Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-11-29
FASHIONABLE FANClES.

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handsomest bonnets and hats.
REDINGoTEs will be trimmed with fur,
instead of the rose-leaf ruches, as the
weather advances.
The newest wraps are padded on the
shoulders to elevate them in the way
that dress sleeves are raised.
The fashionable turbans are made of
red plush or velvet and are worn back
off the face so as not to conceal the
bangs or waves.
The furore for gros grain silk has ex-
tended to trimmings and sash ribbons;
skirt loopings and bows in "repped
effects are now more used than satin
fabrics.
The newest polonaises are very bout
FAINT at the back and fitted like Jersey
at the waist and over the hips. The
front breadths are clinging and are
Usually closed to form wrlnkled apron.
The polonaise is used for cloth and cam
el's-hair and cashmere dresses, and is
considered too ordinary style for hand
some calling or reception dresses.
FRENCH corset-makers are reintro-
ducing the old fashioned corset that had
q board-like busk down the front, but
mo fastenings, the lacings now being,
done at the back. This method, though
causing extra time and trouble in arrang-
ing, produces, it is claimed, a more
graceful outline to the form than the
usual manner Of fastening the corset.
T1NsE1 and metal bullion seldom find
favor among American ladies as garni-
ture, but immense quantities. of the
trimmings are now used on bonnets.,
Feathers are frosted with gold or silver,
SO that they seem sprinkied with the
precious metal. Solid crowns of hats,
with black velvet trims, are formed of
network of gold bullion or silver cord.
A gold or silver cord then appears again
on the brim, and buckle of similar
metal holds the folds of the velvet to-
gether.
The pelisse is the most popular cloak
for young ladies, though the garments
trimmed with bog. pleated ruches of
pinked cloth have become so common
that ladies of exclu sive taste do not wear
them. The most stylish pelisses for
the promenade are of dark green or dark
brown cloth with collar or shoulder
cape If fur, cuffs AID pockets, which are
slit aud finished at the ends with arrow
heads Of silk to match the color of the
cloth. Sealskin and undyed beaver arc
the most elegant furs for trimming these
pelisses.
A NICE black wool dress has become
almost indispensable in lady's outfit,
and is valued alike by the young and
old. For young ladies the present fancy
is to brighten black dresses with facings
and vests Of colored cashmere, or to wear
an entire basque Of a gay color, Or else
a Jersey waist, but the greater number
of black wool dresses are now made in
the simple; styles adopted for CLOTH,
dresses; as these are more serviceable
because less likely to go out Of fashion, !:
and are inexpensive, because they re-
| qu1re no trimming but stitching, or else
very simple braiding.
MANY of the new squares for The neck
have centers Of gauSe with full lace ruff
fles around the edge. A very pretty one
has a center of ere amy gauze with large
polka cots OF pink chenille raised from
the surface, aud the edge is ornamented
with double ruffie Of deepSpanlsh lace.
Another has a center of pale lavendar
gauze, with%a flower design in each cor
ner Of the soft, mossyschenille. and three
rufles oftrich white lace as border. A
very. odd long scarf forrthe neck is made
of figured null, in a flower leaf design.
in which the 'colors are run together in
such way as to give On indlstinct APP
pearance to the pattern. Around the
edge is a border Of plain lace. The
scarf is worn close around the throat and
tied in wide bow with long graceful
ends.