The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-12-26
Feminine Fashions and Fancies.

Feminine Fashions and FaDciees
The beautiful Gainsborough hat is thing
Of the past.
Ball dresses are trimmed with tufted silk
chenille thistles.
The newest table linen is embroidered in
heavy white silk floss.
Perforated cork bonnefs trimmed with fur
are the latest French fancy.
Word comes from Paris that the days OF
the crinolette are about over.
Cloth bonnets and tOques are now consid-
cred more elegant than those of felt
return to the old fashioned full straight
dress skirt gathered or pleated at the. waist
is threatened. ,~s
finest French cashmere in cream white, pale
rose, lilac almond and light blue.
Tortoise shell hairpins set with crystal are
used to secure the plats of hair at the back
of the head and to trim bats as well.
SmaIl-headed diamond pins. pearl, gold
and silver pins are thrust about in the faces
OF jabots and frills on dressY corsages. =.
Shell hairpins with glittering Rhine stones
in the curved end are worn ornaments
thrust through the coils OF tile back hair.l'-.-
The newest silk umbrellas have little
leather purses attached 10 the handle. 1t is
already difficult enough to keep silk un8-.
brella without this device.
4 peacock made of carved brass, with a
tail of real and very beautiful peacock feath-
ers, arranged in an upright position, is one,
OF the latest devices for a screen. -
Dainty little note paper, manufactured for
school girls shows design of a strap full of
books. Tennis and archery paper are also
pretty, the design being very small but.per-
feet
Fine handkerchiefs, very delicatcly notch
ed and exquisteiv embroidered on the edge
in white or cOlOrs, are greatly preferred TO
the more shcwy styles. A novelty which
shows photographed or etched heads as
border, or in the corner, is in excrabIe
taste.
Stylish half high turbans which were
found so becoming to oval faces last season,
are retained for winter wear, and are trimmed
with close smooth feathers in heather
mixtures, or with ostrich bands and scaFfs of
soft royal, in bright Roman colors, twirled
into a graceful knot on one side and caught
with handsome buckle OF cut steel or Ro-
man gold.
Dark or black velvet crowns can be made
very dressy by putting small stars or leaf
figures of beads the color of the velvet at in
tcIvals all over the crown. Dropping Jet
beads are much used on black velvet bon
nets, while dark blue, green, or brown vel
vet have sometimes large spots of cream
white wool wrought upon them; a unique
fashion then adds some creamy white wool
IN the pleatings, or the bow Of velvet which
Il ms the brim.
The jockey cap seems to have taken new
lease OF life, and is especially popular in the
skating world Many Young ladies do not
set the cap on the head after the manner of
the natty equestrians from whom they orig
mate, but wear il rather far back on the
head. consequently, the little poke, instead
OF shading the eyes, curves upward and al
lows the soft Langtry bang or fluffy confusion
Of wavy hair to be seen. A fat wing is set
on one side, and the cap is much less obtru-
sIve than its name would imply.
A novelty for the season consists of a cap
and muff all in one. The elongated fronts
terminate in curved points, which when re-
CURED turn under, and are fastened by a
hook to the cap, to the lining to which is
affixed an eye, placed few inches below
the waist. Thus, at any moment the hands
may be eiiectually warmed by the muif so
fashioned. The cap has full shoulders, and
the long front is decorated with large bow
of sealbrown satin, which also serves as an
ornament for the ir'provised mufr
wall pocket formed of japanese fans is
quite an addition to pTettily furnished
sleeping room. Arrange the fans one above
the other. taking two for the base; shorten
the handles OF the other three fans which
should be tackled 10 a strip OF stiff paper
covered with satin or brocade. Around the
fans run futing of harrow lace and adorn
the handles With very narrow ribbon, May
pole style; cross the handles Of the first or
lower fans. and here place a clusterOf buds
o. a brilliant butterfly with spread wings
and tack tie pocket TO the wall.
Many novel styles in bridal toilets are dis
played. A brides dress of the richest white
satin duchesse has the separate and detached
train trimmed with border entirely COM
posed of white ostrich feathers. One side OF
the satin petticoat is covered with tiny bou
quets OF ostrich tips in groups of threes, each
fastened to the dress by lovers knot" of
satin ribbon. Over the other side, in one
long festOon which springs from under the
left side of the short satin Daniers. falls an
exQuisitely wrought veil OF artificial orange
buds. mounted OH flexible stalks. and edged
with a thickly set Gordon OF flowers and
fringe of pendent buds. The back OF this
robe is arranged in a series Of huted folds,
which gradually widen in diameter to the
edge of the skirt. The basque bodice with
gathered blouse front. is also profusey dec
GRATED with orange flowers and buds