Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-22
Fashion Items,

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Albatross cloth is made more popular
this season for evening dress than nuns
yelling. Some of this fabric has an eff
fective bordering, showing quaint
Persian designs in bright Oriental coli
ors. Very beautiful house robes are
made Of this material, which comes in
all the aesthetic tints, both light and
dark, with borderings in rich contrast
A lovely little opera bonnet worn re-
Gently by a dark-eyed, blond-haired
young lady, was made Of mauve-tinted
velvet, trimmed with white ostrich
tips, powdered with gold. At the left
side was a cluster of pale pink roses,
held by a large gold buckle set with
pearls. The inside of the bonnet was
faced with dark pa%nsy-colored velvet.
charlotte Corday" cloaks made Of
golden f~awn-colored cashmere and lined
with dark Venetian red silk, make ex-
ceedingly stylish and becoming travel
ing wraps. The outside of many of
these cloaks are trimmed with bands of
natural beaver, silver. fur, or martin,
and have cape, collar and muff en- suite.
A novelty in the way of opera wraps
is called the Chinese cloak. 1t is made
of cream white Chinese silk, with hand
embroidered hedge roses strewn all over
the soft ground work. Inside the wrap
is lined with pale pink plush the shade
of the roses. The cloak is long and am
pie, the full Chinese sleeves rendering
it a garment to be easily put on or off.
Matinees and Grecian house robes of
white camel's hair cloth or cashmere
are made to look very novel and beauti-
full by an embroidery of Arrasene and
| ribbon work combined, 1t is quickly
done and produces a very rich effect.
A lovely robe just completed is made of
white vigogne embroidered down the
front and upon the wide Vatican plat
in the back with pink mossbuds in rib
bon work, mingled with wood mossesin
''heather'' mixtures, and small dark
green leaves richly shaded.
Among the many fabrics for evenin
wear displayed this season are new
chined Ottoman silks, which are most
picturesque and artistic. These silks
are something in the style of the Pom
padour sateens worn last summer, only
much softer and more elegant looking.
Large flowers of exquisite tints and
standings are scattered rather far apart
on grounds Of sheeny texture, the edges
of the flowers shading off into the silk.
The silks themselves are made in all the
| tints imaginable. faint colors being in
the majority. These tissues are within
the reach of a moderate purse, and a
| girl in a dress of this kind, with a pair
of long buttonless kid gloves, dainty
bronze sandals. afew yards of fine lace,
and a cluster of roses or other flowers,
can look as pretty and picturesque as
Dolly Warden herself at an incredibly
small cost.
In new jackets for outdoor wear are
shown some very trim and jaunty shapes
made Of heavy Indian cloth in olive,
maroon, myrtle green, Burgundy red,
and seat brown, trimmed with bands Of
Astrakhan a deeper shade. Very heavy
wooden Jerseys are also exhibited
trimmed with fur or feather bands, the
fronts decorated with silk cords arrayed
Hussar-fashion across the bust The
ribs of the stockinette goods are coarser
than was formerly the case, and it is
quite admissible to wear wooden Jer-
seys of this description in the streets
without any additional covering, al
though OF severe days, a fur pelerine
certainly looks more sensible and COM
Portable.
The colored silk blonde laces now so
fashionable are much used for trimming
the light, airy evening dresses worn so
much this season over silk slips. These
laces, plated or gathered at the edges
Of the founce, tunic, IT pannier, quite
suffice for the ornamentation of such
light fabrics as grenadine, barege de
luz, mousseline desoie, Pekin gauze and
tinted India null. A white or colored
silk skirt trimmed with alternate ruf1es
of silk and plated frilis of fancy loom
made lace is a foundation for numerous
changes of toilet, as overdresses, basques
and tunics of any color or any rich
material, a be worn, one after anoth-
er, over the one lace skirt, giving vari.
ETY. to the costume, with the saving of
much extra expense.-M Y. Evening
Post.