The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-10-26
THE LADIES' COLUMN.
SOME OF THE LATEST IDEAS In FASH
IONS AND FURNISHINGS.
Unique Bracket - The Latest Things
In FOotwear-The Pierre Tonkinoise-
Tho Change in the style of Sleeves.

Black and white is a favorite combination in
new hats. Black felts are trimmed with white
feathers, aad vice versa.
Light-colored felts will be more in vogue this
winter than the black or dark k-colored ones
They will be trimmed with velvet ribbon or
flowers Of another color.
Get q tall, straight, cylindrical yellow vase
eight or twelve inches high. 1t may cost seventy
FIVE cents. Fill it with yellow chrysanthemums
or margod and geranium leaves and you have
the latest loveliest bit of color and life recog-
nizsd by art and fashion.
Feather tips are very much employed as trim
mings round the edge OF bodces, jackets, sleeves,
and plastrons. But the newest style is that OF
large velvet and silk flowers put on as border
round the neck. There is no foliage; the flowers
are pressed close together forming very be-
coming frame to the neck.
One of the greatest changes in fashion from
last year to this consists in the sleeves, which,
from being extremely short, even for the town.
have become remarkably long. They are often
trimmed with a pinked-out ruche of the ma
terial OF the dress of silk; ruches of tule or
lace are worn with elegant indoor dresses.
Paris is tenn pting womankind with many things
pretty and some new In jewelry. The diamond
10 the most favored GEM and after it come fine
emeralds and sapphircs. Splendid opals are set
in marquise rings. surrounded by diamonds but
the superstition which attaches to this ost beau
tiful stone seems well-nigh insurmountable.
Huge smoky pearls are set encrcled by sap
phires. The topaz is raised to the pinnacle of
fashion, and 10 mounted as the yellow centre OF
a great daisy with petals OF diamonds.
Shoes and boots are more peaked than ever
Boots of patent leather are faced over the instep
Kid shoes are embroidered with silk and beads
but have only the tiniest of bows, and very often
of oil
and goat dyed in as many tnts as the modiste
can produce in cloths, flowers silks or feathers
Some heels are black, some are made OF leather
and both are varniehed, painted blackened, or
covered with kid, silk, or satin. For all who af-
feet dressy slippers and house haf-shoes the Chi
nese last is the favorite.
Some of the new pins take the fiat, old-fash-
Toned shape in gold, engraved with design.
Others are many pointed stars within circles Of
pearls. pretty shape is crown with points
of pearls and rubes. New designs are silver
lizards set with pearls, punches of grapes in
peSrls with leaves and stems in green gold, fern
frones set with brilliants, and miniatures of
French beauties in round pins with tiny pearls
in the plaits OF twisted hair and pearled ribbons
twinted about their fades for frames.
very original bracket has just been made for
an American customer by London furniture
manufacturer. The wooden bracket is in the
form OF q church porch, with q looking glass in
the place of the door. AS If stepping out of the
church is charming china figure, representing
Miss Ellen Terry as Marguerite. In the glass be-
hind one is startled to zee reflected the sinister
face of Mr.. Irving as Mephistopheles. The stat
uette is really double, and admirers of Miss Teri
and Mr.. Irving will welcome this very origina,.
way of preserving likenesses of the great artists
in their favorite roles
Egyptian styles are bidding for favor. The
In brio. A-brac and repousee work. Egyptian
transparencies are provided for transoms and
sash draperies; Egyptian weaving nils alcoves
and arches; Egyptian embroideries for cushions
and chair covers are unapproachable by Bulga-
ran, South KenBn gton. and convent needle
work, and Egyptian silks and stuffs are recon-
mended for house and evening toilets Then,
too. there are perfumes, aromatic tapers, and
pastilles, knives small table ware. and furniture
designs that revive the days Of the Tholmies
Cleopatra, and Aida.
Among the bfjOuterie is new stone, to which
the French have given the name of pierre Ton
kinoise." When faceted like diamonds it is a
beautiful stone, especially the pure deep blue to
which a name cannot be assigned. 1t is deeper
than AZURE but more brilliant than sapphire
such blue as artists struggle to portray at Capri
or at other parts of the italian coast. Other
faint lilac, not so warm as amethyst. and another
variety has flame-colored tinge. The jewellers
in some instances mount these stones in shades
blue and lilac together, and again the fiame-color
shading itself like beautiful sunset into pale