The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-11-04
From Sundays Daily.
FEMALE FASHION FOlBLES.
Pointers Picked Up Among the Dry
Goods Houses Of Butte.

Rose fs to be the leading color for eve.
ming rear.
Velveteen may be used for street wear,
but not velvet.
Scotch linseys nave strips OF bright colors
on dark grounds.
Shawl costumes. with fringe borders, are
in all the mode colOrs.
Navy blue and brown are the leading
colors for walking dresses.
Hats with high own are as often
trimmed on one side as all in front.
Beaded lace hornets are still in favor,
but must soon give place to velvet.
Canoes and intagli, s are still worn, but
they present little beauty or novelty.
Porpoise leather shoes are now made.
This leather is said to be as hard as iron.
Street suits of velveteen must be de
rigueur tailor made. the palmer the bet
ter.
All the bonnets fit somewhat closely
round the face, the larger sizes showing
a soft, large crown.
A lady was seen this week on one Of our
principal streets, gracefully attired in an
olive-green habit and tall hat.
There are more new fabrics for autumn
| and winter fashions thus far than there is
! change in the cut and trimming OF dresses.
An imitation Of Astrakhan fus is plenti-
full. 1t comes in various shades, is soft and
light, but the curly raised texture is not as
deep as in fur.
WORKOUT leather boots and shoes are
| ground into pulp and made into embossed
leather for covering the walls OF libraries
and dining-rooms.
Thoro 10 nm n+fapor% fa rouIvn tho fpah.
ions of our grandmothers. Some OF the
riding habits lave corsages Of the eight
zenith century style.
Hats are now made to match all cloth
suits, the crown being composed OF the
dress goods and the brims OF velvet in
harmonizing or contrasting shades.
Sapphires and rubies are rare and no.
where, it may be said, in Italy nor in any
city in France except Paris, can there be
seen such a display of diamonds as in sew
eral of the shops OF San Francisco.
The new Jewels, called Theodore bijoux.
are extremely pretty with their colored
stones, rubies and t%urquoises set in metal,
finely chiseled in open work. They are worn
both in the morning and evening, and by all
ages.
Chamois leather gloves are exceedingly
popular. They are useful in warding off
tan and durable, as a little ammonia water
~cleanses them effectively. They must be
washed and dried upon the hands or they
will shrink.
The upturned style of hair-dressing re-
quires to be finished off with softly curled
light locks in the neck, but it looked very
funny the other morning to see a lady
with hairdressed under the bonnet, all but
the lovelocks neatly done up in flexible
uiro broi6 which eha had forUotfan fn faka
out.
Fancy scarf pins for either ladies' or gen.
tlemen's wear take unique forms, such as
toads, lizards, flies, tiny turtles, Canoes,
yachts and other sailing craft, all in min
iature; hare, dog and cat heads, and while
mounted on a gold pin are formed OF a per-
feet mosaic OF different kinds of tinted
metals.
The house half-shoe of red morocco with
gilt heels, the latter effect being obtained
by a thin sheet OF metal over the heel in
place of gliding, is considered very chic. The
front is ornamented with a red velvet bow
bound in gold braid, and is cut low to show
the instep and the red, black, or pale blue
stockings.
Felt hats are pretty, as usual. They
are worn over the face, very simply
trimmed, with a twist or band OF velvet or
cord, and have a jay, pair OF turtle doves
or a pair Of stiff wings made to perch di-
rectly over the front. The effect intended
is to increase the stature. Then there are
snug little turbans meant for a pretty
young face brmmed hats to shelter with
soft shadows, wrinkles and crows feet,
those cruel prints OF time.
One thing has been learned by experience
the last season, hat India silks, crees and
pongees require plump, w~ell-rounded figures
to wear them becomingly, for an angular
or fiat figure looks straighter still in the
~clinging materials. If attempted by thin
persons at all, the fullest folds puffs and
gathered waists should be worn to add
roundness to the figure, which should be
borne in mind in making up gowns OF the
India silks for afternoon house wear.
Some dark plaid fabrics have been
brought out with checks that can scarcely
be seen. They are very suitable for travel
ing dresses. The rule for making theseis to
reserve the fancy goods for the overdress,
which may be pleated and open on the side
over q plain velvet skirt. 1t is fastened
where it opens in several folds under large
buttons. The small velvet jacket matching
the underskirt has a plastron and reverse of
plain goods. The waist may also be OF
velvet and button straight own the center.
In this case the collar and cuffs, are of
plaid goods. A gray felt hat to match this
suit is trimmed with velvet in the color OF
the skirt.