Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-06-28
FASHIONABLE FANCIES.

lied percale for Overgarments IS shown
with small figures feeding birds.
CARRAoKMACRoss lace is much used
upon fancy round hats of cream white
straw. also trimmed with white ostrich
tips.
POLKA dots are fashionable erup-
ton, and appear on fabrics of all sorts
for dresses, peckwear, handkerchiefs,
parasols, etc.
A PRETTY elegance of the season are
the rich colored street Jackets, not
matched to the toilet, made of marvel
leux or MORE.
PURE wool-mixed cheviots, with a
dash of Cayenne red in the wool, will be
much employed for travelling dresses all
summer. The facings and cordings are
of red satin.
AS MANY sandal shoes are worn as
ever. The button, as a rule, or have
webbing of silk at the sides, and do not
open. They are shown in black gros
grain, in black satin and in French or
American kid.
BLACK open work chenille wraps in
the directoire shape are much worn this
season. They form rich and elegant
addition to promenade costumes of
MORE, foulard or satin, and have all the
becoming effect of black velvet mantle.
WOMEN with high, broad shoulders,
especially short women, should avoid
too high ruche or two broad a collar.
The styles most becoming to such are
Vandyke collars of open lace or pointed
fichus, so arranged as to leave bit of
the throat visible under the chin.
PERHAPS the most fashionable colors
of the season are stone color and it's kim
dred shade, fcelle, which is pale drab;
literally, Irvine colors. Mouse color is
more rare; so rare that it is almost i'm
possible to find it, but it is very distin-
guished and is used for serviceable
dresses.
PoLONAIsEs are as quite as susceptible
of being made elegant as overskirts and
basques. A new conceit has the over
drapery so arranged as to make the up
per part of the polonaise appear like a
round basque, above apron folds, with
shawl points falling beneath the apron
in front, and over long straight piece
in the back.
A PRETTY, simple costume may be
constructed OF cloth, flannel, or any
fancy wooden goods. The skirt is
trimmed about the lower edge with a
deep knife plating, headed by four or
five rows of shirring and finished with a
narrow standing rufle. The tablier
front of the garment is arranged in up
turned folds, is Topped high over the
sides, and is gracefully draped in the
back. The plated basque is belted at
the waist line, and the sleeves are in
coat shape.
THE empire styles, with their short
waists, completed by belt and buckle,
come in this season. The skirt is straight
and narrow, and made short enough to
display the foot. With this costume
will be worn the Josephine hat, which is
shape narrow at the sides, without
cape, and with high, upward project
ing brim Ill front, the space between the
wearer's hair and the brim being filed
in with a half wreath, rose or two, or
with lace. In many cases the front hair,
dressed in high, soft curls, makes all the
filing in that is required for this bon
net.
BLACK and white together is fashion
able in millinery. There are small white
stravs, trimmed with black velvet in
Alsacian style, and buttons of white
straw dotting the velvet prettily; black
satin straw bonnets have half-wreath
of white daisies along the front; black
lace bonnets have white roses across the
front, over which the lace falls; black
jet capotes have cluster of white lilies
or a panache of white feathers on the
left side; black jet crowns have poke
fronts of shirred white muslin, or their
brims are covered with white lace-plait-
ings; and large round hats of white straw,
with white plumes and white MORE out
side, have the becoming black velvet in
side tho hrim