Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-11-10
FASHIONS,S FREAKS.
THE COMING FANCIES FOR FAIR ONES AS
OUTLINED BY THE HERALD CORES
PoNDENT.- HATS OF THE UTTERLY
UTTER VARIETY TO VIA WITH DREssY
FABRICS IN THE FEMININE MIND.

Special Correspondence to THE HERALD.
NEW YORK, Nov. l.
A spectacle the most utterly UTTER
are the new huge hats, They spread
| out in radius of half foot each way;
equally surprising are the crowns; high
and conspicuously pointed; rising like
peaks encircled by forests of ostrich
plumes below. Sometimes these hats
are set far back on the head; the brim
poised in halo style; again they rest
prone over the brow, causing search
for pair of eyes below, or the wide
brim may be caught on the left side.
Akin to these are the high pokes; the
mask of relationship being the high,
pointed crowns. But these are bonnets
and tied under the chin. A gloomily
prophetic soul might query as to how
the average mortal is to see or hear any
thing at church or theatre; too inn
aginative spirit might figure out row
of ladies all wearing such hats and
| wonder how unfortunates in the rear not
only are to get along but how they
themselves are TO turn their heads.
These. however, are morbid forebodings;
nine chances to ten, that row will be
broken by masculine pates, while most
encouraging of all is the fact that as yet
the large hats and bonnets are in a no.
ticeable minority. Feather turbans are
| carrying the day. At other times we
| thought turbans adapted to young ladies
only, but now the observer can discern
beneath the mask veil which is favor
lite accompaniment, both wrinkles and
gray hairs. Nevertheless the wearers
are not what we call elderly They
linger still in the shadowy land of mid
die life; land, however, of much
larger limits than in smaller towns,
since fifty often corresponds to thirty
| five elsewhere, etc, etc.
BEADS AND COMBINATIONS.
Beads, beads, beads are the order of
the day. We have beaded passemen-
teries. beaded fringes, independent or
naments made of beads and beaded net
| works that take the place of overskirts.
They shine in shaded glitter from pale
to dark or in cashmere co-minglings
So you see that the results must be
sometimes quite rich, to such a degree
really that oftentimes they take the
place of brocades as combination for
plain velvet, plush, satin or silk. Moth
ing certainly can more efficiently con-
tribute to the restoration of the mode in
black silks than an experience OF the
superiority of the Bellon fabrics that are
now brought prominently forward.
Both in wearing qualities and in finish
they rank pre-eminent. For wool goods
Il combination of material is preferred
to beads and the pretty results occurring
from unitings of plain and striped ma
terial quite defy my powers of calcula-
ton. Mark the word striped for it
has meaning, to wit, that small floral
brocades are going out except in case of
the founced dress patterns mentioned
above. The Mirabel is a stylish model
for founced costume, having a plain
round waist finished with sailor collar
and full bishop sleeves. If, however,
you should prefer one of the pointed
corsages now so much liked, the Lucinde
basque could be substituted This is
pointed back and front, with half long
sleeves shirred above the elbow and fin
ished by ruffle.
GLOVES.
This winter you are nothing if not
well gloved. "Welr' is here synony-
nous with "stylish." The loose,
wrinkled gloves are of course fashiona-
Bile, but in the eyes of many people are
an abomination. More to my way of
thinking are the improved Harris Seam
less, very durable and beautiful in fit
with nook and laced cord fastening.
They commence with five hooks that
are equal in length to three buttons;
lengths increasing to fifteen hooks cor
responding to eight buttons. The Del
mont is handsome glove in the same
style but lower priced; beginning with
those hooks, corresponding to two but
tons and running to twelve hooks cor
responding to six buttons. Another de-
sirable variety of moderate priced glove
is the Felix, also with hook and laced
cord fastening and about the same
lengths as the belmont. The three are
brought out in all new shades and black
and white as well. Lucy CARTER.