Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-22
FASHIONABLE FANCIES.

New listers are made of Scotch tweed
In chess-board blocks, trimmed with
wide wooden braid and cylinder shaped
buttons. A pointed hood may be added
and removed at pleasure.
THE fashionable ash color for lace may
be produced by using tea. 1t is ad-
visable to try it first on small piece of
lace, strengthening or weakening the
tea until the desired shade is obtained.
GRos D. AFRIoUE one of the most fash
ionable fabrics of the winter, was very
generally worn generation ago, but the
new colors in which it now appears donot
harmonic with that of the dresses that
have been preserved as heirlooms.
LIZ kid gloves are laid upon a damp
towel for two or three minutes
they will go on with less chance of tear
ing. A glove manufacturer advises that
the upper part of a mousquetaire glove
be turned down beyond the button, and
when the fingers and hand are worked
in the top may be carefully turned, but
not pulled, back.
HALF HIGH bodices are coming rapid
ly into favor for evening wear. They
are cut away IN various shapes about five
inches from the throat all around, and
are usually worn with lace or beaded
transparent sleeves, reaching only to the
elbow. No gloves are worn, and there
fore to follow the fashion of bodice and
sleeves the neck and arm should be
snowy and plump.
A CHARMING finish for the neck of
dresses consists of bias velvet band of
either red or blue, with one end Tapped
over on the left side, and fastened at the
throat by buckle of silvered bronze or
of beaten silver. Plated white lace fails
below the BUCKLE as a cravat bow, and
the whole may be worn with military
collar of embroidered linen, or with a
puff or veil of crepe de lisse.
LONG seal-skin cloa4zs are made more
slender and close-ftting, and while still
very long, experience proves that they
ought not to be as long as those Of last
year, as they were soon frayed and soiled
by use; a glimpse of the dress skirt all
around is now seen when the new gar
ments are worn. The newest cloaks are
very simply shaped and consist of the
princess, which is straight, and has
elbow sleeves that are open and square,
or else the redingote, which is a close
fitting long coat with coat sleeves, and
is shaped to the figure by regular side
forms.
SEAL-sKIN sacques will be as generally
worn this winter as they were last year,
but are changed In shape, being a trihe
shorter and fitting the figure more close
~. They are said to be three inches
smaller In the waist than those of last
year, and their shortened length ranges
from thirty-three to thirty-seven inches.
The back of the sacque follows the out
lines of the wearer, and fits smoothly
over the tournure; the front is double
breasted, and curves in gracefully below
the bust; the collar and lapels are small,
and the sleeves fit the arms closely and
are without cuffs. Seal bars with braid
loops fasten the garment.
,CURLED furs are restored to favor.
especially those of the glossy black
Persian lamb with satin luster and
peculiar waved marking like that of
MORE silks. Next to this in choice is
the Astrakhan lamb-skin, with looser
curled fleece that seems more woolly
than the silken Persian. The shaded
and curled gray Krimmer will also be
used for trimming gray cloth suits and
for children's furs. The curled black
furs will be made up later in the season
for sacques shaped like those of sealskin,
and have already been fashioned into
pelerine capes, collars, chasubles and
muffs, to serve as separate sets of fur,
but are most largely employed for trim
ming cIoaks of fur, seal, cloth, camels
hair, etc.-Hdrper's Bazaar.