The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-11-28
PREVAILING FASHIONS.
Brief Description of the Latest Styles o
Articles of Women's Dress.


eight dollars per yard,
Embroidered woolens are used for
dressy bonnets. The brim is covered
with fine wool guipure lace embroid-
cred to match.
The s'Ernestine" is a stylish basque,
desirable for dressy uses and rich ma
terial
Vests of all kinds are prominent in
the seasons fashions. Buttons are very
small
Stearn's American satin armure is
fabric for evening costume.
Fur trimming will be used as largely
as ever. They are too handsome and
convenient to lose their hold on fashion.
For moderate gifts to bridesmaids,
single pearl solitaire earrings and six
pins to match in a little case, are fash
ionable.
Embroidered muslin dresses will be
worn over colored Innings by young
ladies during the winter.
Worsted lace is a pretty novelty and
is seen in all colors. 1t will be very
pretty for cloth dresses.
Pink lace over pink satin is new
and pretty conceit for evening wear.
A rich cream white American silk
shows brocaded roses in a delicate pink.
Daisy rosettes made of narrow orange
colored velvet ribbon, with hearts of
brown plush, are set in half wreath
around the new autumn capotes of
golden brown felt or velvet.
Mine dor, wrich shade of brown,
shot with gold, is among the newly i'm
ported dress fabrics of silk and wool,
satin and corded silks. Worth employs
this color in some of his most elaborate
dinner and carriage costumes.
A lovely costume is made of biscuit
colored cloth, trimmed with wide
bands of mahogany brown velvet.
The hat, collar and cuffs are also of
the velvet.
Among new colors in hosiery is
black and yellow, black and red, Gin
namon brown, stained cherry, and
smoke blue. Some in squares, others
in stripe. New black stockings are
lined with white fleece.
A very rich mantle is of smoke blue
plush trimmed with chenille fringe of
the same shade, and lined with rose
colored satin. Another equally pretty
is of deep crimson brown plush, bro
caded in little FURNISHED gold palm
leaves, and trimmed with dark brown
chenille marabout and fringe.
A lovely walking costume recently
imported is of heavy brown cloth with
front of red cloth in the same quail
ity, and trimmings of bands of seal
skin. The dress is made with pol
onaise of dark brown and a vest of
crimson, the fur passing down either
side of the vest to the edge of the pol
onaise. A small crimson cloth bonnet
is trimmed with q narrow band of the
fur and red and brown bird.
A ball dress finished for New York
lady by Worth is of white gauze en-
broidered by hand with white floss silk.
The pattern is large scallop and each
scallop is set with roses. The suit is
complete with a basque of white velvet,
ornamented with long, white ostrich
plumes.
An exquisite dinner dress is of pink
ottoman silk and pink brocade, the de-
signs being raised pink velvet roses,
which are outlined with delicate pink
pearls. The brocade forms the front
and sides of the skirt, and the train is
of plain ottoman silk. The waist is of
pink Grape, with plated surplice front
and wide belt.
For short jackets, marquise coats
and wraps, those made of heavy silk,
chenille and jet trimming are particu-
larry and absolutely popular, and
certainly in the utmost good taste.
Evening dress-suits for gentlemen
are now made of fine diagonals, or
very finely ripped goods called Grape
cloths. The vest is cut very low and
fastened by three or four buttons. The
low sWallow-tail coat does not fasten,
and its new feature is a collar of silk.
The vest is sometimes rounded out in
heart shape, and both vest and collar
are finished on the edges with fine
cord. White Marseilles vests are often
used instead of the black vest, and the
trousers are cut to fit easier and have
two small braids down the sides.
Quaint fashions are being revived III
bridesmaids costumes. Among the
prettiest seen at the fashionable we'd
dings Of the season were two of satin
armure in delicate blue tone with
pink shading, with plain skirts of blue
and pink brocade, the polonaise of the
armure being short and. boufant, with
square corsage and elbow sleeves.
Oriental lace, put on in box plaits,
trimmed the neck and sleeves and
bordered the pale blue silk gloves.
The hats were in Shepherdess shape, of
blue, with large clusters of pale pink
roses and jabot of lace on the side. and
upon the arm were blue straw baskets,
filled with blush roses.
Rough cloth jackets fitting the figure
closely and trimmed with fur are worn
for walking. A bonnet of the mate
rial with a trimming of birds or feath-
ers is generally worn with them. Seal
skin Jackets for young ladies are cut
quite short, close fitting, and trimmed
with other fur.
Nonpareil is the fashionable material
for skating costumes, made with plain
full skirts, reaching to the ankles, and.
SuOlt, C1OSo-uGGlnS uOuUIo-Ur6dSGoUJa Jack
cts. Round capes and small fiat mufs
will be worn with them, either of the
same material or some pretty contrast.
ing fun. 7. Commercial AGUertSser.
French and English Love-Making.
In his book on Lies Files de John
Bull" Max O'Rell writes thus on the
French and English ways of making
love: Inever much admired the way in
which declarationsof love are made in
France. With us the foolish animal
has to go on his knees at
woman's feet. With her ewes
modestly dropped on us, this little de-
mon of observation makes an inven-
tory of our smallest defects-of our
hair, growing sparser; of our Ian
gushing eyes, turning up and showing
their whites; of little wart, which we
thought concealed. I put it squarely
that in this little scene it seems to me
we have to play Supremacy ridiculous
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