Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-12-25
THE NORTHWEST
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
ooirures. Evening Dresses. Jewelry.

Very high or very low coiffures are
equally fashionable, but 1t must be ab.
soluteiy one or the other; as no neutral
ground can be tolerated In this depart
ment OF fashion. An appearance OF
ease and grace Is the first requisite in
the arrangement of the hair, and short,
fluffy cuffs are now placed at the back
of a coiffure, and also on the top, in or
der to prevent a stiff outline. Braids,
pinned close to the head are very sty-
fish, also loops, and gilt or shell pins
are here necessary to keep the hair In
place, and serve double purpose, that
Of being useful as well as pretty. Va
rieties in bangs are always to be seen,
especially in water curls, and the ordi'
nary one for street wear Is cut quite
close on the sides and pointed in the
middle. Long shell and gilt pins are
much employed, also high tortoise-shell
combs, but as these last are trying to ir-
regular features and rather expensive,
thew will not be used to any great ex.
tent. Ladies should realize that the
plainest costume may be made attract
I've by a stylish and appropriate ar
rangement Of the hair.
EVENING TOILETS.
Pretty and inexpensive party dresses
are of China silk in evening shades,
either plain or in combination of plain
and fiowered silk; trimmings of ribbon
being most popular. While the Prin-
cesse style undoubtedly leads in costly
dinner and ball toiletts, still basques
and round wrists arc used to consid-
erable extent, especially in soft, cling
ing materials, such as crepe de Chine,
gauzes and mousseline de sole. All
TRANSPARENT materials are worn over
silk underskirts of the same color, with
full shirted waists and puffed sleeves,
set off by bows of ribbon or velvet, and
pointed velvet or gilt belt, having a
large rosette 10 front. Round necks are
more popular for evening wear than
any other shape, and are trimmed with
q row of lace, a putting of some dry ma
terial, or q delicate vine Of silk or gilt
passementarie. Many evening toilettes
are high neck, and V front and back
offolds, lace, passementerie or embroid-
cry Is still very stylish. Sleeves for
evening wear are in great variety as re-
CARDS size and length: band of feath-
ers or two inch strap passes for a
sleeve, or a very narrow puff standing
high on the shoulder, while in some
cases large full puff reaches almost
to the elbow and is edged with lace.
Another style is large and flowing on
the inside, and looped on the shoulder
to show the whole arm, and it is by no
means unusual to see long sleeves with
low neck. In one of the latest designs
at the elegant establishment Of Lord &
Taylor, may be seen plain, round
sleeve set In the arm-hole without any
fIlllness whatever and finished off with
lace, having three fancy buttons on the
outside.
JEwELRY.
The originality of design in new jew
elry is verv striking. Expensive
watches for ladies are pigmies in size,
but giants in delicacy of work.
manship. AS rule from three to four
inches Is the fashionable length for
chatelaine with watch attached, and In
many cases are still smaller. A new
idea is large, colored beetle, which
may be fastened to the waist or placed
on the corsage. and pressing spring,
the wings rise and disclose a tiny
watch. Another fancy shows the back
and sides of small watch covered with
seed pearls, the short chatelaine SINH
Iarly adorned and finished off by a
heart-shaped ornament formed entire
ly of pearls. Ladies fancy pins are in
bow-knots, rosebuds, English double
violets with diamond or pearl center,
swords, minute orchids and chrysan-
themums. VERONA CLARKE.