National Republican., 1881-12-07
FOR THE WOMEN.

Canary colored moire is very fashionable foe
bunettes.
sagging Louis XIV. purs are seen upon imported
satin toilets
Winter petiicoats with leather mcing arc the
latest whim ofan English dressmaker
Quaint and tiny Queen Nab poke bonncts Of
white plush or beaver are worn by little girls
Manufacturers of repped goods have induced
Worth to try and bring them into favor ngain.
A skeleton, holding In It's. .Heshless arms baby.
and at the same time playinga fiddle is new ana
grim terra Gotta toy.
The size and shape Of some Of the novelties in
head gear are astounding, and suit lunatics much
better than sensible women.
Five feathers on bonnet are minimum. The
maximum depends upon the ingenuity Of tho
milliner In finding room for them.
Miss Harris daughter of the iato secretary OF
Harvard College, is to have charge Of tho secre-
tarys Office during the coming year.
New French tea-g owns show combination az
pale. coored holiotropc and sageg green satin, bro
caded with silver flowers and leaves.
There is no bettor way Of proclaiming your
poverty or your parsimony than by wearing cheap
cotton velvet Wear silk velvet or none.
Spanish bonnets Of white plush, trimmed
with cascades Of pearl beaded lace and wreaths
Of white silk pompons, are "lovely" for blondes.
lHt pOChcl-HluH 10 nOb III cpncmcThi fnbn1Ou.
It grows in favor and has been improved until
now 1t assumes very useful and practical shape.
Creeping things obtrude on paper and card.
Snakes coil themselves on letter paper, and liz
ards in relief colored to the life, dsport din
ner cards.
Table covers made of cream and brown grass
cloth seventy-two inches wide, and which cost but
eighty seven cents yard are both pretty and in
expensive.
An Ohio girl sued man for breach Of promise.
and proved him such mean scoundrel that the
jury decided that she ought to pay him something
for not marrying her
Son thick satins, velvets and pushes overlaid
with designs, raised so decidedly as TO give them
the effect Of being put In relief tho rage with
all who can afford them
The new individual butter plates of silver, with
pastoral scenes painted In black ON ground Of
dead silver, pretentlous but not half nice
the plates of porcelain.
Two girls at Greenwich Eng, climbed five
| fences, wrenched or lock, and pundered house
lately If this goes on, male burglars will have to
| strike, like the cigar men.
1t is the newest agony to exhibit wedding pres
\ ents without the cards Of the gvers and this is
| n great blow TO that class who send plated fish,
| knives aud second hand icc- cream sets.
Tawny, yellow. colored Danish gloves, reaching
| far above the elbows, are worn with elegant even
| ing dresses of the most delicate description, es-
| pccially those of white and cream color.
| A"wintcr on the Nile" Is now tho correct thing
| and oil the fashionables who have the necessary
funds, and arc ambitious to be correct will
follow their leader and make haste for Egypt
A lady wore at party the other evening dfess
of white plush embroidered with green leaves, on
which were pearls to represent dewdrops. 1t was
declared to be too utterly aesthetic for anything.
| ba hutln o. Mro aci0
Coast, as she sat in the parlor surrounded by her
friends "dinner is served" "Why, how foolish"
she exclaimed whats the use of serving 1t
| until we get there p
Pretty window shades are made Of black tuIle,
embroidered with birds of every hue, and when
placed against window with white curtains
| looped back) overlooking garden, have very
| pretty effect as at short distance the tue Is I'M
perceptible.
Miss Maunitta Daisey win ask the Kentucky
Legislature. which convenes this week, TO consider
her claims for the Office of State Librarian. She
| Is a school teacher, and is described as brave,
handsome little woman, who has fought her way
single handed TO the front.
The Queen of Italys taste in dress is unlmpeach.
able. At one of the fetes given in honor of her
self and husband as Vienna she wore a cream
colored dress covered with most delicate lace
looped up with bow. No sleeves, but oil the
|
aud white and pink pearls.
Miss Edgoworth put in her protest against the
habit which spoke Of young ladys education as
finished" when the governess was dismissed
"I hope you will say that your education has just
begun" said the vrtuous governess. But in the
face of Miss Edgeworth and common sense, care
less conversation still permits such misuse Of the
word "education."
A beautiful reception bonnet is in the Charlotte
| Inrla ol,a,.n and Ia .a1a ~ rG
brocaded plush, with a wreath of golden oats en-
circling the crown, Inside, the bonnet is faced
with pale gold -colored satin sublime, yelled with
delicate network of emerald, gold, and ruby
beads. The broad strings are of the dark green
plush, lined with gold colored satlne.
Very low divans have replaced the time-hon-
ored sofa. They should bo covered with striped
satin, each stripe of different color and embroid
cry. For instance yellow stripe has green ara
besque designs, red has yellow, while the dark
violet has gold. A row of satiu cushions, each Of
Il different color and embroidered exclusively in
god is placed against the wall to serve as back
The nsthetical ladies Of the day who write have
taken to employing adlectives In senses which arc
puzzling to the average reader One of these ladies'
lately denounced white marble mantel- pieces
on the ground that they are unthinking." And
Mrs. Haweis, in her latest pronunciamento on art
In the house, declares that Queen Anne tables are
, , not nice because they stand upon "emascuated
little legs"
One of Worths latest costumes Is In copper col
, | ored cashmere and velvet The underskirt Is OF
velvet and perfectly plain. The overskirt Of CASH
mere is shirred In one row up the centre OF the
'front.' falling away at the sides I'm gracefully curved
drapery. The jacket is long and tight fitting and
, , is made of stamped velvet, with a vest of pala
pearl gray satin, embroidered in delicate patterI
around the edges with copper colored silk.