Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-07-11
FASHION NOTES.

Great clusters Of pond lilies, fiery pop
pies, hyacinths, field daisies, etc, are Law.
ishly used on ball toilets. Tho long, trans
parent green grassea with which these
flowers are combined arc an excellent back
ground for so much vivid. color Some of
the flowers are touched with faint odors
almost natural
Trim little turhans toqucs and capotes
are often worn with these gray suits. A BIT
of the dress material can be wrinlSled over
stiff frame and finished at the edges by a
band of white silk or gray velvet, and a
white or gray bird-as the wearer1s fancy
may diotate-spreads his wings and arches
his neck in front
Extreme severity is observed in the
styles of mourning for young women.
Touches of Grape only is all that is necessary
for q simple black dress The hat, of black
felt, has loops of Grape. For n relative not
IN the immediate family, stiff bows of ribbon
and small black wings is appropriate and
serviceablc.
The plaids give way before the reign Of
stripes that seem to dominate in every Var-
ETY. of stuffs. Two shades Of gray or gray
and white have the preference, these suits
being often worn with short coats Of solid
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with bit Of hraidng and often trimmed in
gray astrachan OF somo other fur.
Ball dresses 10 be worn after Lent will
surely be composed, IN many cases, Of tho
rich gauzos and India silks, either heavily
embroidered in gold and silk threads on tho
material itself or Ia bands of every breadth
and pattern For the bands white silk is
the usual foundation, on which the gold
| embroidered leaves, flowers, vines or Curl
Gus arabesques show as though embossed.
Silk Undertaking., as worn by aristo-
cratic Partisan women, is subjected to as
severe laws of good taste in combination az
the outer garments Only faint shades Of
silk are used, pale lemon, Isse and blue in
entire sets, lace trimmed, with the corset
10 match. Such beautiful corscts as they
are, too, short and very flexible, with gold
tipped laces and touches of embroidery
about top and bottom.
Very low, falling in chatelainc braids, or
high on the head and well forward, are tho
most popular styles for hair arrangement.
The chatelaino is but poor introduction of
meaningless hair arrangement and has
decidedly too mussy look. On top puffs
and braids arc laid fiat, interspersed
with clustering curls. The straight,
pointed or square bang, suited to but
few types of face have at last found
their fitting sphere among select
few. The bushy, curly bang, at no time
refined or becoming, has dwindled to light
curls, half brushed from the forehead.
Although the shop windows are full 70
the brim with new and beautiful fabrics for
tho spring, cold winds and snowy days can
suggest only comfortable wooden goods, so
that manufacturers have of late bestirred
themselves and put several charming styles
upon the market, Tho Hmalaya is new,
/ flexible and not known 10 wrinkle, thus
| forming an admirable material to drape in
Grecian overskirts or Directoire coats, with
their long tails and side panels This
4 fabric is colored in soft grays, green and
/ dull reds in stripes that fade into each
other.
China crepe and lace shawls, so long laid
| by owing TO their lack of correspondence
with the rest Of the fashions, viii now find
a useful occupation In forming draperies on
/ tho long trains that hang from either
shoulder. The foundation OF this train
is made Of silk or satin, according TO the
rest of the gown. Two breadths of the silk
are sewed TO form a great square and
/ caught up between two corners and tackled
/ to the shoulders, from which 1t falls Ia
/ GreQue. Over all this, and down on the
train so formed, goes a white or black lace
shawl that can display its fine texture and
beautiful pattern to the best advantage.