Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-01

skirt on each side, showing a panel of the
underskirt.
Seaweed is coming extensively into use for
decorative purposes. It will be used during
the summer to ornament dresses instead Of
flowers and is already in use for decorating
dinner tables. 1T can be had in the natural
color or dellcately tinted and the effect is
charming. 1t has also the advantage Of
never fading or looking the worse for wear.
Another wedding novelty is the making
the bridesmaids gowns of soft, creamery
white velveteens anc trimming them with
fur. Ermines, sables, blue fox and beaver
have all been utilized in the making of these
odd costumes. With them are worn wide
white felt hats covered with masses of great
curling ostrich plumes Of u shade to match
the fur.
Black and green are among the acknowl-
edged cOlors of the future, both for dress
and millinery uses. Among the models in
the latter, black straw hats have bands OF
plated rushes or fancy braid introduced IN
the brim, green and black MORE ribbons
form the trimming, and sprays of maiden
hair fern, trailing ivy, or pale-green grasses
are introduced.
IN natty spring and summer fashions a
host of details are borrowed from gentle
mems dress There are narrow and flowing
%cravats, both plain and cOlored; pleted shirt
fronts, tiny, jcwcled studs, scar pins and
linked buttons for throat and sleeves, with a
close high corsage. A lace frill very closely
. " - " Ailio NOllNNi " - AlAADth"
line OF a former epoch.
Many new English serges, cancels hair
goods, and vlgogneS are shown,
with stripes, checks, plaids and odd border
ings Ell suite, yet while this is the case it
does not follow that either style Is used by
itself, for there are many novel, handsome
gowns made wholly of either plain or figured
material according to fancy, and the letter or
the fashionable law is equally fulfilled.
A Boston woman caught a burglar in her
house one dey last week and proceeded 10
capture him. She got a revolver from her
bureau and tried to shoot the man as he stood
in thc closet and begged for his life; but
with the provcrDial aim of a woman she
managed to shoot herself, and the burglar
got away. Had she tried to commit suicide
the chances arc she would have killed tbs
burglar.
~"I4i2aic, the butchcr,m Is one of the best
known women in Washington market, Now
York. She deals solely In veal and can cut
MP n calf as quickly and cleVcrly aS amy man.
she may be seen any morning separating
chops with Il ~cleayer, or with a long blade
taking bones from the leg. She has worked
in the same place twenty-five years; there
were no stalls when she came to the market,
but al produce was sold from baskets.
jackets for tho present season, and TO DO
worn on cool days throughout the summer,
ere being mode of extra fine pilot cloth,
ladies' cloth and English diagoHals. These
Jackets come in all the dark rich colors of the
season, a new tint, between sang de bo;uf
''HA - NO|Nui D'lAiS NIINlA1 blo ny ~
lie SHADES, Tie coats are richly braided
with silk or soutache braid, on with gold or
silYer. The brHids vary, some being round,
others fiat or simply twisted. Many Of the
models are dcnsely covered with bra!dwork
from throat 10 hem, including tine sleeves.
The figured linen, batiste, and cambrie
shirt waists worn last year, or those box
pleatod, and made plain linen or cambria,
finished with briar stitching at all the edges,
VIII again be seen nnXt season over skirts OF
various sorts, This is a neat, dainty, aad
stylish fashion for neeligc toilets for tho
morning, aud therefore likely 10 survive I'M
III inc 'utumn. shocking will be used in
their constructions. either there will be a
3npcic yoke, tho fuluess below gathered into
a narrow waist band, o. otherwise the uppsr
portion of the bodice win be full ansS
prShirred, aud q shocked Swiss band will de-
hue the waist, Roman rcd and crcaIn-Yhlto
flannel will also be used for Garibaldi and
shocked waists, these adapted specially for
tao chilly days that Invariably appear in mid
simmer.
is there a col0red man around here who
can beat a cdrpetr' ASKED a citizen OF a " hite-
washer az the market yesterday. II reckon
dat pusson ober dar kLr 80 il, sab" SIS he
u professionally les, sab. He's beat two
q 'cccrins, three sal0ons and his wife, AZ I
rgrl.gi Eu kin cit a.gay HiLk q clhgat.ih