Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-03
PUBLISHED AT LANCASTER, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, MAY
METROPOLITAN MATHEMATICS.
They are Devoted Just Now to Evolving New
Oddities for the New York Fsshienables.
ORIGINAL opDrTY.

ORIGINAL ODDITY.
/ In place of originality, we have
oddly. Queer monstrosities of few or
many sided figures; of great circular
spots or rings, causing one to look as
if dressed up in leaves torn from a
school geometry or astronomy. Flying
fowl wander over desert surfaces of
fine wool or satin, where heads of
beasts peer likewise at you, while the
exuberance of tropical forests is imitat-
ed by palm leaves foot in length,
feathery grasses turning cveryway,
mammoth flowers. and the like. Again,
if one chooses, plain bit of goods can
be queerly covered with circles or other
mathematical figures cut from velvet
or satin, and put on in applique; or yet
richer results may be brought about BY
purchasing velvet leaves or sprays and
deity sewing them on some handsome
groundwork.
In this last idea there are beautiful
possibilities, but in most of what has
gone before the discerning eye sees
nothing but a craving for queerness,
which gives good evidence that real
brain power is lacking. To tell the
whole truth, moreover, these thoughts
are not entirely novel. They have been
seen before, but this season are taken
up and waited on wings of popularity
to high position. Frequent absurdity
ensues, of course, for what more absurd
than short dolman covered with spots
three inches in diameterP From such
examples one can draw conclusions.
BABIES IN BLACK.
What more absurd than to dress a
baby in black silk stockings? Yet it is
done, and thought so very, very stylish.
Fashion indeed dances quite whirl in
black silk stockings, and they may be
pronounced as all the go. Second to
black come solid colors in stylish
shades, such as crushed strawberry,
crushed raspberry, ETC.; while ranking
thirdly are alternating strips of two
colors. Now what has been said of
stockings leads up to the fact that black
and white are especially fashionable.
When say "white," however, do
not understand me as always meaning
'white.' Much oftener, such soiled
white, falling under the head of cream
white, that one is set thinking, and
wonders if that cream might not have
been saved over from Noah's ark.
Yet there will be pretty muslins, dot
ted, sprigged, bestarred, white enough
to be in good taste; to say nothing Of
the immense family of "veilingsr which
have quite supplanted the bunting
tribe which overran us some seasons
ago. Black gloves will be often worn
to match the black silk stocking; but
Fashion is consistently queer in cling
ing to muddy tans, and they will give
finish to manya dainty toilette, though
yellow and terra Gotta are still in
vogue.
The subject of color being touched
upon, one sees IN fancy the various
YELLOW TOR KNOTS
on bonnets that are SO numerous and so
piquant that the staidest Methodist par
son might feel impressed thereby.
Sometimes single bright yellow ball is
set exactly on top of flat capote, with
what singular results one may imagine.
Again, there may be a cluster of three
or four balls, or one or two small os-
trich tips do duty. Sometimes these
concentrations are set on the side, but
they are nothing if not a very bright
orange color; frequently a reddis h
orange. When the fiowery kingdom
incident on spring opens fairly on us,
we may expect notable peculiarities
from this sudden rushing after very
bright yellow, and as forecast l can
a veritable bank of bright yellow BIOS
SONS swept in an almost entire circuit.
What shall be said, too, regarding long
silk gloves of bright orange colorP
Shall they not cause the good Methodist
dignitary to stare, and not only he, but
divines of all degrees who gather to our
May anniversaries To bright red silk
gloves we became accustomed last sum-
mer, and when shown this season they
fail to make much impression. BY mid
summer we shall get used to orange
color, but by the time we get used to
thing it is about time for it to be laid
away to give place to the next impossi-
BILE looking thing.
SPIDERS FASHIONABLE.
Beyond a doubt, spiders are fashion
able. Great, crawling spiders, ever so
big, with ever so many sprawling legs.
They nestle among scarfs, pin together
kerchiefs, stand as solitary sentinels in
finish to standing linen collars, or
sprawl on the left side of the corsage or
on bonnet. Bugs do the same, and
indescribable creatures of unknown
species. Allare welcome, provided they
have legs enough, and are of metal.
Not many together, but one alone,
| showing off conspicuously.
Then. too, we have pins and pins.
Stuck here, there, anywhere, and COM
ing in conveniently where bug or spi-
der would be inconvenient. Pins of
gold, silver, colored metal, or tiny bugs
or blossoms pretending to be pins. Like
the sticking of pins, however, comes
now the reflection that I have told YOU
really nothing practical about your
spring clothes, and you will think your
correspondent as queer as Fashion her.
self. In apology, let me say / have
presumed each one of you to be pro-
vided with Lord & Taylor's Spring cata-
logue, where the ground is covered SO
completely, that. driven from the field,
[ take refuge in telling you only of queer
things. Yet l do now bcthink me OF
something practical Briggs transfer
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