The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-01
AIRY NOTHINGS.
New York Mail and Express.


Lamps mounted on tail brass columns, some
four feet high, are among the brilliant novelties
OF this seasons drawlng-room ornaments.
Green grows in favor as a fashionable color,
especially for wraps but it is not understood
that any compliment to Ireland is intended.
Bonnets are even made of allieator-skin this
season. both genuine and spurious. This kind of
headgear is very appropriate for some women.
Wne-colored felt table-cloths with border of
plush half yard wide, the shop-keeper tells the
fashionable woman, are exactly what she wants.
Unmounted photographs of celebrated art
works, lying loose on the best parlor table, are
represented to be quite the fashionable caper Just
now.
A whale hilariousy standing upon its con-
venient tail, with mouth wide open, as if for an
other Jonah, is the latest thing in China umbrella
stands.
Everybody talks about gowns" and ssear-
ments" now. instead of dresses and wraps.
Pourquoi9 Because it is English-quite English,
you know.
Hanging brass clocks-eiehty day time-have
been introduced with great success. The are
genteel and modest, with their hands always be-
fore their faces
The skin or fur of every kind of animal. ex-
cept the donkey, seems to be utilized for rugs
nowadays, so that ones house looks like a dime
museum or inanimate menagerie
Bellows for hanging on the brass tenders in
front of wood fireplaces made OF every kind
of wood, and ornamented decorated and embel-
lished according to individual insanity.
Diamonds in the street are now declared to be
vulgar" and no lady's ears should be dis
figured" by them. This does not apply to Rhine
stones or the bright gems from Alaska
That oldfashioned piece OF furniture called the
''settle" is now in several modern libraries,
not that it is comfortable but because it helps us
out in our representations as to ancestry.
There is a young society lady in town who
uses aniseed for perfume on her handkerchief, to
convey the perpetual idea that she has just re-
turned from ''foX hunt on Long Island.
Trains coming in fashion again for al, full
dress or ceremonious occasions with the rapidity
of the "Chicago limited" It is declared that
the train and hustle go admirably together.
Reading books for beginners in fashionable
families have examples like these: III stands
for hunter on Long Island" and IA stands for
aniseed, the modern substitute for live fox"
Satin intended for bridal robes is very elegant
this season. White, of course, is the color, and
in the material are woven silver or gold threads,
thus recalling Sheba when she visited Solomon
Among ladies of the nobility and aristocracy,
in London. brown is the reigning color. Victo-
ria gives gratified sigh in recognition of fash
ions respect to the memory of the late j. Brown,
Esq.
1t is said. on authority of the Bazar that the
bang across the nape of the neck is out Of fash
ion but the back hair is still crimped before it is
carried up to the crown of the head and coiled
there.
Gloved hands are once mere universal among
gentlemen, whether promenading on the fash
ionable thoroughfares, or dancing in milady s
paror. The bare-fsted man is decidedly the ex-
ception.
Dog collars of black velvet. SO generally worn
by the ladies, now have jet or steel pendants.
They are said to be so arranged that they
tickle the feminine neck in a truly delightful
manner.
Those interesting creatures, ladies just home
from Paris state that the grand danes there are
wearing the back hair in innumerable loops.
This brings sorrow to the heart of the short
haired girl.
New fancy boxes for wedding cake have
orange blossoms embossed on top of the cover,
| and underneath few lines of nuptial poetry.
They are tied up with wide, instead of narrow,
| white ribbon.
| Menu cards for private dinner parties where
| there are ladies and gentlemen are going out of
fashion. 1t is said they destroy gastroEomic
surprises and, too are too suggestive of hotels
| and restaurants.
| Evening gloves for ladies run from four to
| twenty-five buttons, and from the length.oi
| them the inference is they come above the
| shoulders. Unfortunately, however, they are
not that kind of gloves