The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-26


Pelerines and shoulder cspes viii be
n greater favor than ever.
Painted lace capotes will be the lead
ng opera bonnets this year.
trimmings of silk or satin upon trav-
sling dresses are now considered wholly
bad form"
French red;ngotes and polcnaises in q
score of forms are highly popular for
travelling and the promenade.
Wide bracelets, heavily chased, and
bangles. lace-pins and dog-collars OF
var.o Gus patterns, all of solid silver, are
again the height Of fashion.
White Ursuline and white drap d'ete
are made into very beautiful evening
dresses. trimmed plainly but richly,
with many bands of white silk gimp,
or with silver embroideries and Orna-
ments.
deliberately braided jerseys will be
very much worn again this autumn over
skirts of velvet, tweed or cheviot. The
newest patterns in braid work resemble
rich applique work, being wrought in
close elaborate designs.
A party of English young ladies. well
-chaperoned, recently sojourning at
Montreal, Can, carried slender switch
canes of ebony, with small gold heads,
richly chased, and wore jockey caps of
plain black velvet. which were most be-
coming and natty looking. Both cane
and cap are sad 10 be very fashionable
abroad, both in England and France.
The skirts of stylish new carriage
dresses are made of heavy nuns gray
Thibet cloth. with broad side-panels,
panier drapery. and pelerine of dark
green or dark ruby velvet. The direc-
toire coat of cloth is open wide to show
Suisse or beadle vest of the velvet,
with deep flap pockets adorned with
handsome buttons. large and bright, in
regular old Continental fashion.
Plain linen collars and cuffs are to be
in vogue again, and very deep cuffs and
collars. like those worn by ladies in the
play known as the esquire" are pre-
ferred by many of the followers of this
severe fashion. They look trimmer and
heater invariably than any other style,
but it will take some time to re-estab-
fish the custom of wearing them after
The more delicate and negligee fashion
d wearing lace alone. inns ..-..
New necklaces for evening wear are
Of Florentine and cloisonee beads, some
If which are encrusted with tiny silver
stars or studded with mock gems, which
glitter like real Jewels in the gaslight.
Roman pearls also were never more in
fashion than at the present, worn twist
ed about the neck in triple rows. The
oewest strings show delicate sheeny
tints of heliotrope pink. gold and
mauve, sea green and silver, and rose
and pearl in the softest and most ex-
luisite tints.
The added basque, so long q feature
Of modern dressmaking, is losing its
popularity. The most fashionable
Jacket bodices are cut in one, very
many opening over vests of some con-
trasting material; otherwise the gilet
may correspond with the dress fabric
and be laid in soft fiat folds or gagged.
The basque is frequently very short,
with square tabs cut up to the waist
line. When deeper, the basque is
sometimes cut into long Vandykes, the
points being exceedingly sharp, and not
cut up to the waist, as in the above
case. This style looks best when mixed
materials or braiding and embroidery
are introduced.
The English fashion of cropping the
hair short all over the head and form
ing it into little loose rings has again
reached America, and many ladies are
sacrificing their luxuriant tresses to the
Moloch of the present mode. During
an afternoon drive through prominent
city in Canada, the writer lately noticed
no less than a score of ladies, both En-
glish and American, thus shOrn. With
this styIe of couture the jockey hat is
usually worn, excepting where the
fashion is followed by middle-aged
women; in this case the tOque, or En-
glish walking-hat is seen, as no larger
or broader hat can very well be kept
secure without braid or puff to which it
may be fastened These short ripping
locks are to a great degree char..ing on
some heads-mostly with the round,
rosy-faced girls in their teens, or not far
out of them.-N Y. Post.