The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-18
THE FASHIONS,
Bolsters are no longer in favor.

Huge sunhower mats are much in
vogue,
Black stockings are still worn by
children.
Mahogany is the favorte wood for
dining-room furniture.
Old-fashioned thread-lace wells are
made into pretty neckerchiefs.
A huge horseshoe of peacock's feath-
ers is fancy in the decoration OF walls.
Diamond flies and ruby tortoises are
among the attractive new pieces OF
jewelry.
When heavy twilled linen is en-
broidered, it makes a very handsome
tablecloth.
Tightly gloved hands, stiff, and, as it
were paralyzed in their kid castings, are
no longer considered elegant.
Lace for evening and colored en-
broidery for day is the French rule for
the borders of handkerchief dresses.
The cats-eye is the favorite jewel of
the hour. 1t resembles the eye of
glimalkin when the sun is at it's height.
Dining room chairs are in square,
low backed, antique shapes, cushioned
and finished with square brass headed
nails.
Paris ladies on gay and festive oc-
casionS wear red feathers on red plush
hats, and sometimes have red cloth or
plaid plush mantles.
Handsome sideboards of oak are
stained to represent antique furniture,
as this beautiful wood mellows and turns
nearly black with age.
Pearl necklace are in great request
to accompany the very light colors of
the damask basque at present in high
favor for evening dresses.
Beautiful dresses of pale blue satin
are trimmed with rutfles and bands of
white Grape de chine, embroidered with
daisies and leaves in blue silk
The star sapphire, an azure stone with
an evanescent star of six points floating
beneath its crystal surface, is a favorite
stone for genteman's scarfpins.
A favorite way of dressing the neck
in the street is to wind round and round
it black lace scarf, and to fasten it at
the left side with silver brooch.
Pure white as dress fabric is obso-
lete. All white fabrics used for dresses
are ivory tinted The most elegant are
satin or brocade, trimmed with lace and
embroidery.
1t is painful to learn from fashion
"repolteress' that thin ladies are rapid
| ly going out of fashion, and fat figures
are at present thought to be the only
correct thing.
Black walnut is much less used than
formerly in rooms and light woods are
coming into favor partly because they
are cheap and partly because they con-
trast better with dark walls
For cloth cloaks an economical and
comfortable wrap, easily made at home,
is one OF the circular shapes, either
that with separate fronts that button
! the entire length or with round cir
4 cular that has short undersleeves set
in, or else merely the plain round cir
| cular that has short underseeves set
in, or else merely the plain round cir
cular with seam down the middle of
the back.
Most fancful are the collars and
ru6s for the throat just now Some
have a tiny wreath of flowers with
dropping buds, put upon lace; others
swan down or small marabout feath-
ers, gold or silver spangled between
each quilting of the lace, while yet
others are like small collars of black or
colored plush with jetted and beaded
lace.
1t is becoming more and more Gus
tomary to do away with many of what
Emerson calls the modern inconven-
fences" Stationary washbasins are no
longer built in our best houses, and are
Icing moved from older ones where
they were once used. They are re-
placed by chamber sets of beautiful
china, which are a joy to the eye and a
sure charm against the foul fend that
stalketh with sewer gas.