Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-04-11
FASHIONABLE OR OTHFEs WISE

SHOCKED surah vests are coming IN
favor.
SILK is largely used for dressy spring
toilets.
WHITE woodwork is again fashionable
for drawing rooms.
THERE is quite rage for black and
green in millinery.
A FAvoRITE engagement ring has di-
almond and sapphire set side by side
JET and gold together make stylish
trimming for black silk dresses.
SILK underwear is not so costly as for
meTly and is immensely popular.
FRENCH chip hats are shown with tie
brim faced with chip Of contrasting
color.
TAPPED fronts are seen on the low
waists of little girls dres es to be WON
over guimpes.
ScARFs of plush, velours or Turkish
embroidery are preferred to lambre-
quins on mantels.
THE new color called "wisteria" is a
sort of rosy heliOtrope, more becoming
TO brunettes than blondes.
DIRECroIRE bonnets short at the ears,
with wide poke fronts are the most
novel feature of the millinery openings.
The elegance of the modern gown de-
ponds entirely upon its style and its
adaptability to the occasion for which it
was designed.
SCoTCH ginghams for little children's
dresses are chosen either in plain col
ors or IN huge plaids and wide irregular
stripes. Small checks are out of favor.
SoFr gray kid slippers embroidered
with jet on the lnStep are worn with
GIn of MI w
stitched With black, with both blue and
gray toilets.
WHITE MORE and opal-tinted white
silk in the irridescent shades of the
milk opal are both used in combination
with sheer white woolens and mohairs
HAIR-LINEU French suitings for entire
costumes are shown in all the new col
ors and in cream-white. They are espe-
cially dainty and pretty in the golden
brown and gray-blue SHADES.
APART from the freer use of fancy
waistcoats and the strengthening of the
tendency to have no two parts of suit
made of the same goods, there are few
novelties to chronicle IN mems fashions.
TAILoR-MADE jackets this spring are
ined with the finest Lyons taffetas in
shaded glace and striped effects The
silk Is more elegant and far more dura-
bic than the satin Innings which have
heretofore been used.
NEAPoLITAN silk crepalines in Pompa-
dour patterns are made for dancing toll
let's. They are usually made up with
Swiss bodices of velvet, matching the
figures on the crepaline, and have vel
vet loops and ends on the left side.
LITTLE girls school hats of colored
straw have wide, straight brims and
medium high crowns. The trimming,
which consists of loops and bows of
fancy ribbon, comes from the back of the
brim, which is usually turned up be-
hind.
PLATED shirt fronts, tiny ieweled
studs, scarf pins and linked buttons or
throat and sleeves of high corsages. are
among fashionable details borrowed
from masculine attire to be worn by
ladies during the spring and summer
New Mohair challies are finished with
a glossy surface which renders them al
most as effective as China silk. The
grounds are delicately colored and
sprinkled with quaint designs in flowers
both gay and sombce. These challies
will be much used Tor afternoon dresse S
later in the season.
AMONG fashion S favorite styles in foot
gear are Priscilla slippers. These are
ladies who have pretty feet. They are
like the shoes seen IN pictures of Puri-
tan maidens, very narrow, with a big
square flap on the instep, where is set a
broad silver buckle.