The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-01-21
POINTS FOR LADIES.


A little brooch in shape of double
violet of grayish purple enamel and
with a tiny diamond rs Il dewdrop
upon one of the petals is the favorite
pin for those in half mourning.
Moonstones are used for all manner
of Jewels and are shown forming the
leaves of flowers for lace-pins, as
buckles and for bonnet and orna-
mental hairpins. They are in all
shades of blue, green, red and topaz
colors, and when formed into flowers
have usually small brilliant as a
center.
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
sages. Some are very deliberately
ornamented, 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
clatter 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 n 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
theater bonnet of winc-colored velvet
trimmed with black Lace, and with
black lace strings fastened under the
chin with diamond bees.
Garnets are very popular since the
Bohemian society presented a set to
Mrs. Cleveland which was made to
order in Bohemia. They are set rs
bangles, pendants, long clasp pins,
buckles and upon goId-linked bands an
inch wide, that clasp closely around
the throat. Some of them are very
richly colored. they light up well at
night and are extremely effective when
worn with costumes of black lace or
Brussels net
The rage for fur has grown to such
an extent that at recent English we'd
ding the bridesmaids wore gowns of
white velvet corduroy trimmed with
otter fur The brides dress was of
white broadcloth looped over 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 mauye, pink, old blue or white
bordered with lynx fur. This rage for
fur is the result of the craze in Paris
for every thing Russian, which extends
into every department of fashionable
life and effects the styles of equipage
and the servants liveries as well as the
mistresses' gowns.
A charming dress worn lately at an
afternoon tea had u skirt of white MORE
which WAS trimmed with applique gold
braid, which comes made up in pat
terms ready to be applied. This was a
foot and half deep and of a pattern
which formed long points going up
ward. The drapery was Gobelin-blue
cashmere, extremely full. drawn high
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 braiding was deep
and reached nearly to the elbow With
it were worn Gobelin-blue gloves and a
toque of the same shade of MORE.
covered with stiff gold net and bor-
dercd with narrow band of black
ostrich feather trimming. The wrap
was of GobeIin-blue plush trimmed with
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