Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-27
worn. Young girls wear narrow ribbon
or velvet much in their hair.
Notes,

A new pretty fan Is OF cooks plumes;
II is long and narrow.
One reed is still used in the skirt foun-
dauon of dresses to hold the gathers in
the back
The Medici collar is on bodices and
outside garments Of all kinds, and IL 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 lie gored.
II you cannot afford hat or bonnet
for every gown or every occasion, select
black felt and have dash of gold in
trodured into 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
turesqus In the extreme.
Seldom or never has fancy jewelry
been so much worn as at present. The
narrowest ribbon, the least draperv, the
lightest folds OF lace, alike offer a well
come field for its use-here gold
headed pin, there buckle.
Many coIored borderei handkerchief
very attractive, but they are not as
dainty rs the plain white ones, edged
with fine embroidery or narrow lace,
which have been Popular for some years
past.
You must trim your hat with fur this
winter. Persian lamb is very pretty and
accommodating. and 30 Is astrakhan.
The latter, while the cheaper. is really
81, n
toques are very becoming to both blondes
and brunaites, for the fur has a gloss
that sets off locks OF any color.
Black silk has returned to popular
favor, but with its return there has come
a revolution in the manner of making il
up. In order to have a stylish gown of
this kind choose fancy weave of silk
and have il made and finished like Il
regular tailor gown. No jet vel
vet or silk pus--menterie of any kind,
just simply anu severely plain.
The Tuxedo jacket In cream, tan or
one Intense aud vivid scarlet, known as
officers red is one of the most couven-
lent little coats for wearing over light
dresses, Is fastened with hut 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 Jokes
and high 90 lars. are just now in the
height OF popularity. Some have one
deep frlll, Others two, while the most
uncommon are those in gray, fawn TT
beliO;rOpe cloth, with a plating of lace
on the top of each shoulder, an upright
epaulet 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 hair
in the bright bluet shades, in clear
French gray, olive or geranium red and
do not differ greatly in design from
their school dresses They are, however,
much more trimmed with corselets of
velvet, or of passementerie, or with
bretelles of black velvet ribbon tied in
shoulder knots. and ending in a large
bow ut the waist line Of the back.
Householi
In this work-a-dav world there are
many women who DO not seem to appre-
ciate that leisure has its uses. Leisure in
many cases means stopping to think.
i; is hours of leisure VIII oh enable US to
realize the pOss bilites of life und of our
own nature. Few women appear to un-
derstund the word, and still lever avail
themselves of Its privileges. Let the
busy hOusekeeper give pause, take come
time for anuspmrnt; enjoy little
freedom from daily toll sufficient ut least
TO visit friend, sketch, read or finish
some bit of fancy work that delights her.
But do not mistake, rs is too often done,
leisure for extra time in which TO work.
II is good once i'll while 10 fold busy
hands, TO do absolutely no hing, an let
the soul grow bv intro.prction AMI the
past become u 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 recnlltct the exten-
sive prepa .ations In New England homes,
and il All hour Is spent in picturing the
old-tirne jollIty 1t may stimulate to an
imitation of the festivities of that day,
when from far and near the family
gathered TO the ,ryest- home feast.
Thanksgiving ushers in the gayeties be-
longing to the holidays, aud conspicuous
among them aud sometimes burdenSome,
Is the dinner going, form of entertain
ing tnat IS always attended Win more OF
less trepidatiou 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 Oh
jsrt is to bring a convenient number of
cougenial people together. therefore a
dinner should never be gwen TO paw off a
score. The number OF guests should be
at least eight aud 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 60
ciety's bounds. Whether formal or in
formal let the invition be upon double
note sheet folded TO tit an envelope. The
dining room should be made as attrac-
tive us possible. The table covering
should be of fine linen cloth hem
STITCHED, and il possible eel with MexI-
can drawn work or heavily enbroi Tered.
No silk draprry Is used on the table Us
formerly; even the embroidered CEN
ter pieces are discarded. flowers,
100, are set aside with the exception
of Il large fiat basket of them in the