Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1883-01-20

t is fast building up.
!. Our next stopping place was th
Q "Meekiaced Diego" terminus of th
9 route. Beautiful San Diego the hero {
Bayard Taylor's 'Paso del Mar" G
t Pass OF the Sea. -., -.s.#.
d Another night had passed away an
r we arose just as we came into tha
5 peaceful harbor, the Bay of San Diego
? What beautiful sight before us, for
city, smooth and sloping gradually to
Q ward the bay, backed by rolling foot
/. hills which rise higher and higher j
3 the rear till they are graduated into tn
8 lofty volcanoes aud table mountains G
E Lower California and Mexico. At7-s
, M, we embarked aud lett our ship t.
> the will OF the deep. w. Ii. B.
NEW YORK FASHIONS. '77se'
= Coiffures-Jewelry- Toll
otts-Arms and Necks.
EDITOR INTELLIGENeER: - New
Years receptions have revealed tn
fact that there is nothing new in the ar
rsngement OF the hair. The sam,
careless prettiness; the same prett!
carelessness. The same avoidance O
sameness; the same freedom from
doing the same things other people d.
merely for the sake of doing the sam e
No. one draws her hair back plainly
No. two has crimps; No. three has {
few putfs rising at the top; No. foul
has this; No. five has that, etc., etc
There are some things, however, tha
none of the above named numbers
nor amy unnamed numbers, can do
Through every phrase there must be
moderation, and the one thing to be
done is not to do too much. By
moderation I mean especially s
moderate quantitl of halr; better not
enough than Il superlluity. Then,
again, In the case of the lady who
draws her hair back plainly it is un.
derstood that some sort of Ovcrshad-
Ing fringe rests in fringe-like fashion
on her forehead. In souie manner or
form there must be some way, broken
outline over the brow, and here q
favorite device for those who do not
wish TO wear false fronts nor to hackle
their own front hair into fragments,
is the circle Of scalIops as fashionable
now as ever. By far :he greater num-
ber prefer the low coil at the back,
from which occasionally. two or three
short cnrls may stragglc. A flower
or two appended is now and then
seen. but tastes run toward some
shell, gilt, jet or silver ornament.
The huge hairpin catching the half
falling coil tho spike thrust in with
abandon, headed by ball or two, a
blossom, a butterfly, Eperhaps-
anything careless and as If placed
without thought. 5
JEwELRY.
In jewelry similar ideas prevail. No
longer formal 'sets" but trifes set
here, there, anywhere, catching folds
of lace at random, or placed at the
throat in finish to the linen collar that
barely peeps above the dress. One of
the most unbecomibg of ideas, never.
theless. in this liuen collar, and one
entirely out of keeping with the
graceful softness belonging instinc-
lively to woman. Happily the fash
Ionableness of lace prevents it as a
necessity, and for pinning lace scarfs
in the easy ways prevailing at pres
ent we see brooch often doing duty
without reference to the sset" OF
which i: may be part. Not of ne.
cessity worn at the throat, as Of yore,
but on the shoulder, at the waist or
elsewhere on the corsagc, as fancy
may incline. Earrings, If worn, are
sm III and close to the ear, but fashion
cares little for earrings and usually
they are ignored save in case of a
large pearl or diam ond.
EVENING COSTUMES.
An evening costume OF pale green
plush and satin in Lord g Taylor's
famous bay window reveals the fact
that both these materials are used for
full dress, conviction that is
strengthened by the sight in an inner
sanctum of superb toilette where the
trout breadth of delicate blue satin
serves as foundation to large velvet
leaves of deep shaded brown put on
at intervals. The back is prince As
with flowing train of rich brocade
where leafy columns in dark brown
traverse groundwork of pale blue
satin; neck square, low, and short
sleeves. An exquisite costume beiny
made for Emily Winant was of white
silk having the new broad rep com.
blned with gorgeous velvet applique
ON white surface. Another dress was
OF ruby velvet PLAIN and brocade.
while one yet handsomer was a plain
ruby velvet with draperies of wide
point lace. The momentous question
'i "necks" is settled iu the most sat.
'sfactory way by allowing different
ways. Square low, Pompadour, heart
shaped, while if you want a square
low and yet wish the neck covered.
behold cloud Of tuile or lace added
with high art dexterity. For rich
goods, moreover, one must have the
Train. The round square, that is the
square train with corners rounded. is
chiefly in vogue, cnd often 80 COLI.
rived that for dancing it can be taken
Dff. Sleeves are sleeves or not sleeves.
nst as one chooses, and one can have
ust as much or little of a sleeve IA
1ne is inclined to, from the SLIGHT
pretence Of one, amounting really to
nothing at all, to sleeves reaching
well to the wrist. OF course as the
S soeve increases the glove decreases
tad vice versa. Unless in a fancy
1ress there is small opportunity for
pretty arms, since If you do not cover
hem with silk or satin, you must
With the long, long. long kid glove,
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