Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-07

I d,,onE themselves for prizes, and pro.
ue!ceo some OF the most marvellous feats
VI aeA'erous cut and stitcherv one can
imagine, many of which are kent by their
nrms to this day as trophies of naatness
ana clever workmanship.
u Is Tor nome wear that whimsical and
t so.. women now indulge in the most
taa asI :, Iootgear. For bedroom use
the velvet slippers in all coiors arc hor-
dered with fur. The comfort of sl;nn;no
ones lce-cold and satin-sho feet into
.nese cosy and furry receptacles can onlv
oe appreciated by those who have an.
Joyed the delight of it in place of tho
usually numbed extremities. Still the
KNITTED slippers, costing only labor aud
Two or three ounces of wool. serve oa
wen. But establishment rather than
real comfort is preferred by some of the
women who make life pursuit of fash
lon.,, Some of the house shoes are so
small and low that they are like sandals.
Win the ends covered by brilliant bead
work showing up on the light satin foun-
datlon. Flat shoes without heels are fas-
tened On the instep with embroidered
ribbon. l have heard of house shoes with
heels bound with gold and painted with
miniatures; but these are affected Inv
those only who have more money than
sense. Perhaps such extremists will soon
follow Sarah Bernhardts example as to
their pedal extremities. Tho cable has
told us that, in Joan of Arc" she
is actually barefooted. If that should
become boudoir fashion, pedicures
would be in as great demand as mani
cures are now. The actresses bent the
rest of us in toilet exploits. No actress
wardrobe is complete now without a
Cleopatra robe. Do you know what a
Cleopatra robe is? When you emerge
pink and glistening from your bath, and
wish to lounge before your open fire and
drink cup of bouillon and sherry, slip
into your Cleopatra robe and there YOU
are. A woman showed me one. It was q
magnificent brocade of scarlet and gold.
lined with Persian lamb. What the
woman of to-day doesn't know about the
fetching seductiveness of the negligee
isn't worth knowing. Did you ever See
anybody in one Of those wondrous jan
anese tea-gowns, stretch herself lazilv
out and throw her beautiful arms over her
head in odalisque pose?
returning to the assertion made in my
first paragraph, that plain and picturesque
costumes are contesting for favor in the
streets, let me give a sketch of toilet
that is very stylish without being other
than modest in character. You deem the
hat rather large and snowy 1t did not
seem SO when viewed, with its dark gray
| color. in association with the suit of the
same quiet hue. Big hats are in increas-
| ing favor. Many of them have very wide
brims, capriciously disposed. The gar
niture in some models is torsade of vel
vet ribbon. or draped velvet around the
crown, with velvet ribbon bow at the
left side of the front. or at the left side
of the back, supporting q full tuft of
demi-long curled ostrich tips disposed to
shadow the crown. Other models, with
the torsade of ribbon, or the velvet dra-
perry around the crown, have the brim
turned up at the back, and q large bow
holding several demi-long ostrich plunles
turned over the crown to the front.
You may care to know" said dealer
who had just returned from Paris, what
the noted -milliner, Felix, says OF
the styles. He is dead set against the
present bonnets. Possibly, he explained
to me, he might confer boon on woman.
kind by solving the problem. He OBJ
iected on principle to head covering
which left nearly the whole of it exposed
and therein he is sensible. He thought
bonnet ought to frame in the face NOR,
or less, and that in his opinion we shoult
look to the Spanish mantilla or the hoo,
worn by the grisette of Paris for mode
whereon to mold a new style of head GOV