The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-15
FASHION TALK.
A Few Stories of Fans and Their
Latest Fashions.

A Pretty Way to Dress the Hair
The Latest Thing In Handker-
chiefs, Laces. Etc.
The carnival season which has just passed
was characterized by q peculiarly joyous feel
Ing. Our pleasure-loving people are always
disposed to bid dull care begone but during
the past week they seem to have given them.
selves No to joyance with the heartiest aban-
don. The society gale, which reaches its top
most wave at Mardi CIR as, and the society
world, which takes on It's most brilliant as
pect ~ the Mistick Krewe ball, have both
made this memorable winter In the annabe
OF uayety. The other balls and parties seem
only ike preliminary fourishes leading w
to this grand llnale. The hearts ~ Inc young
men waxed merry over thouEhts OF the last
delicious "heel and toe and the maidens
sighed for the fray In which the winters con-
quests should culminate.
IN tho beaminE faces 81 the lovely girle at
that dwelt within, they were Indeed happy.
hearted, It Ia said that although the gods
give nothing To men withOut labor ana
Thought (hundred Thousand dollar prince In
the Louisiana Lottery, Tor instaneee accident
often bestows upon women their very hearts
desire. In that belief, ono could not help
Wishing that al manner II happy accidents
would grant all the little tender desires bid
den away In the hearts which tbrobbed under
satin and velvet In that beautiful thionR.
am afraid, however, the granting Of such
wish would result In prodtgious slaughter
of rank aud tile, like that Of unnamed privates
on 4 bAttI. field. IL would be- strange, indeed,
II the bewiIdering complications u diamonds
and dim pl.ss, Saline and smiles. laces and
graees, should fall 'entanRle any etray atlac-
TONS roaming around the Opera House that
night.
A very pretty part of that exquisite show
vas IN the rare and costly fans that fiuttered
oeasel.ssly, ike restless butterflies, all over
the house. Very few women attach any stg.
niticAnce to the fans they carry. outside OF
their Legitimate purpose a. cooling agents.
The eklllnsedi IN their manipulation y directed
toward the point Of gathering III Grant
bre*zss, aud 81 we'll do they succeed that 1t
may be said of them NJ OF Charles Lambs
aunt, 1T 10 = cunning zephyr that can escape
her" No woman ever thlnks 81 the prOprte-
| ties that are bound together In the rins OF her
gay Jspan.se fan. or that che is earelessly
| tossing etiquette around In every thoughtless
motion, or setting At nauxht the cherished
customs and traditions Of the antipodal Mrs.
0ruDdy.
| In japan mans social status and history
are indicated by the colors and figures on the
fan be uses, which, In form. IL Al ways folding.
| The broad mOon-factd, h0mely but ef1ca-
cious ha! Iah. ~ assknsu W wo luz 1911 i...
slvely. Ah. wy s.as sss ~ IN ~, nn,t -
boeom, aud Ia a patent or nobility. The lower
classes carry II down the neck OF the dress or
under the knot Of hair at the back Of the head.
where II stieks out like skewer. II 10 not
| very beautiful 30 worn, but IT'D Language iB
plain"
A story Ia on every fan that comes to us
from the land 81 the laps, and that 40 mis-
take may be made In Its Interpretation d few
I Al u&,rv Ia II 4 a n
not generally learned In the Celestial lam
guaae we are not much wiser for these mar
Rinal notes. But II would really be pleasant
TO know which IL the aristocratic aud which
the vulgar article, and to feel assured that
we are not displaying In our parlors fans
Intended for kitchen maids aud hostlers. II
the wild indulgence In brilliant colorinR con-
tlues we ela,a nase ~ ~ a.n ,"n 10 az, -
Io,n our NV, sno ~ ~ h.s",, "
y tnat W. nhke ~ pumus s ~. - 80" MY
nus snra ,n ~. ntsi n nv"r orr Jana
IN spraWhh9 ntIlVuaea ove. oui IAus. .,d
MT. syme ~ ulspyof su u" n' W. o. "n !.
pretty Iahs tnat enu1uy NY .sasY ~ ~ 'sh uhy
~ IaHalu ~ wv. 80. =. srns III. W. III, 1. !,
SOPHIE ~ ~ ,rod .r;,h aattn 20 a ;"
Japanese eos9ieu ~.., ~.
when american mowers ~ p,Ius AIe pn'nI Nv
~ tne ueIs hhesls =, sunh diIar1 nl rr,
SHOWS HuW w WIZ g ,nI.o, .ao,,, tha inn.,
Insssul M.sas nnu.s th n rottv ona ' IN ths
sleuol ,,s 49,, ~ LIZ pmd oIa"ant sniaino
Ians may W seSn ah ~ non,hsnai,ona 4
come IN 81 Tue ,agno"1 =, rn,snnss ~ ~
coioI, anu aae oma.. ~, s,s H. nSa,;nno ~
9oiaeh ehio1oiuoiles - - 'ouA1".'o'A''
II RETIcULEs.
1 One OF late achievements Of the rococt
mind is the revival OF reticules for ladies. i
pockets must be banfehed 10 the llmDo OF un
iashionapls appelumkes. ~ nm a,,hs,,t,t =
LOOK kind,y upon any .sas s ~ h"a,,tI
onereu; bgcS anu sMsJes ILL., n,o po. ,ssstI,
~ anu uss.u' W., ~ ,on,,ia ha'
.nah ponku. . hnu = 49, Is 49, - atrlo ha ma
lus. n" w Wy n.'.t,, - n',stn,%os whnn thay
sulteH 10 va.e.y ~ ~. .tha th .me
are ena. .u.,ou .he o." ..r,a,s a.,
veveI INV H. smSr nro .1nId and s,ivn
LIZ S,e, NV NY ,apoa SYN ''A'A ''As
cofo oe'lnlns 'no ee"'ue.
eoIFFuREs'
In the low close couture now worn tn,
, flowers used for decorating are placed yer,
| Low an tho last side Rroad nat haHk al hraid