Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-12-02
Fashion Notes.

The beef-eater hat is revived.
Null and lace fchus remain in higl
favor.
Seal brown plush is excessively fash
ionable.
Dark seal brown is the leading colol
for wraps.
Trimmed skirts and basques will be
much worn.
Polonaises are fashionable, but moi
very popular.
Cheviot suits are made in simple
practical styles.
Flower necklaces will be worn with
evening tailets.
Cocks plumes are mounted in mill
tary styles for felt hats.
Chenille and jet trimmings appear
on many of the richest wraps.
Satin de Lyons bids fair to be the
popular plain silk dress fabric.
Red, gold, old gold, bronze and pur-
pie are the prominent winter colors.
Jackets of plush will be worn before
the weather is cold enough for furs.
Demi-trains are de rigeure for cere-
monious carriage and visiting dresses.
A flower dog collar, edged with lace,
IS the latest novelty in artificial flowers.
Gold and silver brocaded white satins
and velvets are shown for brides
dresses.
Violet and pink is the new combina-
ton of cOlors.
Varnish yellow is to be one of the
fashionable cOlors.
Roman pearls on net make up the
newest head trimming.
Bright yellow is used III winter goods
instead of old gold.
Jacket colors grow wider and many
Of them are double.
Drab ulsters bordered with crimson
are worn in England.
Coarse straw bonnets will be worn
through the fall this year
Pearl buttons having Swiss landscapes
in brown and white ground are new
and rather snowy.
F'Yend du chat" is the name of a new
color, which is dull in tint but changes
in different lights.
The Sara Bernhardt tie is of white
null, full and wide, knotted in a fluffy
bow high at the throat.
Heliotrope velvet leaves, on ground
of blue or of maize color, appear among
the designs for new brocades.
Gold embroidery is a new industry
lately taken up by Cincinnati women,
and they are not very successful at it.
Great ropes of silk, with knots tied in
them at intervals, are substituted for
the cord and tassels used to tie polOn-
aises.
Among other gilded bonnet orna.
ments are strings of gold sequins oil
various sizes.
Bead embroidered satins and velvets
have been introduced into dress goods
this winter.
The effective colors in plush are gar.
net, old gold, amethyst, bronze, myrtle
green and purple.
Rows of machine stitching remain
the favOrite finish for cloth, cheviOt and
frieze cloth dresses.
The glitter of gold and the sparkle OIL
cOlored beads make dresses and bon
nets rarely brilliant this season.
The handsomest things in fine knitted
underw ear are chemis es and drawers
of wool Grape and silk Grape.
Costumes for the coolest weather are
so heavily trimmed with plush as to
appear almost made Of that fabric.
The Richelieu mantle, with full
pleated back, will compete with the
dOlman visite in the favor of the most
fashionable women.
Wide tapestry ribbons, with gold
threads introduced among the brOcaded
flowers, cost from S. to s. yard.
Shirred waists of white or colored
Surah silk are worn under bright col
ored velvet or brocaded peasant
waists.
Pale blue plush morning robes, worn
over satin petticOats Of the same shade
please luxuriously tasteful women.
Many of the richest velvet beocades
have the flowers edged, ribbed and
veined with gold, jet pearl and rides
cent beads.
Gold Bullion thread embroideries on
the plush and velvet cuffs, collars and
revers of jackets appear among late
importatiOns.
Animals and birds treated in conven-
tional manner and interspersed amid
the general design of brocaded Stuff
are a feature in late importations.
Derby felt hats are trimmed with
soft Surah silk or soft brocaded sasheS
finished at the ends with tassels OF
balls, and these are frequently heavily
jetted.
The Cromwell is the name of new
collar, not prettier than the protector
1t is of fine linnen. trimmed with two
rows of white embroidery or lace.
Among the fur beaver or "brush
plush" bonnets which are to take the
place of plaid felt bonnets those with
rolled brims are very much admired.
The Prayer of Uncle Abby.