Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-03
FASHION NEWS AND NOTES.
Written for The Herald bu 9 Leone. Y

For street costumes this season and for
the coming winter, wooden fabrics Will
take the first place, the richer stuffs IN
silks, velvet and plush, a secondary po-
sition, except for full dress and indoor
occasions.
A stylish and handsome costume for
Autumn is in dark green serge, trimmed
with wide, black giant braid. The skirt
is formed of large kilt pleats, and upon
each one row of this braid the entire
length, leaving part of the material visl-
BILE forward of it. Over this is worn the
cambria polenaise, with narrow vest OF
green velvet. The braid is used only on
the front and sleeves of the polenaise,
and outlining the vest. A fine gold SOU
tache braid, set in curled pattern on
one edge, enhances the effect.
Dress bodices. basques, and jackets are
almost all finished with waist-coats. A
new design in jackets for the Autumn
has straight revers, buttoned back from
the throat to the edge of the loose hang
ing fronts, high, straight collar. and
sleeves fuller at the wrist than they have
been heretofore.
Draped tablers are still fashionable
when the dress is made of light fabric,
but as rule the new goods are so heavy
as to make plain skirts preferable to over
laden ones.
Nearly all tailor-made costumes have
flat draperies for the front and sides.
The detached dog collar of velvet, to
be worn with any dress, is made very
high for this fall, and twined with hand
[someslace.
The permanent tournure placed in
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inches in width, and is lightly stuffed
with hair.
The latest style of Jersey jackets have
seams like any other jacket or basque,
and the waist-coat is the almost invari-
able feature in the late importations from
abroad.
~ FASHION IN FANCY WORK.
Figured Cretonnes and figured India
Silks, figure largely in late art fancy
work. The figures are outlined with
gold thread, and ornamented with fancy
stitches. Easel scarfs are pretty made in
this way, of the figured silk. Sofa pill
lows, chair covers and table covers are
easily made in this way, and are very
pretty.
Sometimes when the figures are close
and the material almost covered with the
silk embroidery, if plush border is add
ed it is an extremely rich decoration.
A novel material in boiling cloth, like
firm silk null, and borrowed from its
original use in flour mills to act as tides
and window shades.
On the fine boiling cloth flowers and
leaves are painted in color and then out
lined with gold thread, or flowers are
worked in and button-holes stitched, and
outlined in colored silks.
A fine tidy of boiling cloth is decorat-
ed with sprays of the cotton plant, the
leaves being outlined in green silk and
the bolls ingeniously formed of cotton
bursting from the brown silk cover.
Chamber table covers are unique when
made of bandanna handkerchiefs en-
broidered in quaint designs.
Table cloths are made of plush India
silk and linen.
A plush table cover is brilliant when
embroidered with orchids.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Slip covers furniture, made of linen
worked in washing cottons, make pleas
ing variety in the appearance of a room.
An old picture frame may be made
useful and ornamental by covering it
with velveteen or plush of any rich shade.
White elder down flannel embroidered
in color and having white wool lace
around the edges, makes pretty and in
expensive carriage robe for baby.
A piece of cheeseclothS with hem roll
worsted makes an excellent buster.
Oil lavender will drive flies out of a
Oil of pennyroyal will rid room of
room.
mosquitoes Pin paper that has been
saturated with it to the head of your bed,
and the mosquitoes will not trouble you.
IN THE DINING-RooM.
Use an under table-cloth of cotton-flan-
mel or felt. In laying the cloth, place
the center of it in the center of the table,
and have the folds straight with the edges
of the table. Lay plate right side up
for each person. If the table is long,
place one plate at each end, and those at
the sides opposite each other. Place the
napkin at the right of the plate, and at
dinner, place piece of bread between
the folds fthe napkin. Place the knives,
butter-plate and tumbler at the right of
the plate, the forks at the left. The fruit
dish should stand in the center of the
table, the salt and pepper, butter. jelly,
pickles, ETC., at the corners. Place the
various dishes on the table in regular
order and straight with the table. Uni
formity is the rule, and helter-skelter out
of style. The host and hostess should sit
atthe ends of the table; the hostess serves
the soup, salad, dessert and coffee at din
ner the host, the fish and meats, the
vegetables are brought in by the servant
or served by the hostess where servants
do not wait. Table etiquette is much
the same among refined people the world
over, though separate families naturally
have their own special custom, which
guest will soon learn to conform with.
LEONE.