The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-01-10
IDEAS FoR DRESS.

All shades Of green are immensely
popular.
The latest fancy In boas are those made
Of cocks feathers.
Rhine green is lovely bright shade Of
this fashionable tint.
Reed green is that pallid gray green
seen in water rusheS.
Serpent and jasper are indescribable
changeable blue green's.
A new muddy shade of blue green
takes the name of Rhone.
Poplar green is that ashy hue seen on
the under side Of a poplar leaf.
q The Henri Deux is the favorite round
hat with girls who affect the artistic in
dress.
Among the dark metallic greens in
favor are Rembrandt, antique, spruce
and bottle green.
There is a genuine revival of the pretty
French breakfast cap for young married
and unmarried women.
The terra Gotta, mahogany and copper
shades are all akin to each other, and are
next in favor to the greens.
Capes, collars, muffs and trimmings Of
monkey-which, by the way, Is not
fur-are in high favor this season.
Deep dark Russian blue is the favorite
shade of this color with the Princess OF
Wales, who wears it on all possible occa-
sions.
After all, the handsomest, most ele-
CANT and becoming gown for a woman
who is not fat, short and clumsy Is OF
black velvet.
The sling sash which Mary Anderson
wears with the pretty pink gown in
which she plays Perdita is a study for
our young debutantes.
Some very fine ostrich feather fans
are made of only three long white
plumes, mounted on a jewel tipped
handle of ivory, pearl or shell.
This is an ostrich feather season. Fans,
boas, band trimmings for hats and
dresses, and tips and plumes for bonnets
and hats, all of ostrich feathers, are in
high favor.
The attempt to abolish the hustle is
not altogether successful, but the result
is good. The hustle is mere ripple in
the back draperies, not an unsightly
hump ON the back.
White is the prettiest dress for young
girl, no matter what the material may
be, cloth, cashmere, yelling, null, tulIe,
gauze, silk or lace, and it is the preferred
festival wear this season.
The silken waistcoats of dressy tea
gowns and indoor frocks for dresSy wear
are sometimes covered with silver or gold
tinsel dots and small figures, and fast
ened with buttons to match.
Boutonnieres, glove hooks, buckles,
tiny mirrors and ivory tablet cases come
in dead bright and old silver, along with
numbers Of other fanciful pendants, to
dangle from lady's chatelaine.
Some of the new names for gray
shades are very expressive, such as
punch flame, goura, the tint of an Afri-
can bird of that name, oxide, Vesuvius,
Russian, powder and thunder cloud.
Pale gray tulle, Hecked with steel
spangles and belted with a steel corset,
makes very effective ball gown. To
relieve its tone corsage bouquet of blush
roses may be worn. The shoulder straps
should match the belt or corslet.
A lively suggestion for a debutante's
| Christmas gown, to be worn in the even
ing, is white silk, brocaded or en-
broidered or painted with hocks of spar
rows, yelled under a cloudy drapery of
white tulle, hecked with snowdrops
made of tiny tufts of ostrich curled dues.
Ostrich feather fans are mounted on
| pearl, shell and ivory sticks, on handles
| of carved ivory, tortoise shell and pearl,
| coral, malachite, and imitation Of amber,
| shell, coral, carnelian and other semi
precious stones in celluloid, and also on
carved sandalwood, feather, and kid,
| and ribbon covered handles.
Among the prettiest trimmings for
bonnet crowns are little squares of fine
| cloth, delicate In color and soft In finish,
braided or embroidered IN small, close
set figures. buds, leaves, bees, flies,
shells and stars, and the edges pinked
out. These falling over brim and crown
of velvet have a wonderfully fine and
| artistic effect.-New York Sun.