The Osceola times., 1884-02-16
FASHION NOTES.

Curious serpent rings are worn by
gentlemen. They are three or four slen.
der coils Of gold with diamond eyes
and the head is otherwise jeweled,
Fashionable fans have black, white
or colored feathers on shell or amber
sticks. Ostrich feathers and coque plumes
are the favorite selection.
Natural wood sticks are in favor for
canes and umbrellas, but they are finish
ed at the top by silver crutch colored
to represent buck-horn handle.
Fur trimmings are fashionable this
season, not only for street garments
but for house dresses, for matinees, for
tea-gowns, for robes de chambre, and
for evening toilets of satin or velvet
The brown and gilt plush hat which
young women in Paris wear in their
! afternoon promenade in the boulevards
is a reproduction Of that worn hy Charles
/. in the portrait by Nandyck.
Pressed leather with colored fruits
and flowers and applied silver orna-
ments is used for lettcr-Cases, portfolios,
memorandum books and card-cases.
Soft buckskin is preferred for purses in
which to carry coins.
Alligator-skin bonnets have not met
with general success. but when trimmed
with brown, green, or garnet velvet.
puiied very full across the brim, have an
air OF style about them and appeal to
lovers of novelties.
Persian shaNls with an elaborate silk
design on a novel ground are cut up in
to visetes, and their fine coloring pro-
duces an effective wrap for the carriage
and for evening wear Chenille Of all
colors in the pattern makes an appropri-
ate trimming of fringe.
4 Swiss girde of velvet pointed above
and below, behind and in front, Is worn
with pointed yoke and pointed cuffs to
match, on light cashmere and Surah
dresses. Young girls wear a full-gathrr-
ed skirt with such dress and put bands
of the velvet straight around the skirt.
Ottoman silks of changeable hue and
brocaded like embroidery with threads
ofsilver or gold, ar" fashionable for the
bodice and train Of party dresses. The
front of the waist and skirt is covered
with Bretonne lace laid on satin of a
deeper color than the Ottoman silk
which the wearer finds becoming.
The only polonaises that are popular
this winter are shaped like rcdingotes
and slightly draped. Those made of
cloth or velvet fall down straight below
the waist in front. are smooth over the
hips, and have full breadths shirred,
side pleated, or double plcated in the
middle If the back. The only trimming
required is band straight down each
front, around the neck, on the sleeves,
and as a heading for the back hrcaths.
Josephine STYLES in loose coils on top
of the head are the latest accepted fashion
for hair dressing. The front hair is in
large thick rings heaped together and
the sides Of the face are unCovelel ex-
cept hy the locks which grow near the
ear. If the front has a parting il Is
made slightly toward the right side, and
tor oanament rosete of the narrOWest
ribbon velvet is worn at the left side of
the high coil. short curls, called hair
pin Curls,,' are fastened in the back be-
low the coil.
The Fedora vest Of so!t SATIN Is in
creat favor for velvet and clcth dresses.
1t il made Of the same shade or in op-
posite color an dis most striking when in
contract to the dress itself \ stylish
costume has an olive green coat and
drapeiies with pufed Fedora vest and
plea ed skirt of chamuis brown satin.
\ similar dress foI the house is of white
cashmere with seal brown velvet vest
and skirt, the gilt cordolieres rs thick as
ropes across the whole front.