The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-11-21
THE DIE

Tiger-skin muffs are a recent novelty,
Walking dresses are short enough tc
show the shoes
Fichus will be more worn this winter
than aver before.
The hair is generally worn low,
whether it Is becoming or not.
Fancy feathers are the leading fea-
ture in bonnet trimmings.
Bits of tinsel, jet and many jet beads
are added to feather ornaments.
The latest contrast in suits imported
from Paris is that of brown with green.
New muffs to match costumes are in
r%eticule shape, trimmed with lace or
fringe.
The new amaranth red has a purplish
tinge, which makes 1t becoming to
blondes.
Bridesmaids at English weddings
carry baskets of flowers instead of bou-
quets.
More than twenty new books by wo-
men are announced for immediate pub
LEGATION.
The broad belts now in favor indicate
a return to the short waists of twenty
years ago.
Miss Anne Whitney's model for a
statue of Samuel Adams has been ac-
cepted by the city of Boston. She will
receive 1900 for it.
Miss Ada Cavendish, the actress,
is said to have originated the female
fashion of wearing a bunch of field
daisies in the waistband.
Lydia Maria Child lives in a quiet
home at Wayland, Mass. The home is
an old one, of only a story and a half,
of Quaker simplicity.
O~verskirts grow in popularity, and
they incline %perceptibly toward the pam
Ter effects. The disposal of the trim
mings is a matter of individual taste.
The suffrage movement be-
gins to- assume Importance on the Pa
ciGc coast. Several public meetings
have lately been held in San Francisco.
A lady dentist in Berlin has charge
of the teeth of the children of the
Crown Prince, and a number of lady
physicians rank high in European cir
Giles.
Plush jackets of various shapes are
to be worn with street suits during the
winter. The trimming on the hat or
bonnet will be of the same material
and color.
Neck ruchings of lace have four rows,
sewed to a narrow band or a row of
narrow lace insertion. Two plaitings
stand around the neck, and two fall out
side the dress.
New house sacks are made of pale
blue, cream or white cloth of smooth
surface, and are trimmed with a row of
wide GALLON in the richest oriental
colors and designs.
Bourette goods, which were so fash
ionable last season, are old style now.
The demand is for goods with smooth
surfaces, no matter how variegated the
colorings may be.
New jet buttons for coats of satin or
velvet are of smooth, polished jet, the
size of a silver half dollar, and are sew
ed on through two gold-rimmed eyes
that ornament the center.
Miss Anna Back, a young American
pianist, who has been studying for some
time in Germany, played recently at the
crystal palace, London, to an applaud
ing audience.
The queen of the Belgians will pre-
sent to the future queen of Spain a we'd
ding veil of Flemish lace of the choicest
workmanship, which is being made at
the girls orphanage at Client.
Invisible plaids and half-inch even
checks in dark colors and black are pop
ular materials for school dresses. Black
and white shepherds plaid merino
goods are also used for the same pur-
pose.
The Genoa y~elvets, the designs OF
which are like the finest embroidery,
will be the most costly of the materials
designed for the winter. This velvet
comes in changeable tints as we'll as in
solid celors.
Some of the imported French wraps
are long, loose sacques, with a dolman
cape superimposed and trimmed with
richest fringes, passementeries, cloak
ornaments and buttons and cords, bead
ed with cut jet.
There is nothing especially new in
jewelry; diamonds are great favorites,
and s~olitaires are preferred to clusters.
For engagement rings, solitaires are
preferred, because the clusters are too
conspicuous.
Mrs. Margaret Vaux, of Philadelphia,
mother of ex-Mayor Vaux, has visited
Long Branch annually for sixty years,
and was there again last season. She
is 81 years old, but still enjoys life and