Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1884-02-15
HOME CIRCLE.
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
stylish Dinners: Household DeeOTa.
u0ns: Domestic Jewelry: Spring
Millinery: Materials /; February
Notes : Mrs. Langtry's Costumes.
GRAPHIC Correspondence.

ne TWO uiOusdlu ioSCs "AhSh oauu
wiched the Vanderbilt mantelpiece on
the night Of their grand ball, Is evidence
that these Queens OF The garden are
still Queens regnant. For dinner ia
Bile they are often now arranged singly
and with long stalks, pains being taken
of course that the one rose shall be
very beautiful, but asionally a sue
cession of handsome tulips finds pre-
ference. Against smiax one has moth
ing except that one Is tired of 1t, and
therefore newer favoriles arise in the
shape OF ivy and Japanese fern. which
adorn walls ard staircases in proiuSlon
pioportioned to the entertainers purse.
Single roses or tulips lying in lowly
succession around dinner table. give
the keynote to a fashionable idea
namely. fiatness and many an elegant
piece of silverware has been sent into
obscurlty because no. fiat enough.
DOMESTIC.
Spiders and beetles now stretch their
legs UNDECIDED as they glisten in a jew
eller's show case, since the young lady
of to-day chooses rather from collec-
tons offrying pans, brolles, dippers,
tongs, shovels and the like. Sugges-
tive of domestic comfort, they nestle
cunningly anywhere she may place
them, and serve as SHINING and perpet-
ual hints to admirers backward in
breathing anticipated VOWS. Then,
again, what contrasts more effective
and unique than that brought about
by perfumed rose, a yellow water
cress or fresh clover kept in position
by some utensil of the kitchen, and to
poetry and beefsteak thus united the
worst case of bachelordom might Sue
cumb. The three varieties of flowers
just namsd are especially liked for cor
sage adornment.
SPRING MILLINERY.
Colored straws are in capote shape,
but larger than winter styles, and flow-
ers are small and punched. Clover IS
very fashionable, and therefore not
only seen in natural but unnatural COL
ors, while coming next we observe
hawthorn larkspur, clematis, plnks,
violets and heartsease. Poppies will
flauDt this summer, and indeed, when
one wants scarlet flower, | know of
nothing more effective than a poppy.
But the great novelty in millinery are
the embroidered linen, batiste and can
Vas ribbons With often materials to
match. Chenille is prominent for the
flowers in these new embroideries,
while the stem and leaves are done in
silk. AT times there are mixtures of
gilt, and the edge of the ribbon are
bordered with the same, Other linen
ribbons are covered with gilt or silver
figures, and here also Is fabric for the
bonnet brought out to correspond.
FEBRUARY NOTES.
Ecru lace with large meshes wrought
in silver, gilt or tinsel will be used for
spring millinery-Niary Anderson
writes, "Nonpareil velveteen; 1t is in
deed beautiful in color and texture"
while Sarah Bernhardt says of the same
material, "magnificent In tone and It's
sue. New summer silks show fig
ures OF berries, fruits or nuts; sateens
that might be mistaken for silks are
covered with chrysanthemums, roses
and other medium flowers, while India
silks are beautiful in acorn, nut and
holy deslgns-Coraline corsets are
superseding those made with whale
bone or other substances which all
break or twist, since coraline not only
outlasts the corset but is SO pliable that
grace and easy movements result. The
great success of these corsets has
brought about limitations in jute, tam
pico, etc. and therefore to obtain the
genuine, ladies should see the name
Warner Bros. on the box--French
poplins are conspicuous among spring
lmportations.
SOCIETY ITEMS.
Mrs. Langtry in "a Wife's Perii''
dresses in to-day's styles; her auburn
hair drawn high in simple coil and
unaltered through five
changes of costume. The first, din
Ter dress Of pale blue silk combined