Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-10-24

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lined. Others have small shoulder cape
OF plush velvet or OF camels hair cloth of
extra thickness. Siockinette IN deep rich
shades of maroon, bronze. brown, Venetian
green, plum color, or DARK marine blue, are
very stylish in these new shapes, trimmed
with plush of the same shade and chenille
fringes. More expensive jackets are made
of Ottoman cloths in these same colors,
trimmed with handsome Soutache EN-
broideries in a deeper color and bordered
with bands of Persian lambs skin. which
is but another name for astrakhan fur.
FASHIONS IN JEwELBY.
The so-called "new feature" in gold
jewelry this season is. in point Of fact, q
revival of \ very Old style-none other
than the old English hollow ware in form
Of coils and knots. These gold coils are
both ieweled and plain, and in the short
pin provide what dealers now class among
brooches. The gold knots and coils are
yariously finished, there being specimens
Of FURNISHED, carved, lava, orange, and
other rough surfaces.
Judging from the full END varied lines of
cuff buttons ont III new designs and finish
fer the fall and winter trade, it is safe to
predict that every lady, no matter how
caprici0us, viii find exactly what she
wants. In addition 70 styles not already
NrCtAAINAi eitE D0tLtisS VI pilSut SttIldEt,
with initial Ill q rustic letter, composed of
different colored Colds. The small square
or ronnd single button, with or without q
gem in the center, represents q style that
is affected by q large and desirable patron
age
The Juror for eccentncities in way of
personal adornments has certainly been
carried to great extremities, and among
people in the higher walks of life. In illus
tration Of the desire for something novel
may be cited the fact that at the recent
marriage of the Princess Beatrice the
bridesmaids wore silver jewelry. The OBJ
ject, doubtless, of this remarkable innoya-
ton was jewelry OF "a sort never before
worn on a similar OCCASION This instance
of the royal patronage of silver jewelry has
not been without its effect on an already
favorite line of ornaments. but there was
no need of Il boom. Leading manufacturers
had assured success for their productions
by the excellence Of the designs and beauty
Of workmanship produced.
The rage for oddities in jewelry, such as
il neck pin repreeentinga monkey climbing
q ladder, or harlequin turning q somer-
sault from gold pole, is nearly at an end,
and in its place has come the desire for
something unique, not eccentric In a
word, q desire for jewelrv that owes its
character and its beauty to the fact that it
exhibits the goldsmith's art in its highest
perfection Jewelry that will express at
once not only the wearers social position
but cultured taste. The tendency in DO
lite society is unquestionably more and
more toward originality of design and beau
ty of finish, regardless of the materials en-
ployed, providing always the results pleas
ing. In proof of this tendency is the fact
that patrons who are willing to pay, say
$i5 for the work done on a trinket and SIS
for the material, are much more numer-
GUS than they were q tweiye-month ago
Jewellers Circular.
THE sHoRT-HAIR CRAZE.
The short-hair craze has taken Chicago
by the ears, and unless something inter
venes there won't be tress left outside of
the hair-shops long enough to wax into
beau-catcher. From May to Michigan
avenues and from Washington to South
Park every third woman you meet has
been shorn almost as close as q convict and
the result is positively eye-aching. The
shingling is not confined to any age, class
or style of beauty, but takes in the belle OF
Dearborn avenue. the Blue Island avenue
butchers wife, Skinner school girls, artists,
singers, metaphysicians and clairvoyan,s,
as well as young brides, debutantes of fiji
teen years, and scores of rich hotel resi-
dents who know they are getting old, but
think to deceive the world by aping the
pranks and frivoities OF sixteen.
In the meantime the hair-dressers and
hair-dealers are beating the air with unsold
switches and cursing the fates that bear
them such i'll luck. a Broadway firm sent
New York lawyer out here TO sue a Wa
bash-avenue dealer for The non-payment of
a stock of novelties. There was thunder in
his voice and war in his eye when our
townsman was confronted.
Yes, ] know l ordered them. and in
tended to pay for them. too, but the women
are cutting all their hair off, and they don't
buy anything
The suit has been withdrawn, the goods
packed to Madison Square, and the hapless
coiffure-maker is trying 10 carry out his
ideas of patent ash-sifter till the women
regain their wits Chicago Letter i'll n. Y.
Telegram.
ECONOMY IN GLOVES.
Coed kid gloves must be sparingly used
by the economically minded, watched at
the tips Of the fingers, so that the first stitch
that gives way may be repaired, and always
pulled ont when taken off, instead of being
turned inside one another and made into
little ball. None but the best are worth
buying, and light ones will clean once or
twice. The great trouble with silk gloves
is the tendency of the finger tips to wear
rapidly into holes and the very best way
of avoiding il is to put tiny bit of cotton
wool or wadding into the extreme end of
each finger. Some people before beginning
to wear them tack tiny bit of en- old glove
in, but the stitches, however carefully done,
have an upleasant trick OF showing, and
the wool is far preferable. lCassells Maya
zine.
SOMETIME.