Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-02-21
III FARRAGO.
Fresh Pancies for the Fair.

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TURBASs are worn far back on the
head.
OTTER is the principal fur used on
high boots.
A NEW camels-hair fabric is almost as
light As lace.
FUR-LISED garments have become
very common.
ROMAN striped hose are the iavorite
style at present.
A GREAT deal OF lace will be used in
spring and summer millinery.
The plain red oil calico will be yery
pretty made up with figured goods.
JAPANESE cOlors and designs prevail
in all printed cotton goods.
LILAC and straw color will be fayorite
combinationsof color Tor spring wear.
HELIoTROPE is the new color to be in.
troduced in spring silks, grenadines and
wool goods.
GIRLS in their teens wear large round
cOllarettes Of cut work, maltese and
antique laces.
RoUGE ADRIASoPLE is the name the
French merchants give to the red oil
calico which is again revived.
Ir is predicted that painted faces are
to be the rule. Women OF sense will
surely condemn this fashion.
HEAVY cords and tassels are used as
garniture for all styles of costumes, from
that worn in the street to the handsom-
est satin ball dress.
4 SQUARE kerchief OF India muslin
with a wide hem and an edging OF Lang
uedOc lace l. worn around the neck,
either IN the house or street,
THE English women generally wear
large bOnnets. American women wear
small bonnets, aud French women wear
bonnets that are becOmin. whether
large or small.
A PANIER.yisite is only a dolman with
sleeve gathered behind in the back seam,
but cut So extensively in the material
that it forms alooped upholstery iestoOn
Ovc the %tournure.
THE house toilet, with an akron over
dress, plain round waist and full walk
ing skirt, Is One Of the simplest designs
Tor the pretty cotton costumes that will
he worn during the spring and summer
HANDKERCHIEFs Of sheer silk muslin
are imported in white aud cream color.
stamped with a gay border OF flowers of
natural hue-rOses, fOrget-me-nOts. &c.
These are to be made up in turhans for
wearing IN the house, also ior Crayat
bows.
Tue new plaids are not plain blocks.
but they are shaded off, including
squares Of blending %colurs, such as mas.
tic, almond, blue-grdy. lavender, moon,
etc. Mixed bars are liked, and pretty
checks, such as cherry and black, gen.
darme and brown, turquoise and cider.
THE "Sabot' shoe has taken a more
defined shape. 1t is now a hi.h shoe
behind, with strap over the ankle, and it
has a sabot front only, but the latter is
very fanCifully set with steel and with
silver nails fOrminga design. There are
dressy and effective mixtures Of Colored
kid for shoes, but they are not di.iiHgps,
BtBIEs' suits are much trimmed with
guipure and B]retunne lace. For very
young children white cachemire and
'armure' are generally adapted for
dresses. They are cut in English shape
then u little above the border is a plait-
Ell dapery bOriered with BretOnne lace
aud fastened in the middle by loops OF
white and satin ribbon.
SCOTCH ginghams, sometimes called
Madras gingham. are again provided 10
make the useful and pretty dresses that
came into favor last year. For the next
seasons there are large plaids of gay
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plaids in the same cOlors for other parts
uf the same dress. Striped glughams
are also shown, and there are many OF
the gray blue SeersuCker stripes alterna-
ting with white.
CoLLAIS hold a very prominent part
in the present fashions, and there are
many kinds to hc seen, There are jet
collars, "Mazarin' collars, made OF
plated black and white lace, the large
Anne d'Autriche collar, Of handsome
guipure or point a laiguille lace, and
many other STYLES OF hatiste aud muslin
trimmed with lace. Babies collars fall
below the shoulders, and are made OF
very handsome lsccs.
PRRsoSs OF authority in the world Of
fashion predict that tue corsagc made
II material ~ color unlike the remain
der OF the toilet will be widely popular,
and that in the coming season this dis
tinctiOn will he observed in costumes
Tor street ~ well "a Tor house wear.
ShOr, shoulder capes OF material resem-
bling the dress or Of plush. brDcalc or
jet, as before mentioned, are expected
10 form 4 noticeable feature Of spring
walking suits.
FuR little boys, many suits are made
of g"sruct-cuiurri, bluc-grcpu aud velvet,
with satin pipings and large lace collars
aud cults. The cravats worn with these
suits are of bright-colprci surah. For a
little boy from five To six years OF age
the suit is generally made in a jacket
aud plated vest, trimmed with lace
placed on plain. Little girls continue
10 wear DlrrCtOire CapOtcs at gray ur
white felt, lined with satin and trimmed
with ribbon. The large hat raised on
the side aud the "toque" are worn both
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