Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-06-15
FASHIONABLE FANCIES.

DhACk chenille IOTmS part OF the
handsome mantels.
The nearer the bangs and curls cover
up the forehead the more fashionable is
the wearer.
For short dresses the trimming most
used is Valenciennes lace No other
lace is half SO pretty for white dresses.
SOME Of the new black gloves have the
wrist embroidered with Jet in bands, to
simulate bracelets.
In Germany pale yellow gloves are
preferred to lilac or pure white for cere-
monial occasions.
BLACK and white checked silk neck
handkerchiefs are worn with travelling
suits.
SUITS of checked linen in black and
white are almost as pretty as the checked
silks and infinitely cooler for travelling
dresses.
RED abOunds In summer toilets, and is
shown Id all materials. Large bows and
sashes OF dark red satin sibbon, are used
With white costumes OF various fabrics,
such as nuns yelling, dotted muslin,
and cream white batiste.
FRENCH percales comes in dress pat
terms, which are accompanied by en-
broidered bands of two widths. These
are intended to be used as trimmings.
| The colors are contrasting; blue upon
French grey, or upon drab, gold and
blue, biege and old gold being the con-
trasts most usually seen.
BLACK or gray cheviots, or other fan
mel finished stuffs, are used in mourning
for travelling dresses; also the smooth
finished tamise cloths. For best dress
in summer, black sewing silk grenadine
is worn as mourning, trimmed with Grape
end with plaitings of the grenadine.
| Grape wells are not worn when travelling.
IRISH Batiste will be the most popu-
lar material for the sultry days of sum-
| mer. 1t Is in stripes of all widths. or
else is graduated from the darkest to the
| llghtest shade of single color. Pale
colors are preferred, and some of the
choicest patterns are those having tiny
flowers, pale pink, sky blue, and pale
yellow on gray or ecru grounds.
SHIRRING is the most distinctive fea-
ture IN the making of summer dresses,
and as usual the rage for it is being car
ried beyond all bounds of reason and
| common sense. Dresses and mantles
are shirred all over so that they are made
to appear hump-backed, and are in wear
straight, stiff and uncomfortable, and
have not particle of grace.
1t is predicted that the revival of
shirring will bring back again, among
other old fashions, the pretty and modest
"drawn" silk bonnets of our grand
mothers, modified in shape, without
doubt, and yet retaining all the charac-
| ter1stics which made it so much OF a IA
vorite, and causes it to be remembered
with such affection by it's former wear
ers. The drawn bonnets of to-day have
usually soft crowns, and are made in
surah silk Or satin, the shot or change
able being the most often selected.
VERY wide and long scarfs of white
null, with lace ends, are among the new
things, and are used for different pur-
poses. They may beworn as afchu, the
ends drawn together and fastened upon
one side, or they may be twisted lightly
around the crown of large Leghorn
hat, and the ends arranged in huge loops
as background to garniture of roses.
Another use to which they may be put is
to put them around the shoulders in the
manner in which scarfs were worn
| quarter OF century ago; and still anOth-
er, to arrange them as drapery below
the belt, over delicate muslin skirts
which are made without overskirts..
WATERED silk is used for trimming
black silk or satin surah dresses. For
instance, with black silk round waist,
the neck draping, cuffs and sash are of
watered silk in stripes alternately with
satin stripes. Around the neck, reach
ing to the waist on each side of the
front, are three straight folds laid so
that the satin stripes are concealed, and
the watered stripes are on top. The
sleeves have similar folds at the wrist.
The sash-bow at the back is of the
striped material, cut in half made with
two wide loops, each half yard long,
and two long ends; these are closely
strapped and sewed to a wide belt of
these soft folds, making the stripes pass
around the waist.