Omaha daily bee., 1881-07-02

pink roses. The white parasOl had n pin
lining, and wa edged with lace, and
little garland of roses wa ever the top o
the stick.
Jersey bodices of ciel. blue, rose color O
mauve tinted silk stockinet, are worn wit
white surah skirts trimmed with tinte,
Spanish lace, corresponding with the colo
of the Jersey.
1t is asserted that some Canadian womeI
have been doing quite a thriving bushes
in smuggling baby carriages over the lin
by coming to the American side bearing
baby in their arms and wheeling it back il
o carriage.
Affairs are not so bad in Russia as TO of
feet the gallantry of spendthrifts. One o
the rich admirers of an opera singer a
Charook cent her q fan the other day mad
of white satin, mounted in gold, and eacl
leaf covered with a 100 rouble note.
Corsets have become an indispensable &c
cessory with the present fashions of tight
fitting costumes and waists lacing dow
the back or front. In spite of much hav
ing been said against their use, very few
of the fair sex are without some kind of
corset.
Ladies who paint silk, satin or velve'
screens, fans, dresses, ribbons, ETC., ar,
notified that an Italian has invented 6
preparation by which all kinds of stuff,
may be painted in oil and the painting re-
main. On silk and satin the colors are as
brilliant as enamels, and become change.
able like the reflections of the silk itself,
Neither gum nor varnish is to be found in
the c%olors, and they therefore never
blacken.
The handsome Richelieu shoes of golden
bronze are exceedingly fashionable foi
house wear; they are laced with brown
satin ribbon and worn over silk stockings
of very dark bronze brown embroidered
with Marsh buttercups. The ''pourtales'
boot of black satin is also veryfashionably
worn with dinner and evening toilets. II
has straps across the insteps, and in the
open spaces between each is placed an in.
sertion of black lace. The "Coligny'
shoe is also of black satin, with a Louis
XIV heel, covered with satin, and on the
instep is a large buckle of gold, set with
Irish diamonds.
Boucheron, the famous jeweller, is send.
ing to America some unique and truculent
looking insects in the shape of scarf pins,
charms, cuff buttons, etc. One of these
represents a field spider made life size, the
body being a single yellow diamond, CIR.
died with black enamel, while the legs and
fangs are composed of my diamonds. Bour'
%gnignon, the great manufacturer of imita-
ton jewelry, not to be outdone, has sent
some abominably lifelike spiders, crabs,
t~arantulas, and small alligators, as orna-
ments, the bodies being formed of large
black pearls and the heads and legs of OK
idized silver. Gold and silver mules are
soon to follow, and many obstinate and
stubhorn-headed people will then doubtless
receive an ornamental and appropriate
present from their friends.
A feminine trick, very common among
foreigners at Rome, Italy, is described as
follows: A lady goes to a milliner's and
looks over her stock of bonnets. She se-
lects those which she thinks will suit her,
and begs the milliner to send them to her
the following morning that she may try
them on at home and select the one which
suits her. The poor milliner consents. AT
nine o'clock she sends the bonnets. The
lady is not up. Win the 'young woman
call again a little later? The ''young
woman" consents to leave the bonnets un
til three o clock. What does my lady do
then? She takes the bonnet she likes best
to q little working milliner in a back shop
of q back street, and bids hermake her one
exactly like the model she leaves with her
until half-past two O'CLOCK. when she takes
it back to the grand milliner, saying that
she is very sorry, but none of them suit
her."
Facts are shown in varied and beautiful
styles for the coming season.. A novelty
that promises to be very popular is the cir.
cular floral fan, made of net and wire, and
renovated each time it is used. A border
of mountain ferns is placed around the
edge and the centre is set a boquet of flow.
ers. corresponding with the floral garniture
worn with the costume. Another popular
fan is an applique work in silk, upon a
satin or Grape background. either black OF
white. Elegant feather fans from Vienna
are shown. these o, white or tinted ostrich
feathers, powdered with gold and mount.
ed with gold, pearl or amber tortoise
shell, are ameng the handsome and high.
priced styles. Lace fans are no longer
mounted on silk or satin backgrounds but
on white China Grape, showing off to better
advantage the delicate tracery of the pat
terms. Lastly are the superb hand-painted
fans of satin, which continually grow more
beautiful and artistic.