The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-09
BITS OF SUMNER GOSSIP.

New YORK Mail and Express.
Gilded tennis racquets are the latest for girls
of the period and no doubt add materially to the
brilliancy of the game.
Plush fans covered with lace are something
new in the hands OF Newport ladies' They are
expensive things with which to raise the wind
Ladies in mourning now wear at least dozen
ebony bangles on each wrist, to which are fast
encd tiny bows of Grape. Even grief and sorrow
have their fashions nowadays
Tennis nets are now tied with bows of bright
colored ribbon with long streamers, which fly
and iutter in the breeze. This is said to add to
She picturesque scene on the lawn.
Laundry pincushions on which are printed the
names of such articles usually sent to the
wash, and to mark which pins are used are
offered among the seasons novelties.
Models of the Bartholdi pedestal are now as
common as mud. and are used for everything
from paper weights to parlor lamps. We are a
commercial as well as patriotic people.
Many ladies are adopting the quill again and
gay grandma and grand pa used to use it exciu-
siveiy in letter-writing. AS far as most ladies'
are concerned q camel's hair brush would do just
as we'll.
Knitting silk half hose for gentlemen is now
one Of the fashionable crazes among young
married ladies who have not yet lost all interest
in their husbands. 1t is craze to be encouraged
and supported.
Milady's coachman and footman now wear
several large white pond lilies at their manly
breast and the same flower is used for rosette
on either side of the horses heads Anything so
long as it is odd.
One does not see so many overdressed children
at the watering places this season usual.
What superfuous fnery there is in the family
seems to have been appropriated by mamma and
the eldest daughters.
Artificial flowers are 50 like the genuine that
florists are indignant and say their business is
seriously affected This year eight women ID
every ten wear corsage bouquets that are com
posed of imitation eXotics.
1t is rumored that the fall and winter bonnet
will be larger in size ard trimmed in style
altogether new and novel" The return of our
local milliners from Paris will be awaited with
more than ordinary interest.
The last gun has apparently been fred for
the Jersey as garment for fashionable women,
and those who possess the garnet in silk wish
the money was Invested in some other kind o.
wearing apparel not quite so common
Bangs now almost entirely relegated to
factory maids, ''saesladies" and servant girls
That arrangement of the hair has had its day,
and, unless fashion repeats itself, like history,
will not be in vogue again III this generation.
There are indications that the wide trousers
will not be permanent fashion among the
alleged lords of creation" more especially as
the Prince of Wales, who is English. you
know" is stated to have gone back to tight
pants"
Now that the season is half over, handsome
Sunshades and parasols can be purchased for a
cong. Nows the time and now's the hour to buy
for next summer, for, unless times grow better,
the years fashions in everything sure to con-
Ginue another twelvemonth.
Old shioned carved rosewood furniture is to
be revived among the conservative" set who
turn up their at the absurdities in house
decoration affected by the rich but common
Stocks, however, are not yet high enough for
rosewood furniture in every we'll regulated
family
In the bustles now so generally worn, the
extreme in personal deformity and Disagreement
has been reached, and one may we'll wonder of
what ladies can be thinking to render them
selves so amenable to comical criticism. And
yet the woman without hustle is said to look so
''queer."
On the piazzas of the summer hotels are seen
every variety of portfolios as the ladies indulge
IN correspondence. Some are the acme of
elegance, notably those of leather bound with
silver and held together by bows and scarlet
satin. One ought to write good letter on such
portfolio.