National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-12-05
FASHION NOTES.

Even Russian blouses arc made of jersey
webbing
The nomespun suit for men Is as popular as
for women.
The graceful drnped skirt dies slowly, but 1t
is certainly doomed.
urdroped, plated, or gathered skirts grow
more and more in favor.
Jackets of ali kinds are exceedingly fashion,
able, both for home and street wear,
A simple throat bow, without ends, is the
proper finish for the short bonnet strings of the
season.
Owl feather fans, showing the head of tho
| bird flattened ut tho handle, and the tail ex-
panded for tho ian, come among other fancy
| feathcry fans.
| as the season advances by trimmings of fur aud
fur plush, and Innings OF thick, soft satin or
| Eurah.
Every importation Of hats and bonnets shows
increased height In the crowns, and also In the
| above the apex of the crown.
Embossed goatskin slippers for gentlemen
are among the novelties shown for Christmas
| presents. The varieties of slippers aud fancy
house shoes Is exceedingly suggestive at this
season.
Smoking caps, fez,shaped and ong.tasseled,
| made of cloth. plush and velvet and embrold
cred with SIR, tinsol, gold aud silver braid.
noNeitlcs oi tue nOIluuy beuSOu.
The homespun suits OF this season. both for
men and women, are made of real rough
wooden cottage and cabinwoven homespphs.
and crude in appearance aud want of finish as
the "butternut' homespuns worn by the rebs
| during "the war"
Ladies' who are shopping for Christmas or
| New Years gifts for their gentlemen friends
| VIII find those embroidered and hemmed fez-
| shaped smoking caps of plush, velvet, and
cloth well worth looking at.
| Feather fms In oblong form, with long ivory,
| bone, celluloid, or carved wood handles. are
| coming in vogue for dressy occasions. Several
| different kinds of feathers compose the fan, and
| frequently the feathers are made more brilliant
| than natural by the addition OF tinsel and
| bright dyes.
An exquisite and aPproprssts present for
| your family physician Is one or those sets In q
u walking stick, both silver mounted, aud
| lying side by side in tho satln-llned rosewood
| or mahogany box In which they come. Such
| gift has no odor of economy or chenpness about
| II, ana is III, proper, ana tasteful. GA
| Jersey waists are more worn than ever. but
| they now have seams like any other bodice,
| plaslrons, walsteoals, brotelles collars, cuffs.
| embroidery, and so many accessories of ono
kind or another that they arc really bodloes,
| basques, or jackets, as the case may DO, OF
| jersey webbing. trimmed and decorated to
resemble anything you choose In the way OF u
| waist.
| Kismet, or nligret Is the latest fancy work
| craze. II Is entirely new, aud consists of dow
| ers, sprays, leaves, and insects In tlnsel wire.
formed Into motifs for applique ON plush,
| or velvet, or fine heavy satin. These
flowers, leaves, and insects are not Hat,
nor In low, but In very high relief In real
forms. They look as If actually molten silver,
| copper, and gold, and have all tho color
shades and softness of flowers combined with
the brlliiancy of the metal. Roses, iuchsias.
buttercups, tube roses. morning glories. fern
| leaves dogwood. Virginia creeper, and water
lilies are reproduced In this kismet, or filgret
work. II is destined to rapid and long tide
| of feminine favor.