Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-05-14
FRESH FASHION NOTES.

FRESH FASHION NOTES.
When overskirts are looped at all the
drapery is very high around the hips and
made somewhat bouffant.
The newest hat in Paris is the Lady
Doctor, a crush hat with shaving brush
pompOn on one side or directly in front
Even the new cheviots come in button
neaux, bouchle and corded stripes and
borders, to be combined with plain chey-
lot.
Very wide and half inch to quarter of
an inch white Hercules braid is the pop
ular trimming for little girls French
frOcks.
Large real lace collars are again worn
for theatre and reception toilets, the band
or dOg-cOllar of velvet or jewels heading
the same.
The most popular and sensible shoe
worn for fashionable women is the com
nonsense shoe, with its broad flat sole
and heel.
The couture for evening must not on
ly be high, but pymaridical, with flowers,
and pompOm or aigrette on the apex of
the puffs.
The fine and delicate Lorraine laces
now so popular are much used to trim
underclothing, tea aprons, dollies, and
bed linen.
Etamine woven fabrics in rich mixture
of color on Irvine colored grounds COM
pose part of late importations of spring
dress goods.
Kabyle or Berber jewelry of silver is a
lately introduced novelty in England. 1t
comes from the borders of the Desert of
Sahara.
Sashes of black and watered silk ribbon
are worn with dark wool, velvet and vel
veteen dresses. They are placed at the
left side of the back. and the ends reach
nearly to the bottom of the dress.
Scarfs, panels, sashes, waistcOats, and
facings to the jaunty Laveuse tunics made
of bOucle cloth, cashmere. vigogne or
tweed are again formed of Roman plaided
or striped plush. Very young girls wear
the short Battenberg coat and Rob Roy
caps are also made of the gay plush
fabric.
The Spanish fashion of wearing black
gloves with full evening dress is returning
to favor, both here and abroad. The
great vogue of wearing rich black lace
toilets over princesse slips of Spanish yell
low or coquelicot satin princesse slips has
no doubt brought about return to this
style of hand dressing.
Worth has decreed that even the palest
blonde may wear yellow. but brown is CON
sidered Il fitting accompaniment for the
Titan colIored hair in current vogue.
Gray hair should always be frightened.
by pale blue, and black by orange, crimson
or the scintillating jets which render
many simple toilets a work of art.
Tales of Modern Witchcraft
Some West Indian negroes carry
snakes poison under their finger nails. A
single scratch from a poisoned nail will
cause death in a few hours.
A colored servant girl who was sick with
malarial fever refused to take medicine.
but sent a negro sorceres, who gave her a
bottle containing a live lizard, with in
structions to place it under her pillow.
After she had grown very i'll her master
made her throw the lizard away and take
proper medicine.
West Indian negroes are fond of stuffed
figures, and at most of their merry-mak-
ings they have John Canoe" or stuffed
figure of a man, which they treat with
great respect. Sometimes an Aunt Sally"
is substitute. Aunt Sally is the figure
of a woman, and is treated rather flip
PANTY as compared with John Canoe"
Negroes who believe in witchcraft are
taught to think that if they inform on
any one who practices it their fingers
and toes will drop off and they will pine
away and die. A number of witnesses
who were compelled to testify against
native wizard in Trinidad became i'll
through fright, and several actually
died.
'West Indian dysentry'' is due to
mild dose of powdered glass delivered to
an enemy in his food. If the doses are
continued death Is the result. Bottles
filed with ground glass and water are
used for charms. One of them hung
under a tree in an orchard is almost sure
to keep the negroes away from the fruit.
as they believe that the charm poisons
it.
If servant in the West Indies wants
something to make his master appreciate
him he goes to a native sorcerer and buys
some nonsensical thing in which he has
faith. 1t may be few white pebbles
wrapped in a lock of human hair or it may
be harmless powder to be scattered in
his masters sleeping If love-sick
girl wants a love powder she buys it in
the same manner.
A bottle of ''obeah water put under
mans doorstep Is supposed to bring him
the worst possible luck. 1t is worse than
finding a white cocks head lying in the
yard with its beak pointing toward the
door. When q sorcerer wishes TO give a
mild touch of his supernatural power he
gets some one to bury near his victims
door bottle containing a toad. a spider,
rusty nails, muddy water and other ar
ticles.
sObeah- is a species of vitchcraft
practiced by the negroes of the West
Indies and supposed to have been intro
duced from Africa. Every white West
Indian knows that it is practiced by Ger
tain "obeah men, and that in past time
it has cost many white man his life. but
few can tell how it operates. Negroes
are afraid to talk about 1t. The real
danger lies undoubtedly in subtle system
of poisoning and in the extravaganza fears
of supersitious people. There are about
500 '-obeah men" in Trinidad The
Government has tried 20 crush out the
practice at various times, but has always
failed.