The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-01-23

bunch Ut four-ieaf clover atta'heo-
-Stylish table-covers are in Turkish
designs, into which muchtinselis woven.
Gilt champagne baskets are used to
hold the bouquets plsccd beside dinner
plates. 81,
-Books-marks of Russia and English
leather are pretty for library editions OF
choice books.
-Horseshoes Of grey lichens and the
| bright berries Of the bitterswectd decorate
parlor walls
The new striped tea rose, American
| BANNER. Il worth its weight in gold, on
account Of its rarity. ..0
Two peacc-pipes and a match, tied
together with ablnc ribbon, were among
the presents at a recent wedding.
Among the designs for China dec
Grafton Is a Cupid standing on wet
grasses and brushing the dust from .
daisy.
Mrs. Plimpton has on exhibition in
Cincinnati vases Of red clay, decorated
with wreaths Of flowers and leaves In
white clay.
The fastest hanging hat-racks are
in the shape Of an immense horseshoe,
and are Of ebony, with huge steel nails
TO form the hooks.
Beautiful curtains have bands OF
chintz stitched upon them, and the de-
SIGN carried to the foundation material
in embroidery.
Wooden collars and cuffs have APP
peared in England. They are bound
with red ribbon and decorated with.
group Of painted flowers.
Photograph albums are now made
with the successive pages fitted for
promenade pictures, cabinet pictures md
groups III two cards and u vignette.
Bottles representing the busts Of
famous men are novelties for holding
perfumerics. Shakespeare, Goethe and
Schiller are favorable subjects.
At a recent dinner given by a New
York gentleman, each guest was pre-
sented with a menu card SO artisticaily
elaborate that the cost Of each was
500.
Cream white porcelain buttons are
considered stylish. They are hand
painted, each with. a different device,
such as a bird, a bee, a butterfly, q
I flower, etc.
: The new Vienna thermometers
come mounted in all sorts Of odd ways
Some brace themselves against silver
KEYS. others curve around a horseshoe,
others are imbedded in the side of vases
Among the new designs for table
: covers is q pattern of wild white Gle
. mats and harberries, changing wood
: bine, brambles, wild grapes and milk
|, weed pods, no leaf or flower being re
1 peated.
Rustic nut baskets are Of silver, col
, ored to look like hammered copper, anc
: decorated with the bronzed leaves o
g the blackberry vine. A little bronz'
Q squirrel is perched on one side OF tn
basket.
! FASHIONS IN DRESS.
= Dresses for the street are made shor
!. enough to show the boot, pulled bacl
: so as to have all the fullness in the real
The back is made . little shorter thai
= either sides or front, so hat the EN-
broidery of the underskht and lace 9
Z the ~balayeuse become slightly percepti
/. bic with each movement OF the steT
I Overskirts, either very long or YER
= short, are worn. When the overskirt
I long, it is made very long, so as I
: drape; the middle is shirred, Of tn
= width Of about a quarter Of a yard, til
!, front pulled back, and the back loope
!. the entire length Of the skirt. But
!. yery narrow band Of the skirt shows !
" front, trimmed with very small fiounct
n Of knife blade p~laitings. Another grace
n ful dress is made with narrow knife
y blade plaitings up the front, with II
= overskirt coming down long on bot
- sides. shirred and draped in the sid,
= and back. These models, with Il
y cuirass waist, are worn without Il
y tournure. The old-fashioned shil rir
~ across the shoulders Of the waist, lea
!, inc a f~ullness down the front TO
- shirred again across the waist, finds I
vor with narrow-chested ladies, WI
wish to correct that defect. The sleev
~ are still made very tight. Glove-fittiI
sleeves are made for dresses OF eve
- decription. They are rather shol
80 SO as to expose the VII
-, and parte bonheurs. Dress
very high in the neck, and necktis
NJ still above the neckband Is essential
u an American fashion, perhaps with 9
u exception OF Sarah B~crnhardt, who su
- plies the lack Of neck with force ruch'
an frills, laces, flowers and bows. Mu
~ lace is worn about the neck, howev'
but in not such . choking mann'
- Very large bows-not ties-of Sw
X dotted net with lace at both ends, :
very fashionable. Worth, the Dire
!. maker king, has decreed that pani'
and bustles would be the lawful style
dress for this fall and winter. Aires
some f~orerunners Of fashion have re
troduced the hustle this summer,
-. have done so only in fear and tremblil
for nothing looks more eccentric tina