Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-03-21
Fashion Notes.

Fashion Notes.
Great clusters of blush roses are now
very tashionably worn with full dress
toiletG, and it vas noticed at a brilliant
gathering at the Metropolitan Opera
house the other evening that these fra
grant blossoms were almost without ex-
ception worn by ladies who appeared
in toilets with bodices cut decollete.
Perhaps these roses were adopted and
Worn as a sort of vicarious Offering to q
sentiment which the wearers instinc-
lively felt. but were courageous enough
or careless enough to disregard.
Short Russian jackets of gay plaided
fabrics in velvet, tweed, Tel-el-kebir
clo.h. OF cheviot. ere very prevalent
among skating costumes for yeung
girls. These coats are very jaunty and
also very comfortable, being thickly
lined and finished in the back with u
pointed hood faced with q dark satin in
monochrome. Natural beaver or "Gre-
cam lynx fur, in narrow bands, trims
the edges; and with the jacket is worn
a Rob Roy cap of the plaid, with a tiny
fur-trimmed mutf and skate-bag to
match.
Ladies who have a liking for hats
worn owe the forehead will be glad to
learn that the old tavorite, the English
walking hat, is likely to be revived this
spring. The brim is about the same as
OF old, rolling high and close on each
side, but the crowns to most of the new
shapes are in the sloping Langtry style,
or else are high and square.
Avn o~,,o,;o,ooI L,,-o, 80 In. -.
that a good test to secure one from be-
ing deceived in the quality of black silk
is to pinch a specimen on the bias and
af'erward pull it in an opposite drec-
ton. If the crease made by TIE pinch
looks like a similar fold in a piece of
writing paper, reject the piece unhesi-
tatingly. On the contrary, if the mark
smooths out and is hardly distinguisha-
BILE, it is safe TO purchase. 1t is also adj
vised that before making up a silk it is
an excellent plan to open it the full
length, and heap it up in lose folds on
a spare bed or large table. Every few
days the silk should he lightly tossed
about, and drawn through the hands,
by which means the s'store'' creases
made by folding the silk flat, and which
are the first parts to cut, become less
accentuated, and a pliability is pro-
duced that greatly increases the chances
OF satisfactory wear.
A rich and beautiful evening dress
was lately imported, made Of white
satin sublime and white Ottoman COM
bincd. The latter material formed the
body of the dress, and the panels, Span
ish bertha, and scarf drapery were made
OF the satin. and hand embroidered with
pink geranium blossoms, crimson roses,
and tiny rose leaves, all in their natu-
raj hues. Venetian lace ruf1les adorned
the square neck of the bodice. the edge
of the tunic, and also formed the great
er part of the short sleeves.
The latest style of plaided fabrie IS are
worn this season by ladies who never
ventured to adopt them before, for the
reason that the new patterns, unlike
most plaids, are very tasteful, and blend
with plain materials with good effect,
having solid grounds simply crossed
with hair lines of white, gray, blue, OF
ruby. In black, laurel green, wood
brown, dove, amber, and Venetian red,
these plaids have a very stylish yet
quiet effect, particularly when shown
in rich materials. Very handsome cos
tunes have been composed of them in
combination with v%elveteen. One Of
these, called the ''Walter Scott" Is
composed of dark marine-blue Saxony
cloth, crossed with white lines, the un-
derskirt Of dark blue velveteen, and the
tunic Of the plaid with waistcoat of blue
velvet, and jacket of the cloth, turned
back with reyers of gold. The gilet is
closed with large buttons in chased sill
yer.
A pretty evening dress for a young
girl is made of pale pink nuns yelling.
The skirt is adorned with narrow pink
foulard flowers, wrought in a delicate
floral embroidery in Pompadour pat
terms. Two of these narrow %tlounces
go all the way around the skirt, and
those on the front breadths reach nearly
to the belt. The full Vatican tunic,
enhanced by a similar embroidery, is
caught up at each side with various col
ored satin ribbons exactly matching
the shades in the embroidery. Pink
foulard bretelles, worked to match. de-
scend to the turn of the bodice, which
is deeply pointed and laces up the
back.
Feather fans still maintain their hold
on public favor. The latest styles in
the tiennese feather fans show mosaic
like designs formed of small, brilliant
colored feathers against backgrounds
OF full fluffy cream-white or d~ark-green
feathers Of marabout. Tinted ostrich
feather fans of large oval shape con-
tlnue fashionable for evening dress use,
n fans of cream-white satin, richly
embroidered or painted, with gold sticks,
and finished at the top with gold lace,
are carried at receptions and the opera.
Those are hung from the waist in chat
elaine fashion.
Heavy armure brocades are used fo1
outside Jackets N. Y. Post.