The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-21

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it is this year.
Velvet calf in all colors is used for
evening shoes.
Fur is much used as trimming for
hats this season.
The Spanish mantilla has been revived
for evening wear.
A note of interrogation in pearls makes
pretty scarf pin.
Golf as q game for ladies is immensely
popular in England.
The material par excellence for gowns
for all occasions is cloth.
A tiny gold heart shaped locket is the
newest thing in watch charms.
The tea gown is giving place to what
is now known as the "house dress"
In Paris, jackets have taken the place
of other wraps with women who walk.
Bazaars have been the order of the day
if not the evening, for the last fortnight.
The bird of paradise in diamonds is
something original in ornaments for the
hair.
Marquise rings are of length which
would formerly have been considered
outre.
It is now considered the Horst posi-
BILE taste to speak roughly, haughtily or
even Grossly to servant
tits the thing at small parties to provide
professionals to sing, play, tell fortunes,
etc., for the amusement of guests.
There is fancy just now for shoes of
old English make, with very pointed
toes and flaps coming we'll over the in
step.
A new kind of cloak has appeared.
It is very wide and full and reaches q
little below the waist, being plated at
the throat into the base of Medici col
lar.
The fashionable pocketbook is small
and nearly square, of smooth French
morocco, and is ornamented with little
painted miniature framed about with q
snowy rococco gilt border.
When tartan stockings were intro
duced short time ago they were vetoed
by well-dressed women on account of
their loudness. Now, they will probably
be worn with the tartan shoes.
Honors are about evenly divided be-
tween feathers and fur as a garniturc.
Some of the most elegant robes de
chambre are trimmed with bands of fur
and fur boa. Others have the feather
boas with feather bands.
A late whim of swelldom is to put the
maid who opens the door into a sort OF
livery, like that of man servant. Her
dress is dark green, plainly braided, and
the waist and sleeves are trimmed with
livery bands of red braid. She wears
no cap, and this livery is not usually put
on until about ldnch time.
serpents In all kinds Of hideous imita.
tions, with diamond, ruby or sapphire
ewes, are used for most unexpected aud
unprecedented purposes. French bonnets
are composed Of one huge, black snake,
coiled about the mans head. Gold
serpents do duty as necklaces, bangles,
glrdles and even as wedding rings.
The snowy muslin or cambria petit
coat is altogether passe and those of all
shades OF silk have taken their place.
Those for chilly people are lined with
flannel. The trimming consists of ruches
or rufles pinked or hemmed, with lace
Aouuce among them, which is black or
white according to the color of the silk
used.
The great rage Of the season is for
| velvet ribbons-narrow ones tied under
the chin or hanging down the back in
floating streamers. Black ribbons ard
white ones, and all the new malarial
colors, that would look like mistakes if
they weren't so stylish. Collarettes of
piece velvet, shaped to fit the neck and
match the bonnet, arc worn, and are
sometimes fringed with pearls or bordered
with diamonds.