, 1890-02-06
FASHION NOTES.

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Violet, rose and orange blossom leaves
are frozen in ice creams Of delicate flavor.
With tailor-made suits many ladies OF
good taste wear Cutls and collars OF
printed percales.
Walking dresses for young ladies are
made with open boliCes turned back to
show u irillcd shirt front Of white or
Colored surah.
Flat caps, without peaks, trimmed in
different styles to give them originality.
are much in vogue for young ladies and
little girls. The Wagner borct is one oi
the leading shapes.
Fashionable millincrs never display
window hats and uonnct, they are
afraid of Copyists. Connected with the
shop is q salon where the airy treasures
IN tinsel, lace and crushed roses repose
in wooden band.boNcs.
There is nothing nicer for the glass
panels ofa yestibule door than a adrapcry
of white silk Grape scanned with inserted
bands of mCh-wi ide lac" and smoothly
run on brass rods Figured silks lor
sash draperles have had their day
A pretty gift for debutante or lover
Of the beautiful is u small Uncovered
willow basket, lined with tin-foil and
planted with growing ferns. The lids
are tied open and secured to the handle
with a bow OF orange or scarlet ribbon.
Russian cmbroidcries are seen on night
robes for women as well as men. The
fashion of fastening night dress at the
side is also Russian and worthy OF imi-
tation, Tor II pl.yents exposure of the
chest TO any draft that might give the
sleeper a cold, and the ornamentation on
the p!astron or front gore is not SO read
lily displaced % usual.
In the line of lingerie there are bodice
sets consisting OF a bertha and sleeves TO
wear with u low.neCked waist that must
do ser5icc as dinner bodice. They are
made Ni China Grape, soft India silk,
tissues with satin discs and stripes, Gre
pons, null muslins, dotted net, lace,
tine embroidery and pullings OF trans
parent materials combined with ribbon
loops aud Insertion.
The pattern dresses Just In from Paris
designers run 10 bias effects, all the fig
ured cloth being handled In that way.
The bias bodice is round, belted waist
without darts or side CORES, having
straight back and without fuilncss save
at the right shoulder, where three plaits
arc laid. The front Is cut sidebrcastci
and closes invisibly under these plaits.
To get this Jueorly drafted waist 10 liz u
lining Is first made with the regular
number OF darts and bones. The skirt
that goes with the bias bodice Is made
with two bias brcadths of 5i.inch cloth
over a gorcd silk or muslin foundation,
finished with machine.stitchcd hem
and all the lullnCss gathered in the buck.
II should be stated that this design Is
only suitable for wooden goods and
street wear,
There seems to be q craze for silver
ware as parlOr urn amonts, and in salon.
MUSHROOM, library and private apart
mcnts salad bowls. teapots, soup tureens
and toast racks arc Displayed along with
cherished candlc'ticks ami highly -prized
call bells and water services. In some
homes there arc cabinets of silver in
miniature, which the ladies of leisure
collect US their husbands do Americana,
ana Curlp shops are rilnsaCkCd, and for
oign agents bc.ieged for tea balls, fruit
knives, card cases, purses, pocket mir
rors, medalliOns bonbonnicrcs, yinia-
grcttos butter pattics and thousand
other bits of silver on which has laid its
seal. Mrs. Hicks ord has a cabinet lit
orally stocked with art studies in sterling
representing small tablewnrc, toilet goods
and animated nature with monsters OF
the sea and the forest in inch forms.
Mrs. Irene Wilson has in her salon
small table laden with silver livestock,
every item of which Is masterpiece,