The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-11-17

When a woman has worked for two
hours tosweep q room and then, having
collected the dirt and lint and little
scraps Of paper into the dustpan, goes to
the window, opens it and throws the
dirt from the pan, just as a lively little
gust of wind comes along and sends it
back all over the room again, does SHE
get mad? We'll. rather!-Boston Post.
The trial of Homer Merry on a charge
of theft at Berdanville, Mo-, resulted in
an acquittal Though the testimony OF his
wife. After his discharge, however, she
parted from him, saying that she had
sworn falsely to save him from prison,
but that she would not live with q thief.
She has been indicted for perjury.
Beaded Brocades and Plain Fabrics.
The furnishing stores import beaded
satins in short lengths of from one and
a half to five yards for combining with
the rich velvets and plain satin de Lyon
used for dressy toilets. In these the
beading is done by hand, and consists
in covering the brocaded patterns
woven in silks and velvets. OF course
such fabrics cannot be generally used,
as only the rich can purchase stuffs that
cost from $l2 to $40 q yard. The color
ing, however, is q delight to the eye,
and the fabric handsome enough to use
for mural decorations. Ileliotrope
satirs embroidered with pearls, amber
satin wrought with chenille and with
cashmere beads, black with gold and
Jet, garnet velvet with pink roses of tiny
cut beads, are shown in such large
figures that only two figures are needed
across the breadth. These are for
straight, square-cornered tablier
breadths, and perhaps are repeated in
the middle breadth down the train. The
metallic hrocades are also among the
luxurious fabrics marked $l5 a yard.
| Some of these are the cloth of gold in
yellow shades, while silver is found
most effective on black or on garnet.
Satin embossed with velvet shows.most
delicate tints for evening dresses,
especially in pearl and pale blue shades;
the white brocadcs for wedding dresses
show new designs of birds of-paraiise
or large flowers, or else the whole de-
sign is outlined with pearls.
For goods within tn" reach of peope
of smaller means the soft satins called
satin mcrvcilleux are shown at Sl.75 a
yard upward, with quaint combine
tons of color in the brocadsd designs.
These are to be made up with wool
goods, or else with the changeable satin
de Lyon that has colors in harmony
with the brocade, and costs 80 a yard.
Plain satin de Lyon at 81 so o yard is
preferred to silk ut that price for COM
hinatious with the small-igured Per:
sian brocades, and for more expensive
goods the new satin Alencon, q thickly
twilled Surah, is chosen at 81 a yard.
The brocadcd satin de Lyon may be
found in pure black, and in pretty de-
signs, at SITS a yard, though more
stylish large detached figures bring the
expense TO SO or 81. When colors are
used the preference is for those OF one
shade rather than the mixed colors.
Some patterns in bronze, green or blue
shades at 50 will make up most effect
lively in combination with plain satin de
LYON or velvet. An economical way OF
undertaking a black dress with worn
BASQUE is to use the striped velvet and
satin that is sold for $3.50 a yard for 9
round basque, and leave the skirts OF
the costume in the designs worn last
year. The best modistes who have
returned from Paris say that there is
little change in the styles of winter
dresses, and that the novelties exist
in the fabrics, which ere more va
rious and also more extravagant
than they have been for many years.
The inexpensive striped velvets will.
therefore, be used by ladies of small
means, while those who have more
money will choose coats of plush, either
plain, striped, ribbed, or brocaded,
which cost from $3.50 yard to So CT 50:
the brocaded velvets are shown at the
same range of prices given for plush,
but the plain velvets are less expensive,
and cost according to the amount OF silk
used in them. A great deal OF what Is
called silk velvet has all the silS thrown
into the pile, while the foundation is
cotton, or ut most linen, and these goods
are now used, just rs the Breton AND
Languedoc laces are, by fastidious
women who formerly bought none but
genuine fabrics and real laces; the dit
ference in price, and the very good ar-
pearance of the low.priced velvets are
Considerations not to be overlooked, as
trimming velvets begin as low as Sl.25
a yard, while wider velvets for parts oil
dresses are S2.25; rich velvets Of pure
silk are Sc q yard. The striped cor
duroy velvets are what they profess to
be, viz, velveteen-that is, cotton
throughout, and these are found in triple
stripes, or else in embossed stripes, in
all the bronze, gray, ecru, brown, green,
.~l -1~~pt el,nIno rntfy Y1CG6 tor III q
yard. For short plain skirts to DE worn
with wooden rver-dresses, for misses and
childle ems suits, and for the b~ox-plaiteo
blouses worn in the morning with bl"ck
Or colored skirts, these are excellent
fabrics.
Wool Dire, ses left over from last year
may also be renovated by leaving the
trimmed skirts as they now are, and
using instead o4the waist a basque OF
one of the Persian brocades Of mixed
woodland silk. These come in quantity
pretty designs At Sc 7~epty-tivc cents to 81
q yard, and are tortyNX inches wide,
hence only a small quantity will be re-
quired. Already salesmcnNn TIP shops
suggest to the purchaser, when choosing
= new dress, to buy only enoughiof these
brocades ior 3 basque, and Ne plain
stuifs for the skirts. so the fashion Is q
settled one, and will meet the approva!
of conservative tastes. Another useful
suggestion is that Of providing brochc
borders in stripes across 4 fabric Il yard
and a quarter wide, 20 that precisely
the quantity needed can be cut of; two
stripes are usually sold, one OF which
is wide enough for any trimming used
on the skirt drapory, while the narrower
border trims parts Of the basque. Tho
most exclusive modistes commend the
! s~rlid-cotored wool goods. such as cash.
mere and camels. hair, for entire cos
tunes nni since Il Cloth suit has be-
come the object Of desire with SO many,
these closely twilied woolens may be
bought most reasonably in pure wool
and in good dark shades. Plum, green
and brown cashmeres ut seventy-tive
cents q yard, made up over silk lining
at 81 Il yard, and trimmed with plait.
ings that are haif OF The cashmere AMI
| half Of satin dc Lyon clthe same shade,
vii, be most refined dresses, ard such
as are seen ut many lending house,
MrpC1'S Bn=nf.
II M, satisfied with nv lot said !.