The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-11-10
FUR TIL FAIR SEX.
Fashion Notes.

SnaWlS.
Wide belts are sometimes laced in
front and at the back.
Black wooden stockings embroidered
with black are worn in England.
Walking hats of smooth plush with
satin borders are sold untrimmcd.
Color clashes is the expressive name
Civ ell to some OF the new com blnatlons.
Two studs are worn in the high linen
collars that tit so closely about the
throat.
Lining about the lower edge OF
basques is p~ropbesied by Il Paris cor
respondent.
The battlement:: square is prefer d to
the point and the scallop as a border
for basques.
The newest gold cloth Is of fine net,
wrought with leaves and blossoms IN
bright cclors.
Clusters of three small beads sewed
together are used 10 border basques, IN
stead of fr nge.
The Pilgrim suit is made up for chill
dren, and the Tam O. Shanter bonnet is
worn with it,
Balls are superseding both tassels and
spikes rs pendants from the tassels worn
around the waist.
When laces are used on wedding
dresses, round point and the finest
duchesse are selected.
Bonnets Of peacock feathers, with
strings of peacock blue, are pretty head
coverings for little girls.
$500 xJo nn- Iorcnrc hoUo thor
hoods and cuffs lined with white stock
met embroidered in colors.
Wells of rose colored tulle are worn
by English ladies. They impart q ro-
seate tint to the complexion.
Rich, stiff white satin, brocaded in
silver or gold is the appropriate fabric
for an elegant wedding dress.
Cashmere colored buttons and belt
buckler are used on the Oriental cos
tunes so fashionable ut present.
FLESH colored ruching is newer than
cream color or plain white, but it IS ex-
ceedingly trying to the complexion.
Some of the new black stockings have
red hands woven into them, so as to
make them look rs if cross-gartered.
Stockings matching the dress are to
be fashionable this winter, and cardinals
here will be cheaper, as they should be.
The little tassel buttons are super
| seeded by acorns this season. Some are
jetted, and some are of unadorned black
silk.
Buttons of riveted jet cos5 three times
rs much as those Made in imitation OF
! them, but they are almost lndestructl-
bic.
The suits with full, plain skirts have
become too popular to be fashionable
and the best dressmakers refuse to cut
them.
GRAY plaid silks, in soft qualities and
Eastern colors, are shown tor saShes and
caps for wear with light evening
dresses.
One of the new uses of chenille is to
initiate feathers, and some Imported
bonnets have plumes Of chenille lying
on their crowns.
Yellow pineapple cloth handkerchief,
with one corner ornamented with an
embroidered design in high colors, are
considered elegant.
Carriage cloaks are made Of India
shawls, trimmed with fringes and passe-
mcntcries, displaying many shades OF
rich India embroidery.
The newest apps are, not caps at all,
but garlands of howe 8 or loops OF rib
bon twisted around the head, and partly
hidden by q scarf of lace.
When velvet underskirts are worn
the only other place in which velvet ap-
pears in the costume is in the puis let in
t the shoulder or at the elbow.
Among the silks are quaint twilled
fabrics with Egyptian designs, such Jas
lars, lotus leaves, wading birds and
ferns brocaded on their surface.
Princesse gowns with fronts of colored
satin are very fashionable, Severa
fronts 20 with one gown, and q change
in the tint transforms the gown.
Crochet is revived in England, but in
stead of being done in white thread, it is
made in colors. both laces and quilts be.
ing made in contrasting hues.
Hoods are never sewn to the edge OF
the garment they are worn with unless
the dreSsmakcr is too careless to finish
both the neck of Likelihood and oil the
garment.
Hooks and eyes of Gligree gold are
placed on the bonnets to clasp the broad
ribbons, and under the chin to hasten the
strings. Cloaks will also be fastened
with them.
The new basques for street wear are
single breasted, with large collars, and
have but few seams. The belts worm
with them begin at the biases instead of
at the seam under the arms.
/ A new boot is of fine French kid, the
tops of which are rolled over, the re-
verse being lined with silk and embroid-
cred in shades to match the colors in
the costume worn ut the time.
Dress material Of heavy, black, bro
caded satin, the figures of which are out.
lined with jet beads, g jet tassel or ball
hanging from each figure is novel and
pretty. 1t only costs $50 per yard.
When q lady wears a basque of bro
cadcd velvet she wishes the world to
understand that her skirt is also of that
rich material, and so it is artfully shown
here and there through .openings.in the
trimmings.
The waists of evening dresses for the
season are invariably long and smooth,
but some are pointed and some are
round, and while some have no sleeves
at all, others are high basques with long
sleeves.
New fans are made of black cocks
feathers, so arranged that the curly tips
overlie each other, and the small blue
green feathers of the ~pea-fowl's breast
are also used in combination with the
little red feathers from the wing Of the
gray parrot.
The bride at q tin weddi e need no
necessarily be a fright, for a tin crown is
ali that she is expected to add to the
ordinary costume; but the groom, in a
tin hat and collar and tie, with tin but
rons on his Cat and tin patches on his
trousers, is a hideous object.
A Curious Petition.
This was addressed to the governor of
South Carolina, in the year 1888, by
sixteen maidens of Charleston. It ran
thus: 1.-The humble petition of all the
maids whose names are underwritten.
| Whereas, we, the humble petitioners,
are at present in a very melancholy
state of mind, considering how NIL the
bachelors are blindly captivated by
WIDOWS, and our own youthful chances