Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-26
Answers to Correspondents and Correct
Solutions.
NOVELTIES IN FASHION.

The heavy lustrous silks of Surah Ouch
essse are in great favor.
To wear ten bangles on one arm is not
considered out of taste.
Gold or silver wheat heads are very fash
ionably used as corsage bouquets.
The antique, the eccentric and the fan
tastic are the ruling styles in the fashion
able world at present,
Black Spanish lace, outlined with gold
dresses Of black gold dotted tuile.
Large yoke collars of brocaded satin
duchesse. edged with point Mirecourt or
Grecque lace, make pretty and becoming
neck dressing for home toilets.
Dainty little balayeuses are plated
around the bottom of children's dresses.
They are usually made of fine Swiss mus
| lin, edged with narrow lace of real
Valenciennes.
The "Laitiere" or Baretta" pelisses
which are gathered on the shoulders have
| become a fashionable success, but they
are too trying in shape to be generally
adopted.
Handsome counterpanes can be made of
the inexpensive bed coverlets sold every
where, by working Kreuzstitch Stick
erei, or Russian embroiding designs over
the woven nvas-like borders. Ingram
crewel is used for the work, as it washes
well.
Though costly elegance in full dress is
the rule, an absence of bright colors is
very noticeable feature of ball and party
toilets this season, and magnificent cos
| tunes are worn formed OF white brocaded
velvet, satin, embossed silk, plush and
Nuns yelling. The vogue of satin and
velvet is increasing every day, and they
have never been more universally worn
than at the present time, being admissible
at all seasons and upon all occasions.
A pretty deviation from the casaquin or
| basque is the EsmeraIda waist, which
| is particularly adapted to slender figures.
| 1t is a modification of the blouse waist, and
is cut with deep yoke, upon which the
! full blouse is gathered in fine shirrings
front and back, the side seams, however,
being perfectly plain and fitting closely to
| the form. THIS waist is very pretty made
of silk or cashmere, and the yoke and cuffs
are frequently made of a contrasting mate
rial and color
! The modern taste for mixed colors shows
itself in the wearing of feather trimmings
which display a wonderful intermingling of
varied hues. In the manufacture of hats
and bonnets the Impaya pheasant is in
| great demand. The head and neck of the
| bird glitters with metallic brilliancy that
is very beautiful. Many hats and bonnets
are made exclusively of this lustrous plu-
mage in fact there is quite an eruption of
bright birds and feathers of every kind,
and few ladies of eccentric tastes are now
wearing small vivid colored Indian par
rot perched upon the left side of their large
Gainsborough hats.
Although passe abroad, some newly
! imported Jerseys are exhibited which are
exceedingly handsome. They are made
with rich embroidery which is thickly
covered with self-colored or iridescent
beads, which removes the plain appearance
OF the bodice and also gives it an Oriental
| look. One of the most attractive of these
is in black, embroidered in small silk stars
covered with Jet. The effect is very fine.
A deep jet fringe is also arranged around
the bottom of the jersey, headed by a band
of beaded applique work. Sometimes,
and mostly when there is no embroidery
on the bodice, there are collars, cuffs and
revers of beaded velvet added and, again,
another style is a Jersey of dark marine
blue or of ruby or bronze with collar, cuffs
and shoulder caps of Oriental brocade or
of some color or fabric contrasting with
the material of the jersey. In this case the
balayeuse at the foot OF the dress skirt
matches the trimmings that adorn the
waist