Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-31
FASHIONABLE FANClES.

1T takes about yard Of satin for large
fan.
PLUSH is now declared to be out of
fashion.
JET is the only ornament admissible
with Grape.
PRINCES are no longer used except for
cloaks. Lace, on the contrary, is in
great vogue as trimming for dresses.
ORNAMENTAL combs are much worn in
amber, coral, ivory and conch shell. In
the latter maerial especially most beauti-
full designs are wrought, while in the
others a preference is given to those
surmounted by round and crlt balls.
The Greenway hat of plush or shirred
silk Is worn by children of ali ages.
Large felt hats, with long plume are
also to be seen. For little boys the
sailor hat Is most favored. It has
band Of ribbon falling in ends down the
back.
THERE Is quite q fashionable Juror
for VelYeteen this winter-of course only
the best qualities being employed, these
costing quite as much as the materials
known as linen-back velYets with silk
face, the yelyeteen wearing much longer
and being warranted fast coIors.
VELVET costumes that are meant for
out-of-doOr use, for driving, paying
visits and for church, are made with a
redjngote trimmed with fur and a very
simply short skirt The suit may be-
made entirely Of plain velvet, or it may
have a front or skirt of embossed velvet,
or the coai may be of figured velvet,
with the skirt plain.
TIE .plaits of skirts are quite large
side plaits, or wide triple box plaits, or
else clusters of wide plaits with narrow
ones between. These plaits form suffi-
cient trimming at the foot without the
narrow fOunces that are SO difficult to
iron well. Those who prefer narrow
lengthwise plaits find it best to resort to
tucking for two-thirds of the length of
the skirt, merely folding the plaits Of the
remaining third, and edging with en-
broidery or lace.
A NOVELTY for early spring dresses is
brocaded nonpariel velveteen, in fabrics
that are f0c-8nlite8 of silk velvet. These
are now perfected, after thirty years Of
experimenting, and have an advantage
above embossed velyets in their ground
not being clipped; their woven broche
figures are more durable than those that
are merely stamped IN by not irons, and
are not inj dred by water. They are ex-
cellent for pelises IN com bination with
cloth, and will be used for jackets, small
mantles, and for basques TO wear with
silk, WOODEN and plain velVefeen skirts.
The frou-frou ruffles that are so effec-
tive on light summer dresses should be
reserved for the silken stufs that do not
wash, while plain skirts, tucks and sin
gle sets of plaits are used for dresses
that must be done up often in order 60
keep their greatest beauty, which is their
freshness. SHRED waists are becoming
to slight figures, but require to be made
over lining which is apt to shrink and
get out of shape when washed. The
same full effect can be given by making
a shirred fchu or coliarette Of the ma
terial, edging it with lace or EN- broidery,
and wearing it over the plain unliDed
basque.
THE earliest hint of spring styles is
found in the cotton dress goods that mer-
chants display in midwinter, and that
ladies have made up at home IN advance
of the busy season when seamstresses
and dressmakers are too much hurried
to make these simple dresses. Cotton
satteen is the fabric most largely i'm
ported. Instead Of the white and very
dark backgrounds used last summer,
these now have strawberry red, terra
Gotta, robins egg, and partridge brown
grounds IN narrow stripes or checks with
white lines, strewn all over with large
shaded disks of moon and sun, white
balls, eggshapes, parallelograms, wheels,
the Inevitable polka dots, of all sizes,
from the merest speck to those an inch
and half In diameter.