The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-01

played by the latest cut of French even
ing bodices. Consequently costly neck
laces of diamonds, pearls, and other rare
gems are in great demand. One jeweler
in Union Square recently sold ten dia-
mond necklaces of rare value in one
afternoon to various persons; each neck
lace to be holiday gift to sweetheart
or wife
A young lady writes to know if ''she
can possibly get up neat and stylish
costume for ten dollars" She certainly
can. There are plenty of fine winter
fabrics to be bought for less than sixty
cents yard, double width, and in all
the new dark shades. She must first
purchase Jersey to match exactly the
shade of her goods, which can be bought
for $3.50 in good firm qualities OF fine
wool and stockinette, and perfect in nit.
Young ladies have long ago discovered
that the Jersey is very useful as well
as an ornamental bodice, and that, in
the construction of a homemade"
toilet, it is now comparatively an easy
matter to produce very creditable and
satisfactory costume when the ever
formidable question of ''good fit has
to be taken into account in its construc-
tion. The Jersey comes ready to be put
on, and killed skirt with scarf drapery
or apron tunic is all that is worn with
this bodice. Nothing is easier made
than killed skirt, and nothing is more
easily draped and adjusted than scarf
or apron tunic. With the money left
from the purchase of the Jersey Young
Lady from Brooklyn can obtain suffi-
cient material for her skirt and drapery.
Very pretty and becoming vests and
plastrons or pinafores are worn by
young ladies over toilets of silk, satin,
or lace. These are made of velvet,
adorned with floral designs in applique,
or in palms, arabesques, and intricate
Egyptian designs in embroidery, out
lined with Persian beads that glitter
with wonderful prismatic tints giving a
brilliant effect to the whole toilet.
Other plastrons are made of satin in
pale colors, and painted or embroidered
in deeper hues. These are very lovely
over toilers of null, India gauze, or tulle.
Many of the pale-tlnted vests are trim
med around the edges with frills OF
printed lace.
There is no end to the variety of skat-
ing costumes worn this season. Some
of the suits are very costly and unique,
and our rinks and ponds present an
animated picture of gay cofors and
novel styles. Whole costumes are made
of crimson India cloth trimmed with ful
bands ten inches deep with very deel
coachman's cape to correspond. A very
stylish costume lately worn was made
of silk plush; the short underskirt was
in broad stripes of crimson and gold
The marquise coat of plain crimson
plush opened over vest of gold color
richly embroidered. Both coat, apron
and tunic were trimmed with bands Of
dark brown fur, with cap, muff, and
deep cuffs to match.
Skirts of new carriage dresses are
made of doye-gray ottoman cloth trim.
med with ruby, dark moss green, ol
dark royal blue plush The Louis XIV
coat open over Suisse or beadle vest
of the plush. closed up the front witt
old silver buttons. Over these dresses
are worn Spanish mantels of doye-gray
cashmere, lined with gray satin, and
trimmed with dove-gray feather bands
N. Y. Erening Post.