The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-29
THE WHIMs OF FASHION.

Soft, light furs are much used for bonnets and
hats.
Many tulle ball dresses have the founces run
with narrow satin ribbon.
Yellow and black, In Spanish fashion, is a very
favorite combination in Partisan evening toilets
just at present.
Red velvet bonnets of bright shades trimmed
with jet are IN great favor for wearing with red
or black wraps.
Fur-lined circulars have come to be looked
upon simply SIS utility wraps, and so serviceable
as not to be relinquished.
Capes of Persian lambs wool, with sling
sleeves which only reach to the waist line, ara
worn as opera mantles by young girls.
Word reaches America that all shades of pur-
pie, from "prune de Monsieur" to that of the
deepest royal dye, will again be in fashion.
Girls fourteen years old wear their skirts long
enough to come within two inches of their
shoes; those sixteen years old have them reach to
the ankles.
1t is officially announced by the sponsors Of
high art and fashion that hats and bonnets en-
suite with the costume are not as fashionable as
those of contrasting color and fabric.
Jackets for young girls, of dull red, green or
terra Gotta cloth, are trimmed with rolls OF
beaver or other fur, forming collars. epaulettes,
cuffs and simulated Figaro jacket and vest
English styles prevail for felt round hats. nc
is said the picturesque Gainsborough hat is to
20 TcflN6u, u at present Inc fancy Is IOF ulgu,
sloplng crowns and close bTims that are bound
on the edges.
Girls of sixteen wear their front hair in a short
bang that may be either straight or waived,
and their back hair in a low Catogan loop, which
is a thick braid of three tresses turned upward
to the nape Of the neck and tied there with q
ribbon bow.
Amateur dress makers are reminded that
cloths should be we'll sponged before they are
made up, hence the gloss is taken off, and tho
things TO be considered in selecting are that the
fabric is of pure wool and thick short pile, with
out regard to its lustre.
Standing linen collars and gathered linen frlls
are worn in the neck and wrists of misses dresses,
and also by quite young girls, as their dresses
are now finished with a standing band. For the
street a white en- roidered muslin neck tie is
worn, tied in a very large bow. The large en-
broidered collars are still worn by small chill
dren.
1t is not a good plan to keep silks laid away q
long time before making them UP, as excluding
them from the light and air makes them SO
tender that they will not wear well. Silks and
velvets in the piece should be folded loosely in a
box-not rolled-and should be aired occa-
sionally.
A small, slight woman should never adopt a
olumino tournure, which makes her bodice look
a mere atom in comparison with the full, flow
ing. ut short skirt. For her a small hustle or
cushion iusr Glow Che waist is quite sufficient.
0Neu IL she tuOuSA.
drapery too fat.
Milliners make the distinction of putting set
bows on the small, close English honnets. es-
pecially those of felt or cloth, and adding strings
to more dressy French bonnets. These strings
are short, being only ive-eighths or three quar-
tiers of a yard long, so that there will not be long
ends after the bow is tied.
Dear as is the long seal Newmarket or pelisse
OF sealskin to the heart of most women, there
are many who this season turn from these to the
%Jauntier and shorter styles, which, while per-
haps not so elegant. afford a better display of the
rich costumes worn beneath, and thus give q
more dressy look to the toilet as a whole.
Young ladies wear very deep shirred collars at
home over gay cashmere dresses, with dainty
Roman aprons to match, trimmed with edgings
and insertions of fancy lace. The neck of the
collar is gathered Hubbard fashion, and the
material may be of surah or India muslin, with
a fall of lace around the throat and about the
lower edge of the collar. These are becoming
to slender people only, q neck dressing in fchu
style being far better for stoutly- built persons.
Separate collars and deep Charles TX cuffs in
gauntlet shape, made of velvet and embroidered
in gold, are among the pretty accessories used to
transform a plain Jersey or other waist into q
dressy one. MORE silk is also used for this purpose,
the collar in the back in sailor shape, but extend
ing into a long pointed fchu down the front, the
ends reaching several inches below the waist
line. These collars can easily be made at home
to suit the wearer. They may be edged with jet
or rosary beads, but are not otherwise ornar
mented. .sArrs