Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-03
OR OTHER WISE.
SCARFs of fine white lawn are again

SCARFs of fine white lawn are agair
worn.
OLD English patterns of cut-glass
are becoming fashionable.
The cockle-shell is again g. fashion
able design in table silver.
The ancient style of high-post, cur.
tanned bedsteads is being revived
This gives opportunity for new effects
III draperies.
MANY elegant evening dresses have
two bodices-one low cut and the 9th
er hlgh-to be worn as the occasion Of
the company requires.
COIFFUREs are still worn very high
especially for evening occasions, and
the arrangement of ornament increas
es the height of the puffs and loops.
WHITE gimpes will be worn around
the necks of colored dresses in the
spring, with dog collar of velvet or
embroidery fastening them high around
the throat.
liable decorations are simpler than
usual this season. Holly leaves, with
their natural berries, make q charm,
ingly effective border for q scarf of vel
low satin on q dinner-table.
PLUSH bodices over skirts of differ.
ent material and texture, and in some
brilliant color that harmonizes with
the skirt of embroidered or beaded
tulle and lace, form charming toilets
for the evening.
SKIRT draperies have more and more
a tendency to the straight fullness OF
double skirts, and are not confined to
the underskirt as closely as formerly,
which makes necessary that the un-
derskirt should not be asham.
LINEN collars and cuffs are very
popular. Plain linen and linen with
fancy edges, hair striped percale and
very small dots are all fashionable
cuffs may be fastened with buttons or
with cuff pins, which are newer.
BUTTONS grow larger and larger, and
sets Of buttons now come in three
separate and distinct sizes. The
largest size for the skirt draperies, the
second for ornamental purposes on
the waist, with the smallest size used
as fastenings.
THROWING the bridal bouquet is an
exciting feature of modern weddings
| BefO1e leaving home the bride losses
her bridal flowers into the air, and
the maiden who is lucky enough TIC
catch them as they fall will, if the tates
know what they are about and con
duct things properly, be the next tC
wed. 1t is very pretty custom, but
just where it originated no one has
Ueen able to tell.
CdILDREN's hair is rarely allowed to
hang loosely, but is braided, and fo1
growing girls is either tied with rib
! bon q few inches from the ends and
allowed to hang loosely below the tie
or has the end Of the braid turned uI
to the head and tied there with rib
/ boa. The front hair is waved OF
brushed back plainly. A few straight
bangs are seen, but they are not con
sidered at all stylish.
4 CHARMING dancing dress is made
ofgraduated plush and rose pink silk
ofthe new Khedive weave, which is q
grade heavier and firmer than surah
silk. The front and both side cores
are Of the plush, the back Of the silk
with q fiounce of oriental lace gathered
in with it and extending to the bot
tom of the back drapery. The effect
is odd but pretty. The short basque
is silk, with plain plush vest.
ROUND, short bodices, worn with
belts, are not out of vogue, but are
reserved for house toilets, and are
never seen with street suits of any
description. The plated jackets
known as hunting Jackets, however
worn with belts, are seen with street
suits, and in heavy material make
very pretty bodices. The skirt por
ton OF bodice still remains very
short, and the pointed bodice meeting
the waist line at the hips is considered
the most elegant evening waist.
FLOWERS are less used than ever or
hats and bonnets, but are more useC
on ball dresses than for many seasons
They are considered especially appro
pirate garniture for tulle and gauze
dresses and are used in wreaths
sprays and punches, according to the
nature of the flower. A set of flower
trimmings generally consists Of a small
raised bunch for the hair, q similar
but larger bunch for the shoulder, and
long sprays for the skirt draperies
More elaborate sets have long bands
for outlining the neck ard even the
| foot of the skirt. And it is said that
the latest craze is for wearing q wreath
| of flowers about the waist. There Il
certainly little to be said forthe grace
fulness Of this fancy, as it never add;
to the beauty of any figure to encircl'
the waist with a bunchy arrangement
IT must be depressing news for thu
Newport and Long Island "hunts,