The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-07-25
FACTS FOR THE FAIR.
Sunday Rea ding for the Ladies on
the 0entler Sex.
Mrs. Stoves Versatility-Mrs
Grants Jewels-The Wife's
Sistere-Joan Of Arc-In-
dia Ooetumes-Fash-
ionable Brevities.

The season at the Shoshone EN-.
perium. Notwithstanding the back.
wardness of the spring, opens up with
many charming novelties in dress.
Leaders in fashion are no: con6niHg
themselves in any way to previous
styles, but are aiming at startling
changes and entirely original designs.
The Louis XIV. costume in buckskin,
with muskrat edgings, will be a favor.
lite among the older and more sedate
squaws and the loose travelling suits
made of wagon covers, with dash OF
axle grease and seal brown tar will
be much worn before it il discarded.
A redingote Of antlquated log-cabin
bed quilt and draped at the back
with loops of foulard horse hair OF
faille loods of rawhide larait, will be
in favor with old and swayback
squaws, who are in half mourning.
The blue cavalry overcoat cape will
be worn during the cooler evenings
by giddy young squaws, with such
other gew gaws as their fancy may
suggest. Middleaged Shoshone ma.
irons will also wear, during the com.
ing season for morning, a buffalo robe
draped from the shoulders and held
in place with iron picket pin. After.
noon costumes of -four sack bodice,
fastened with metallic pants buttons
Of the time of Henry VIII. and fes-
tooned with spatter work of alkali
mud and such other bric-a-bric as In
dian taste may suggest.
Bali costume will be, as heretofore,
very attenuated and very sparse. The
infantry pants so commonly worn
through the day will be exchanged
for cavalry pants for kettle drums.
and artillery pants for Shoshone
hops. The trail will not be in vogue
this year, the nearest approach to it
being the tablecloth costume, held in
place with embossed safety pins. The
more frolicsome bellies, however, will
wear blue mosquito bar sash at the
waist, and gents British half hose.
This will be the favorite evening cos
tune.
Crinoline is once more recognized
among the ton of the Shoshone society.
and the hoopskirt will be adopted
there as a croquet suit as soon as the
weather moderates a little, 30 that
there will be no risk in wearing 1t.
Older naatrons will wear the hustle,
and when worn outside pair of artil-
lery pants it makes a unique and at
tractive promenade costume.
A daughter of Sore-Eyed Pelican is
making large number of mashes this
spring with striped corset which she
wears at all receptions and dress par
ties,
A new caprice for morning wrap
will be an imitation army overcoat,
with door-mat drapery. This will be
worn, too, on picnic excursions. in
search of pitch pine logs for the
morning fire.
The hair will be worn cut close in
most cases, with bandoline of buffalo
tallow and oriental. tar. The time
honored hair ornament of the tribe,
consisting of chronological specimens
of the time of Queen Elizabeth, will
be shown on all occasions.
Prudish old maids, with no SPECIAL
attractions in form or feature, have re-
Gently severely criticized the costume
adopted, during the present month by
a bevy of Shoshone bellies, which con-
sists an alpaca umbrella AMI
dash Of red paint. While the suit is,
of course, open to adverse criticism, it
displays the figure better, and is far
less expensive than the Jersey or pull
back of the pale face.
Mrs. Stoves Versatility.
Mrs. Stowe composes with perfect
facility, her thoughts flowing so freely
and uninterruptedly. and her pen
ha;nu m obedient to their course that