The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-02-13

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not live to enjoy the comfort Of the hap
py, married life which she has 30 fairly
earned. The king, il is said, shows
much feeling about her illness.
FIashiOn's Latest Freaks
In general the princess form Of dress
is still the leading one for full dress
toilets.
COSTUMES of plain materials are IL
lumined by splendid sashes, which take
the place Of brocades.
TULLE is favorite material for ball
| dresses this winter, more especially in
white, and occasionally in pale pink and
rose color.
! THERE il tendency toward the reviv-
al Of the Josephine styles, the short
round waist, the wide belts, straight skirt
and sashes.
NORMANDY cap shapes are revived to
some extent in the latest bOnnets, and the
capote i'll various forms il in high favor
both here and abroad.
SHORT shoulder capes, of material
resembling the dress, or of plush, brocatle
or jet, are to form noticeable feature OF
spring walking suits.
The newest and most popular of spring
fancy goods is the printed India cash
mere, in small multi-colored fine patterns
over light ground.
THE overlress that is really the most
popular for all materials is the Mel
vile. This is susceptible of the great
number ofarrangementsa and isparticular-
ly desirable for making up in rich
materials.
THE use Of satin is Oh the increase,
and the newest satin goods is satin de
iurC, soft, rich texture. 1t is satin fin
ished and has q back resembling serge.
1t will be used for bonnets, wraps and
dresses.
A FASHION TINT will hardly be received
by women of good taste is the wearing OF
anklets. A heavy band of silver or gold,
with bangles or medallion clasp, is wor,
over the embroidered and clicked silk
stockings with low slippers.
The fashion of corsage different from
the dress will prevail in the spring.
Long corsages of material and color diff.
ferent from the skirt will DO worn both
in the house and on the street, and later
when the weather is warmer without any
wrap.
STYLISH bonnets for deep mourning
are of Grape in turban or capote shape.
The trimmings are Of Grape also; strings
are either Of Grape, finished with fold
or else of lustreless soft twilled black
ribbon, worn rather for use than orna.
ment.
STREET costumes of English cloths art
nearly always made in what is popularly
known rs the tailor's style of finish,
which consists of stitched edges, or else
O binding of plain silk braid. Shor,
jackets worn over these complete costumes
are of very rich material, such as figured
velvet, plush, amure and silk velours.
They are called French jackets and are
trimmed with fur.
FULL sleeves are being gradually re.
vivcd for grand toilettes. Some of the
new shapes recall the old mutton-lee
sleeve, being gathered in at the arm
hole and sloping narrower toward the
wrist Outside cuffs of lace will be
worn with these sleeves, and with these
outside cuffs will come in again the
broad, turn down collars that were worn
twenty years ago and more,
MORNING wrappers are now made
short enough to escape the floor. They
are generally of some delicate color and
trimmed with Oriental shades. At the
back just before the waist line, the full
ness of the skirt is massed in long and
broad cluster of shirrng. The edge OF
of such wrappers is left plain--that is,
they are not trimmed with hounce OF
with a border, sometimes they are cut
at the bottom into wall or Troy squares,
binding them. and placing beneath these
a plating of the cashmere or the silk,
and if desired, below Il balayeuse of plat
! ed white muslin md lace.