The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-09-25
FASHION POINTS.

+ EANA1UN fUlNI0s
Mrs. -Lanetry will bring with her %
this country, fur stagei wear, . uumber
OF lndescrlbable costumes made Tor her
tn Paris after deslgus Of her own.
Plalds with silk croes>6ar. arc brO.s
cadcd with chenille. This atyl0 10 the
only one Of which chenille forms any
part.
Ottoman cloth has plush stripes In
which arc brlght-colorcd dots, similar
TO the goods shown last spring, but
heavier.
fCameis, hair, with checked surface,
has stripes Of two c0lOrs, one Of which
is always red. Red and white, red and
brown and red and yellow are the
combinations.
It Is said that Helen Terry wears IN
Indian .luck -stone'' whenever she
faces new audience. She Obtained lt
from the Prince Of Wales, who, Il ap.
pears, received it from native whom
on an elephant hunt In Iudla some
years ago.
Frogs with ruby eyes, bird claws
holding sapphires, anchors and swal.
lows, all closely set with diamonds,
are among the old devices fot brooches
or hair ornaments. They arc all Of
large size.
Some Of the new materials have
braid like stripes of brIght-colored vel.
vet, then stripe Of dark, covered
with rows OF tiny beads Of the same
tint. The goods are sold from $3.50 TO
$7.5O the yard.
A pretty morning dress, which
might have been copied from Miss
Maud Harrison's In ssJim, the PEN
man." is of cream wool over skirt
figured with designs In dark velvet.
A sailor collar and cuffs are made OF
the figured stuf.
Miss Minnie 8. Cook has been acting
a. the head OF the Indian office dmfing
the absence OF the Commissioners Of
Indian Affairs and the assistant sccre-
tary Of the same Office.
Among the handsome striped suit
tngs for autumn wear are tw liled
woolens, which show clusters ot pin
stripes In vari-coiors, lines mostly
brilliant on dark grounds, but not In
auy degree conspicuous owing to the
nsrrowness Of the stripes. These fancy
wOolens are mado up In plain tailor
fashion, and the entire costume IL
formed Of the stripe, with usually a
vest and collar and cuffs Of velvet, al:
though for utility purposes, shopping
and the like, tho suit IL flushed with
machine stitched edges only.
Ribbons will be used with lavish
hand on dresses, not only In the shape
Of bows Of oockade ends, but laid on
fiat, as braids are used, and also ar
ranged In points with Hungarian
spikes on each point. Wide black
velvet ribbons with picot edges are
made into vests or simulated vests,
formed Of loops OF the velvet laid one
above another as cottage roof Ia
thatched, and the skirt at the side is
caught up with shower OF loops and
ends Of velvet ribbon, the ends finished
with handsomely 6eaded tassels.
French cashmere remains in favor
for house dresses, and there Is large
importation OF all the standard gavorito
cotors with a plumber Of new tints.
Heliotrope, Persian mauve, pansy,
sapphire blue, tau, dove gray and
almond will be tho choice c0lors, and
moIre or velvet for vest, cuffs and COLI
lar will be used to render the gown
more dressy and becoming.
Sleeves display a great variety In
, shape and style, and boufIant plastrons
D and vests are quite as fashionable as
| ever, there being special kind OF soft
fancy surah made for the purpose
striped in gold and plum color, canary
2 aud ruby, beige and golden brown
, silver and dark bluc, green and maize
y and sapphire blue and cardinal. Thi
+ silk Is also used for scarf drapings OF
a dresses, and for trimming the crown
a Of sailor hats.
: Brown aud gray, touched with vel
] vet, or mounted with bands of appliqu
= work, are almost uniform for travel
h ing, just as they are at the East; bu
!. there Is bright color in the mornin
J., dresses, such as may be seen at New
% port, and delicate tnts at dinner an,
d In the evening-exaclIy AS seen a
I. Newport, also. The chaperones, toe
J; wear the staid black, as Of old. Ono
as in a way, a middle aged lady sailIn
ts about In rich attire, but always OF
n sober, dun coIored hue her only relie
ir her own or her husbands fortune !
Il. diamonds, and her ubits' of fine lacl