Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-23
worn. Young girls wear narrow ribbon
or velvet much in their hair.
Notes.

new pretty fan is OF cooks plumes;
it Is long and narrow.
| One reed is still used in the skirt fouu-
detIOn of dresses to hold the gathers in
the back
The Medici collar Is on bodices and
outside garments Of all kinds, and is of
most varied size.
IN making your plain skirt cut two
slashes two or three inches deep at the
bottom, or else have seam up the
front, which is gored.
IL you canno: afford a hat or bonnet
for every gown or every occasion, select
q black felt. and have a dash of gold in-
troduced in!o the black trimming.
Partisan tea gowns are furnished with
antique bOdices half-high, the dropping
ruffs of lace and long sleeves, reaching
quite to the wrist, being quaint and pic
| turesque in The extreme.
| Seldom or never has fancy jewelry
| been so much worn as at present. The
nsrrowest ribbon, the least draperr, the
lightest folds of lace, alike offer a well
come field for its use-hsre Q gold
headed pin, there buckle.
Many colored bordered handkerchief
are again shown. Some of them are
very attractive, but they are not as
| dainty as the plain white ones, edged
with fine embroidery or narrow lace,
which have been popular for some years
past.
| You must trim your he. with fur this
! winter. Persian lamb is very pretty and
| accommodating, and so is astrakh han.
| The latter, while the cheaper. is really
the most stylish fur. Small astrakhan
| toques are very becoming TO both blondes
and bruuettes, for the fur has gloss
| that sets off locks OF any color.
Black silk has returned to popular
! favor, but with its return there has come
! q revolution in the manner of making it
up. In order to have stylish gown of
this kind choose fancy weave of silk
| and have 1t made and finished like q
regular taiIor-made gown. No jet, vel
vet or silk pas-ementerie of any kind,
| just simply and severely plain.
The Tuxedo jacket In cream, tan or
one intense and vivid scarlet, known as
officers red, is one of the most conven-
lent little coats for wearing over light
dresses, is fastened with but one button,
and has a rolling Byron collar either of
brown or black velvet or stitched cloth.
The women who don the scarlet ones look
like brilliant tropical birds.
The cloth capes, set into velvet yokes
and high collars, are just now in the
height of popularity. Some have one
deep frlll, others two, while the most
uncommon are those in gray, fawn or
heliotrope cloth, with plating of lace
on thu top of each shoulder, an upright
epauiet OF jet above it, and handsome
jet trimming falling from the collar
down the back.
Girls best dresses for afternoon or for
church are of cashmere or camel's hair
in the bright bluet shades, in clear
French gray, olive or geranium red aud
do not differ greatly in design from
their school dresses They are. however,
much more trimmed with corselets of
velvet. or Of pasSementere, or with
bretelles of black velvet ribbon tied in
shoulder knots, and ending in large
bow ut the waist line OF the back.
Household.
In this work-a -day world there are
many women who DO not seem to eppre-
ciate that leisure has its uses. Leisure in
many cases means stopping to think.
II is hours of leisure which enable us TO
realize the possibilities of life and of our
derstand the word, aud still fewer avail
themselves of Its privileges. Let the
busy housekeeper give pause, take some
time for amusement; enjoy little
freedom from daily toll sufficient at least
10 visit n friend. sketch, read or finish
some bit of fancy work that delights her.
But do not mistake, as Is too often done,
leisure for extra time in which to work.
il is good once in while TO fold busy
hands, TO do absolutely nothing, ana let
the soul grow by introspection and the
past become a pleasant background for
present life and future hopes. The
leisure hour fits in when anniversary
seasons return. Next Thursday is
Thanksgiving, and in Texas there are
many women who recollect the extern
slve preparations in New England homes,
and il an hour Is spent in picturng the
old-time iollity il may stimulate to an
Imitation of the festivities of that day,
when from far and near the family
gathered TO the harvest home feast.
Thanksgiving ushers in the gayeties be-
longing to the holidays, and conspicuous
among them and sometimes burdensome,
is the dinner going, n form of entertain
ing that is ALWAYS attended with more or
less trepidation on the part of the
hostess.
The success of a dinner party depends
largely upon the selection of the guests.
They must be congenial. The prime OBJ
ject is TO bring convenient number of
cougenial people together, therefore q
dinner should never be given to paw off
score. The number of guests should be
at least eight and not over twelve. The
guests having been selected, the invita-
ton next demand attention. The form
is not essential, but il might not be amiss
to say all invitations should be either
written or engraved, the power of the
printing press reaches its limit at So
ciety's bounds. Whether formal or in
formal let the invition be upon double |
note sheet folded to fit an envelope The T,
dining room should be made as attrac-
tive as possible. The table covering
should be of fine linen cloth hem |
STITCHED, and If possible ced with MexI- |
can drawn work or heavily embroidered |
No silk drapery is used on the table as |
formerly; even the embroidered cen
ter pieces are discarded. Flowers, !
TOO, are set aside with the exception I
of large fiat basket of them in the |
ceuter. Lamps are in great demand for |
table decorations, entirely superceding |