The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-01
FASHION NOTES.


All brown furs ere in high favor.
The beefeater hat is again worn in Eu-
rope.
FaWn is lovely color in velvet or vel
veteen.
High full shoulders are the rule for
dressy wraps.
A fashionable and beautiful rare fur is
the sea otter.
The long seaskin dolman is the mid
winter wrap.
Porphyry is a new shade of red between
brick and garnet
Chenille trimmings are in favor both
for bonnets and dresses.
Hudson Bay sable tails form the bor>
deIs of many fine fur wraps.
The furlined circular remains in favor,
but is not fashionable cloak.
Persian lamb, AstraFhan, and gray
krimmer are all popular cheap furs.
In lieu of sealskin jackets @short man
tess of sealskin will be worn this season
Among new lining furs comes a long,
w1inkled, white fleecy fur called Chinese
Muffs are sold to match capes, flchus,
collars and pelerines Of seal or other furs
Necklets of velvet, satin, metal, and all
sorts of materials are worn by women,
young girls and children.
All fashionable wraps, long or short arc
held in at the waist line in the back by
straps of ribbon or elastic
Children's garments retain the pulled
Moliere front, and bunch of shiIring in
the back is added this winter
There is a revival of taste for the deli,
cate aesthetic colors, and the newest jer,
seys are brought out in these shades.
Scarlet flannel will probably be fashion
able this season in Europe, if not here, as
it is said to be preventive of cholera
The fastenings of mantles and cloaks
of seal are carved antique heads in Woo
or stained ivory or fine passcmenterie.
Capots and Fanchona without strings
are worn, but for all that, a stlIngles,
bonnet is not in good taste If one OBJ,
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Fichus of velvet. silk, and lace" Man
ons" they are called IN Paris and Londor
are much in favor, being worn viii
either low or high necked dresses.
A new wOllen lace, colored OF ecru
cream and white, run with gold thread, i:
one of the latest fancies coming from Pa
ris prior to the outbreak of the cholera.
The borders of short scalskin mantle:
are of mink, With pendant tails, sable
tails, brown marten. and plucked beaver
or otter in dark shades of brown.
Paris has been cleaner, swecter, NOR,
elegant, and gayer than ever this fall, bu
for all that the terrible cholera ha
invaded it. Where will fashio nable PaIi
go?
Astrakhan cloth is one of the mid>win
| ter novelties; it is of pure wool, with q
rough, curly suface in imitation o
Astrashan fur, and comes in black, brew
gray and dark green.
A pretty seal fichu or peleIiue brough
ont this season reaches Ike scraf man
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and has half long pointed fronts, is edge
with seal fringe, and has high collar an
fancy clasp.
Those magnificent shot silks Wit
broche flowers, in cut and uncut pile, ar
in favor for the court trains of chaper0s.
dresses. They are combined with pIail
shot silks to match the grounds OF th
brOche, the plain silk forming al of th
toilet save the train, which is frequent
detachable.
An exquisite novelty in bridal dres
worn by "a Boston bride consisted OF
trained robe of pure white satin. elAbo
rately embroidered with fine cut stct
bead tassels and fringcs. These, with til
many diamonds worn, gave the toile
the appearance of being powdered will
diamonds
The favorite finish for gentlemen's um
hrella handles is the knob of black an
yellow agate called the ligel S eye. 1h
test Of an agate is that when struck VII
another it shows a tiny crescent or circl
under the surface. 1t is well to knot
this rs limitations of tigers agatrs ~
sometimes sold for the real stone.
The highest novelty in lace window
curtains demands the work of three ma
tions of Enrope to make it, The batistt
Of which the body of the curtain is made
is manufactured in England. The han
made lace braids and flowers must com
from Brussels, and the arrangement {
the same, the designs of the curtains, an
finish must pass through French fingers