Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-19

roses aud palest green velvet foliage
mingling with the towering green plush
loops Just over the ooronet.
REDINGoTEs.
Long redingotes, covering the entire
dress, are being revived. Those Of
checked English cloth, made smooth
across the front and SIT es and tight fitting,
with two fat box pleats down the back Of
the skirt and short shoulder cape or a
hood, are very stylish, and are especially
favored by young girls aud women with
good figures. who Justly consider them
the most convenient and becoming wrap
for morning and afternoon street wear
One OF dark blue cloth is double-breasted
and trimmed with blue fox, which, start
ing from the left side, crosses the bust,
and is continued TO the bottom of TIE
coat; the hi h collar and deep cuff are OF
fur, and the blue cloth toque IS trimmed
TO match.
FANCY WORK
But dress and everything else Is sub
seryient Just now In the feminine mind TO
the all-absorbing topic OF fancy work for
Christmas The needle and the paint
brush are piled by many deft fingers, and
stores that supply the materials for work
OF this kind are kept busy.
There is mania for decorating fancy
baskets, and they are seen In the stores
Ia every conceivable shape Ribbon,
gliding, bronze and silver powders aud
the artificial punches Of fruit that come
now for that purpose are the materials
used. These baskets are used for va
riety of purposesi they may be arranged
on stand II intended to hold fancy work,
or, II large, on the floor at the side OF the
fireplace as receptacle for scraps.
new idea for waste-basket Is 70 take
a gentleman's high silk hat that has been
discarded and cover It with satin, shirrng
the inside. Or, instead Of the high hat, =
large straw fat or bsthing hat will do
as we'll, 10 which case the straw is gilded.
A stand Is then made Of three light canes
tied toeetaer about a foot from the top
with ribbon, aud held firm by a round
noop such as is used 10 making linen
drawn work, and which can be bad for q
few cents at any fancy goods store, fas-
tened inside their tops with fine wire. The
decorated and bow etrimmed hat is then
set iu the hoop, and lol we have very
pretty and ornamental serap.basket.
Painting on mating is another new
| idea IL IL the same kind used for the
\ floor, except that II Is much tntr ana
lighter. II Is called French mating, AID
is, Of course, white. handsome wall
panel was made OF strip Of this mating
| one yard wide and two yards long. TIE
painted design was a trailing vine OF the
yellow trumpet q ,wer against a back
/ ground Of green foliage that wss very 81
| fective. The panel had deep fringe ~
7 the bottom made of hemp rope tied IN
J knots with long, untwisted ends, and AZ
the top border Of Iope knots, enalne
! ia loops at the sides thai served a.
hangers.
A lovely shade for lamp 10 be set 10
the emorasure OF bay window IS maze
OF pink paper roses, closely set together
over framework Of white net aud wire
that IS shaped Just ike the ribs and cover
Ing of q small parAsol. IL is very large
measuring fully three-fourths OF yard II
diameter. A tin funnel 70 protect i from
the heat surrounds the lamp chimney
and tall wire holder supports y u
place.
good deal OF fne corduroy II used u
the way Of plain full skirts.
For dancing dresses, the Union Of whit
and gold, white end yellow and White an
plstsche green are IN high fsyor.
Roman pearl necklaces are Ia hlgn ieso
for necklsces Tor Young girls They ~
exceedingly becoming ~.
BUTTERFLY bonnets are made Of letss
! lace wired 80 that II stands outhEs "ins'