Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1883-01-11
FASHIONABLE tANCIES.

BLACK matelasse is much used in
mourning dress.
TARrANs and plaids OF every kind are
to be worn by children.
MARROW bands OF fur are quite fire.
quently used as a trimming for evening
dresses.
FRISeEs are entirely out of date.
Lace, and lace only, is the accepted
trimming to day.
No dressy toilet is now considered
complete unless a fancy muf is added,
matclliuP the dress and bonnet.
The most stylish round hats are tip
tilted over the forehead, the Langtry
and the oad-looking Phrygian cap being
favoIites.
BUrroNs are no longer fantastic, or
even fligree. Plain gold, oxidized sill
yer, copper or brass, the latter ham
mered, are 1.-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
coiered stockings of silk or wool. They
keep the silk stockings neat, and pre-
vent wooien hose from irritating sensi-
tive flesh.
VANDYKEs are to he 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,
ike those worn by gentlemen, and are
used with close wrists fastened by four
buttons. also with the loose musquetaire
wrists.
FLOWER tichus for evening wear are
increasing in popularity. For some time
past they have been made partly of lace,
with flowers as bordering or heading
to the wide lace ruffles at the edge. Now
they more frequently form the whole
fchu, 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 tiot 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 in small pOstil-
hon basque, but in front it Is loose-fit-
ting over the walstcoat, which is closed
by row Of small buttons placed very
pear each other. Five rows Of silk
braid, or fine pattern of gold embrold-
ery, surround all the outlines of the
vest. The sleeve Is close and small, and
buttons mp 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 rescm-
bling those Of last year, made Of kid.
/ These new head-coverings might really
hail from the saddier shop, but that
they are most of them decorated with
pOmpOns, feathers and the like. The
color OF the leather is terra Gotta. \
few of the bOnnets are appropriately
trimmed with delicately.cut leather lace
IN various designs, and the ouly charm
about these is that which consistency
imparts. Leather lace is also novelty.
1t has not met with the favor that pack
thread lace did 1t Is not as coarse or
rs uupllable as one might imagine, and
it has been used abroad, combined with
plush-lace and velvet, for trimming
fancy articles, and also for dress trim
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