The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-01-05
THE RIVER PR S
FASHION, PRIPPERY AND FOLLY

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An exchange says that Mrs Langtry wears
a lovely hood made Of zephyr. Perhaps she
| keeps it in the weather bureau.
The Empress of Austria has taken to
Ormonde Castle, Kilkenny, for six weeks,
hunting with the Kilkenny hounds.
The Baltimore Gazette accuses a lady,
whose real name is Mrs Reimenchneider. Of
travelling under an assumed name. We don't
blame her.
The new style decolette is q revival of the
Old shape used when ladies wore what were
called baby waists, the waists being cut
straight across at the top.
The young woman who had many suitors,
and from the time she was is until she was
81 rejected them all, referred in her later life
to that period IS her declining years."
Bonnet-strings are out Of fashion, says a
Paris correspondent. Gather ye roses while
We may, young ladies, and wear out the
white plush strings in which you look so well
now.
White petticoats have been abandoned and
the colored balmorals are many pretty styles,
cashmere and silk are the popular material,
though plush is very popular. The silk
skirts are generally lined with flannel and
trimmed with lace.
Worth, the dress-maker, has apparently at
tanned his apotheosis. A little play has just
been brought out in Paris ins,which he is rep
resented under the name of Simpson The
actor who takes the part is made up to Won
derfully resemble the dressmaker.
Shnmps are now the favorite ornament of
the ladies, pigs having had their day. Ele-
plants are no longer admired. Shrimps now
appear in pearl and gold, coral and ruby, as
brooches, bracelets, necklaces, earrings,
lockets, and shoe-buckles.
Fur cloaks closely follow the fashions in
cloaks of other materials and fabrics, and in
fur-lined goods the new circular called the
princess is an improvement upon the round,
open garment, that was designed for the car
rage or the opera, and not for the streets.
One Of the most beautiful materials for an
evening dress is d %changeable satin de Lyon,
the tipts being opaline, with tints of pink
and peacock blue of the most delicate shades.
The reverse is Of a salmon pink, matching
the color shown on a changeable side of the
satin. The only suitable trimming is hand
some lace.
The wooden fabrics Of the season are as
elegant in their way as are those of silk and
velvet. and those of silk and wool, with all
the silk thrown up to the surface, are very
rich. Cashmeres are prettiest trimmed with
velvets; cloth, as already said, with velvet
or plush, but the prettiest fancy fabrics for
trimming fine wooleps are those Of wool bro-
.caded IN tiny silk patterns. The style is now
more fashionable than Pekins. Plain or
fancy velvets and plush are also very much
in favor for trimming cloth, vigogne, cash
mere and other plain wooden tissues for
house as well as street dresses. Young la
dies wear jackets as the favorite wrap,
while cloaks for older women are very long.
Dolmans hold their own, and there are many
large, loose wraps, of which the japanese,
shirred st the neck, and with large pouch
like sleeve, takes the lead. AS a fashionable
novelty, Circulars continue popular, and a
new style is shaped to the figure by two
seams down the back, something like a dol
man. The long Langtry hood with bright
lining is fashionable, especially for young
ladies' wraps and street suits, and many
cords, terminating in t~assels, balls or spikes,
are employed for trimming both cloaks and
dresses.