The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-11-27
NOTES. PERSONALS, FASHION

NOTES. PERSONALS, FASHION
-Sandpaper will whiten ivory knife
handles that may have become yellow with
Use or age.
Tides have been replaced by how of
broad ribbon, which looks very we'll In the
place usually occupied BY the tidy.
The first child born to Chinese parents
in 2. stoD came into the world SATURDAY.
Its mother, Mrs. Tam Wah Kee, is only
sixteen years old.
julia Ward Howe saws "poor people
cannot be kept on. Of good society" No,
but they can be made most awfully uneom-
Portable while they are in.
Mrs. ]. NJ. Griffith, who recently died
at Dubuque, left $25O, 600, of which the
Episcopal church and the Home for the
Friendless will receive $4,000 each.
Young ladies in Italy wear eighteen
petticoats. What the dickens of picnic
q mouse must have when he gets started
among 'em Huntington Free Press.
Porcelain plsques should be hung
against dark background, but that back
ground should preferably be diamond
shaped panel covered with plush rather
than frame around the plaque itself.
Chinese mating has so far forgotten
its original purpose, and become so elevated
terisl, that it is capable of almost any
thing and now aspires TO be used for por.
there's.
Blouse waists are causing the revival
of belts. Belts are seen with ell Ainds of
dresses. They are made of either broad
ribbon or velvet, and are fastened at the
side with rosette or bow. Cloth or leath-
er belts are useful, and are usually black
or brown.
The velvet brocades for handsome
wraps are manufactured in Paris and can
not be duplicated here. Many of these
have threads of color running between the
satin or silk cords, giving them a change
able effect of color which is very pretty.
The broad brimmed brown felt hats
are very becoming and stylish for little
girls; they may be faced with soft surah
of any desirable shade, with twist of the
same around the crown, and a bunch of
Marsbout feathers at the side.
"A screen of home manufacture may be
made BY joining two clothes-horses tOgeth.
er, forming thus four panels over one side
stretch cretonne of q quiet pattern and
color, and over the other q tea green serge,
which latter may be embroidered a. taste
may dictate.
"A woman can 90 to church and after
ward give an incomprehensible synopsis of
the ministers text and address, but If the
texture of dress is wanted worn bv any
in hn oh all
all about it without Neutrality-suspicious.
Courier.
"A mantel lsmbrequin may be tastefuliy
arranged BY using q strip of plush or vel.
vet the length and depth desired, which is
put on stra ght with gilt tacks or invisible
nsils, and at the corners looped gracefully
with bows of ribbon to correspond in color
with the lambrequin.
"A smart man has discovered that up
TO the age of twenty.thrae woman looks
for man under the bed in fear and trem-
bling; from that age to thirty it is more of
. matter Of habit than anything else; but
after thirty q relentless, cruel expression
haunts the eye, that BODIES no good should
the man he found.-Philadelphi Call.
The latest Newmarket coats hsvs two
full plsits in the back, instead OF one, and
are left open down the front and show the
drrss beneath. A few imported coats of
this description have, instead of plaits, the
fullness gathered inst below the waist line.
With ornaments to cover rough shirring.
These come in all the dark colors.
Very dressy small bonnets can be
made of dotted lace, arranged in full plaits
or folds. over q crown of satin, matching
the dot of the lace in color. Irridescent
beads in various shades, arranged around
the front with several ostrich tips tastefully
placed at the top, make sufficient trimming
for this inexpensive but neat little bonnet
"A style OF couture which is almost uni.
versally becoming has the appearance of
being carelessly arranged. The back hair
is drawn up rather high and loosely plait-
ed. There is an almost indistinct parting
noticeable in the front, while the locks at
the side being shingled, a high and full
effect is given. The frizzes are half rings
worn high or low, according to fancy.
The heavy ottoman silk, with chenille
flowers. new this season, il much used for
handsome wraps. Recently there has been
quite an improvement made in the manu-
facture Of jet for trimming these cloaks.
Formerly a single row on a wrap would ex-
coed the entire weight of the other materi-
ais now the beads are made hollow, but
are just as nicely cut.
Plush is seen in many of the winter
suits, combined with ottoman silk. With
these costumes the suitable outside gar.
ment is a tight fitting jacket of the plpsh,
with fullness in the back like a posiillion
basque. A broad revers collar is faced
with ottoman silk, and the revers may be,
if desired, extended the length of the jacket
in the form of vest.
The rough. knotty surface of cloth re.
sembling Astrakhsn fur has been revived
ard will be very fashionable during the
winter for c,osks. These are particularly
nice for misses and will answer for the
street, for school cloaks and general wear.