Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-03
FASHIONABLE FANCIES.

AWNING STRIPED skirts are worn un-
der tunics of blue and olive green fan
mel.
BLACK velvet braces fastened by tiny
buckles of old French paste are again
worn with delicate evening dresses.
CAsHMEREs will be largely imported
for next season, as they are again the
most stylish wool fabric with Parish
ennes.
PRETTY suits for croquet or lawn ten
mis- may be made of unbleached cotton
cloth, trimmed with bands of Turkey
red or other bright-hued calico.
A NEW "Jersey" is imported made of
chenille network, with a fine rubber in
the meshing, causing it to fit the figure
as closely as the silk webbing used to
last winter.
PRETTY hats for the country are made
in the "Niniche" shape-slanting down
in front over the face. They are fash
lonably made OF the coarse porcupine
straw In cardinal Or gold, and ore
trimmed with an enormous Alsacian
bow of surah placed on the crown to-
ward the front of the hat. The brim is
lined with O shirred trimming to match.
A STYLISH hat in the modified Marie
Stuart shape is made of maroon straw,
fine English brand, lined with shirred
satin of a darker color, and bordered
with a tiny gold passementerie. The
outside is trimmed with satin scarf of
the deep maroon color, shot with gold,
and wreath of gold-hearted peoples,
shading from deep crimson to pale
flesh tint.
The costliness and variety of ladies'
hose is daily becoming more marked.
The very last thing in this direction is
to wear a stocking of one color on one
foot, and contrasting one on the other
for instance, black silk stocking on
the right foot and cardinal one on the
left; or one of pale blue with another of
gold color. This fashion seems to be
more suggestive of a gaudy clown at a
circus performance than anything else.
WITH high bodices this season, tulle
ruches or null puffs are more fashion
able than crepe isse ruffies. If slightly
open, the bodice is accompanied by
deep Stuart collar edged with lace, and
cuffs to match put on over the sleeve. If
cut Pompadour, the open square is filled
up with a finely shirred chemisette of
French null finished with full ruche.
A great deal of lace is worn about the
throat and wrists, and the corsage bou-
quet is still the favorite adjunct of all
summer toilets, however simple.
For ordinary travelling use, when the
color OF the dress is not matched, black
hats are the favorite selection for Old
and young. Whatever they require in
iauntiness, to be properly becoming to
schoolgirl, they gain from the Gypsy
shapes and fantastic birds of the present
modes. Little addition is made to the
straw, over and above load of feathers
These are used in extravaganza guam
titles, some of the large sizes being
fairly hidden under mass of as many
as fifteen medium-sized ostrich tips.
In fine silk for the hands the Jersey
glove is the last freak. It has no open
ing for buttons at the wrist, and is as
long as the eighteen button length in the
Bernhardt kid. In black it finds special
favor. but can be had in old gold, slate
grays, and tan color. It stretches as
tightly over the hand as the Jersey over
the body, but wrinkles slightly above
the wrist, though not as much as the
Bernhardt. It is cooler and more
durable than the dressed or addressed
kid, and extremely dressy with light
toilets for the sea-shore or the country.