The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-11-30
IN FASHIONS GLASS.
The styles of the Hour Itemiscd for I
Benefit of Lady Readers.

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| Benefit of Lady Readers.
St.ings of ribbon and lace are fre.
quently seen even on large hats in Paris.
Braiding is. so popular that it is seen
| oven on checked cheviots and tartans
Diroctoire styles arc yielding to those
OF the Empire ard Restoration periods.
Elaboration producing the effect Of
simplicity is the motif of the autumnal
toilet.
Eiffel takes the place this fall that
green did last in popular and fashion.
able favor.
Starched whito linen collars and cuffs
are rcappoaring, but they are very un-
becoming.
The Minerva Is q fur cape with high
Shoulders, that is bound to be a fash
/ ionablo favorite.
Some of the newest imported jackets
have large bishop sleeves gathered to
wide cuff.
The older the woman the smaller the
bonnet, is tho first rule in the grammar
of millinery this fall.
The high-n-the Madici collar OF
fur is seen on some of the newest Car
rick or "four-in-hand" capes.
The most fashionable small hat is the
French turban, low and round in the
crown, or slightly arched in front.
White Thibct goat skins, with long,
silky hairs, are the favorAte fur Innings
of opera and dressy ca, riage cloalss.
Gold and silver braids, cords, and
| threads arc frequently mixed in the
same pattern Of embroidery or gimp.
The little capote bonnet brimless and
stringloss, is tho firss choice of the
woman who thanks God" that she
"never wanted to vote"
Some of the Paris fashion writers
predict the revival of old-fashioned
large wells, completely covering the
face and sometimes reaching to the
waist line.
A beautiful duslsy tint of violet shad.
ing to blue is called Yeur Dagmar, after
the color of the eyes of the Empress OF
Austria, formerly the Princess Dagmar.
Now dinner gowns are not symphony
in shades of one color this fall, but a
harmony showing combination of bou-
quot colors in contrasting but compli-
mentary tints.
The black Astrakan bands that border
many cloth gowns of Eiffcl red, bteu de
DcnuJe, and other colors are generally
headed with many rows of gold braid, or
one row of inch-widc gold braid.
The English club hat is one of the i'm
ported round hats that will be n great
favorite. 1t is of fine cashmere drawn
over "blocked" shape, the crown deep
and the brim shallow. Its only trimming
is a broad band of black velvet. 1t comes
in all colors.
Ladies who have for years been sigh
ing over their collections Of expensive
ostrich tips and long plumes lying by
useless will rejoice in the opportunities
given by the fashions to reproduce them
this winter. They are worn to excess
on dressy picturesque carriage and
walking hats.
Some of the handsomest street dresses
are of black cloth, fine and supple as
French kid, with palm-leaf embroideries
in dead gold on each side of the
pleated skirt and the same figure re-
peated in smaller size on the collar,
waistcoat, cuffs and revers, and pocket
| straps, when there are any of the habit
basque.
'sGreat kings and queens are the
| makers of manners" SO said King
Henry V. of England and so thinks the
Queen of Spain. She is the first Queen
of that country to allow smoking at a
court dinner. She gives the permission
by calling for cigar herself, lighting
it, and bidding the company to follow
her example.
A blunder made by very good fash
ion writer for out-of-town newspapers
is in describing bonnets, hats and
gowns of "Eiffcl blue" Eiffel is always
one or another shade of that brick or
| terra Gotta red which made the Eiffel
Tower of the Paris Exposition so con-
spicuous, and so pleasing. The Paris
ians call that color "Eiffel' not blue.
for eiffel is rcd, as matter of course.
An admirable novelty in fur is the
Medici, kind of collar, cape and tichu
combined, with two collars, one fasten-
ing at the throat, the other higher than
the inside collar and rising high in the
back, but opening in a V in the front.
| The Medici has short ends reaching in a
point to the waist in front like plas-
tron waistcoat, but sometimes continued
in gradually widening stole to the
hem of the skirt.-N. Y. Sun,