Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-12-03
New York Fashions.

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The chief novelty in furs is short
mantelet OF sealskin, usually bordered
by beaver or some other soft brown fur.
Again we find the fur-lined circular,
which describes veritable circle in
fashion, and this year encleses us in as
welcome an embrace as ever. Long
sealskin cloaks are gladly worn by
those who can afford them, but there is
coquettishness in the seal mantelet
that commends itself to the Young. to
say nothing of an advantageous show
ing OF costume too Pretty to be hid
den. There is, too, complement of
brecaded cloaks with fur borders, while
many of the stylish cloth cloaks are fur
bordered. Fur trimmings, indeed, are
extremely fashionable. They can hard
ly be misplaced. Costumes are finished
by them, and what seems incredible.
even pale evening toisties are now and
then fur-adorned. Not more unsuitable
than the dark tan, undressed gloves
which are worn with the most delicate
evening toilettes, yet this idea has held
sway these several years, and is now as
much as ever in vogue. Mink fur
comes up with great prestige from its
long obscurity. Old capes and huge
old muffs are pulled down and out and
made up into the very small muffs and
collarettes of to-day Mink is the fla
vorite border, while happy is the owner
of a mink-lined circular.
For the youthful, there is a run upon
jackets. Chiefly of cloth, and tight,
with severe military fit and high collar.
On many of these jackets the enormous
metal buttons of the day shine with Pc
culiar effect. They are as large as in
dividual municipalities, and to see small
person carrying number of them, is
sometimes quite absurd. On the cloth
redingotes of the day they are stylish
enough, especially when worn by tall,
slender woman, but when glittering OBJ
truslvely on the stout, they are as mis-
placed as when in too great numbers
they seem to weigh down a petite. The
mention of cloth reding@tes brings up
topic of much Importance and variety.
Chiefly of colored cloth, .hess garments
have great prestige; among colors,
dull red is greatly liked, while for jack
els worn by young people, this redness
loses much of dizziness, becomes bright,
and may be trimmed by gilt braid and
military buttons. Bright green is an
other color in favor with the young.
We see bright green jackets, and hear
OF equally bright green cloth costumes
10 preparation. Lucy CARTER.
Whittier are we drifting? The way
the U nited States of America is filling
up, with imported population and the
home product, all individuality is dis
appearing and we are becoming one
heterogeneous mass. Once in while
head will appear above the surface.
to which the eyes of the nation will be
attracted fer naanaont, aud thon, be-
fore the prominent figure can exert any
influence or mould anv considerable
following among the people. it will dis
appear. A few years ago, public men
We're known by their personality, and
their private lives had fully as much in
terest and influence with the people as
their public action or ability; but all This
is changed. The country is becoming
heavy. vast and unwieldy Men reach
high positions by the currents into
which they are cast, and not by any
personal exertion of their own. Their
characters are of the least possible ac-
count. The vacancy occurs, and being
nearest the opening-like the ticket in
the lottery wheel-the moving mass of
sixty millions of people crowds them in.
And they remain till the same mechan-
ism grinds them out again. Merit is
scarcely recognized in the surging mass
OF the cosmopolitan constituency, and
scheming, on the other hand, is at
loss to compass so much as is necessary
to achieve success, We are indeed be-
coming great people-so great that
individually is sinking into insignif-
canoe.