Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-20
HONEY FOR THE LADIES.

He wandered about in an aimless way,
He looked like n man in distress;
He tried to be happy, to smile and be gay
But somehow he'd lost the ADDRESS.
He couldn't catch on with the movinl
throng,
That anyone round him could see:
lie seemed like a bird that had lost 1t
His pantaloons bagged at the knee,
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a lace pin has a serpent coiled around
| golden sickle.
Bridesmaids are wearing tulle wells fastened
with evergreen lcaves.
Garnet ornaments of every description are
displayed in great numbers.
Jersey cloth retains its hold upon popular
favor, as it wears really well,
A novelty is silk or satin ribbon having
upon it a gold network like guipure, through
which the color may be seen.
a poet says 81 kissed her meath the silent
stars" Don't do it again, If you must kiss
her, do it meath the silent nose.
A Boston maiden has fitted q pair of spec.
tacles on her pet pug. She says he looks just
too intellectually lovely for anything,
There is a decided effort revive the uss of
old Chantilly lace, and new patterns are
shown designed for LOUNGES to black silk and
satin dresses and trimmings for costly wraps
and bonnets.
Hat and bonnet trimmings are clustered in
front in q singularly defiant, aggressive style,
which, with the ~terrrior- like bangs worn by
most women, give a terocious expression even
to the mildest face.
Who says a woman can't climb? An old
maid in Massachusetts saw a dead field mouse
by the roadside the other day, and in less than
forty seconds she wasin the topmost crotch
of an apple tree, tucking her skirts in and
peering around among the branches for her
spectacles.
1t has been pretty well decided by Mrs. Grun-
dy that the other girls are to carry no fiowersto
balls, ETC., this winter, bat the debutants may
laden herself down with bouquets. This is
pushing the belle of one or two seasons to the
wall with a vengeance.
The most beautiful fabrics for evening
dresses for the winter are tulles and gauzes,
soft and rich as spun silk, and embroidered
in gold and brilliant colors. These aye very
expensive, and in quality are totally unlike
the tawdry gauzes and tulles of other days. o.
IA Boston: woman is said to have invented
and patented a meat tenderer." If thu rs
really Q as meat t ssnd dsnssre tP sha tsn %amaa b syo sh
her grateful beefsteak eating countryrnen.
AS an eligible candidate for the next presi-
dency she already looms above all rivals.
A now imported opera wrap is of seafoam
green brocade, with the figures family out.
lined in velvet. The lining is very light rose
color; the trimming a broad band of feathers
strands of silver drops set in among the same.
In shape the wrap is very short behind, with
long points in front.
Drifting int a jewelry palace with holiday
shoppers" writes a newspaper gossip, III OBJ
served a lady pricing q pair ofIine CATERS with.
a gem fastening. They looked 80 pretty that
when she had passed on to another show case
I modestly asked the price. 1t was only
81, 3OO." He was also shown a Russian sable
valued at $1,000.
Gold enters into the manufacture of many
of the newest silks and ~velvets, giving them
q sumptuousness and massive elegance in
effect that cannot be described. For bridal
costumes there is an ''orapge flower" white,
strewn with flowers and foliage outlined in
gold on a background studded with small,
seed-like knots of gold, that is exquisite. The
same is seen in black and dark ina color and
plum.
sThe world is full of Deceit" said old Mr..
Squaggs, ''and wimmin is mostly at the bot
tom of it." 81 know it," said old Mrs.
Squaggs; lit is after a man gets a wife that
he begins to practice deceit. If he hadn't q
wife he wouldn't need to hear so much about
where he spends his evenings. You are per
fectly right. 1t is the women that cause the
deceit"
Entire velvet suits are among the fancies
imported from England, where velvet and vel
veteen are very popular. A soft brown and q
dark blue are the ~favorite %colors, and the
dresfes are made with a long plain polonaise,
looped tightly back. A bordering of pretty,
yer, chinchilla or astrachan cannot be pro.
cured.
The deep shading required for winter fdress
fabrics is largely supplied by bronze. This is
q leading color, and shows forth in variedtonss
more or less dark. Akin to bronze are olive
hues running through many shades, from dark
to light. Both are exceedingly fashionable,
and comes up with a prestage that overshad'
| ows many other colors hitherto much favored.
| A iich shade of Russian b!Ge is shown in
camel's hair goods, cheviots, snd French
cashmeres which is exceedingly handsome.
A Philadelphia street car line, according tc
the veracious Bulletin, will introduce a new
diyice for the benefit of ladies who crowd the
cars 80 awfully during the hours in which
business men are on their way between theil
work and homes. 1t is thus described
"Every gentleman is to have o seat, and theI
he is to be carried for 8 cents If he consent, t.
take q young woman on his knee. A boarC
is to be provided running the length Of tn
the seat, which will be placed on the gentle
mems laps as soon as the seats are Alled."
One of the prettiest phases of the white
outdoor fashions is that which Ordains tina
the fur trimmed cloth suits should have bon
nets to math, cloth covered, and trimmed wit
a band of fur, forming a coronet. The Eng
lish tailors supply turbans thus trimmed wit
the cloth costumes they produce. But !
New York the bonnet is perhaps preferred
The additional ornament in these cases con
sists of a cluster of bright wings, or a bird
breast or head. otter, beaver and astracha
are mostly used in this style.
One Of the most graceful aud elegant of ii
short winter wraps is the "Renelcea" visit
which has a Jacket shaped front with tab
the trimmings 30 arranged as to form a yes
The back is open in the middle seam Of Il
skirt portion of the waist, and the sleeves a
y inserted full in Japanese style. A model
this kind Is made of wine colored OttOma
brocaded in dark wine velvet roses in a Iais'
$ design. The garLituIe is of ruby Liblinet
bands and double frinpes of silk chenille. II
2 wrap is lineed with gold colored surah over
| comfortable eiderdown wsdding. The ye
\ .o.4.o, e handanmalv trimmed with a Al