St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-03-22
Fashion Notes.

and those are quite fat, of the style
called cravat bows.
Bright colored silk embroidery is
largely used for garnishing white opera
| cloaks.
Strings Tor bonnets are somewhat
broader, and mostly preferred in velvet
or ottoman ribbon.
Dresses of plain cloth are frequently
trimmed.
Loops of narrow ribbons, gilt braid.
or velvet, are laid against the frills Of
ruching for the neck
Bright red and bottle green combined
are in good taste.
Some OF the latest bridal dresses have
a broad band of white fur bordering the
train.
Caps are of plated lace, puffs of tulle.
and gauze.
The most beautiful clasps. which fast
en- like an ordinary hook and eye. are
now used to take the place of buttons,
| both for dresses and cloaks.
Bands of black velvet are worn around
the throat and wrists at afternoon ..at
| homes. They are always ornamented
with diamond or pearl pins.
Ladies white cloth dolmans are con-
sidered stylish opera cioaks when bor-
derel with white fox fur and lined with
| plush.
Small headed diamond pins. pearl,
| gold and silver pins ar thrust about in
the laces of jabots and frills on dressy
corsages.
Shell hair pins, with glitter;ng Rhine
stones in the curved end, are worn as
ornaments. thrust through the coils of
the back har.
Neck chains are altogether out of
fashion, and women who have hand
some ones are converting them into
bracelets.
A novel apron drapery for costume
of silk and velvet is composed of velvet
and ribbons woven together, over and
under. in checker board pattern.
The straight. high dog collar is af-
fected by women with long. slender
throats. 1t is generally made of dark
velvet, stiff, with gold, silver, steel or
pearl embroidery.
Cravats and bows for the neck are
quite gone out of fashion. A tiny
brooch is used to fasten the small Off
Ger collar with which all dress bodices
| are now HniSneu.
Plush is coming steadily back into
favor. Worth has just made a dress
for the Princess of Wales and another
for the Queen of Portugal. both
trimmed with plush.
Bonnets in the Princess shape. made
of shirred black velvet. with pompoms
of gray and black on the left side, and
strings of ribbon velvet of both shades,
are now Worn by young ladies.
Walking boots of black or bronze kid
| are made with from seventeen to twen-
ty-four very small buttons for dre>sy
toilets; of patent leather, with cloth
| CATERS buttoned half way up the leg,
Tor more neglige dress and for travel
ing.
The most fashionable fur capes are
those made of monkey skin and black
fox. Some of the former have little
chenille ball borders. These capes make
an effective addition to toilets of black
silk, satin and velvet.
The sheer linen cambric handker.
chiefs have taken the first rapk-scal.
| loped edges, with vine inside; hem
with several rows of raised dots inside,
and elaborate needlework all round
trimming them. Others have an ap.
| plique of pompadour lace in each cor.
ner.
All walking dresses are still cut with
| round skirts, as also dresses for small
evening or dinner parties; bat the
train seems to obtain more success:
than last year for ball or grand reoep
| ton toilets. For such occasions the
short dress is only adopted by young
girls or young married ladies who dance
great deal.
Pretty ball toilets are made of milky
white English Grape draped over moiro
or satin. with light clusters of flowers.
Others are of colored silk tulle plated
over silk, with draperies of figured tu!le
to match, or tulle spangled with golJ
or silver, which looks pretty and effect
i've. This tulle is draped over moir,
previously vailed over with plain tulle
which produces most lustrous ant
beautiful effect.
Large metal clasps, more or less rich
artistic and beautiful, are worn with al
elegant costumes at the neck of mantl,
or Jacket, at the waist, in the folds o
drapery or putting. Metal brooches
are worn upon hats and bonnets. bow
and cravats; brooches have also come
into favor again since large cravat bow:
have been given up.
Tea gowns are now made principal,
in Vatican style, and have very Ions
trains. One recently seen was made o
the palest gray cashmere hrghtene;
with \ long Wa,teau back and train O
vivid scarlet satin. Down the from
were innumerable bows and ends o
narrow pale gray and red satin ribbon
Dark Russian furs are the most fash
ionable this winter. Long cloaks lineC
with quilted fur are edged all arounC
with fur. Siberian fox and wild ca
are also considered stylish. Plain biacl
velvet paletots trimmed with bear Skin
are one of the most stylish outdoor gar
ments of the season. Fur is universally
worn as trimming this winter, and il
both stylish and elegant.
Great refinement in the details of tn,
toilet is a sure sign OF good taste
Stockings should always be colored, un
less they are worn with entirely white
evening toilets. For the daytime the
are of cashmere. wool or silk bourette
matched to the dress or its trimmings
and either plain or striped, to wea
with the semi low shoe or the higl
boot, sixteen to twenty small buttons
patent leather-pointed tip and low heel
For the evening the stocking is of col
o7ed silk. open worked or embroideret
on the instep, and worn with the Low
satin or bronze kid shoe, plain or EN-
broidsred with beads.
All plaid tissues, chess-board pattern
and checks Of all dimensions are lighte,
up with fine streaks of brilliant color
ing, stripes wide or narrow. of tw'
colors. or two shades of one color, clotl