Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-03-18
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A CLUSTER of loops of wide velvet
ribbon IS just now a fashionable gar
nlture for the smallest bonnets.
REvERs or bretelles edged with braid
or velvet, are feature of the basque
made for spring suits of light weight
cloth.
FLOWERS are already shown in pro-
fusion for spring millinery, and they
all have more or less tinsel grass or
foliage mixed with them.
YOU'VE ladies who are inclined to
anatomical displays in public are
called "circus girls" because they give
such fine bareback exhibitions.
For combination spring suits, the
figured material will be used for the
plain skirt and basque trimmings. and
the rest OF the dress will be of plain
goods.
The increasing rage for flowers of all
kinds is declared by some to Indicate
a growing refinement among the neo-
pie. Debating clubs should select the
matter for discussion.
GREEN, IN moss, olive and sage tints
IS particularly fashionable. It is liked
tor evening dresses in combination
with pale pink, and will be much worn
during the coming season.
PRETTY bonnets are made of MANY
shades OF brown cloth, the colors rang
ing from the palest doe to dark wood
brown, cut in leaves laid one over the
other. The front and strings are of
brown velvet.
QUAINT silver jewelry Of antique de-
sign IS still fashionable. That in the
form of overlapping coins adorned
with heads is most admired. though
birds and butterflies, crescents and
horseshoes, swords and arrows, ami
mails heads, fligree balls, and minia-
ture reptiles are all in favor.
For visiting and church costumes
this spring there is a promise that
black dresses III satin merveilleux, gros
gram, ottoman, and surah will be in
high favor. When Of nice quality no
dresses are more elegant and service
able, and they have the advantage of
being almost universally becoming.
PRETTY house dresses are made of
cashmere over a skirt of inexpensive
satin or gros grain the same shade.
The wooden basque has pleated vest
OF the silk and the silk shows in the
position pleating. Such a dress of
sapphire blue, olive, or golden brown
is very popular with young ladies.
Miss RACHEL SHERMAN, who is STAY
ing with Mrs. Don Cameron during the
senator's absence on a trip to Florida,
is the daughter of Gen. VIM. T. Sher-
man. She is a ruddy blonde, with
deeply golden hair, freckles and fine
shoulders. She has great repose of
manner, but is utterly devoid of that
tact and push by which girls WIN hon
or in society in Washington.
LADY MAUD OGILvY, who lives in
grand castle covering five acres of
ground in Scotland, is so well pleased
with her experience in Colorado last
season that she will return and take
up her residence on her brothers ranch
sometime next month. It may inter
est girls to know that she dresses very
plainly, IS an accomplished cook, and
can put up stOveplpe and break a
brOnchO.
EMPRESS AUGUSTA has a. custom of
bestowing upon female domestics in
Prussia and Alsace-Lorraine, who
have served in one family for forty
years, a distinction consisting of a
gold cross and a diploma bearing the
royal autograph signature. Forty
| years IS a long time to keep one serv-
ant girl, but during the past eight
/ years the empress has awarded 1856
of these distinctions.
Mrs. CHANDLER, wife of the naval
minister, has not appeared in society
since New Years day, when she took
cold at the presidents reception. She
was q Miss Hale before marriage, and
took a prominent place in society in
Washington. She is quite short and
is now so stout that she cannot sus-
tain her weight on her small feet She
was always allowed to sit at official
/ levees.
HINDOO basques, now coming in
vogue, consist of three jackets one
above the other forming a single cor
sage. The under one buttons to the
| throat, the second is shorter, and does
not quite meet in front, and the outer
one is the short rounded "bolero"
jacket without sleeves. They are all
| of the same shade of dark velvet en-
riched with embroidery, which is, how
ever, of different design on each
| jacket.
| Mrs. H. M TELLER, wife of the sec
rotary of the interior, has a peculiar
individuality Of countenance- face
that is easily remembered by a stran-
ger She has black hair and eyes and
slightly retrousse nose, but that fea-
ture is not SO badly out OF joint as are
most of cabinet noses; for after
March 4 she simply changed her day
to Thursday and took her place in So
ciety as the wife of Senator Teller of
! Colorado.
ONE of our wholesale merchants has
a bright little daughter who is about
six years of age She is one of those
little children who wants to know
about everything and can't conceive
how a great many things happen.
She accosted her mother the other
day as follows Mamma, were peo-
pie always on this earth ~ mo, my
child ''Then how did they get
! here 2" "Our forefatherS were made