, 1890-12-11
LATEST FANCIES.

A being truly sweet to know.
LATEST FANCIEs.
After a period of iow-neck street
gowns has come return to linen
collars. Linen collar and cuffs
always give a finished look to a
cloth costume.
In the embroidery line there is no
design 40 popular as the fieur-de-lis.
One large linen house has been un-
able to supply the demand for fine
handkerchiefs embroidered with
this dainty design.
Gases containing individual salts,
peppers and butter dishes In silver
and gold are seen in the silver
smiths'. The combination is as ,,st
q novelty and will make an ~
ceptable wedding or anniversary y
present.
Many colored bordered handker-
chiefs 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 popu-
Lar for some years past.
Elephant, alligator and ooze calf
skins are much used for fancy home
shoes or ties. The gray and tan.
colored skins are also much liked
for the uppers of street boots, par
ticularly when they harmonic with
the gown.
Chrysanthemum lamps are all the
rage. The prettiest are of cut glass,
supported. by quite slender stem,
and with the shade Of white or yell
low silk, frinGed so as to resemble
<le flower from which they take
their name.
It is such a dirty fashion 1t seems
strange that 1t should be dubbed
stylish, that is the long skirt for
walking suits. Some fearless women
have appeared on the street with
their skirts clearing the ground, but
most of the handsomely dressed
women seem anxious to aid in clean
ing the streets. 1t is not neat, to say
the least.
To be really fashionable Just at
present you must possess some piece
of jewelry in the shape of heart.
Beautiful heart-shaped pins and
rings are shown composed of
turquoise, surrounded by pearls or
diamonds. If you don't care for
jewelry you must have a heart.
shaped frame for the picture of
your dearest friend and place 1t on
your dressing table. Tables and
mirrors Of this shape also find
favor.
The cleopatra" that Bernhardt
does is most marvellous one, but
does she wear such earrings as
adorned the shell-shaped ears Of the
famous beauty? They were valued
at G181, ASS. And somebody talks
about the women of to-day being
extravagant. Though earrings ure
out of vogue, their first reason for
existence Is pretty one. Jacob
gave them to Rebecca that she
might put them in her ears as a
symbol that they were closed to all
evil words against her future
husband.
IN ORDER TO BE "cHIc"
Ono Must Adopt Russian Modes
Nowadays.
New York Tribune.
In order to be really whet the
French call "chic," it appears that
nowadays one must be as Russian as
possible. This craze began in Paris
with the importation from Peters-
burg of what Is called cZarina under
wear. This new and costly elm
gerie" is made of the finest batlste,
buttonholed with pure gold thread,
which washes without getting tar
nished. Bed linen and table linen
are also made In this way. with gold
monograms embroidered in the
middle of the pillowcases, on the
upper edge of the sheet and on the
tociCSiOthS uhu uu uphluS. bTcahlust
and afternoon teacloths are COM
posed almost entirely of Russian
lace embroidered In blue and red,
with q heavy crimson silk lining.
Another Muscovite innovation are
the tissues manufactured from the
hbers of peculiar tilandrous stone
from the Siberian mines. This stone
is dove-colored, very brilliant, and
satin-like in texture. BY some un-
known process it is shredded and
spun into u fabric which, Though
soft to the touch and as pliable as
silk, Is of 30 resisting q nature that
1t never wears out. When dirty IL
Is thrown into the fire and when
red hot plunged into cold water,
whence 1t emerges absolutely clean
and ready for use.
In the chuteaus during the hunt.
Ing season the table is now set for
dinner in Russian style. The plates
and dishes are of Tolsk pottery,
namely, not decorated with flat
painting like our dinner sets gen.
orally are, but orhamented with
figures and designs executed in |