Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-08
Fashion Notes. =

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New carving knives and forks hac.
handles OF hammered silver, with afancv
ornament at the end.
. The new frosted gold flower vases
look as though they had Just been taken
from a gold mine they are so rough and
natural, and yet artistic looking.
To wipe the dust from papered walls
take a clean, soft piece of flannel. OF
course, it must not be damp, but tho
dry flannel will remove the dust.
Some of the newest salad bowls ara
made of pale peacock blue and water
cress Green frosted glass. with scalloped
brims. and have ladies of hammered
silver.
A peacock made of carved brass, with
a tail of real and very beautiful peacock
feathers, arranged in an upright posi-,
tion. is one of the latest devices for q
screen.
Plain black velvet is still used for
dresses, but is no longer employed for
large cloaks. In short, plain silk or wool
is only used as an accessory for figured
stuffs.
The long. t;ght-ftting Jersey cloth
sacques will be rs fashionable this wear
us they were last, and are verycomfort-
able and stylish when trimmed with
narrow bands of fur.
The Medicis laces, which were thought
handsome for lingerie when first intro.
duced, arc now thought too heavy for
ming underclothes.
Black lace dresses are much in vogue. +
with sleeves trimmed q rEspagnole, +
with wide black lace, or else chenille
fringe and jet placed around the arm
hole and narrowing under the arm.
Very jaunty and pretty house jackets
which fit the figure closely are made of
Russian lace, edged with q frill of the
same and insertion, through which
bright colorcd ribbons are drawn.
Long Newmarket coats or sacks with
three plaits in the back and made of
thick, warm cloth, with gray felt hats
trimmed with blue or red velvet and
some stiff wings, are stylish for young
girls.
One of the pretticst things seen in the
new holiday goods is a brass plaque on
which is q copy of the painting of 'Re-
becca at the Well.' 1t is in y bronze
frame permanently attached to an easel.
Handsome street costumes of cloth
have a cutaway coat or jacket to CORE
spond; those are usually finished off
with q velvet vest, cuffs. jacket and col
lar, and arc fastened with steel or
bronze buttons.
Fine cashmere stockings for winter
u-oor q ~ c6~,r, -, Ill Al, jo,lr $3.50.
without clocks. Those of the La Carie
shades are most popular. Merino hose
are part cotton and part wool, and arc
not SO expensive as the cashmere ones.
Many corsages, as we'll as wrappings,
have collars wide enough to be turned
down or followed out around the face.
Skirts are very narrow-fronl q ward
and three-quarters to two yards in width
when they are round: some are almost
straight, that is, very slightly gored at.
the top.
The Grecian knot is no longer fash
ionable and the hair is now worn nearly
on the top of the head; it is twisted,
never braided. in q coil and ornamented
with an amber comb, silver crescent or
dagger. The shinglea bang and loose
wavy rings of hair are worn ovcr the
forehead, with q fluffy fringe of hair at
the nape OF the neck.
There are many new devices to be
seen in goblets and tumblers. Some of
the handsomest goblets, of cut glass, are
supported by dainty figures, others rest
in the center of a palm leaf. The fash
ionable goblet of this moment is long
and narrow, and is made of heavy cut
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leaves and berries.
A handsome dinner dress is made Of
cream and yellow brocade: the long
train is slashed at the edges with plat
lngs OF satin of a lovely crocus shade;
the front Of the dress Of yellow satin, is.
trimmed en- casc0de with delicate lace
and crescent shaped gariands of shaded
pansles, Which increase in width across
the skirt from left to right.
The latest novelty in bed linen con-
slsts OF sheets, pillow cases and shams.
hemStitchcd and embroidered, and deco
rated with diamond-shaped and square
blocks OF linen, hemstitched on in
geometric patterns of various kinds, and
bordered by frills hemslitched and van
d.yked on the edges. Others are hem
stitched in rings and dots.
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English women use o waist or corset
cover OF SILK or silesia, to which their
heavy cloth or velvet dress skirt is.
sewed permanently, so that all the
weight is suspended from the shoulders.
IN" preference here is for shoulder
straps OF strong coutille binding that
pass over the shoulders and are hooked
INTO the belt OF the heavy skirt of the
dress.
1t is predicted that flowers will be re-
stored to favor before the winter ends,
ana a lew French bonnets are already
imported with roses clustered alone the
hr1m' or massed on top quite far in
front. There are also birds resting
'lpon large Oriental poppies:made with
s:iNen petals. and there are evening
oollne'S mat nave the entire front made
OF crushed roses.
hound skirts, even those of drcssv
'''le'S' which are covered with %iounces
ana draperics. are still made vow n.r-