The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-02-15

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oK11ts aTe 1atteninR and narxuvinr.
-, Long waists are to give way to short
Em9b.old:sed kid h being used for
In England riding habits am ti,hto,
than ever In the skirt,
The hair for ladies Of Oh aees. II n
said. h to be worn brushed upward and
Some Of the latest gloves Of D.nish
KID are decorated with tiny butter1liee
made OF gold or silver tinsel and chem
lille or raised work.
Dresses in the style of the First En-
Fare, with very short waists and skimpv
sklrts. Will, 1t is predicted, take the lead
among the new spring fashions.
Imagine . style Of head-dress called
the Horned Snail" and that it could
ne regarded as elegant vet such was
the pervefsity Of womankind in the
fifteenth century.
Yer, pale tints Of blue, pink and lem
on are seen among new wedIlinr dreas-
es, and when white is worn the hand
boquet and that for the c0r,age IL some
times Of pink rosebuds.
A most elegant and expensive wrap
ever made to Orsler in America has Just
been completed in Philadelphia. It lisa
fur circular Of immense proportions,
with large-sized collar, all of real Rus.
sian sable, lined with handsome black
satin, thickly quilted, and is valued at
Il, $40.
A very pretty and inexpensive neck
finish IL quilting Of silk or surah,
hinged out on the edges and fastened
with knot Of ribbon or bunch of flow
en. This IL worn with . square or
pointed open corsage, the open space
chenille, In = shade to match the silk
ruche.
Although the fashion for the short
round skirt has invaded the ballroom,
and IL elsewhere seen on full-dreos o.
castOns, ~ dinner and evening parties,
still many ladies decline to give up the
graceful, clinging train, Ito be made
school girls Of" as bright little dame
recently expressed it. The new train,
which finds many admirers, lies but q
few inches on the floor, and the skirt Is
very short in front, Ostensiblv to show
hose, together with the bewitching little
rIAwERs.
Flowers arr not III, lavishly used as
last season. Corsagc bouquets in nat
ural flowers are Of lilies and roses, the
latter costing ut this season Of the ear
from 3 to 81 for bunch Of choice
buds. Artificial flowers are of the
hanlsOmest manufacture i'm silk, velvet
and chenille. Roses, puppies, water
lilies, lilies of the valley, day lilies,
daisies and sunflOwers /: ~ the most lxlr-
uiar, worn on the left shoulder, in the
btlt Or on the skirt.
SPRING CuEVJUTS.
The first wool g.,0<is shown IRE Chew
lots for spring. These are 80 loosely
woven that they arc not heavier than
an ordinary bunting, yet the broader
THREADS used spread out and prevent
them from having the sleszy appearance
Of buntings. Some Of these are in solid
cOl0rs. such a. olive, grayiaIl-l,lue, seal
brown, mustard, ETC., while. others are
mixtures Of cOlOrS such As are seer in
the English hoiIIe~luns, illuminated
with threads of rcd and orange. They
arc said to lie pure wool, are double fold,
lNI are SO'u Tor Sixty CENTS yarn.
COLLARS.
Collars. except the small morning col
lar oil ~:arciled linen, are all made very
large; they are rounded, pointed or
square, in the (:ir,ntljM, ROt>eSpicrre,
Iiaupl,im. or KOl dc Rome style, accord
ing To taste; the one essential point is
that it should liz large. 80 ns to show Il
ytn,d deal Of the white about the neck ::
many of these cOlOrs are made with
large cruvat-lNws to match. The Eng
lisl, cola: y it'll broken ends is stil worn.
but newer and more stylish is the cleri-
cal ccllar-a =; raight lslnd fastened by a
gold stud, like \ g,ntle',lan's '"llar-t'''t-