The morning news., 1888-12-01

Romish church celebrant. that the first
sight gives one little shock. 1t is cloak
of black or dark velvet, the narrow straight
back plated into the waist. leaving de-
preston IN the center, which is filled with
an upright, widening line, toward the
throat, OF gold embroidery. Instead Of the
ecclesiastical wings, however, there are
long straight sleeves, set full and high upon
the shoulders, and outlined from top to foot
with broad band of rich gold passemente-
rie. Interior endings of fox fur finish the
neck and the double front, which is held by
crossed cords and buttons.
FANCIEs IN FEATHER FURs AND FANS.
A novelty in sealskin garments is
pelerine cut square instead of pointed, both
front and back. The back is short, and
with the addition OF tails used as a fringe
does not more than reach to the waist. But
the square ends in front are long and form
sort of stole, which looks odd and quaint
| over the red, wool walking gowns, which
are feature of the season.
The feather furs are no longer a novelty,
| and they are so frail that they will never
| be popular. But they are charming in
white, grey, pink and black. The new
| models are made up very light of the most
| delicate ostrich tips. mounted on founda-
| tlon that is invisible aud adds nothing to the
| weight. The cost is not great. Muff and
| boa can be obtained for 500 to $25. But
they are only fit for very dressy purposes,
not for hard usage or every day wear. They
| are in demand, however, for holiday gifts,
| and they are ''fadn with some ladies for
| folding around the neck instead of lace
scarf, the wide and long scarf which has
| succeeded the lace boa. For this purpose
| they are lovely but not economical, for
| they would soon be spoiled.
| The latest in feather fans is large circu-
| lar form, which closes, and can be made a
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| Hindoo form, the gilded sticks forming q
| central disk from which the feathers spring.
| The cost is from $15 to S25. But on the
| other hand, the plume and aigrette fans,
| composed of these upright ostrich feathers,
| curled over the top and fastened by an
aigrette to the sticks, are very mucn reduced
| in price; they can be bought now for less
| than S5, where last year Trey were 50 and
| $l0 This is because the shape has been
| superseded.
Transparent fans are still used and hand
| some ones do not go out of fashion. But
ordinary painting has been superseded by a
| criss-cross lattice work of narrow ribbons
| or by narrow ribbons run in and out and
| forming a border. A lovely but very ex-
| pensive fan has ribbons run in and out across
| the top and a lattice of narrow ribbon
| forming an old fashioned, wide window
| frame and seat. In this are flower pots done
| in silk and the pretty, medieval figure of a
| young girl, part in silk and partly painted
A novelty in pincushions for the dressing
| table consists of a round, plush cushion set
! in a quaint jar of frosted china, in jardiniere
| colors upon white
Celluloid, the most useful of crested sub
| stances, has become quite transformed. 1t
| is now made so much like real ivory, by
| being mixed with ivory, that it is difficult
| to distinguish one from the other; and is,
IN addition, so skillfully manipulated that
| the new dressing sets have all the appear
| ance of the ivory antique. A still more
| novel effect has been produced by rendering
| it semi-transparent and coloring it. so that
| it has the appearance of clouded amber, a
very precious and rare substance. The
| cost of these is little more than that for
| which simple celluloid was offered when it
| first made its appearance, the reduction on
| this being now at least one-half.
The Photographic album died hard, but
| it has at last disappeared; and i'll its place
| we have folding mats or frames, holding
| from two to twelve and even twenty-four
| pictures, and capable of extension, though
| inclosed in covers of embossed leather or
| gold brocade.
The new frames are Venetian, for small
| pictures, of enamelled metal, studded with
| garnets and turquoise, onyx or other semi
| precious stones. Etchings and even photo
| graphs, which are good reproductions of
| genuine works of art, are most welcome as
| gifts, and are preferred to everything, ex-
cept books, by people of intelligence and
taste. JENNY JUNE.