Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-12-28
FASHIONABLE FANCIES,

GATHERED hounces are fashionable
again for rich stuffs, such as satin and
velvet.
For embellishing house dresses the
Wh1m OF the moment is huge Vandyke
collar, falling low at the back.
A PRETTY way to make flannel dress
skirt IS to put box-plaited founce on
the bottom, headed by several rows of
narrow navy blue military braid.
WORTH trims very dark blue satin with
brown plush most effectively, or he
makes suit of green velvet with brown
fur beaver or other fur trimming.
"LAF1AND plush is a new variety of
that material, which has long, furry
gray and white pile, and is designed es-
pecially for heavy winter cloaks,
New chatelaine bags are made of fine
imported feathers. In the center of the
bag is set the tiny head of bright bird.
They are suspended from the belt by
slender chain of old silver coins.
THERE are nineteen shades of garnet.
seventeen of myrtle, fifteen of navy blue,
nineteen of brown and twenty of bronze.
With such room for selection, it is hard
to tell what one does want.
A PARTISAN suit is a black brocaded
satin OF peony design, combined with red
satin, also brocaded with peonies, and
trimmed with dropping jets and black
rigid plush.
VELVET hounces are box plated, while
satin frills are lined with a contrasting
color, as chocolate with shrimp pink. or
dark blue or green with the new terra
Gotta red.
The newest beaver bonnets have long
hanging jets all around the edge, and
they are too bewildering for anything,
particularly for the poor eyes behind
them.
The new Mother Hubbard wrappers
for ladies are most comfortable garments
when made of soft flannel, and are very
dressy when fine camels, hair cloth or
Surah satin is used
q" WATTEAU" or "Dolly Warden %
dresses are worn for afternoon walking
by some ladies. They have large
pulled tunic over the hips, which have
taken the name Vertugadin." These
costumes are very pretty on slim figures.
BEAVER skins are in great favor this
season for sets, and are dressed in
LIZ
the colored beavers, the silvery or
pointed beavers, and the new golden
beaver.
DOUBLE and triple collars of en-
broidered muslin are among the novelties
of the season for indoor wear. Habit
collars of linen are worked in small
squares, are three inches deep, and
turned over straight up in the yoke of
muslin. which is fitted to the neck
Fur borders for dresses are more used
than ever, and are no longer restricted
to the overdress and wrap, but are now +.
seen in single broad band near the foot
of the lower skirt, or as panels down
each side. A single wide border is
more stylish than two or more narrow
ones.
MATINEE gowns are assuming the ap-
pearance of polonaises. They have
bow of ribbow, which is supposed to hold
up the plaii in it's place. The sleeves
are long and wide. The ribbon under
the plaits, or pufs, may be Of the color
of the skirt with which the matinee is
worn, or to match the matinee itself, if
of any color.
A NEW arrangement for the back
breadths of skirts, differing entirely
from any preceding styles, is shown eff
fectively when two rich materials are
combined in one dress; for instance,
black satin with peony red brocaded
satin, the back breadths of black satin
are lined with red brocade, folded into
single great Vatican pleat, cut shorter
in the middle, in point toward the top.
so that the red lining shows in each fold
of the pleat.