The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-01-05
WOMAN AND HOME.
The Management OF Husbands---To
Succeed IN Dressing Well


Many all-wool suits are combinations of
two materials, one plain and the other OF the
most elaborate description.
Tie modern drawing room, to be accepta-
BILE, should be made to represent fashion
able epnfusion IN al its elegance and sumptu-
business.
Bridesmaids, according to The Boston
Gazette, should be selected with reference to
good looks, though not too good, unless the
bride II crnsher.
Flat, crossway folds hanging like tucks On
the skirt is one of the novelties from abroad.
These are well adapted to materials unslzit
able for fnll trimmings
Somebody has brought home from Europe
an opera cloak made Of white fur and Incl
with quilted satin. People have noidea what
nice garment this is until they hear it cost
81, 800
Pretty and seasonable correspondence cards
have autumn leaves embossed in the upper
left hand corner and the day OF the week
stamped in gold across the cluster. They are
Boston notion.
Oriental parIor earpetsare already declared
to be out of date and the old-fashioned
bouquet patterns Of a quarter of century
ago are revived In all their own and much
original new glory.
Not only the bride, but the bridesmaids
now carry prayer-books at church wedding
ceremonies, and the books are an ecclesiasti-
cal present from the not always excessively
religious bridegroom.
Ye girl of ye periods muR is decorated
with humrning birds, kitten and pigeon
heads. They look just too nice for any
thing" and should be put up in the parlor
cabinet with other curiosities to be admired.
In after dinner coffee cups something new
! inmaterial and pattecn is Of glass ornamented
/ with storks engraved on the side. The glass
is warranted strong enough to withstand the
heat and not break, spelling somebody good
I clothes.
Embroidered pillow-shams now have on
one Good night and on the other Good
morning. 7 the work very exquisitely done in
colors. Some ought to be made with the fol-
lowing worked conspicuously in the centre:
ssFor goodness sake, stop snoringi"
! A quite modern arrangement of the neck
trimming Of the bodice is as convenient as il
is elegant, namely, that of so adjusting the
corsage that it is suitable either for the day OF
the evening Most bodices are now made TO
open with chemisette or plastron.
You must have table and chair and a pair
of huge stag horns in your hail now, the old
1912 hat-rack and stand being entirely out OF
/ fashion The umbrella-stand must be of
china, hand painted. People going to house
keeping are kindly requested to bear these
/ facts i'll mind.
The waistcoat is more popular to-day than
| it has been for years. There is a variety OF
ways Of forming this jaunty vest, but the
old continental mode ranks first in popular
ity with its buttons down in front. elabor-
j ate braiding, or hand embroidery In silk al
each side, and showing pocket-aaps over the
the hips, also adorned with buttons and EN-
broidcry or braidwork. The favorite colors
now are grays in soft, dark shades: new
green, gunpowder blue, cigar brown and {
/ bright golden brown Tho new green is {
cross between myrtle AMI bottle green. II
one light it looks like sage and in another il
resembles the more BLUSH tint. Very few Of
the new costumes are made entirely of on,
material Combination is the order of th
4 day. Brocade and velvet broehe and cash
mere and velvet, vieugna and brocade. al
i all combined.