Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1884-01-26
WOMAN AND HOME.
The Management of Husbands.--To
Succeed in Dressing Well
Kiss the Children Good Night-.-
Chiljren's Clothes 49, Home
Helps Fashion Notes
of All sorts.

Many all-wool suits are combinations of
two materials, one plain and the other of the
most elaborate description.
The modern drawing room, to be accepta-
bic, should be made to represent fashion
able confusion in all 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 is crlIshor.
Flat, crossway folds hanging like tucks on
the skirt is one of the novelties from abroad.
These are well adapted to materials insult
able for full trimmings.
Somebody has brought home from Europe
all opera cloak made of white fur and lined
with quilted satin. People have no idea what
q nice garment this is until they hear it cost
$500.
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 parlor carpets are already declared
to be out of date, and the old-fashioned
bouquet patterns of a quarter of n 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, aud the books are an eccesiasti-
cal present from the not always excessively
religious bridegroom.
Ye girl of ye periods muff Is decorated
with humming birds, kitten AMI 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
in material and pattern 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's good
clothes.
Embroidered pillow-shams now have on
one Good night" and ON the other Good
morning." the work very exquisitely done I'm
colors. Some ought to be made with the fol-
lowing worked conspicuously in the centre:
''For goodness sake, stop snoring"
A quite modern arrangement of the neck
trimming of the bodice is as convenient as it
is elegant, namely, that of so adjusting the
corsage that it is suitable either for the day or
the evening. Most bodices are now made to
open with chemisette or plastron.
You must have a table and chair and pair
of huge stag horns in your hall 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 in mind
The waistcoat is more popular to-day than
it has been for years There is 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-
ate braiding, or hand embroidery In silk at
each side, and showing pocket-faps over the
the hips, also adorned with buttons and en-
broidery or braidwork. The favorite colors
now are grays In soft, dark shades; new
| green, gunpowder blue, cigar brown and a
bright golden brown The now green is a
cross between myrtle AMI bottle green. In
one light it looks like sage, and in another it
resembles the more blush tint Very few of
the new costumes are made entirely of one
material. Combination is the order Of the
day. Brocade and velvet, broche and CASH
mere and velvet, vicugna and brocade, are
oil combined.