Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-11
FASHIONABLE OR OTHERWISE.

EVENING gloves are still in mosque
taire style.
BRoADCLoTH is the proper material
for tailor suits.
CoRsAGEs laced down the back re-
tain their popularity
PINK is the color or the baby girls
ribbons, and blue for boys.
AN attractive brooch Of gold rep
resents folded lace handkerchief.
RED wooden dresses for the house
are trimmed with light gray astra-
khan.
HOUSE Jackets of plush and velvet
are shown in g. great variety OF
styles.
VELVET round hats in the B oulanger
shape are nearly covered with ostrich
plumes.
BRIGHT red tulle, trimmed with pop
pies and gold wheat, is fashionable
tor ball dresses.
PRETTY tooues are made of ruby
velvet and cloth, trimmed with
brown or gray wings.
AMONG the prettiest designs In gold
brooches is beautiful-tinted maple
leaf, set with diamonds.
VELVET dinner dresses are Vshaped
in the neck and beautifully adorned
with metallic embroidery.
MORE antique and MORE Franchise
are oftener chosen for trimming cloth
costumes than velvet Or plush.
THE tournure now appears merely as
dress extender, minus the punched
UP appearance of past seasons.
BRAIDING is used on the pretty wool
dresses which little children wear to
dancing school and holiday parties.
A NEW and popular design for scarf,
hair and bonnet pins is g. gold inter-
rogation mark, set with half-pearls.
BoNNETs of velvet and felt, having
the crown of velvet and the brim OF
felt, or vice versa, are much admired.
THE newest orange shade is called
"Orient" and is q rich, glowing tint,
which combines effectively with seal
brown.
YOUNG ladies generally adopt the
small coil OF braids arranged in the
center OF the back of the head for even
ing dress.
FELT noil, which is merely unshaped
felt, is wrought with chenille cord Of
silk, and used for making some very
stylish bonnets.
DANCING shoes are of bronze or black
kid. with high vamp and ties and or
namented with large square buckles
of polished steel.
A PARTISAN round hat of notified
felt is decorated with a. seml-clrcle OF
brilliantly plumaged birds on twig OF
brown velvet leaves.
SHOT MORE plush is q decided nov
city of unusual effect. 1t is used for
bonnet and hat trimmings, and also
for making elegant mantelets.
AN excellent design for a paper
We ght is g. Cat made Of silver sitting
on rug of the same material, the
corners of which are slightly upturned.
The favorite colors for plain cloth
promenade toilets are dark and light
mouse gray, dark blue-green, myrtle
green, copper red, claret and dark
heliotrope.
MUFFs made of the material Of the
street costume are in high favor, and
fur, passementerie, ribbon, lace and
other fashionable trimmings are used
to decorate them.
TERRA Gotta and Venetian green,
mahogany and shrimp pink, two
metallic shades of gray. and brown
and white are the popular combina-
tions for dinner dress.
CoRNET- shaped pendants are used
in profusion to trim the sleeves, hood
and girdles Of dressy mantles. Great
ingenuity is displayed in making these
very effective trimmings.
OWING to the popularity OF MORE
antique. designers are constantly de.
vising new patterns Of watering.
None of them. however, are 80 rich In
effect as the original design.
CHINA silks, soft, glossy and pliable,
which come in the most exquisite and
artistic shades of color, are more
fashionable for young ladies' dresses
than heavy fail lie Franchise.
DARK velvet bodices are much worn
over airy skirts of lace, tulle and crepe
lisse. The majority of these bodices
are cut low, with drapery of lace or
other diaphanous fabric over the
shoulders.
AS the season advances the skirts
of dresses are less punched at the back
than heretofore, and are laid in wider
plaits. Steels are now limited to two,
and these are placed IN the lower half
OF the foundation skirt.
AN attr active novelty in furs is g.
turned down collar, with the right
side prolonged to form large revere
that crosses to the left. 1t is made OF
various furs and is detached, so that
it can be worn with any garment.
BoNNErs composed entirely OF os.
trich feathers are new, and very soft
and pleasing in effect. The crown
and brim are often covered with feath-
ers OF contrasting colors. and loops
of ribbon and ribbon strings are the
only trimmings.
THE V-shaped or square cut open
ings in full dress corsages. instead OF
beng left pla n with q simple plating
of lace inside, are now draped with
folds OF crepe lisse, resembling g. fichu