The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-03-21
FASHION POINTS.


of hair comes up among other style
of couture.
| Pale primrose and the bright
golden "daisy heart" will be tn
fashionable shades of yellow.
Pinked out and frayed rucheI
around the bottom of the skirts ar,
coming into high favor again.
Rough straw will be much uset
for bonnets, especially the new
braid that has line Of tinsel II
wove.
The hustle has diminished unit
there is reason to expect that i
will have disappeared entirely BY
spring.
The big sleeve has come to stay
and even threatens eclipse to the
coat sleeve we had grown to be-
lieve an immortal.
Fancy pins for holding on trim
mings have very delicate heads OF
bird, or bee or blossoms, and are
used In lavish array.
Pretty cloth gowns combine Ell
Their two colors or else supplement
the cloth with skirt and accesso-
ries of rich silk.
Gold is much used in Partisan
millinery this spring, but SO toned
and shaded as not to- seem in the
least obtrusive or glaring.
Jet retains its hold upon head
gear and is seen in crowns and
bands and buckles and things as it
has been this five years past.
The toque and the poke and the
stringless bonnet that looks like a
hat are the fashionable head cover
ings predicted for early spring
wear.
Skirts of all gowns made for
house or carriage wear are long all
around, falling over the feet in
front and touching the ground at
the back.
Spring hats will have wide brims
and low, square crowns, though
there will be many styles and
shapes. They will differ in degree
more than in kind.
Black will remain the leading
color for headgear with green next
and brown, lead gray, dull blue,
old rose and copper shades about
equal as thirds.
The new loud plaids and stripes
are made up with bodices cut on
the cross, Care must be taken
that the bias figures exactly match
or the result will be simply appall-
ing.
According to Harper's Bazaar,
full skirts will be worn again in
the spring and next summer, and
sleeves will not be very different
from those now in vogue.
Lace will be leading feature OF
spring millinery, especially the new
fabric that has ground Of silver,
gold or copper, with flowers In
wrought in silks of their natural
colors.
This Is to be q flower season
Many of the big hats have bios
SONS all over them, and upon the
small ones close wreaths and clus-
tiers are to supersede the time hon
ored big ribbon bow.
Flounces are coming in vogue
again in every style and size, deep
and narrow, hemmcd or pinked or
frayed out, or fringed or edged
with lace or embroidery, or bound
with ribbon.
Among the prettiest small bon
nets sent out from Paris are those
OF black lace insertion run with
gold braid and trimmed with big
rosettes of the narrowest green sat
in and black velvet ribbons inter-
mixed with gold braid.
A fashionable draping of waists
Just now Is to take the stuff 10 folds
over smoothly fitted lining from
under one arm acIoss to the other
hip, and vice versa, quite covering
the space of darts and giving the
favorite empire effect.
The corsage polonaise, with back
and side forms prolonged iato tabs
that reach the bottom of the skirt
will be favorite for spring cos
tunes. 1t must differ either in col
or or fabric from the skirt worn
with it. Velvet over MORE or bro
cade and fine cloth over silk will be
among the combinations worn.
A low-necked velvet bodice o
Roman red velvet may be worr
with skirts OF pink or scarlet tulle,
silver gauze, or black or white lace
Black velvet bodices may do duty
with skirts of any hue.
Silver shot black silks for second
mourning are the newest of the
new fabrics. For these silver and
jet galloons, steel passementeries,
and steel and jet fringes will be the
proper trimmings.
A scat reception" is the lates
form of entertainment among the
young girls of New York. 1t re-
sembles the ordinary 5 o'clock tea
only each one brings her cat along
newly washed and decorated witt
her favorite colored ribbon. The
girl having the prettiest pei receives
a prize, and the merits of the va
rious ANIMALS are certainly dis
cussed.
A trade journal States that s
new use is being made OF the high
crowns of ladies' hats. Ladies who
don't mind being considered eccen
trio lift up the back OF their hats
when out shopping and shove into
the crown such tribes as hairpins
lace, needles, gloves and thread
The idea may be commended to the
lady kleptomaniac and the lady
smuggler.
For simple evening dress guim.
pes are much worn, all the plain and
beaded nets and gauzes being used
for them. There is usually a puff
at the neck drawn high about the
throat by a ribbon that ties at ont
side. Full pulled sleeves of th'
thin stuff appear below the short
ones OF the gown and are finished
like the guimpe with the puff ant
ribbon.
VIM. Roberts, NJ. D., Physician tc
the Manchester. Eng, IniirmarN