Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-01-25
POINTS FOR LADIES.
Some Late Novelties In Dress Goods, Furs
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A little brooch in shape Of double
violet Sot grayish purple enamel and
with a sinysdiamond rs a dewdrop
upon one Of the petals is the favorite
pin for those in half mourning.
Moonstones are used forall manner
of jewels and are shown. forming the
leaves of flowers for lace-pias, as
buckles, and for bonnet and orna-
mental hairpins. They are in all
shades of blue.s green, red and topaz
colors, and whsn formed into flowers
have usually q small brilliant as
center. d. ..s... .. >>..
Buckles are very much worn. COM
ing in all styles of pearl. metal and
enamel to contine the ribbon that de-
fines the waist of long. French COR
sagcs. Some are very deliberately
ornamentedl, and most OF them are
long and narrow in shape. Those set
with rhine-stones are not much worn.
The fashion of wearing many silver
bangles has returned, but at present
none of them are hung with pendants
or show much diversity of design, the
ten or fifteen which it is necessary to
wear to be super-chic being simply
alternately plain and twisted silver
wires which slip over the hand and
CHATTER loosely about the wrist.
The tendency is strongly towards an
increased masculinity in dress, and
even at concerts and at the theater the
Younger girls and debutautes dress in
the severest fashion with cape coats,
plain felt hats, whose only trimming is
ribbon bows, and English walking
gloves, made of heavy kid, with broad
stitchings on the back in contrasting
color.
White cloth with Turkish embroidery
of gold is used for dress bonncts, being
employed usually as the soft crown of
poke shapes, with dark velvet edging
the front. as golden brown velvet. terra
Gotta, or the shade called golden-green.
To show the variety there is in combi-
nations this white and gold cloth is
seen on London bonnets forming the
draped front, while the crown is OF
black lace drawn on wires and left
transparent
Bonnet pins to hold the strings in
place. and those thrust in the hair at
the back to keep the bonnet firm, are
very elaborate in design. One of these
latter was of blond shell, and the
deliberately carved head was crusted
with tiny diamonds. 1t was worn with
a theater bonnet Of wine-colored velvet
trimmed with black lace. and will,
black lace strings fastened under the
chin with diamond bees.
Garnets are very popular since the
Bohemian society presented set to
Mrs. Cleveland which was made to
order in Bohemia. They are set as
bangles. pendants, long clasp pins.
buckles and upon gold-linked bands an
inch wide, that clasp closely around
the throat. Some of them are very
richly colored, they light up we'll a,
night and are extremely effective when
worn with costumes of black. lace OF
Brussels net.
The rage for fur has grown to such
an extent that at a recent English we'd
ding the bridesmaids wore gowns OF
white velvet corduroy trimmed with
otter fur. The BRIDES dress was OF
white broadcloth Topped over a skirt Of
white velvet which was deeply bordered
with the same sort Of fur At after.
noon teas the hostesses wear tea gowns
of pale mauve, pink, old blue or white
bordered with lynx fur. This rage fol
fur is the result of the craze in Paris
for every thing Russian, which extend:
into every department. of fashionable
life and effects the styles of equipage
and the servants liveries as we'll as the
mistresses' gowns.
A charming dress worn lately at an
afternoon tea had skirt of white moire
which WAS trimmed with applique golt
braid, which comes made up in pat
terms ready to be applied This was {
foot and a half deep and of a pattern
which formed long points going up
ward. The drapery was Gobelin-blue
cashmere. extremely full, drawn higf
on the left side, and with very rich
thick folds. The bodice was of cash
mere, the right side gathered on the
shoulder and Tapped diagonally to the
waist line, the left side being smooth
Of white MORE braided with gold
There were narrow white cuffs of the
MORE, but the gold brsiding was deep
and reached nearly to the elbow. With
it were worn Gobclin-blue gloves and 8
toque of the same shade of MORE
coyerod with a stiff gold net and Dor
dercd with a narrow band of black
ostrich feather trimming. The wral
wns .,f Gobelin-blue plush trimmed with
gilt passementeFie.-N. ?. World.
a New Idea In Rings. A.
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