Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-12-04
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A great many black hats and bounets
zrS worn
Lace IL the fzvorits trimming fer even
ing dresses-
Armure silk d the latest fancy for
brides dresses.
Triple capes are a feature on the long
re4iingotes worn a. capes this fall
Bright plaided SUITS are Combined
with plain ones in little girls dresses-
All white flowers are used by brides
for decorations OF their toilets nowadays
There is quite revival Of the fashion
Of wearing morning or breakfast caps.
English women still wear the hustle,
and the skirts Of their walking dresses
are cut short
The low crowned hat and bonnet are
coming, but they come. like most good
things, slowly.
Ostrich feather ard marabott fans are
the dressiest for ball and evening toilets
Of high ceremony.
Although coiffures are less voluminous,
the hair Is still piled on the top Of the
head, while few Light curs fall over
the forehead
With high frocks Of velvet or cash
mere little girls wear very deep, round
iuted collarettes of white Lace or cut
work embroidery.
Some lady horseback riders in Paris
are irving to introduce the fashion OF
having the jacket Of the habit Of dif-
ferent color to the skirt
Dull b. OK braid is the trimming Of the
passing moment on all wool gowns and
Jackets intended for general utility and
out Of door nice wear
The hat. stockings, shoes and gloves Of
little girls who dress in English style
must b. black. no matter what may be
the color Of the frock or the coat
The ningling Of pure vivid reds. blues,
greens, yellows and puppies with me
dunn and two tone shades Of these col
ors along with the grays, drabs. olives
and browns, gives a marked individuality
TO this winters fashions.
The orange buds and blossoms are not
the only flowers chosen for brides wear
this season The small white bridal
roses. tea roses, white lilacs, lilies Of the
valley and other white flowers are given
them for garnitures.
The newest La Tosca sticks have
cavity in the top. In which a pen, ink,
head Of the stick is screwed on to keep
these artists and writers utensils in good
shape until needed.
1t was Mrs Mackey who started the
fashionable fever for black underwear
by wearing it under a wondrous ball
gown Of black tulle. with diamond orna-
ments, that she wore in Paris at a pri-
vate fancy bail, at which she personated
the Queen Of Night.
And now word comes from Paris that
the ostrich plume is restored to favor,
while the demand for ostrich feather
boas and ostrich feather trimmings Of
all kinds. and ostrich tips ~ well, is so
great as to create fear tina, the ostrich
farms Of Australia cannot SUI. II what is
called for
None but young girls wear the catogan
tied IN bow IN the nape of the neck
Young girls evening dresses are made in
the Dlrectoire style, with low plated
bodice and short pulled sleeves, short
waist. straight skirt, very little topped,
and a very wide sash tied at the back or
on one side.
Tulles, gauzes and crepes are the IA
vorite materials for ball gowns. The
tulles without tinsel or beads are pre-
rerreh, btll the gauZes are nearly all shot
with gold or silver threads in lengthwise
stripes or lines across the goods or in
crossbars and plaids. The crepes are
plain or embroidered in gold silver or
bright colored silks, or in silk the color
OF the crepe.
Some exquisite little parlor match
safes come in tho form OF donkey in
French bronze, with panier. on each side
that answer for the matches. In the
tray that serves in place OF a pedestal for
the donkey Is a well into which the dead
matches can be thrown The coloring of
the donkey. the paniers and the tray are
in the finest style Of ths French worker
in colored bronze.
Black underwear, black sheets. pillow
slips and a black coverlet or bed spread
are the fads of the moment among New
York women of capricious tastes who
follow eccentric fashions. These black
garments and bed furnishings must all
be Of the finest black silk surah and
crepe, embroidered in black silk cut
work, and edged with black Chantilly
or fine Spanish laces. New York Sun.