The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-03-21
FASHIONS FANCIES.

Silver is the popular jewel for Lent.
Dark-haired ladies weave strings of pearl
in their coiffure.
The Alsace bow will cut a figure in
the Easter millinery.
II you must have plaid suit get the
clearinghouse pattern.
Russia braid the collar, cuffs and front
OF your next house gown.
Silks of cool gray aud soft fawn ara to
prevail, If modistes be truthful
A pretty device for an earring Is a dia.
mond dewdrop swinging in hoop of gold.
New tea-jsckets for Easter are to be
made OF white flannel, embroidered with
gold.
In bsng-up circles OF society ''can's' is
pronounced as though il was spelled
learnt"
Ladies who take of mourning put on
shepherds checks of white and black or
gray and black wool.
A caraffe and glass of etched crystal
placed on an oval silver salVer is the proper
water set for q parlor.
The "sappho'' to which the knob is at.
tsched, is a forked affair in tortoise she'll,
without single tooth.
French flannels, dotted with color some
what after the style of Japanese silk, are
among the spring novelty textures.
A novelty pen.wiper consists of a pond
lily made of white cloth, with heart of
gold and base OF dark green leaves.
Rosaries OF carved wood and ivory are
seen pendant from a chandelier or coiIed
about the bed-p0st in besuty's chamber.
1t is not considered good form to carry
pocket-book in the hand as it destroys re-
pose, soils the gloves, and is otherwise OBJ
jectiOnable.
Old books, like old wine, increase in
value in the ratio of their years. The
mania for the antique for first editions is
rampant, and all manner of ruse is re-
sorted to by book dealers and art educators.
who reprint the dates in very old and early
figures and lock the volume up in slow
oven to toast biscuit brown.
Society girls who have heads for a
"Clyte" knot and fairly good neck and
chest, rig themselves up in a directoire
dress, and are photographed or crayoned
In third life.size bust. The picture is
framed in white wood With q gold or sill
yer finish, and hung in the drawing-room
under scarf OF garnet or gold:
Brass book.rests, designed for a small ts.
bic placed IN any room bat o lIbrary, 10 he
stylish must be devoted to q single lire of
reading. One lady puts row of poets in
art or essays the next. When her fancies
roam the rack is filled with Paris, Venice,
Rome, or the Alps by different authors
Ice punches, served with meat or game
courses st fashionable dinners, are brought
to the table III cups and ssucsIs OF cut
glass, gemmed with color. II q set OF 2
dozen enc may have an effect IN garnet or
include dark blue, emerald, amber and
crimson. The mugs ara within reach of an
ordinary purse, and may be put to general
usage.
Fans for the coming summer have names.
The "Lohengrin." OF DsIe blue silk ga1z3
with ledge OF dark blue has a scene from
the opera with the knighs of the Holy Grail
sailing away from Elsa, who stands against
a willow weeping bitterly sod Tringing
her hands. The details are exquisitely
wrought and the sticks are scented white
wood.
Stamp boxes form part OF the furniture
on library taDie or ps-lor desk. The
forms run to oblongs; are divided into two
or three sections, covered with kangaroo
seal, or pig skins, and hinged with smoked
silver. The natural woods, strapped With
brass, are the most obtsinable, being min
jatures of the English box for laggsge.
These favors retail at 81 p.
The opera-bag, which has become an in
dispensable RppepdRge to the marfnee
toilet, is as individual as the bonnet or
gloves. A populsr style is made with
box bottom and bag top, the box being
thirteen inches vide and four deep, covered
with pink MORE etched ia gold, while the
bag top Is four inches long and may be
made of moss green or old-gold silk.