Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-12-12
FASHIONABLE FANCIES.

BELTS and chatelalne bags, made of
finely embossed leather, OF entirely new
designs, are again In high vogue.
PEARL and crystal brandebourgs and
fourages fasten and decorate many eve
aing corsages of white or pale tinted
satin or silk.
LONG pelisses, made of finely checked
tweedS or cheviots, and trimmed with
fye-inch bands of fur, will be much
worn upon the promenade this winter.
SCARFs, panels, either plain or killed,
sashes, waistoOats and Vatican tunics,
made of Roman striped or plaided mer-
velieux, are again worn as accessories
to dresses of a dark monochrome.
SILVER clover leaves covered with
tiny diamond chipping made to resem-
BILE drops of dew, are among the new de-
signs In fancy jewelry, the set consist
ing Of lace pin, earrings, hair ornament,
slide and bangle bracelets.
YoKEs of velvet are not ouly seen in
evening and house dresses, but on coats
of dark green and brown cloth. Arolled
putting of cloth and velvet outline the
high-shouldered sleeves, and there is a
velvet belt around the waist.
AMONG elegant novelties in dress
trimmings semi over from Paris are
richly embroidered metallic buttons and
incrustations of semi-precious stones IN
relief upon velvet, chenille, brocaded
satins, and finely damasked silks in
Louis XIII. designs.
SWISS belts of leather or velvet are
worn by young ladies with cloth dresses.
They are made with points In front, the
upper one small and the clover very long,
and the back is plain, straight band.
Jet belts of fine beads very close togeth-
er are worn with velvet waists.
lone gauntlet gloves, both in cash
mere and kid, are now in the newest
shades-Pschutt, Russian gray, Gear
brown and Moscow green. The most
stylish have tiny buttons interlaoed on
the back, while very stylish cashmere
gloves for children have embroidered
designs upon the wrist In darker color
than the glove itself.
THE newest bodice for young ladies'
home wear is the Enar-o' war blouse, an
exact imitation of q sailors blouse, with
loose sleeves buttoning. tightly in q
wide band at the wrist, and with the
regular deep, loose, turnover marine
collar tied with bunch of broad rib
bons in front, or fastened by a silk cord,
caught together in q sailors knot. The
blouse is long, falling in soft pouf over
the tunic or skirt drapery.
SOME of the newest overdresses are so
long as to reach the bottom of the dress
skirt, both front and back. The drape-
ry at each side is usually caught up very
high with buckles, or loops of ribbon
run through slide. The other ex-
treme is very short bunchy tunic or
panier overskirt. Either style is equal
" fashionable. The question of suit
ability and becomingness is therefore
the only matter to be settled in making
a choice of the two very opposite styles.
Very few of the gray dresses now SO
much in vogue are trimmed with colors.
CLOTH dresses have very wide band
of fur around the skirt, or up its front
b1eadths when it is of long fleece, but
the short curled Astrakhan is put in
three or four narrow rows across the
front and sides; a collar or plastrOD of
fur or of feathers is made to be removed
in the house on some dresses, while 9TH
ers have an edge Of fur arranged like
lace inside the sleeves, and extending
slightly up the outside seam; and there
are Astrakhan collars an eighth of q
yard deep, lined with satin, and intend
ed to stand up around the neck and
against the ears in true Russian fashion.
No fashion is SO universal just at pres
ent as the wearing of fur peleriRes, from
the moderately priced skin of the coney
to the deep cape of sealskin or sable,
with an infinite variety of medium
priced furs which come between. There
is wide choice, and the shapes differ
quite as much as do the skins. Some
women like to show trim waist, if they
have the luck to possess it, and these
wear capes reaching just below the shout
der, with pair of very long fur cuffs
reaching nearly to the elbow, for addi-
tional warmth and as fitting accom-
paniment. Other capes come to the
waist, some reach below tit is purely
matter of individual choice.