The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-04-08
FASHION NOTES.
What the Leaders OF Society viii Wear
During the Coming Season.

What the Leaders Of Society Will Wea,
During the Coming Season.
Bead waistcoats are the rage in Paris,
Souptere is the new name for soup
tureens.
Pale bronze is q popular color in
spring goods.
There will be another season of black
hosiery.
Bead trellises are feature in dress
trimmings.
Big and little bonncts will both be
fashionably worn this spring.
Beads OF all kinds remain in high
favor for bonnet decorations.
The most becoming metallic gauze
bonnets are those of gold thread.
Huge bouquets are agai;z IN favor, but
they are not pretty for ali lhat.
Bright scarlet flowers OF all kinds are
in high favor for interior decorations
Spring jackets are made longer, but
remain shorter in the back shan in front.
Gauze ribbons and gauzy fabrics play
IN important part in millinery goods.
The newest neck bands. or dog col
lars, are 50 high that they threaten to
cut off a lady's ears.
All the decorative pieces Of glass.
china or silver on the fashionable din
ncr table are tall and high 1T present.
Novelty brands in straWs are rs nu-
merOus and various rs the weaves i'll
the new bordered and striped fabrics.
Rough cloths of every kind, but par
ticuiariy boucle and boutcnneuX stutis,
are the favorites for spring jackets.
There is an attempt TO make riding
habits fuller in the skirt and tribe
longer, to add to waistcoats and bTandc-
bourgs to the body.
Neck bands, sometimes called dog
collars. are brought out in ncw styles,
with finer finish, more ornamented
and higher than ever.
Some of the new bOnnets are mar
wells of color combinations, in pale.
delicate tones of pink, blue, green,
mauve and gold with cream.
Pcarl-col0rcd kids are TIE correct
gloves for gentlemen at Il dinner
party, but the gloves are removed
before they sit down to the table.
There is an effort to popularize gray
kid gloves for ladies this spring, but
the bulk of the importationS are iii tan
and natural Sueded colorS.
In trimming stuffS for hats and bon
nets the same bOucle, boutenneuX, dot
ted. corded and crochet effects are seen
that have been noticed in silk, wool
and mixed fabrics for spring dresses.
Nil,-a- IisbaS silver 70 and nnffan
urns, silver tureens, silver candle
sticks and all sorts of silver decorative
pieces for breakfast, dinner and lunch
con tables are again in favor, and are
more favored than ever.
The latest fancy in flower decorations
for dinner parties is to erect = canopy
of net over the table and from it sus-
pend cut flowers and small bouquets,
forming a crazy quilt pattern of color
and q cloud of bloom over the heads
of the guests.
Metallic gauze is used for the founda-
ton of many deni-saisOn, reception
and opera bonnetS, the trimmings con-
sisting of puflS of tule or crepe, gauze
ribbon. flowers, pompOns and beads.
put in rows on the brim, and i'll fancy
figures on the crown.
A society has been organized in Lon
don. the purpose of which is to enlist
the sympathies of fashionable women
in favor of a reform movement in OPP
position to the killing of birds for
decorative purposes. 1t bears the I'M
name of the Ladies Plum
age League. ~. y. SIM.