Omaha daily bee., 1889-11-03
RONEY FOR THE LADIES.

Sashes and sash bows at the back are much
worn.
Red is favorlte color for children's s
dresses.
Dull, polished silver begins to usurp the
favor accorded the oxidized for some months
past
Contradictory as it sounds, there never
was season when black was 50 fashionable
and brilliant colors so popular.
Braid is still very much Used to decorate
carriage and walking costumes. The heavy
Russian braid seems to be preferred this sea-
son.
Face powder made of egg shells is the
rage now with brunette beauties. 1t Is as
light as magnesia and very expensive, being
hard to get.
There is an attempt to revive the severe
style of hair r-dressing in vogue half century
ago-Smooth, wavy bands stiff, little curlS
and love locks.
The newest directoire capes are full. They
are cut round, the small center at the top fit
ting the neck and falling thence in folds
around the shoulders.
The fashionable wraps for late autumn and
winter are so long and so completely conceal
the costume underneath that some beauty of
material and design seems almost necessary,
and in very few cases is lacking.
Brilliantine will be popular dress fabric
the coming season. The new brands are silk
finished and fall in lustrous folds, which
for straight skirts and directoire redingotes
Pretty afternoon dresses Of cashmere and
camel's hair are made very effective by the
use of velvet or heavily repped ribbons,
these being more favored for such decora-
ton than moire or fancy ribbons of any
sort.
Plain fur muffs will be more fashionable
than the manufactured muffs of lace, velvet,
and silk which have been popularity car
ried during the winter months. The ad-
vantage of fur muff IS that 1T can be suita.
bly, carried.
The brilliant hues characteristic of early
autumn millinery have not lost their hold on
popular favor, although they frequently ap-
pear somewhat modified by the combination
of black which is such 'craze' in the sea-
sons fashions.
Leather, cut out in pretty applique designs
and embroidered with steel, gilt and jet
beads, makes a unique but pretty trimming
in suede shades. In delicate shades of kid
and in white kid wrought with silk to match
and tinted pearl and cut silver and gilt beads
these leather-work trimmings are really ex-
quisite
Heliotrope will be the color of the winter
in all the beautiful old tints and many new
ones from lilac and dahla through violet and
reddish purple and Persian mauve. Next IL
in favor come yellow and pale yellOwsh
flame Red dyes from rose to damask and
crimson, green, and pink run through high
class millinery.
Black hats are trimmed with the most
strkinF colors-red in all shades, green,
yellow, and even flaming orange color; and
hats and bonnet of feltor velvet in any color
are trimmed with black ribbons, feathers,
and jetted bands and ornaments, so that
hat or bonnet of one color throughout is
almost rara avis in the millinery line.
A very pretty drapng for the small brass
pedestal tables in one's drawing room is a
length of Roman silk one end of which is
caught near the bottom of the pedestal,
wound once or twice around il lightly ana
carelessly, then the end brought up and
spread over the top of the table, falling
gracefully over the side opposite to the one
it is brought up upon.
Rough cloths nave entirely superseded the
smooth for autumn and winter dresses.
These cloths are shown in fancy designs,
with plain TO match. All sorts of old figures
and shapes have been introduced for designs,
aud at present most Of these cloths are so
pensiye that they will be kept out of the gem
eral market. When they are initiated in
| cheap stuffs they Will no longer find favor
| with those ladies who like unique styles
Two hundred Siesian laceworIers were
| uninterruptedly occupied for four months in
| the creation of the veil worn by Princess
| Sophia Of Russia at her marriage with the
| crown prince of Greece. This wondrous
| garment was solemnly reported as finished
| by the directors OF the lace schools of Urns-
| dorm, Stenseiffen aud Seidorf, where il was
| made. The design was long the subject Of