Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-25
THE FASHIONS.


WTH young ladies, gold-dollar brace
let's are the style.
VERY large embroidered collars are
worn by children.
IT is predicted that prune color will
remain one of the favorite colors for the
| summer.
/ MERvEILLEUsE ribbons have change
able colors through the centre, with
border of satin on the edge.
GOBELIN ribbons, in all the old tapes
try colors and effects, are seen among
late millinery importations.
The favorite dark spring colors will be
marine blues, brownish reds, dark. dull
green's and reddish purples.o - -. +. +
APRON fronts and ,cuirasses covered
with ruby, turquoise or amethyst beads
are in high fashion abroad.
THE new and fine French bunting is
called Albatross cloth this season, and
comes In a multitude of new shades.
SAFFRoN-TINTED lace is much In favor
for trimming evening dresses, and is even
on some of the new handkerehiefs.
DRAB in all its many shades will be
worn this coming season. The newest
HELIoTRoPE is the new color, and is
exactly the lovely pinldsh purple of the
newly blown flower from which it takes
its name. ~ .5 Ii s34.H
DAINTY handkerchiefs for home or
morning use are of Chinese silk, hem
stitched in blocks, and ornamented with
"a band of Indian silk in cashmere colors.
/ OLD-FAsHIoNED turkey-red calico is
shown, among the recent importatlons
for combining with the new figured cali
Goes, which are now given the name OF
"rouge Adrianople.' y
VELVET or satin drums, with yellow
silk cord, laced across the sides, and fit
ted with satin bag at the top, are now
bonbonniers, which afterwards are pretty
little work bags.
EMBROIDERED brackets are rather
more to the fashionable taste than carved
ones. The bracket is covered with plain
velvet, with band of embroidered silk
let into it in front.
DIANA locks are the names of new
bangs introduced into fashionable cir
| cles They are called after the arrowy
goddess, because they culver whenever
beau comes round.-BOston Courier.
OVAL medallions of painted silk on
velvet, three to each bracket, framed In
gold-colored chain or brttonhole stitch
are handsome ornaments for parlor
brackets, the design of which is taken
from the boudoir of a foreign palace.
OLD Linen tablecloths which wear out
first IN the center, are made into fancy
cloths, with center of skyblue or pink
sateen, the edge cut in small points and
stitched on the worn part, and worked
with squares or medallions In satin stitch.
A trimming of long points of the sateen
is added to the edge.
TIL the new silk gin comes into use
ladies will find handknit silk stockings
rather an expensive luxury, as silk is
heavy; and the cheapest knitting silk In
market sells for from So to SO pound.
Cancels hair yarn, in bege colors, very
fine and silky, is used by ladies abroad
for their stocking knitting.
REDNGoTEs are again worn with walk
ing costumes, but as yet have only been
seen on the suits imported for private
persons. They are double-breasted and
the skirt hangs in four plain PANELS
lined with silk or satin. They are made
of velvet, silk, or any of the handsome
WOfsGed materials; are very PLAIN, ana
depend for their style on the perfection
of their fit.
SPEAKING of toilets writes Lucy
| Hooper, Sc let me recommend to my dear
eountrywomen the speedy adoption of
the Henry III. ruff, now so popular III
Paris. Made of passementerie to match
the dress and stiffened with invisible
wire, it forms, when worn with a square
cut 6ress, the opening whereof if filled
in with lace and tulle, the most charming
effect imaginable. In fact, / do not
think fashionable ladies ever dressed
more becoming than they are doing at
present. What with the close, low,
severely simple coiffures that set off the
shape OF every woman's head and the
color of her hair, and the absence of ex-
Iaggeration in the picturesque toilets that
are now in vogue, beauty never looked
more beautiful, nor was ugliness ever
more endruable." 81 1f