Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-29
FASHIONABLE Or OTHERWISE.

AT present the most fashionable hat
is that with the highest crown. White
and cream-colored straws with very
nigh crowns and narrow brims, faced
with velvet and trimmed with white or
cream-colored crepe or gauze and a.
bunch OF ostrich feathers are worn by
young ladies.
A BEAUTIFUL bed-spread is made of
old gold satin stripes, alternating with
deep maroon velvet. In one OF the
satin stripes is embroidered a hop
vine; IN the other, scarlet peoples and
lotus blossoms and fruit are arranged
harmoniously, while the center stripe
has the legend, "Sleep knits up the
raveled sleeve Of care"
WHITE pongee parasols and sun
shades, with cresson green silk, are
very fashionable for utility purposes
IN the mountains and on the beach.
They are light, protective, and the
color OF the Innings is most agreeable
to the eyes, as the sunshine falling
upon the parasols sends down a soft
green and grateful light like a halo, be-
meath the canopy.
PONGEE is quite popular, and is
used for travelling cloaks as we'll as
Tor dresses. The material is light, and
looks we'll when made into these gar
ments. Long, loose shapes, partly
redlngote and partly ulster, are most
worn. They are unlined and are
double-breasted, with revers faced with
silk. Light plaid cloths and dark
dlagonals are also a good deal worn
for travelling cloaks.
To THE brilliantly-striped Roman
sashes and those of pale-colored mer-
veilleux in sea-shell pink, chartreuse
n7auve, bebe blue and the like, which
are now SO popularity worn to brighten
toilets, are added vests or plastrons
and collars, made to corresponds. e.,
OF the sash material. The broad rib
bon, or width of silk, is shirred at the
throat and again at the belt, and the
ends finish In loops, or are held by a.
handsome buckle or slide.
MANY ladies are having morning
dresses made of Galatea striped cot
tons for seaside wear. The material
IS most useful, does not soil so quick
ly nor get flimsy so soon as the cot
tons and zephyr lawns which last year
Ousted the enduring Galatea goods
from the field. Made with collar, cuffs
and plastron of blue, black or ruby
colored INTERCHANGEABLE for wash
ing, OF course-the Galatea gown can
bear comparison with any of it's COM
peers Of similar kind.
THE word chaperone has become OBJ
jectionable to women in New York So
ciety, and hence it is now considered
only proper to allude to Mrs. So-and-
So as going to matronize a party of
young ladies. I like the change.
Chaperone is a foreign word, and has a
watchdog meaning in it that is totally
foreign to the freedom always accorded
to our young women, and which they
have not only not abused, but which
has cultivated IN them self-reliance
and esprit which makes them the most
favored Of the worlds women. There
IS no doubt that matronize will be
adopted.-St. Louis Spectator.
AMONG the pretty summer fabrics, the
cream veilings, mohairs and Algerienne
fabrics alluded to recently, brocaded
with tiny heather-colored leaves, buds
and the like, are effectively made up for
dressy occasions, Overskirts of change-
able silk, whose shimmering lights re-
fleet the colors of the figures in the
light wool fabrics which form the over
dress and bodice. A shirred vest front
is made of the shot silk, and one very
lady-like and simple costume of pearl
gray mohair figured with small silver
white leaves, was made up with a
plain vest of white mohair, with a
plain gray panel on the left side of the
underskirt, crossed all the way up with
rows Of white mohair braid, set their
own width apart.
ONE of the neatest retorts ever
made in Cambridge, Mass.-not bad
soil for good things-was a brief re-
spouse lately given by a young lady
to an undergraduate who offered her,
with some hesitation, his seat in the
horse-car. She got in with an older
companion; the car was crowded, and
two young men sat near. One gave
his seat at once to the elder lady; the
other kept his place. His friend asked
him-disguising, however, in German
why he did not give his place to the
young lady. He answered in thesame
language, because she is not pretty
enough" After little reflection, how
ever, he too arose and surrendered his
seat. The young lady took it, and
thanked HMM Germantown Or
leans Picayune.
WHO shall wear the pale sea and
Chartreuse green silk grenadines, strip
ed with satin of the same shade, and
made up with green satin waistcoats
cascaded down each side of the bodice
worn above, with lace, black or cream
colored-the entire gown made up over
a green satin foundation? And who, Of
a bright sunshiny afternoon, shall dare
to assume the bonnet en- suite formed
of lace, trimmed with green satin, rib
bons, and further made Ia mode by a
generous bouquet OF yellow roses set
we'll to the front of the crown? It is
one thing to wear these colors and
combinations under the soft, friendly
electric or gaslight. 1t is quite anott-
er matter to walk forth at midday in
such a barbarous and unbecoming
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