Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-03-17
FASHION GOSSIP.

oAT1N DeaQS OF large embroidery size
are used for outlining the pattern Of the
heavier millinery laces.
SILK null is q diaphanous novelty for
scarfs. Trimmed with real Breton lace
it is now becoming.
ROUND enameled brooches, in shape
like the button of mandarin's cap, are
in use for bonnet pins.
HOOP rings and half hoop set with
garnets, carbuncles and old-fashionedA
stones now fancied for souvenirs.
The cabriolet-shaped bonnet, with it's
scoop back and front alike, is again seen
In the new goods that shadow forth the
coming head dress.
AMONG the recently imported bonnets
is a pretty style, neither very large nor
very small, called the 'sMarie Christine"
after the young Queen Of Spain.
HANDSOME bodices are seen In silk, cut
like a short cuirass, with plastron of
velvet turned back with white guipure
or colored cashmere lace finger deep
down the whole front.
MUCH cannot be said for the present
fashion of shirring the skirts of dresseg
across the front, which gives an air of
constraint to the costume, and most
ungraceful shrinkage at the knees.
UNDETERMINED Tuscan straw will oc
cupy the place in summer millinery that
the fur felt has done the past winter.
They will be pinched into all shapes, as
were the felts.
A STYLISH bonnet for early spring is
thick black satin, the shape of an earl's
cap, crossed with bands of beaded Jet,
instead of jeweled bands.
THE large silk carnations In buff streak
ed with red, deep red brown and pink,
or white and pink Of the m1lliner's boxes,
are scented with the Glove odor of the
real flower.
Pm glass is fashion for mantle orna-
ments and vases, which, with the pastel
portraits and pencil sketches In vogue,
brings again the delicate cool tint, which
suit ideas of old-fashioned elegance.
INDIA grass hats, with wide brims en-
broidered with crewel wreaths in Jap
anese colors, bound and trimmed with
Madras plaid, are odd and stylish-look-
ing seaside hats designed for summer.
The fine cactus braids are very pretty
in mixed colors for spring undress wear.
Black braids mixed withred and straw
color, broken by little black, are pref
ty enough to take a better place in fash
ion than assigned them.
SLEEVES are worn very long, the cuff
falling over the ball of the thumb, q
fashion which has much more graceful
appearance than the scant style which
showed an angular wrist too plainly.
Cuffs falling over the wrist make the
hands look smaller.
SOME of the finest fancies of the
milliner's art this spring are lands of
natural feathery moss, headed with imita-
ton of the largest cup moss, in shaded
crimson cut silk, the lower edge fringine
into small white woodhowers. The cur
moss is beautiful as the silk mignonettf
which was SO much worn last spring.
EVERY woman can have a fashion of
her own in millinery this spring; round
hats are wired and shaped to suit the face
and fancy. One of the most successful
shapes is middle-sized hat faced with
flowers under the brim and worn slant
for the chignon in the brim, concealed
by fall of beaded lace
A TOILET designed for dancing days
ahead is of folds upon folds of white
trllle, forming plain, Opaque, grape-like
frills and puffs, that looks as if carved
out of flexible marble, shot with small
satin beads and fringes, giving a frosty
sparkle of delicious GOODNESS. The orna-
ments to be worn with this exquisite
dress are necklace in one strand of
India pearls as large as peas, and pale
pink natural roses.
DRESSES of dark blue flannel, trim
med with white braid, promises to be as
much liked as ever, and, indeed, no
more useful dress can be devised for q
child's wardrobe. For the seaside they
are almost a necessity. Washing them
at home is dangerous experiment, but
French scourers clean them beautifully,
making the white braid almost as clear
and pretty as when new.
The large India muslin scarfs, trim
med with Valenciennes and Duchesse
lace, are seldom well-worn, as could be
desired, and it must be remembered
that the tying of such cravats was once
the crowning achievement of dandy
They are to tie low on the breast with
that soft, neat carelessness which is the
perfection of art A little secret of
having them look well is to never wear
one twice without having the creases
pressed cut. Feminine elegance owes
its life nowadays to the gas-iron.
AS lace is SO much worn nowadays, we
beg leave to differ from the art authority
which lately gave directions that Breton
and Malines should be used In kilt pleat-
ing. From some study of lace we should
say lace ought never to be worn in pleat-
iDgs, whose formality destroys its char
acter. Only the softest rufaing, OF the
large hollow pleats which show the pat
tern of the lace, as in the ruffs of old pic
lures, are tolerable. The pleated Breton
seen in quantity is a waste of good ma
terial, destroying its transparency and
running it's pattern, and giving
a coarse, harsh material in place of it's
airy beauty.
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