Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-24
FASHIONABLE AND OTHERWISE.

EGYPTIAN F'ANCHON is the name be-
slowed upon the new opera hoods of
lace and satin.
AS fashionable flower the chrysan-
themum has jumped into unusual promi-
nence this season.
SILVER platters for serving roasts as
well as entrees are now made of heavy
weight coin silver.
FAMILY portrait breastpins become
larger and larger, and have wealth of
gold in the line of setting.
SHORT-sKIRTED costumes are almost
universally worn by ladies at the recep-
tions held in the afternoon.
BoNNETs of black lace in Escurial or
Spanish designs over oupdations of
satin will be worn all winter.
The convolvolus bonnet in shaded blue
and pink velvet, trimmed with lace and
tiny humming- birds, is in favor.
A SELF OPENING and closing inkstand
is something new, but the non-upset-
ting one has yet to be invented.
ALL fashionable wraps, long or short,
are held in at the waist line in the
back by straps of ribbon or elastic.
ROSES are worn ON the side of the
corsage, rather than on the front, and
are arranged high on the shoulder.
IT is no use for bald Irishman to
put pomade on his hair and sing: "Hair
oil raise my Ebenezer." Paris Beacon.
THERE is revival of taste for the
delicate esthetic colors, and the new
est jerseys are brought out in these
shades.
DULL, pale blue is an handsome color
for portieres, with band of gold plush
embroidered in dull blue iris lilies or
lotus flowers.
BELLAGIs blankets, in very rich col
orings and silken texture, as hangings
for a single door, may be used with
charming effect.
WHITE Marseilles bed quilts show
flowers and trails of vines stamped in
the natural colors. These are quite new
and very effective.
hang on the wall and have ribbons run
IN, are extremely pretty when filed with
odd pieces of porcelain.
The rarest and most expensive stock
ings are those of fine Brussels lace.
They are nodded to shape and put on
like glove, and are laced up at the
back with silk twist.
New silk-fnish velveteens are exhib-
tied in dark street shades of cresson
green, ruby, golden brown and the like
wrought all over their surfaces with tiny
leaves and buds of gold.
BRAIDING is universal, and appears
upon cloaks even more persistently than
upon dresses. Almost every street
jacket that is made is gorgeous with
gilt or silver tinsel, or with heavy pat
terms in colored braids.
A TEMPERANCE advocate charged the
editor of a Western religious paper with
drinking whisky. The editor in some
astonishment replied, "Why, you
wouldn't expect me to eat it with a
spoon, would your philadelphia Call.
The new passementeries are really
magnificent. Among the most attract
tive novelties in this line are sets
which include tablier, panel decorations,
vest, and wide collar and cuffs in jet
clair de lune, ruby or iridescent shad-
ings.
THE fashion of wearing bodices diff
ferent from the skirt and tunic is just as
popularity followed as ever; in fact. they
were never more worn than at the pres
ent moment, and the style obtains
quite as much for evening as for day
toilets.
The newest gloves for little people
are made of Jersey webbing, and button
up to the elbow over the coat-sleeves.
Some of them are made like mittens.
Leggins of the same material are to be
worn, and button on the outside up to
the hips, where they are fastened to the
side elastics.
ARTIFICIAL flowers, according to the
fashion writer in the Hour, will be less
worn this season, it is said, but although
/ such representations are common
enough, the number of bouquets de
corsage worn by ladies rarely diminishes
from one year to another. Natural
flowers are untrustworthy, and must be
replaced by skillful limitations of them
which almost defy detection nowadays.
dDREssY Mother Hubbard cloaks are
| still worn, the wrap reaching to within
few inches of the bottom of the dress
skirt. These are quite unlike the old
models, being far more elegant and
graceful than the Mother Hubbards so
long in vogue. The back falls in heavy
rich folds from, the waist, where it is
slightly gathered. In front, soft plait-
ings of the cloth begin at the throat,
| and extend to the foot of the cloak.
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