Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-14
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ribbon.
Crystal beads are worn for necklets.
Hoop earrings are coming into fashion
again.
Bamboo is mush used for various adorn-
ments of bedrooms.
The new brocades have the flowers and
leaves IN natural colors.
! Half-long sleeves are slashed or are
| trimmed with strips of passementerie.
Chemisettes cut half high are worn
with corselets having straps over the
! shoulders.
All the wooden goods for Spring wear
will show a soft finish, and will be in sub
dued tones.
Silver card cases have a large monogram
in black enamel and are very elegant and
fashionable.
High dog-collars of velvet are univers-
ally worn, but there is no limit either in
color or design.
Striped silk Brussels netsin all the even
| ing shades are made up with plain or
| beaded nets of the same tint.
| Black lace is used in combination with
| pink silk this season by young ladies'. IL
is very becoming TO brunettes.
Plush or velvet is the proper fabric for
tea gowns for matrons, and thin Jap
anese fabrics tor young ladies.
Velveteen is plainly made up whether
for costumes or single garment, and Is
usually edged with rosary beads.
The Spring goods, they say, are to be Of
great variety, aud are novel in combina-
tiOn. Tine displays have already begun.
Trains are com ined with side lrap-
cries, leaving the fronts and sides usually
different from the rest Of the dress uncoV-
cred.
Russian cords are used in trimming
hats, jackets and even tailor made gowns
This cord is Of wool and is very heavy and
large.
Corduroy must stay in fashion for al
least one more season, as the new arrivals
show a wealth Of exquisite coloring and
texture.
Coin buttons are fashion Of the hour.
| They may be real coins If one choose,
otherwise they are an imitation Of silver
or silver gilt.
When natural flowers are worn,
single long-stemmed large flower is chos-
en- in preference TO those small punches
fOrmely in use.
The all over embroideries are exquisite,
and lady may have her dress entirely OF
this material or OF plain fabric with
hounces aud trimmings Of embroidery.
The becoming and comfortable Tam
O'Shanter hat is again In fashion, and is
so much liked by those who are young
enough to wear it that the fashion is
| likely to remain.
Bandana handkerchief are utilized for
| table covers for little mahogany tables.
There is a wide edging of some pretty lace
bordering them. Either oriental or Mar
Quise is appropriate.
An exquisite and piney odor may be
OiWQn n a rOOu1 with nina naadlo
through an atomlzer. 1t is also very
grateful to any one afflicted with any
! difficulty OF the throat.
Black and silver are much combined In
bOnnets for elderly ladies, and one in
black velvet had the top and side sprin-
killed. with separate wheat heads In the
finest hand embroidery.
Most equisite gold and silver crowns
In Venetian designs are made for millin-
cry purposes, and are exquisite enough 70
! cover plaques with when they serve their
| original purpose, as 1t will be impossible
TO wear them Que.
Beautiful embroidered Brussels nets
are used for tabliers and drapery. These
nets are IN black or white, and have APP
! pliQue figures OF white satin. The white
nets are embroidered with gold and the
black with silver. The designs are Turk
ish.
Faille, satan duchesse, surah, yelling
and cashmere will be In especial favor
the coming season, and dresses Of this
last material are being made In such
shades as bronze, myrtle and olive green,
/ various shades in brown and in gray of a
/ light and silver tint.
/ Military pompons, stif and high, OF
/ heron's feathers, or else In thick
/ cluster shaped like q shaving brush, trim
| the right side Of the new high toques Of
cloth or OF velvet or Of astraehan fur.
/ Black braid crosses the front, and IL in
4 loops on the left side.
The crOssed-oyer fronts are extremely
fashionable in basques and polonaises,
and a novel effect is produced by having
/ the first three buttons, starting from the
shoulder, Of large size and artistic chara-
cter, aud the rest small, set close, OF the
sslfcolor and simply used for fastening.
A fayorite fashion Is TO have long plaits
/ down the left side OF the skirt, and a vest
straight from throat TO waist with Gu frs
1 and reYers OF silk, with a soft girdle crOs-
sing the basque at the waist line, supple-
mented by long, square pockets OF the silk
/ trimmed With buttons. Two yards OF
silk is all-sufiicient 70 embelish new
costume or refresh one not new, and any
/ color OF velvet or wool may be styliBhly
embelllshed by this black garniture.
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