St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-03-01
Fashion Notes.

The new frosted gold flower vase!
look as though they had just been taker
from a gold mine they are SO rough ant
natural, and yet artistic looking.
To wipe the dust from papered wall:
take clean, soft piece of flannel. o.
course, it must not be damp, but the
dry flannel will remove the dust.
Some of the newest salad bowls are
made of paIe peacock blue and water
cress green frosted glass, with scalloped
brims, and have ladies of hammered
silver.
A peacock made of carved brass. with
tail of real and very beautiful peacock
feathers, arranged in an upright posi-
ton, is one of the latest devices for a
screen.
Plain black velvet is still used for
dresses, but is no longer employed for
large cloaks. In short, plain silk or wool
Is only used as an accessory for figured
stuffs.
The long. t'ght-fitting Jersey cloth
sacques VIII be as fashionable this year
as they were last, and are very comfort
able and stylish when trimmed with
narrow bands of fur.
The Medicis laces, which were thought
handsome for lingerie when first intro
duced, are now thought too heavy for
that purpose and are only used for trim
ming underclothes.
Black lace dresses are much in vogue.
with sleeves trimmed rEspagnole,
with wide black lace, or else chenille
fringe and jet placed around the arm
hnl nd h. h.
Very jaunty and pretty house jackets
which fit the figure closely are made of
Russian lace. edged with a frill of the
same and insertion, through which
bright colored ribbons are drawn.
Long Newmarket coats or sacks with
three plaits in the back and made of
thick. warm cloth, with gray felt hats
trimmed with blue or red velvet and
some stiff wings, are stylish for young
girls.
One of the prettiest things seen in the
new holiday goods is a brass plaque on
which is copy of the painting of ..Re-
becca at the Well" 1t is in a bronze
frame permanently attached to an easel
Handsome street costumes of cloth
have a cutaway coat or jacket to CORE
spond; those are usually finished off
with a velvet vest. cuffs. jacket and col
lar. and are fastened with steel or
bronze buttons.
Fine cashmere stockings for winter
wear are shown in all the dark colors
without clocks. Those of the La Care
shades are most popular. Merino hose
are part cotton and part wool, and are
not so expensive as the cashmere ones.
Many corsages. as well as wrappings, |
have collars wide enough to be turned |
down or followed out around the face.
Skirts are very narrow-from a yard |
and three-guarters to two ards in width |
when they are round; some are almost |
straight, that is, very slightly gored at
the top.
The Grecan knot is no longer fash |
iOnable and the hair is now worn nearly |
on the top of the head: it is twisted,
never bra ;ded, in a coil and ornamented
with an amber comb. silver crescent or
dagger. The shingled bang and loose
wavy rings of hair are worn over the
forehead, with fluffy fringe of hair at
the nape of the neck.
There are many new devices to be
seen in goblets and tumblers. Some of
the han soonest goblets, of cut glass. are
supported by dainty figures, others rest
in the center of palm leaf. The fash
goblet of this moment is long
and narrow, and is made of heavy cut
glass engraved with a wreath of ivy
leaves and berries.
A handsome dinner dress is made of
cream and yellow brocade; the long
rain is slashed at the edges with plat
ngs of satin of lovely crocus shade:
he front of the dress of yellow satin, is
en- cascade with delicate lace
md crescent shaped garlands of shaded
which increase in width across
he skirt from left to right.
The latest novelty in bed linen con-
lists of sheets, pillow cases and shams !,
and embroidered, and deco
ated with diamond-shaped and square
blocks of linen, hemstitched on in !.
,eometric patterns of various kinds, and i,
'ordered by frills hemstitched and van ..
lyked on the edges. Others are hem .
titched in rings and dots.
English women use a waist or corset .
over of silk or silesia, to which their I
Stolh NctScG uIcSS Is | q
ewed permanently, so that all the :
Teight is suspended from the shoulders. 5
he preference here is for shoulder +
traps of strong coutille binding that q
ass over the shoulders and are hooked !,
ito the belt Of the heavy skirt of the $
resS.
1t is predicted that flowers will be re-
ored to favor before the winter ends. p
nd few French bonnets are already b
nported with roses clustered along the "
i'm. or massed on top quite far in G
ont. There are also birds resting
pom large Oriental poppies::m with o.
ken petals. and there are evening b
,nnets that have the entire front made is
crushed roses. p
Round skirts, even those of dressy al
ilets, which are covered with tiounces
I'd draperies, are still made very mar o.
w, being not more than from two ~
Irds to two yards and quarter a:
ound the bottom. Some are cut th
raighter than formerly, that is, not ~
'red so much on the sides. But. nc
hatever may be the style of the toilet. "a
muSf no Gu arronrad ., not -. OF