The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-02-02
FASHION PARAGRAPHS.
What Society Women VIII Wear During
tire Days Preceding Lent

What Society Women VIII Wear During
tire Days PrecedIn. Lent
Clustered and uniform stripes are
equally in favor.
Russian styles are in favor, and there
is rage for furS.
The new laundry lists on celluloid are
pretty for gifts.
Fashionable favor is about equally
divided between long and short wraps.
Imitation furs in the form of seal AS.
trakhan and other pushes are much
worn.
Wings and quilts are the favorite
trimmings for seal hats, caps and tur-
bans.
All short wraps, whether of seal or
cloaking stufs, have long tab-hke
fronts.
The circular, fur-lined or wadded, is
only used nowadays as an extra car
riage wrap.
Moire is without question the most
fashionable silk which disputes favor
with peau de sole.
Striped fabrics are in the ascendant,
and vivid colors Oh neutral grounds the
preferred form.
Soft India silk, China silk. surah and
crepe are the proper materials for tho
useful tea gown or matinee.
Belts, pockets, bands, collars, cuffs of
seal and other furs are seen on rich
peau de sole and other silk dresses.
Fraizes high and OF medium height
are as much in favor for dinner COS
tunes as tho fall of lace over the V cut
bodice and dog.
Striped fabrics look best when cut on
the bias for the corsage, and sleeves,
all the stripes running in points down,
notupward.
Most dinner dresses for American
women are made with high bodices, or
opening only in V shape in front, but
high in the back.
Black lace dresses bid fair to never
90 entirely out OF fashion. They only
change their shape and under dress
from season to season.
There is fad for bags Of all sorts.
Shoe bags, stocking bags, shopping
bags, lorgnette bags, and ali these arc
made as dainty with decorations of one
kind or another rs possible.
The newest seal turbans have high,
slender, tapering crowns. flat on top.
The upturned brim or border is fire.
quently Of sable, otter, brown beaver,
caracal or some other fine fur.
All evening toilets of high ceremony,
whether for dinner. reception or ball
wear, are trained. unless the lady in
tends to dance at the ball, when she
must, if correctly dressed, wear short
dancing frock.
There can not be q nicer gift for an
invalid or delicate person than one OF
those decorated fans or hand scraens OF
sweet vernal or vanilla grass which are
so sweet that they make 4 whole room
fragrant.
1t is an English fad to wear black
monkey coiiarettcS and capes With
black lace frocks TO evening entertain
ments, where the cape or collaret,e can
be laid aside or resumed ut pleasure
during the evening.
Some of the daintiest objects offered
as gifts are those pretty articles made
of channels decorated with painted
metal flowers. jewel bags. button bags,
tobacco pouches, eycglass cleaners,
pen-wipers, spectacle casos, photograph
cases, and scarfs for Bullets, side.
boards. brackets and corner shelves.
Some Of the handsomest street cos
tunes have skirts that look as if made
entirely Of seal or seal plush, but this Is
only dark band of the seal or plush
cut to extend up the side in panels
Then the jackte of seal worn over the
seal-trimmed corsage makes the dress
look as if almost made of that fur. 4
seal hat or bonnet, muff, and boa or
stole. is the correct wear with such a
toilet.-N Y. Sun.
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