Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-03-11
AND OTHER WISE

FESEEEONAEsEEgA AND OTEgERYESE
The latest cut Pompadour neck is
much wider than the one formerly
worn.
DRAPERIEs raised with tabs or
rosettes of large blossoms are much in
vogue.
A FRINGE of delicate, pendulous
flowers is worn around aprons, pan
niers and low-neck bodices of full dress
toilets.
MARABoUT, it is said, is now SO i'm
proved in making that it will not rub
off, and can endure rain. It is very
popular trimming.
The old chine silks are revived, with
rings of dark color on light grounds,
and the new raised weaving is also
seen in changeable grounds.
SUIT jackets are prettily trimmed
with braid around the high collar,
sleeves, edge and down thefronts. The
skirts are also trimmed with braid.
BELTS are worn wide or narrow, &C
cording to the wearer's figure. Some
are fastened with a rosettet toward the
left side. But buckles are universal.
RIBBONS are used in generous profu-
sion on dressy and home costumes. A
new design has Irvine network thrown
on silk foundation and outlined with
gold.
VERY narrow, pointed aprons are
worn with pointed panniers and a
drapery cut in two points; the panniers
and apron are trimmed with band
of velvet, scalloped.
For the single breadth now worn in
the front of plain SATIN silk or velvet
skirts there are great curves of velvet
that reach In one line from selvedge to
selvedge, such as brown velvet across
beige satin or gray velvet on cardinal
red satin.
AMBER satin peiisses, reaching al
most to the bottom OF the dress skirt,
trimmed with Venetian red ostrich
feather trimming, and lined through
out with dark red surah, are among
the costly French wraps for opera use.
KILLINGS and plaitirgs of every sort
are as much used upon the costume as
if this style of dress trimming, now in
constant vogue for years, had just en-
tered the minds of Our designers and
modistes, and had but yesterday been
added to their list Of approved gar
nitures.
"WHY do you suppose the feminine
IS used in speaking of the moon?"
asked Kosciusko Murphy, of Miss Els
meralda Longcoffin. Because she is
SO beautiful, [ suppose" replied Es-
meralda, who is on the shady side of
35. mo, it's because there is no
finding out how old she is," replied
the lunatic.- Texas 5iftings.
A BRIGHT shade of pure yellow, call
ed the Spanish pepita, is seen upon
some Of the coquettish cap bonnets in
clusters of chenille pompons, or in a
panache of ostrich tips. With these is
mingled a great deal of gold cord,
braid, and drops of gold-capped
acorns of bronze, and braced with
gold buckle 'sAttickwBe." Short, wide
loops of Mandarin yellow-woven vel
vet, gold-embossed, are mingled with
black velvet ribbon on the gypsy hats
of black velvet, the tiny rounding
brims faced with gold-colored satin of
a shade to match.
CREAM white foulard silk, shot with
gold, with Oriental borderings in scar
let, green and gold, is charming ma
terial for the making of the dressy
Moorish breakfast-caps and blouse
fichus now worn. The new rich shade
of red known as Neapolitan cardinal
is much used to brighten the tailor
made costumes of tweed, cheviot and
ladies cloth in plain olive, beige, and
nuns gray. The chaudron or copper
shades are employed in combination,
with grenat, or garnet, bacchante-a
deep wine-and dark royal blue.
EVEN the hyacinth glass has its
trimming nowadays, though if you
want perfectly clearglass put a piece
of charcoal in the water; it keeps the
whole clean and pure, and also allows
one the interest of seeing the roots
grow. Some glasses are displayed al
most hidden by bow OF tolerably
wide ribbon, tied around the neck and
in butterfly form. This
looks pretty. Some people paint
their glasses in oils on the outside with
a perpendicular design of flowers or
grasses. A few long green leaves and a
miniature spray or two of pampas
grasses are very effective and easily
done. The latter effect is arrived at
by rather dabbing or the white paint,
slightly tinted with yellow ochre.-
philadelphia.