Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-10
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SATURDAY EVENING, JAN. 10, 1890
Feminine Fancies.

Feminine Fancies.
Bracelets of yellow rosebuds are worn
with long black kid gloves.
Shield-shaped cravats of scalskin are
worn by chilly Frenchmen.
Rose-pink diamonds are said to look like
rosebuds transformed into gems.
"How many calls had yOu?'' is still the
question of the society young lady to her
feminine companions.
Mrs. Gladstone has gained reputation
rs an unusually model wife. She is said
never to take her eyes off her husband.
White astrachan, trimmed with leopard
skin. is an odd combination which has ap- |
peared in the fur gowns worn III Farls.
Persian necklaces are made OF live rows
of fiat gold beads, each bead wrought III
pattern different from that OF the others.
Empress velvet, new material which
has a heavy silk rib on the outside ana a
woolly inner surface, is used for the newest
wraps.
A woman with red pctticOat, walking
ON the Boston and Maine railroad track,
was SO much like danger signal that
distant engineer stopped his train.
A Rochester widow, long after receiving
aid from tina Oversecr of the poor, was
found to own the house in which she lived
and 81, 800 in a bank.
Dinner and evening gowns arc MADE
with trimmings that follow the man line
of the dress, and every effort is made TO
give the wearcr the appearance OF stateh-
ness.
The Manchester manufacturers OF vel
yeteen wax learned, and name their newest
product .Mancunium," " the name OF the
town under Roman domination.
Letters from Paris report a tendency to-
wards the revival of Josephine styles, the
short round waists. the wide belts, the
straight skirts. and the Sashcs of child
hood.
Genuine acorns, in thcircups, and nicely
vanished are sold for the Ornamentation OF
baskets. The oak leaf to accompany them
should be cut out of flannel and outlined
with silk.
A Cincinnati jcwcler says that If some
of the smart scientific men would turn
their attention to trying to improve Off
color diamonds, they might add greatly to
their own wealth and that of the world.
Two vases recently made in Paris fol
wedding presents were slender tubes OF H.
descent glass placed between the antcnn;e
of a ieweled dragOn-hy. of which the
wings and body almost hid the glass.
A great feature in evening dresses OF
thin materials, such as gauze, grcnadinc,
etc, is the quantity of gatherings upon
them Up to the present, however, moro
satin and velvet dresses have been made
for evening wear than fliInscr fabrics.
There arc many hard tasks set for women
in this world, but few which they find il
impossible to perform. Still, there never
was a woman who could keep fur-lined
circular from flying open and showing the
fur.-B0ston Transcript.
Silvcr-frostcd bees were the gift of the
bridegroom to the bridesmaids at 4 recent
English wedding, at which the brides
initials were b. f. f. Brooches decorated
with jcwcled flies were worn by Lady Mary
Cokc's bridesmaids.
French cashmercs, wrought i'll pOlks
dots of the same color, appeared Ill some
of the costumes imported in the autumn
and are now shown in the piece. They arr
combined with silk, satin or velvet in cos
tunes, and are softer and lighter thai
camcls hair.
Jennie June tells of a New York cir
who. at her New Years reception, wore
SONH vi PINK SttIIIl, Will polhCS'
waist. cut body, short sleeves. and gather
ed skirt, plain around the bottom. He
hair was arranged in plain bands at tn
sides, and decorated with rose and bow
placed low near the neck. back of whic]
were arranged round braids.
Skating costumes are the gowns il
which there is the greatest call for novelt
in England Just now. The wraps worn al
either ulsters OF cloth jackets with hood
lined with gay handkcrchiefs and beneatl
them is jersey of red silk. with velvc
sleeves and skirt, and ruffles of yelloy
lace; or a poppy-colOred silk skirt will
ftlr-trimmcd mantles, and a tunic of blacl
cashmere lined with red, or something
equally gorgeous. y red velvet mui
trimmel with yellow lace and gold braid
and a black brOcadc muff lined with ret
and trimmed with spray of rcd berries
complete these two costumes.