Omaha daily bee., 1885-01-24
HONEY FOR THE LADIES.

Lace, surah and ribbon are in request for
the various styles Of fischus patronized just
now.
Black, white. yellow in all shades, pink and
blue are the %favorite colors for evening
dresses.
A new veil for carriage wear is Of thick
brown raloon and has hand embroidered
figures thereon.
A silver cream-colored necklace, for visiting
toilet, has different animals heads In raised
hligree on its coin drops.
Short zouaye jackets, trimmed with gold
cord and edged with heavy gold buttons
set very close together, are very fashion
able.
A walking shoe of purple velvet, with glove
kid establishment and buttons of oxydized
silver, with a fur lining, is another novelty in
that line.
The fronts of many ball dresses are Of bro
| cade, embroidered satin, or net, or tulle, or
net wrought with jet. The backs are draped
| very full with tulle or velvet.
Black lace hoods are very becoming. and
useful for evening wear. They are made Of
| figured net, trimmed with lace and jet. Span
ish lace fischus may also be utilized for this
purpose.
Good favoring for sauces is made by put.
ting half an ounce of watercress eeed into one
quart of vinegar. The seed should be crushed
| before putting it in, and it will then be soon
ready for use. Celery vinegar is made in the
same way.
A ruby cashmere toilette has a plated
skirt. The overskirt is pointed in front and
cream lace. The blouse waist has q ruby vel
vet collar trimmed with the cream lace and
fastened by a bronze buckle.
A new, usefnl and unique style of jewelry
has come into fashionable wear called English
Grape stone on account of its having the light
and wavy appearance OF Grape. 1t is now the
most popular, being largely worn by people in
mourning, in place of jet. as it is both elegant
and inexpensive.
When roastiug achicken CIR small fowlthere
is danger of the legs browning or becoming
too hard to be eaten, To avoid this take strips
of cloth, dip them into a little melted lard.
or evsn just rub them over with lard, and
wind them around the legs. Remove them
in time to allow the chicken to brown deli
cately.
A pretty banner for the wall is of black
satin with a cluster of wheat and a few daisies
embroidered upon it,: it has tassels in three
coIors across the bottom, and one tassel on
each end of the pole at the top; in the right
hand corner is a bow of narrow ribbon; it is
almost like a ~rosette, 30 many loops and ends
compose it.
Among the ~''rivals' of fashion for evening
toilets, is the low silk or satin corsage under a
second one of lace. The low corsage has
short sleeves and is round on the shoulders,
as an under.bodice, cut in a square in the
neck, would have an ungraceful effect under
the transparent lace. The low bodice match
es in color with the underskirt.
The English housemaid dress, that is, the
| dress devoid of tunic or overskirt of any de-
scription, will form a very popular model for
toilets for home wear the coming spring and
summer. There are made often of very rich
have q yoke waist; and q ribbon belt, with
generous loops and ends in front, is the only
attempt made at trimming, if we except the
~1ounce, pleating, or rows of tucks at the bot
tom of the skirt.
One of the very prettiest shoulder cushions
for the back of a chair is made in the form of
a crescent, it should be about five or seven
inches broad at the center, and gradually
slope to a point, the point should be up, the
curve being downward, as it is most graceful
so. The crazy patchwork makes q handsome
covering for this cushion and the pieces
shout be small and ornamental bits of deli
cate embroidery on silk or satin or velvet be-
Ing very effective.
A fruit layer cake is a delicious novelty in
cake making. Take one cup of sugar. half a
cup of butter one cup and o half of -four, half
" Stp VI "'hN oio Sup VI ialslusy bWO tHRs,
and a half teaspoonful of soda; put these in
gredients together with care, Just as if it were
a very rich cake, bake it in three LAYERS and
put frosting between-the frosting to bs made
of the whites of two eggs with enough powd-
cred sugar to make it thick. The top of the
cake may be frosted if you choose.
White is immensely popular for ball toilets
satin, lace, clouds of tulle, flowers, feathers,
beads and chenille garniture being used ia
their composition. Many or most of the
white dresses are trimmed with color, hello.
trope, mauve, citron, pink and pale blue being
especially liked. Bunches of pink marabout
or ostrich tips make a most fairy-like garni-
ture for a white dress; these feathers are tied
up in large clusters with satin ribbons of a
contrasting color. such as Chartreuse or pale
eau de Nil.
The rage for vests has extended even to
Jerseys. In these they are frequently insert
ed by rows of mall buttons and buttonholes
upon either side. The vest itself is quite mar
row at the throat, widens over the chest, and
then tapers almost to a point at the bottom of
the Jersey. Many of these graceful little
gilets are handsomely embroide ed, braided or
bordered with tiny rows of soutache braid set
on in close perpendicular lines. Upon the
elegant pale-tinted Jerseys for evening wesr,
overskirts of Ottoman, trimmed with lace, the
lace vest simulated or set in, and strapped or
laced across, is now an invariable accompani-
ment.
Day dresses of wooden materials, plain or
figured, combined with velveteen, are the
leading styles among fashionable women just
at present. Many dresses are sent home with
extra skirts and waistcoats of silk also, which
can be worn instead of the velveteen portions
for tho s.ke of change. Striped velvets
are much admired as trimmings to
eachemire and other fine wooden dresses.
One toilet recently shown, COM
ing from whence nothing emanatss that is not
in the best of good taste and fashion, was
made of dark Venetian green cachemire,
trimmei with shaded green velvet in stripes
about an inch wide. separated by hair lines Of
cardinal. This trimming in a wide horizontal
velvet were MINGLED with the skirt killings,
and there were collar, cuffs and waistcoat to
match.
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