Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-22
FASHIONABLE OR OTHERWISE.

SKINS OF the beasts of prey continue
IN highest favor for rugs.
ANY and every kind of wrap, so
long as it is new, is fashionable.
EMBROIDERED fronts for costumes
become more and more elaborate.
PAPER knives are very beautiful,
but the size Of chem is extravaganza.
ENGLISH gowns are plated and
plain, and French frccks are gathered
and pulled.
NEWEST hats for young girls are of
CLEARING felt,'' with trimming of o.
trich feathers.
ToRTO1sE-sHELL jewelry has come
back again, thanks they say to Lang
try and Fortescue.
THICK soLED and high fiat heeled
shoes are affected by little women who
want to be tall.
Fur muffs are no longer the tiny
little things of late years, but good
sized sensible ones.
INDIA shawl wraps are held by
London paper to be the most elegant
any lady can wear.
GAME plates are square and have
hand painted birds on them in quite
natural colors.
In some fashionable families, cut
glass tumblers have taken the place
| of goblets at dinner.
NOTE PAPER and envelopes in Irish
plaids and poplins are shown among
novelties OF the season.
They make punch-bowls of bronze
now, and line them with 800 worth
of gold.
SQUARE soup tureens are not in favor
as they are less convenient than the
standard pattern.
FANS that cleverly hold scent bot
ties and fine lace bandkerchiefs are
shown from Vienna"
COATS for young girls have sue
cession of capes in the style of the
searly English" coachman.
COTTON thread lace is the craze for
oed-spreads, pillow shams, and table
and wash stand covers.
THE newest expensive material for
wedding robes is a white velvet bro
csded Bengaline or faille Francois.
WHITE velvet NANTES, trimmed with
black ostrich feathers trimming or
black fur, are fashionable in Paris
just now.
PLUSH stripes, with a winding de-
sign upon the satin ground. are bor-
dered on either side by faille stripe
on a velvet ground.
HOODS are seen on all mantles from
the cum bersome Russian cloak to the
iaunty tailor-made jacket. They are
generally becoming.
In capotes, coloreo silk lace is the
latest novelty, with silk lining, bead
embroidery and just a tiny cluster of
soft, down-like feathers.
SEVERAL social leaders in New York
have combined to makeit fashionable
to make morning calls, as their after
Moons are so much engaged.
A MANTLE of seal, brown plush, with
gold colored .brocaded figures, is made
short at the back with full basques.
The fronts are rather long and point
ed. It is bordered with cinnamon
bear fur.
STRIPED and plaid curled plush is
used with plain velvet or plush in
three ordinations. Rich and effec-
tive combinations are golden brown
or dark brown ground and serpent
on darker gcound.
TIE preference is still for a made
bow of velvet in place Of tied strings
| for bonnets. It is now worn slightly
larger and wider. For tied bonnet
strings, two sets OF ribbon an inch
wide, velvet and faille. are used.
MANY of the winter wraps imported
from London have g. waistcoat and
facipgs of a contrasting color, and
single button by which thefacings may
be closed, and the garment made to
assume q sombre appearance.
YOUNG ladies have buttons on the
| back of their frock waists when they
are cut with g. deep opening at the
| throat. The fit is more accurate, and
were not the effect so juvenile this
mode of fastening might come into
general use.