The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-03
TICKLE FASHION,

Silver braid bonnets are used for evening
wear.
Pointed-velvet girdIes appear on many
dressy suits.
Ball or hoop earrings set with gems OF vail
Gus kinds are very fashionable
Cherry-red and ochre-yellow are the lead
ing colors in millinery just now.
No jewelry is worn by women on the
street now except rings, and they are COW
cred.
Jerseys are as popular as ever. The white
ones Tor evening wear, gold-braided, are
very pretty.
Pink is to be much worn this winter, but
1t should be remembered that it is only suit.
ed to the young.
Partisan dressmakers now insert small
pillow hustle, stuffed with horsehair, under
the plairs of the skirt in the back attached
to the Waistoand.
Long pelisses made of fnely-checked
tweeds Or cheviots, and trimmed with five
inch bands of fur will be much worn upon
the promenade this winter.
Russian Embroidery, known as point sans
envers, or needlework without any wrong
slde will be much used upon handsome cash
mere dresses for home wear The colors OF
the silk embroidery are either in dark wood
brown, deep green, or Venetian red, and the
color of the cashmere OF nuns gray golden
tawn color or pale strawberry.
Lillian Russell poke bonnets are quite the
rage. These have wide, protruding brims
and little or no trimming at the back, but a
vast quantity of soft, wavy feather tips fall
ing over the edge of the brims The ends of
these feathers are held by long slender
buckles studded with glittering stones. This
stylish head covering is adopted by those
who wear the hair arranged la Langtry.
Many plush capes are worn just now, and.
with a good deal of wadding, they nearly
as warm as fur. The collars are high and
the half sleeves set in in the fashionable
way. In color they are expected to match
the costume worn with them or, otherwise,
TO correspond to that of the dress trimmings.
new shade of plush, very thick and heavy,
exactly matching the color of natural
beaver, is much used for pelerines and Shout
der capes These come with jockey caps
and mutfs to match.
PLAIN silk is scarcely seen in New York
for walking costumes, cloths of every kind
having become so much more popular.
This year they are ribbed and repped and
intersected with threads of bright dark color
which is only slightly noticeable. These
| threads are woven in lines which run the
same way as the cord or rep. A very pretty
suit for walking is made up in mouse gray
cloth with dark red lines which snow in the
killings of the skirt and the folds of the
drapery. The jacket, cut deep and away
from the lower front, shows small piece of
a red vest the jacket itself being OF fine.
solid mouse gray cloth.
The blouse-bodce is in great request for
girls This bodice is gathered top and bot
| tom, and finished with large turned-down
velvet collar; the sleeves, gathered full at the
! arn-hole, are frightened at the wrist under
velvet band. The second skirt is folded up
mt the edaes so as to form a loose puff in front,
and draped tournure at the back it is fas-
tened at the side with large bow of velvet
ribbon. The underskirt is entirely pleated
in fiat pleats; it is trimmed near the foot
with a deep velvet band pleated together
with the WOODEN ma terial of the skirt. This
fashion is suitable for dresses of soft wooden
material, such as flannel, cashmere, or
vigogue, either plain or checked.