Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-02-21
FASHIONABLE FANCIES.

| JAGGED, raSGed-edged HOunc95 and
ribbons are coming in vogue.
A REVIVAL of solid jet trimmings is ont
OF the predictions for spring.
New spring wraps are much shorter
than those that have been worn fol-
several seasons.
The drapery of dresses, or rather Of
skirts, is to undergo a material change
next spring, and old Greek models, We
are told, are to be followed.
LONG hanging strings ofjet beads now
ornament the front of black silk dresses,
and sparkle and glisten in sun or gas
very effectively. The idea is said to
have originated with Eugene in the days
when France was her footstool.
BRocADEs become handsomer, richie,
and more elegant, the latest importations
being superb. Yet there are people who
say brocaaes are going out of fashion; but
it is to be inferred that anything they
are unable to possess is common"
LOVELY corsage bows of satin ribbon
in three or four shades of crushed straw.
berry, metallic red, pomegranate red,
daffodil yellow, or blue and pink are
WAL ALI pAhSC VI GAiC COIShSC DOuilueC OF
roses, which is no longer elegant.
THERE are few new mat erials i'm.
ported this spring. The flannel finished
cashmere introduced last season will be
the favorite material for wool dresses for
the intermediate season. This is shown
in dark shades and in drabs, moss grays,
mixed grays and browns, and largely in
fine checks.
The most costly and artistic satines are
now stamped by block printing, each tigur
OF the pattern being put on with block
after the plain cloth is woven. Each
design by this means becomes slightly
different in color, and this trifing ire
gularity is priced as more like hand.
painting than the regularly printed
goods.
SHEER wooden dress goods, so fine as
to be gauze-like in effect, are shown in
an almost endless variety. The veilings,
that sheer fabric of plain wear like old
fashioned delane, will again be worn.
We have the Tihibet yelling, plain veil
ing, and the religious or nuns yelling.
The last is almnct as sheer and fine as
tissue, while the other varieties Of this
popular dress goods are heavier.
EXCEEDINGLY effective patternsin silk
and wool goods are in large Egyptian
squares and triangles, and in an odd
series of crescents and moons, called the
transit of Venus design. An anchor and
ca bic is another pattern in these figured
woods. A few chetiots are still import
ed. The patterns are Illuminated by
threads of silk in gray color. They will
be principally used for children and
misses. dresses, to be combined with plain
wool in some harmonizing color.
The shape of the new spring bonnets
is medium. No bonnets so tiny as the
small capotes which have been popular
this winter are shown, and no huge
pokes like those of last season are thus
far imported. The new bonnets are or
nate with flowers and a plentiful mix
ture of gold tinsel. Colored straws in
every shade and tint are shown in pro-
fusion. A season OF flowers is predicted,
and the dandelion is the flower of the
season. Little clusters of the blossoms
are mounted on the top rim of the bon
net, mixed with pompons and ribbon, or
two shades of the flowers in ribbon-the
pale, iemon-llke tint of the edge of the
petals and the darker orange shade of
the. center of the blossom are used.
SHOULDER quilts are quite the fash
ion now; that is, quilts OF about half the
size of the ordinary one. Very pretty
ones to lay across the foot of the bed are
made of the thin cheese cloth. The incest
cotton is needed for these quilts, or the
dark spots in the cheaper qualities will
show through the thin covering. These
small comforters should be tackled close
together, and this may be done with any
bright color, and the edge may be bound
simply, or it may have crocheted edge,
or be trimmed with lace. These little
quilts can be washed, and if well shaken
after it, and hung were they will dry
quickly, they will look like new again.
Small quilts can be made, too, of other
material. Many women, probably, have
old silk dress-skirts laid away, which
would do good service if made up in
this form.-N:v York Evening Post.