Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1883-01-27

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children, two sons and two daughters.
who are educated by English gov
ernesses in English ways.
Fashion Notes.
Black silk beaded jerseys are favor.
ite waists for young ladies' black
dresses.
The mingling of two kinds of lace
is in good taste both for dress and bon.
net trimmings.
Plaid and check goods are some
what used, but are preferred in very
dull and confused colors.
Tan-colored silk stockings are worn
with the tan-colored gloves that are
part of many full dress toilets.
Turbans with fur band and gath,
cred cloth crowns are worn with red.
ingotes of cloth trimmed with fur.
Dashes of red appear everywhere in
the toilet. from the plumes on the bon
net to the " "clocks" of black silk hose.
Many of the buttoned boots are with
very pointed toes and foxed similar to
the laced shoes which have been so
popular.
Pompon fringes are the latest,
though the chenille and plain silk
knOtted are in steady demand and ex-
tensively used.
Out-of-door costumes, plain or elab-
crate, are frequently draped with
large brooch or antique silver looping
the tunic or the scarf tablier.
Real bullion embroidery decorates
the dog collars of black velvet which
are worn with low dress waists, and
which greatly enchance the fairness of
the complexion.
The fashionable fan is of large
ostrich feathers, mounted with shell,
amber, ivory or pearl, and ornamented
with a bird with long tail plumage
falling on the sticks.
Gauze Balbriggan stockings are
worn inside of silk and cashmere
stockings, giving additional warmth.
and protecting the skin from the dye
or roughness of the outer stocking.
Verylarge masculine hats of beaver
plushi are revived, the favorite trim
mings for them being band around
the crown and large buckle in front
or ostrich tips or plumes in a tuft on
the side.
The favorite visite has square close
sleeves and two thick box plaits with
long fronts, tied by ribbons to form
tassel near the foot. Brandenburgs
across the front and in the back are
the trimmings.
Black lace lounces and a back
drapery of black lace shawl may he
very effective on buttercup or jonqun
yellow dresses. but none but married
woman or young lady in the thirties
should wear such dresses.
The trains and tabliers of dresses
of white-colored silk are embroidered
with English crewels in mixed color
ings, and have metallic threads intro
duced at intervals. The effect is ori-
entail and very handsome.
Ruttercup and jonquil yellow have
been discovered to be very becoming
evening colors, particularly when
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marabout feathers, or with humming-
bird and Impeyan crest and neck
feathers. q
The plain cloth and flannel suits are
made effective by embroideries of SOU.
tache braid, which is used in several
different widths for the same suit.
Crochet buttons are in vogue, with
these costumes, and great quantities of
them garnish one suit. "-H l'~
In London felt hats are generally
adopted. Some are small, trimmed
with gossamer, caught together with
birds plumage, sometimes tying
underneath the chin; or else large,
tnrned up on one side, with an ostrich
feather curling gracefully over the
brim at the back and showing at onB.
side. Folded bands Of plush or velvet,
fastened with handsome buckle, trim
the hat on the other side. ladies who
cannot afford many hats wear black,
felt, and alter the color Of the folded
band of plush or velvet to match that
of the dress to be worn.