Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1882-12-16
LADIES, DEPARTMENT.
Heavy armure brocades are used for
outside garments:

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kets are a growing fancy
The fur set of u fashionable young
lady is composed of a pelerine and
muff.
UDdyed beaver will be much in
vogue for capes, collars, muffs and
bands.
Very plain skirts arc much worn,
but not to the exclusion of more elab-
crate ones.
Colored handkerchiefs are brought
out in the loveliest combinations of
aesthetic colors.
Plush is in high favor for carriage
and opera wraps-in dark colors for
the former, and light ones for the
latter.
Standing military linen collars, fas-
tened with a gold or jeweled button,
are first favorites in plain neck lin
gerie.
White felt poke bonnets trimmed
with white uncut velvet, white feathers
and some gilt braid, are worn by young
ladies.
Small, white tulle scarfs are twisted |
around the neck and taken down the
front of the inside of the waist like a
iichu.
Ruby, very dark plum color, and
golden brown are the shades most in
vogue for velvet costumes for the
promenade.
Some of the latest imported French
polonaises have Louis XIV waistcoats
and pockets covered with colored silk
embroidery.
Jaunty, soft felt English hats much
resembling those worn by gentlemen,
passing novelty for Understandable
young ladies.
Marabout fringes of chenille, in wide
bands that are more like moss trim
ming than fringe, are the great novelty
Of the winter.
On somo of the Paris riding habits,
when the corsage is of light color, a
horses head in bright color is embroid-
cred on the collar, facings and the
cuffs.
Light silks of pale sea green, delicate
pink and lilac are combined for even
ing wear with dark garnet, dark blue,
brown and royal purple velvets with
admirable effect.
In jewelry is shown very novel lace
pin in the form of O locust with sap
phire eyes, the body Of light-colored
. lapis lazuli, the legs of gold, and
, the wings formed of tiny diamond
clippings.
!, Coats of plush, with braid ornaments
! looped across the front military fashion
J are worn by young ladies over vari
ETY. of skirts, and can be utilized bott
for the house and also out-of-doors
! wear:
Geometrical designs are now the
most fashionable for all small articles
Dollies, for instance, are left quite
;, plain in the centre, and in each corner
, double triangle or interlacing circlets
| or squares are worked.
. Ribbon velvet is now very much used
1t is generally arranged in three or five
rows around a flat skirt, or else it forml
small loops on the lower part of th'
skirt and waist. The richest of thes'
e trimmings is broad band of velvet OF
$ a handsome plain silk skirt.
: Magnificent coats and cloaks from
9 Paris are in plush, velvet and Sicili
d enne, embossed and plain, trimmed will
n bands of natural feathers, cocks feath
e ers in light tones and in greens shad
= ing to black. With the latter sligh
Y tinge of gold is blended. This trim
>. ming is applied in bands of some six t.
r, eight inches wide.
h A fancy has recently been in vogu
n among ladies who thought more o
y fashion than comfort to have tn
d sleeves very tight. This freak, how
Ii ever. has been condemned not only b
l. physicians, but by artists of modes-b
the one because it destroys free circu
lation and renders the arm inactive
. and, therefore, seriously affects tn
! general health, and by the other becaus
9 no woman in wise can be graceful il
> her movements.
f A "Drummer'ss Baggage.
: A well-known commercial travele
k was last week introduced by the Ian,