Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-16
FASHIONABLE Or 0THERWEsE

say sue Is nOI TALL at all
In response to the fashion of tea-
drinking at o'clock, there are now Of
fered for sale snowy tea-aprons. made
of sheer white muslin most bear1tif,1JIv
embroidered.
WOODEN lace is seen in all colors and
widths. The finer qualities, that are
almost filmy in texture, are so high in
price that there is no danger of their
becoming common.
BLACK silk dresses are trimmed with
steel bead embroideries, and there are
black nets embroidered with the fine
steels In very rich designs. The COM
bination is particularly odd and love
ly.
A PRETTY fashion, which has become
almost universal, is to make the cos
tune IN two shades, the basque and
hat IN the darker, and the skirt and
scarf trimming for the hat of the light
ef.
SCARF mantillas tied loosely over the
Dust, the long fronts falling nearly to
the knee, are worn with many cos
TUNES. They may match the n1ateri-
al or the costume, or be Of lace, net,
silk tissue, and surah, trimmed with
lace, fringe, embroidery, and ruching.
WINTER importations will be rich and
substantial. A handsome brocade
shown IN anticipation of the fall de-
mand IS IN colors that found favor IN
Paris last year, strawberry and olive,
ground OF delicate strawberry pink
with large, raised figures of olive vel
vet.
WOMAN has not the full gift; she has
wit and some humOr it is true, but she
has only a slighter sense of humor,
whence comes much marital unhappi-
ness. AS George Eliot tells us, ga diff
ference Of taste in jests is g. great strain
OF the affections. "-LOngman's Maya
zine.
PANELS and pyramids of embroid-
cry are very popular. Often a silk
skirt is laid in wide box-plaits, a pyra-
mid OF silk embroidery on the top of
each plat, the front being covered
with embroidery, which also covers
the vest or forms it, and trims collars
and cuffs.
LONG, flowing sashes are more fash
lonable than ever. Tt cir lapels are often
ornamented with patterns of flowers,
embroidered IN natural shades of color
over either a light or dark colored
ground, according to the style of the
toilet. Some are embroidered with let
or colOred beads, others are simply
striped or watered silk.
PLAIN skirts are in favor, and are
likely to remain so, as they are found
to be exceedingly convenient and most
economical. Besides, their lightness
IS a great argument in their favor.
That Jackets will continue to be short
IN the basque throughout the autumn
Is g. talr inference to be drawn from
the general aspect Of the present style.
Another point to be noticed is the
sensible length of the dress sleeves,
which fairly reach to the wrist.
LESS than one-fourth of our maya
zine writer's are women-a result which
will probably cause some surprise;
that is OF our frst-class magazines for
grown people; it is probable that to
include chlldren's magazines would
vary the figures. The proportion OF
women writer's Is greatest in the At
lantic Monthly, where sixteen of the
fifty one authors are women; it is least
IN the Century, which has only eleven
women out of seventy-six.-Bo
Advertiser
The ordinary slat cot may be con-
verified with little difficulty into a very
comfortable lounge. Cover the head
and foot pieces with strong canvas or
burlaps and then cover this with Gre
tonne or any material to suit the
fancy. Fasten avalance that williust
clear the ground around the frame.
Cover the mattress with the same ma
terlal and make a. round bolster gath
cred at the ends and finished with a.
rosette Or bow. You will then have a.
slightly piece of furniture which may
be used as bed by the addition of a
thick comfortable over the mattress.
THAT woman may fully equal and
surpass her old rival, man, she should
hasten to amend one error, that of
giving a slavish following to some I'M
known master. It is ban enough to
be subject to some actual, concrete
voice or fist, but it is altogether bad
to be the perpetual slave of some per-
son or persons unknown and destitute
of any merit beyond that of living far
away. The education the modern girl
enjoys should be producing by this
time some individual judgement,
should be offering some release from
the bondage of fashion.-The Current.
WE have many false ideas about
reverence. We should be shocked,
for instance, to see a market-wom-
an come into church with bas-
ket of eggs on her arm; we think it
more reverent to lock her out till Sun
day, and to surround the church with
responsibility of iron ratings. l be-
lieve that it is truly reverent, when the
market-woman, hot and hurried in
the morning, her head much confused
with calculations Of the probable price
OF eggs, can nevertheless get within the
church porch, lay the basket down on
the very steps of the alter, andreceive
thereat as much of help and hope as
may serve her for tie days work
Ruskin.
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