Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-09-29
FASHIONABLE oR orHDRwrsE.

AN eHect1Ve ''chalr back" is of pale
yellow pongee with a design of spider
webs and conventionalized wild roses.
The webs are worked in white silk and
the roses in pale pink with golden sta
mems.
LINEN collars and chemise ties will
be worn with tailor-made costumes.
This style Is only suitable for youth
tul persons. There is nothing more
lncongruOus than to see woman far
along the road to 60, with wrinkles,
galore, attired in g. tailor-made gown
with "shirt front" and jaunty neck
tie.
AUTUMN toilets are most varied in
style and fashion; skirts, tunics and
bodices are made of every shape and
cut. Skirts are as much worn gath
cred as pleated, plain as draped;
jacket bodices are quite as fashionable
as those with single or double points,
or gathered or pleated on to round
waistband.
BUTTONS will be q prominent item
IN the seasons dress and cloak trim
mings. They are shown in various
metal and mixed styles. Oxidized
buttons are fairly popular. Bronze
metal effects are particularly good.
There are buttons with pearl orna-
ments set over metal, also new round
ball rosary buttons in general sizes.
AMONG the novelties shown is O. suit
with g. skirt of bronze faille having
stripes in fancy plush, showing cardi-
nal, white, green and q dash of gold.
Over this is worn drapery and
basque of the new embossed Jersey
cloth that looks like rich brocade.
The cloth is cream-white and has
Moliere vest, collar, cuffs and facings
OF faille FRANCHISE in bronze.
MANTLEs for autumn wear show no
marked changes In general design from
those worn in the spring. There is
much latitude in the matter of fronts;
they may be long or short, pointed,
round or square, according to the fam
cy of the wearer. Generally the backs
are longer and narrower than those of
the spring mantles. Jackets will be
worn with tailor-made suits.
PLAIN velvet will be in great use for
this and the winter season. 1t will
not only share q prominent part in
millinery, wraps and costumes, but
will obtain prime Importance in robes
OF ceremony, forming q distinguishing
component in the superb tea gowns
now affected, and besides it's use for
reception, evening and dinner toilets
will also constitute an important
feature in costly wedding dresses.
GAUzE with velvet stripes will be
In great use for fancy evening toilets
the coming season. Much tinsel is in
PRODUCED into textiles of this class, but
never with advantage, as there is in
variably g. meretricious and tawdry
look to even the best qualities. MORE
ribbon and dress materials with mar
row raised stripes of zephyr" velvet
or plush are among goods which are
now largely used by Paris milliners.
WooLENs for autumn wear have
hair-like stripes and checks. They
will be used for tailor-made costumes
without other accessories, although
high favor as during the past season.
The fabrics are exceedingly soft and
are OF light weight. Navy blue, dark
green, black, gray and dark red have
white stripes, while red stripes on
navy blue grounds, black stripes on
gray grounds and brown grounds
with stripes of lighter tint are also
seen.
AMONG corduroy fabrics are novel
patterns in silk and wool, which have
proved very popular abroad. One
imported gown, made at g. west-end
house in London, has a petticoat of
heliotrope corduroy, with g. stripe OF
plush and satin in pale lilac. Above
this is tunic of plain heliotrope
plush. Another, in dark Princess of
Wales blue corduroy, is striped with
golden brown velvet, with jacket above
of plain blue velvet opening over q
waistcoat of golden brown satin
worked with dark blue beads.
ONE of the fashionable corsages,
which is likely to prove very popular
in evening dress, is made of black silk
velvet opening broadly half the length
of the front over chemlsette russo of
richest white lace. There are merely
wide straps of black velvet which go
over the shoulders, with dainty fall
of white lace beneath it simply to veil
the top Of the arm. The back is cut
down slightly in q square or V shape,
and ends in very short full "bird's
tail" position, with fan of lace set
between the two pleats. This corsage
can be worn over skirts of any rich
description.
THE wonderful bag of the mother in
the "Swiss Family Robinson" is in
danger of being rivaled, if not eclipsed,
by new device, labeled ga basket of
usefulness" One sees the .receptacles
in quaint shapes, profusely adorned
with artificial, flowers, for sale at fancy
stores, but a much simpler and more
common sense article may be manu-
featured at home. A peach basket in
good condition, or, better still, a large
cheap splint basket may be lined with
Turkey red, and the outside painted
gilded or covered as inclination may
dictate. Pockets of different sizes
must then be fastened around the in
side, a. cord elastic being run in the
hem of each, if desired, to prevent any
danger of an overflow of their contents.
Into these may be tucked bits of trim