The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-11
FASHION NOTES.
Neck Laces and Umbrella sticks as
Used In New York.
Correspondence of the Press.l


NEW YORK, Jan. 9.-"Theres nothing
SO very new in fools, but if you'd like to
look at the latest in umbrella handles
now you'd see novelties" the very polite
salesman said in leading jewelry house,
and so ! left the wonderful array of
flashing diamonds behind me and took
look at the umbrella handles, which
quite justified the clerks enthusiasm.
SAMPLE UMBRELLA HANDLES.
The umbrella sticks are four and five
feet long, some even more, and the ham
dies are enormously large, twisted and
tortured into every shape when of wood,
and carved and chased in the most as
tonishing and elaborate patterns when of
metal. There are half moons whose tips
are certainly six inches apart, and there
are grotesque fancy heads carved of bone
on the ends of many of the umbrellas de-
signed not only for men but for women,
some of them ugly enough to brighten
children. Several of them have the ends
finished off with pistols in metal, which
may be the real thing for all know;
and others have swords, daggers and
cat O. nine tails in different metals, and
one of them I noticed had real cunning
little oxidized flask on the end with
screw top. OF course this is to hold CO.
logne, we know.
These umbrellas are carried by the
ultra fashionable and by dudes and the
girls of the period, and while an UNI
brella is usually an unobtrusive neces-
sity the present remarkable styles make
them take an undue prominence, and
one would be very apt to notice such an
umbrella more than the person who car
ried it. These fancy styles and highly
decorated handles make them very cost
ly, and some of them really are beauti-
fully wrought. but where the ownership
of nice umbrella is such.a precarious
thing it is more sensible to buy cheaper
ones, and in better taste to have less OBJ
trusive styles.
In this city there are several large
houses which make a specially of lace
accessories to the toilet, and as such
dressy little trifies are very necessary to
a lady's wardrobe, and very dear to buy
ready made, / present some models
which are easily made, and if done at
home will cost certainly four times less
and be quite as pretty.
There are many ladies who always
wear crepe lisse ruching, others who
find that plain linen is more becoming,
and others again who prefer ribbon, with
a feather edge in white or color, and who
wear nothing else. 1t is quite admissi-
BILE to dispense with any kind of neck
wear with high necked outdoor wear,
but all ladies would gain by having a
narrow line of white between the severe
outing of her dress and her neck. The
plain stiff collars are for outdoor wear,
but in the house the lace trimmings and
fancy styles are far preferable and more
dressy and becoming.
The jabots of silk null in cream or
white, with or without ribbon bows, are
always pretty and can be worn with any
homo toilet. Those who have pretty
necks can make them without band,
the frill falling on the shoulder from the
base of the neck.
A very pretty fancy is to make plain
collar by turning the points, and where
the collar meets in front have short
plated fall of the same lace. Cuffs to
match can be made. Another can have
Q ribbon band over which is fulled
piece of lace, and in front it is made into
q cascade jabot, with bow of the same
kind Of ribbon.
LACE ACCESSORIES.
Another very pretty fancy for ayoung
girl is to make q foundation Of silk and
cover it with dotted net in a square
pompadour shape and bind the edges all
around with fiat band of ribbon. A
standing collar covered with lace has
dainty bow on the left side of the neck.
This gives the effect of low cut dress.
A very pretty fichu is made with
band one inch wide which reaches
around the neck, and from the top edge
falls frill Of deeply pointed point lace.
At the front of the neck are fastened
two hemstitched falls of silk tissue like
q bishops tie. These are long enough to
tie in full bow with ends or to reach to
the bottom of the waist and fasten with
ribbon or bar pin.