Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-20

A fashionable way to serve bread and
butter Is in long thin slices like lady fin
gers.
A circular mass of pink and white
chrysanthemums makes popular table
decoration OF the season.
Equal parts of sweet oil aud vinegar
ard q little powdered gum arabic make
an excellent furniture polish.
The ruche or ruff of tulle is worn high
about the neck by Parisiennes with low
necked evening dresses as well as with
high day dresses. and is tied with bow
whose ends fiutter down to the hem of
Their garments.
1t is said that joint of meat may be
kept many days by wrapping it loosely in
a fine cloth wrung out of vinegar and
hanging it in q draught OF air. II the
weather is very warm the cloth should
be .noistened twice or even thrice day.
A pretty and effective little capote of
black net, spotted with gold, is wreethed
with yellow velvet roses, with a pert ht-
tie tuft of black feathers rising in the
center, just over the forehead, and the
black velvet strings are knotted at the
back.
To pair of shoes that have become
stiff and uncomfortable by constant wear
in the rain apply coat Of vaseine, rub
blng it in well with cloth, and in a
short time the leather will become as
soft and pliable rs when it was taken
from the shelves of the shoe dealer.
Canton flannel. by the way, is an ex-
cellent cover for sofa pillows under silk.
When down pillows are bought in the
white covers they need an additional
cover under the silk, or the down Will
come through, and canton flannel, the
fuzzy side out, makes the silk softer and
more pleasant than anything else can.
There is revulson against the very
close fitting, tight skirts, and, while
steels and pads are not visible, dresses
are made full at the back, with natural
and graceful flow. Some of the newest
street dresses are quite plain in front and
a. the sides, with folds behind, or have
fan folds 10 front, PLAN sides and folds
behind.
The skirts OF tailor made dresses are
almost molNed TO the figure in front,
and narrow and closely. pleated at the
back, with no draperies. The bodices
are cut in habit fashion with waistcoats,
and the sleeves are put in high on the
shoulder, but not of the dimensions they
were some months ago. Plain cloths
are closely braided and trimmed with
fur.
BY one of fashions unwritten laws,
young girls are forbidden the small mask
wells worn by their mammas and older
sisters. They are not supposed to keep
loose locks In place or need to soften
slight facial blenishes. II a veil is re-
quired for protection, let 1t be of sewing
silk or some dark colored tissues with a
strict avoidance of the dotted tulles aud
figured nets affected By their elders.
Gowns are rendered more or less dressy
BIZ the kind of sleeves used with them,
and economical ladies wear two or three
pairs of sleeves to the same gown ar
ranged SO as TO be easily adjusted. A
plain gown with sleeves like the dress 10
shortened up on occasion with braided
sleeves for the street, or with the new
jet embroidered sleeve for a reception.
In the center OF each square of jet is
small and sparkling steel star or a tur-
quoise cabochen.
Quite the newest mode of trimming
bodices Is with narrow fittings of the
same, or contrasting material carried
ali around the basque and up the front
TO the COLLAR. For heavy dresses the
frillirs is made of silk; for airy fabrics
the same material or lace may be used
Soft wool gowns have the friliing made
of ribbon, the plated ribbon being used
rs epaulets on the shoulder and appear
ing beneath the draperies about the hem
of the skirt.
The latest lambrequin this fall Is made
from two aud half TO three yards of
plain colored vestibule silk. Borders of
Japanese origin about twelve inches
wide of delicate tints skilfully mingled
with gold are sewed the whole length to
the PLAIN strip. This is finished with
silk fringe. The lambrequn is then
carelessly draped at each corner of the
mantle. Another arrangement is the
combination of figured vestibule silk
with stripe of figured plush, the silk be-
ing gracefully worked in aud out of the
border.
Women Work.