The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-01-25

head with ruby eyes on the framework.
The favorite dress of schoolgirls this
winter is plaid skirt and overdress
and tailor-made coat of cloth.
Surah chemisettes, made very full,
fill up the fronts of cashmere dresses
in square plas:ron shape below the neck
and extend 10 the point of the dress be-
low the waist.
Hats of tiger velvet that looks like
real tiger skin are worn with cloaks
made of the same meterial.
Evening cloaks of gendarme blue
and tan colored plush are hand
some and odd looking. They are lined
with scarlet velvet and trimmed with
heavy fringe.
A beautiful opera cloak is of white
brocaded satin with velvet figures made
in the princess shape, lined with white
plush and trimmed with white feather
trimming.
The new gloves have fewer wrinkles
on the wrist; tan and cream white are
the fayorite colors.
Elegant dinner dresses for young
ladies are of pale blue or pink repped
velvet, trimmed with pearl beaded
gimp and lace.
Handsome opera cloak5 are made OF
white cloth; these sre lined with gay
colored satin and bordered with band
of silver fox fur.
The high Medicis collars grows in
favor this season: it is usually becoming
to most faces. and with the hair dressed
high is very stylish.
| New ball dresses are made of colorsd
tulle embroidered with silver or gilt.
| Oriental or valenciennes lace forms the
trimming.
! A very handsome opera cloak is OF
scarlet velvet brocaded with gilt thread
and edged with heavy chenille fringe.
1t is long in front and sets smoothly
| over the tournure in the back.
Bonnets made entirely of the yellow
and curly undied sealskin with roll
of velvet around the face are among the
latest novelties in millinery.
For ladies with round. full faces the
hair should be worn with q PompadouI
roll and a coil; if the face is long and
oval frfzzed bang with low coil is
most becoming.
For evening dress gentlemen wear
one large stud of India gold or a single
precious stone, plainly set, in shirt
| bosom.
Braided yokes are pretty on the wool
dresses worn by school girls. The waist
| is plated to the yokes, and its fullness
is very becoming to slight figures.
A number of small plated ruffles OF
crinoline form the best hustle. and are
I Il IL
below the waist band
London smoke is an old color revived
for velvet hats; mouse color and drab
are favorite dull hues. The new
red shades are cerise and Indienne,
which are more vivid than garnet OF
cardinal.
The handsomest figured silks for
combining with velvet or ottoman are
in Persian and India colors and designs
and there are many tapestry patterns
on satin grounds. The front tablier
breadths are made of brocade with
plain satin or velvet for the waist and
| train.
Short watch chains. attached to q bar
that is passed through the buttonhole
are worn by ladies'; breast pocket is
made in the dress waist for the watch.
Chatelaines are still worn and are very
| short.
Brown and red are fashionably WORT
together. A red cashmere dress for the
house is made warm enough for the
street by adding 4 brown or tan colored
velvet mantle or long pelisse of brown
cloth falling open from the neck to show
the red dress.
Gray cashmere dresses for the house
have q Bretonne vest striped across
with red velvet ribbon and full, flow
! ing shirt with four bands of bias velvet
I around it. The waist is a Ia postillion.
with faring collar. and there is a
sash drapery of the cashmere bound
with velvet.
The hair is gradually getting higher
on the head. the French twist is to be
revived for full dress coiffures: short
curls around the maps of the neck and
jewelled pins and combs are thrust in
the coil
A very handsome imported dress OF
gray and black brocaded velvet has the
entire front covered with jet, and the
drapery in the back so arranged that 8
train can be attached Transforming il
into dinner dress; and a short wrap
without the train makes an elegant mar.
riage costume.-Brooktyn Eagle.