Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-11-14
roR TIE LADIES.
Something of Fashions, and the Methods
Of Beautifying.

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very smallest ostrich feathers fastened by
large rose.
Scarfs, panels, either plain or Killed
sashes, waistcoats, and Vatican TUNES,
made of Roman striped or plaided merveil
lux, are again worn as accessories &c
dresses of dark monochrome.
Silver clover leaves covered with tiny
diamond clippings. made to resemble drops
of dew. are among the new designs IN fancy
ieweIry, the set consisting of lace.pin. ear.
rings, hair ornament, slide, and bangle
bracelets.
The brocades of colored velvet on a
white satin ground are used to form the
underskirts Of evening dresses, which have
trains and waists of plain satin. The ar.
tistic effect is Just as valuable, and nc
more. than if the stuff were printed cot
ton, except that its weight gives 1t GER
tain richness.
The wooden bonnet, in various shapes,
will be much worn this season. One form
of it is made of the same braid which is
used for embroidery, and is shown IN all
the dark colors to match suits. Another Is
of embroidery worsted, arranged in stripes
or checks, and this style naughty Boston
milliner calls the lamp-mat bonnet.
Lillian Russell poke bonnets are quite
the rage. These have wide, protruding
brims. and little or no trimming at the
back, but a vast quantity of soft, wavy
feather tips falling over the brims. The
ends of these feathers are held by long,
slender buckles, studded with glittering
stones. This stylish head covering is
adopted by those who wear the hair ar
ranged a la Langtry.
Ladies' cloth OF darkest cardinal, made
with the skirts laid In wide panels with
kits intersecting, the panels covered with
Russian embroidery in colors of cardinal.
green and gold, compose one of the most
stylish and elegant of walking costumes
of the season. The long apron overskirt
is caught up with colored silk cords, and
the cardinal velvet shoulder. cape is lined
with plaided surah in colors matching the
embroidery.
Many plush capes are worn Just now,
and, with good deal of wadding, they are
nearly as warm as fur. The collars are
high, and the half sleeves are set in in the
| fashionable way. In color they are ex.
pected to match the costume worn with
them, or, otherwise, to correspond to that
of the dress trimmings. A new shade of
plush, very thick and heavy. exactly
matching the color of natural beaver, is
much used for pelerines and shoulder
capes. These come with jockey caps and
muffs to match.
Small fruits, including rosy apples, pears,
! apricots, plums, grapes, and peaches of
natural size, are seen upon the newly-ar-
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ons. A deep orange-colored satin shot
with silver is now exhibited by a Broad
way firm. This odd groundwork is bro.
caded with large crimson velvet gg.plums
in clusters. Another pattern has a ground
of silver-cclored Ottoman silk of I'm.
usually heavy cord, brocaded with deep
| red coxcomb flowers of natural size and
heavy white Ottoman silk is covered with
white thistle blooms, the feathery portion
being made by full tufts of raised chenille.
The new "Spanish mantle, which is to
take the place of the hackneyed fur.lined
circular with those who seek for novelty in
attire, is very becoming to tall, slender
| ladies. This wrap is uncommonly elegant
and graceful, and is made of black bro
csded velvet, and trimmed around the en-
tire garment with black Russian fox.
Around the neck is very deep collar of
the same fur, which covers the shoulders
like a cape. The wrap is lined with dark
red plush, and is much too heavy for street
wear, being designed especially for carriage
use, and as a garment to be thrown aside
in a heated room. Models much in the
same style for promenade wear are made of
/ brocaded satin or velvet, lined with quilted
satin, and trimmed with chenille fringes,
fur, or ziblinette.
Gray, there is no doubt, says the fashion
writer in the New \ ork Post, will continue
to be the fashionable color this winter.
Gray, tender, melancholy, severe, Quaker,
silver, dove, nuns, with its creamy sheen
gray IN all tones and shades, from the
somewhat dingy tint, very appropriately
called London smoke, to the pretty
blush gray christened by the French peo-
pie "pschutt." Every day seems to add
another tint and another name to the list
of grsys. "Crepuscule" is said to be the
last shade, though no doubt, while this
| fact is being chronicled some enterprising
| chemist or manufacturer is mixing little
more "smoke" color and little less blue
in his dye, and is looking through his
French dictionary to find another name to
call it by. Everybody, just now that the
skies are sullen and sad, and the weather
I of some sort, thus adding to the neu-
mitigating the prevailing drsbness peculiar
| to the late autumn season by DOMINIC the
/ brightest of colors. This fashionable fancy
is, however, quite as inexplicabte as was
that of wearing crushed strawberry and
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stood at 80 in the shade. Among other
gray tints is a very ugly one about the
color Of zinc. This most unbecoming, most
trying" of shades, is, for some reason
past finding out, the one chosen by brides
in general for either wedding or travelling
dresses. Nobody short of a Venus can
put on a zinc.colored dress and expect to
| look pretty in it. Women with rich brown
hair and a clear milk ambrose complexion
pass muster in it, but nine out of ten look
as if IN the last stages OF malaria or the
jaundice.
a writer in the New York Journal says
that, better than all paints and powders
for the complexion, is plain, coarse food,
bran or oatmeal baths and the wet mask.
The last named remedy for coarse skin
is perhaps the simplest and best if one has
patience to try it. a mask of white cot
ton is made to cover the face, leaving OPEN
ings for the nostrils and eyes. 1t should
be thick, of many folds, and of some ma.
! terial that will retain water Put this on
| the face Just before retiring, and if posi-
bic keep it on all night, and keep it as wet
as possible. This wet mask keeps the air
away from the skin and gives it time to
soften. The outer cuticle wears off in
time, and fine, smooth skin takes its place,
but it takes from SIX to eight weeks to per-
| form this task. The reason the skin on the
face is oftentimes the coarsest of any por-
ton of the body is because it is more ex.
posed to the air and to more sudden
changes of atmosphere. A woman who
would have very fine skin must wear veil
most of the time, especially in this eli.
mate. However, the skin may be kept soft,
clear and fine without veil if proper care
IA taken. Warm water is the best to wash