Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-05

Written for The Herald b. "Leone.n

traordlnary high back called the
Westminster spire," and is made
of oak.
Lion, leopard, bear and panther
skin rugs lying promiscuously about
in fashionable houses suggest the
travelling menagerie in winter quar-
tiers.
There are some two dozen differ
eDt shapes and styles in sealskin
wraps this season-all the fashion,
and just as many qualities and kinds
OF sealskin, too.
Alleged caps''n now worn by mila-
dy's parlor maid are simply a tiny
square of muslin, with equally small
bow in center. 1t is like the maid
purely ornamental.
If hoopskirts are to be revived, as
some say who have recently come
from abroad" the tailor. made suit
must go, ditto the hustle, which has
now become an absolute deformity.
-Four tiny, real feathered owls,
perched on the top of a well intend
ed for ink, is something new 10 fancy
wristbands. What owls have to do
with correspondence can only be
surmised.
Initials on a silver cup given q
child at its christening the other day
were 4" III. b. b. those of the giver,
aud nurse thought what a clever idea
it was abbreviated "Hush-By, Baby"
No apparent decrease in the mania
for Japanese ornaments and decora-
tions is to be noted, and dealers in
Mikado ware assert that the fashion,
able insanity has not reached its
heights.
Several new patterns i'm hand-paint-
ed game plates are exhibited this
season at the shops where they make
a speciality of such things, bnt the
crowd of admirers is much larger
than that of buyers.
Gentlemen's driving gloves now
come in coon skin or fur, and are
actually called "stylish." No doubt
the introduction of the coon viii af-
ford u colored fellow. citizens graft.
fication ofthe hilarious kind.
Even Russian blouses are made of
jersey webbing.
The homespun suit for men is as
popular as for women.
The graceful drapcd skirt dies
slowly. but it is certainly doomed.
Undraped, pleated or gathered
skirts grow o and more in favor.
Jackets of all kinds are exceeding
ly fashionable, both for home aud
street wear.
A simple throat bow, without ends,
is the proper finish for the short bon
net strings of the season..
DIV feather fans, showing the
head of the bird hattened at the
handle, and the tail expanded for
thelfan, come amonglother fancy
feathery fans.
Bonnets, though very small, are
made warmer as the season advan-
ces by trimmings fair and fur plush,
and Inning of thick, soft satin or
surahs.
Every importation of hats aud
bonnets shows increased height in
the crowns, and also in the trimming,
which, to be fashionable, must rise
above the apex of the crown.
Embossed gOatskin slippers
for gentlemen are among theInovel-
ties shown for Christmas presents.
The varieties of slippers and fancy
house shoes is exceedingly sugges-
tive at this season..
Smoking caps, fez shaped and
long-tassled, made ofcIoth, plush and
velvet, aud embroidered with silk,
tinsel, gold and silver braid, beads
and filigree work, come among other
novelties Of the holiday season.
The homespun suits of this season,
both for men and women, are made
of real, rough wooden cottage and
cabin .woven homespuns, and crude
in appearance and want of finish rs
the " butternut" homespuns worn by
the rebs during the war;
Ladies who are shopping for Christ.
mas or New Years, gifts for their
gentlemen friends will find those
embroidered and hemmed fez.shaped
smoking caps of plush, velvet and
cloth well worth looking at.
ART IN THE HOUSEHOLD.
Open work brass lamps are most
fashionable at present.
Fans of a large and original shape
are very pretty placed over doors.
Chints pattern. or all-Over decora-
ted ware, is quite popular for toilet
sets.
Brass claw-feet are most ornamen-
tai pedestals for mahogany tripods
and tables.
Olive wood is fashionable just at
present in the manufacture of all
articles of the toilet.
Steel baskets, suspended by chains,
add much to the attraction of a rich
~ appointed fireplace.
Long, narrow, unprecedented lights
OF stained glass constitute a charmed
addition to rlch-patterned po~rtieres.
Rich carved oak chests, with mas
slve wrought metal hinges, are in
Guided among the necessary hall
furnishings.
Brass bedsteacs are even more
generally used, for their manifold
attractions are being appreciated by
those who own them over all others.
The richer table scarfs employ all
sorts OF beautiful silken fabrics gold
COUGHING and appliques seems to he
the leading favorite in decoration.
An old picture frame may be
brought into service BY covering it
with veIveteen of any rich shade,
with a Madras drawn full over paste
board.
Imitation tapestries are now SO