Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-10
FASHIONABLE EANClES.

BLACK matelasse is much used in
mourning dress.
NARROW bands of fur are quite fire.
quently used as trimming for evening
dresses.
PRINCES are entirely out of date.
Lace, and lace only, is the accepted
trimming to-day.
No dressy toilet is now considered
complete unless fancy muff is added,
matching the dress and bonnet.
The most stylish round hats are tip
tilted over the forehead, the Langtry
and the odd-looking Phrygian cap being
favorites.
BUTTONS are no longer fantastic, or
even fiGgree. Plain gold, oxidized sill
yer, copper or brass, the latter ham
mered, are "the thing
WIDE, straight brimmed sailor hats
of plush or velvet, having the crowns
completely covered with short, fluffy os-
trich tips, are very much worn by young
girls In their teens.
GAUzE Balbriggan stockings are i'm
ported for wearing next the flesh, inside
colored stockings of silk or wool. They
keep the silk stockings neat, and pre-
vent wooden hose from irritating sensi-
tive flesh
VANDYKEs are to be fashionable In the
spring. Lady cloth is admirably adapted
for trimming of this kind Tight fitting
basques are finished off III double Van
dykes, bound in satin, and the sleeves
have fold revers in the same style.
LADIES are wearing dog-skin gloves
with wide stitching on the back. These
gloves are doUble-stitched on the fingers,
like those worn by gentlemen, and are
used with close wrists fastened by four
buttons, also with the loose musqueta1re
wrists.
FLOWER fchus for evening wear are
increasing in popularity. For some time
past they have been made partly of lace,
with flowers as q bordering or heading
to the wide lace rufaes at the edge. Now
they more frequently form the whole
fichu, which almost covers the shoulders
and curves to the waist, narrowing off
in front in trailing ends of delicate vines
and half-blown roses.
ONE of the newest Of the fashionable
corsages for dress wear is the vest Au-
trichienne, made of white cloth, open
over waistcoat of white satin or MORE.
1t fastens at the throat by hot of rib
bon, matching the waistcoat. Around
the neck set close and high, is full
ruche of tulle neige. The back fits the
figure closely, ending i'll small postil-
lion basque, but in front it is IooSe-ft-
ting over the waistcoat, which is closed
by row Of small buttons placed very
near each other. Five rows of silk
braid, OF q fine pattern OF gold embroid-
cry, surround all the outlines of the
vest. The sleeve is close and small, and
buttons up the back of the arm nearly to
the elbow. This vest is to be worn over
skirts of any description, particularly
those of velvet or brocade.
THE latest in the way of millinery nov
elites is leather bonnet, much resem-
bling those of last year, made OF kid.
These new head-coverings might really
hail from the saddlers shop, but that
they are most of them decorated with
pompons, feathers and the like. The
color of the leather is terra Gotta. A
few of the bopnets are appropriately
trimmed with delicately- cut leather lace
in various designs, and the only charm
about these is that which consistency
| imparts. Leather lace is also a novelty.
It has not met with the favor that pack
| thread lace did 1t is not as coarse or
| as unpliable as one might imagine, and
| it has been used abroad, combined with
plush-lace and velvet, for trimming
fancy articles, aud also for dress trim
| mings,