Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-11-08


ends passed through a gold ring.
CHANGEABLE effects are shown in silk,
satin and velvet, in the quaint, old fash
toned colors worn generation ago.
COMBINATIONS of gay brocades with a
plain color are shown in the richest as
well as in the plalnest French dresses.
QUILTED satin petticoats, in colors TO
match costumes, bid fair to displace ielt
and cloth balmorals for midwinter wear.
The colors in gloves intended for
street and church wear are the same as
those which appear i'll the dress mater
ials.
FLOWERS for trimming hats and
bonnets are forsaken for beetles, dragon
flies, butterflies and bugs OF all descrip-
tons.
CREAM white is much employed this
season for dinner and evening dresses.
and it blends admirable with the rich
colored brocades.
Brown will be quite favOrite color
this season, and in a variety OF shades.
One OF the newest is called "acOlon,
and is mahogany color.
A VERY handsome hat is an imitation
of the peasants cap, and is very becom-
ing to ladies who wear their hair waved
and looped low at the back.
New let buttons, for coats OF satin or
velvet, are of polished jet, the size OF a
5O-cent piece, and are sewed on through
two gold trimmed eyes in the center.
NORMANDY point is the most suitable
lace for muff trimmings, on account OF
its durability. This lace is beautiful
new black, much fancied in New York.
YOUNG matrons are now wearing on
chilly days close-titting jackets made OF
seal plush, which initiates the fur to per-
lection; the collar and cuffs are of beav-
er.
BLACK kid gloves are admissible every
where even in full dress for the opera
they are considered stylish. The most
stylish glove for evening wear is corn
color.
WALKING costumes are extremely
simple and masculine in shape, and
very unlike the dresses for receptions
and soirees, which are complicated in
the highest degree.
A BEAUTIFUL ulster for a little boy is
OF pearl gray corduroy, with the collar,
pockets, and cuffs OF invisible blue vel
vet, and double row OF rainbow pearl
buttons down the front.
THE throat is dressed as high and
close as possible. Linen collars are
fastened as high as may he and under
meath a soft silk neCktie is worn fasten-
ed in front in bow knot.
FUR-TRINMED garments will be more
used this year than they have ever
been before. Boas are displaced by fur,
which is placed about the necks and
cuffs of garments.
HANKERCHIEFs with a white center
have deep hem with polka dots OF
blue, black, red, pink or brown; on 9TH
ers the middle is white, the hem cOlored
and the polka dots white.
A NEW fabric for combining with
black satin in costumes is silk in which
let beads are woven in stripes, figures,
palms, diamonds, and leaf designs, or
with beads covering the entire surface.
Is the line OF cloth gloves those OF
most importance are the raw silk, fleece
. lined, and the cashmere. They are kid
finished, and arr extremely comfortable
and convenient for ordinary wear in cold
weather.
A NEW black glove has a delicate lace
ing of gold thread down the back, ter
minating in a pair of tiny gold tassels.
/ These make an appropriate addition 10
the gold and black costumes which are
now making such furore.
THE newest cloaking material is dra-
ped silk; the upper side is OF silk, such
as Scilienne, with thick rep ,armute, and
piQue or matelassee all OF ilk,while the
wrong side is of soft and thick fleece,
/ forming lining almost as soft as fur.
APRONS of pale blue or rose colored
silk, with painted designs or castellated
points at the bottom and a square
| pocket set diagonally on one side, with
trimmings of pleated Breton or point
/ d'espirit lace, appear among novelties Of
/ this Lind in the shops Of the eastern
/ dealers.
A TURBAN Of shirred white satin, trim
/ med with frosted lace and white ostrich
| tips, forms an exquisite evening bonnet,
/ and one greatly admired is of the spttest
white fur felt, with a turned up brlm
/ yelled 10y frosted lace, and trimmed with
/ ostrich feathers and beaded ornaments.
Az easy way OF remOdeling last win
/ ter's dark dresses is TO thin them with
bands and scarfs Of hrocade, and, il the
dress is OF silk, to add bodice OF bro
cade also. When the fashion passes
away the brocade may be easily ripped
off
PLAITISGs of various kinds remain in
favor for the general garniture OF dress
skirts, and mixtures OF piece trimmings
used, in order TO produce novelty and
variety. These always match whatever
is used upon the upper portion OF the
toilet.
CoAr basques made Of light weight
goods. such as basket, camels' hair and
ladies' cloths. in seal browns, navy
blues and datk grays, are a decided
feature Of the fall styles. They are
made exactly like gentleman's coats in
fit and finish.
TIE range for shirring, which seems
10 be on the increase, has extended 10
princess dresses, and even the iiOunces
are shirred at intervals in perpendlcu-
lar clusters OF two or three gauging
threads, throwing the intervening Sec
tons into puffs.
The latest agony" in gloves for full
dress have tops OF alternate bands oil
kid and delicate insertion, terminating
in a frill OF Nalenciennes lace. These
are made in white for brides and are
elegant "a an addition 10 a costume
trimmed with lace Black gloves with
lace tops are still more elegant and the
contrast gives a beautiful effect.
CAucoEs this season are exceedingly
pretty. The groundings are dark nut
brown, navy blue, olive and moss
shades, upon which polka dots, plaids
and fioriated patterns appear in great
varieties. 4 border for trimming comes
in nearly all the yard-wide goods, and
is placed at the top and bottom OF the
founces, and upon the cuffs, collar and
pocket flap.
IL shoes for ladies the broad English
soled walking-boot, laced over the in
step, Is worn for the street. Slippers
with high heels and straps on are worn
with evening toilets, and small bouquets
OF flowers, or buckles incrusted with
gems, fasten the straps together upon
the instep. Rhine pebbles are used for
the same purpose. Cloth shoes with
kid tips are becoming fashionable. In
| full dress the sine or slinner il made Oj