latter are of Indian.musli
and Breton lace. The head dress
copied in exact imitation of the on
worn by Miss Helen Terry in her cleve
!. representation OF DIR. Primrose's eldes
daughter, and is more becoming to nos
faces than the universal tUrban SHAPE
The crown of the "Olivia /" is loose an
large, trimmed with two rows of tathe
wide lace, which is caught back by
= knot of ribbons, just above the center
| the forehead.
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