Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-12-22

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ALL POSTMASTERs ARE AUTHORIZED II
ACT AS AGENTS.
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
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Hair Jewelry -Giloves-
December Notes.
EDITOR INTERCHANGEABLE com
plexion taken or by newly imported
cloaks gives a broad hint of the way W.
are travelling. A way of putting ant
punching. Dresses are pulled ant
punched, and cloaks to be worn ovel
them must take character therefrom
Many are fitted in to the waist, appa'
rently to show off increasing complica
tons below, while skirt-like plaitingi
in combinations, not only of materia
but colors, render these new garments
dress-l like in the extreme. In dresses
the chosen field for bunchings and puff
fings is the upper half of the SKIRT, and
here such fantastic tricks are Played al
might put the heather Chinee to thu
blush. For slender bellies a seasonablt
refuge, but for the plump causing hor'
rid complications. Bunching in the frs
degree is an affair Of magnitude. The
catching up of four or five breadths o.
train in q single or double puff at the
back is a feature, yet a train Is by nc
meany necessary for a bunch. Far from
it, and numerous short costumes show
pufings on the upper half of skirts that
to say the least, result in %curiosities Of
contour. Our sole consolation is that
the adoption of these styles is not obi
gatory. Even the sober-minded, how
ever, are beginning to wonder if their
drapery stands out enough in the back,
and call in bustles to their aid; the
newest and best invention being the
Novelty Flexible hustle, which is the
most graceful of its kind aud one that
does not get out OF shape.
Ordinary mortals
AT THE OPERA
must roast that the half clad fashi0na-
BILE may be comfortable. There espe-
cially one sees lovelybrocaded dolmans.
where white or delicate colors vie with
red or Haunting yellow. Beauty when
Invested Of them shows occasionally
bare shoulders, while bare arms or
arms covered only by kid are common
sights. Flowers are extremely pepu-
lar, from q glowing bouquet of a dozen
or more roses to a delicate spray or
bud, while in the manner of wearing
there is an equal liberty; some being
set high on the shoulder, others at the
waist, at the throat, or elsewhere.
Heads + in equal diversity. The
high couture is gaining on the low, but
the low is still in high vogue, and
shows not the least sign Of "going."
Yet the high is not very high, charac-
terized rather by moderation; a small
coil, a few pufings, ETC., set well back
from the forehead, while two or three
occasional curls may dangle. Only
occasional, however, and always short.
In
FRONT PIECES
q very Tower Of Babel diversity reigns.
Bellies peep forth like Skye terriers, or
calmly gaze from %serpentine surround
1ngs of croeve coeur locks; tho busiest
of bushes stand upright over the fore
heads of others, while a few struggling
frizzes may form q sole adornment. On
q moist day ones own hair may be
bound down by an invisible net, or if
one has bought a front piece of genuine
curled hair, she may fling it to the
breeze, assured it will curl all the
tighter. At the opera one notices in
jewelry that the lace pin is as Babel
like in design as the front piece, and
used with an equal lack of rule. 1t
catches the lace which covers a dowa-
gers otherwise bare neck; with the
same facility holds in position her
granddaughter shoulder knot or
draws together the folds of a thousand
dollar shawl. Brooches, though not
popular, are placed with the same
abandon, while the medallion Of yore
can be Utilized if provided with a pin.
Bracelets jingle owe long gloves and
gloves are as long as ever. No more
can be said, since reaching to the
shoulder they can go no higher. But
one sees q. determination to show an
arm, and though one must have a cer-
tain stretch Of kid, q ten Or twelve but
ton length, yet beyond that sufficient
expanse is visible to show what might
have been but for that wrinkled NOUS
quetaire, contrasting lily with a deli
cate toilette or a rounded arm.
DECEMBER NOTES.
Lace trimmed scarfs of white or pale
colored silk muslin are thrown over
the head when leaving the opera.
Square, full fichus have bands covered
with lace and straps Of very narrow
ribbon tied across the front.-Christ-
mas and New Year cards are in as
great vogue as ever and form fine dis
plays in book store windows.-
Broadway from Fourteenth street to
the eliminating point of Lord and
Taylor's famous bsw window at
Twentieth, is a blaze of holiday light
and beauty.-Mme. Judic's costume
of Nonpareil velveteen has a BASQUE
with pointed plastron of brooche; tn.
front of the skirt also of brooche vel
veteen with a panier plat crossing
the sides and joining a full train caught
in a puff at the top.
Lucy CARTER.
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