The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-06-10
FASHION NOTES.

The honeysuckle is popular design in
silver.
New prisms iu silver take more than
the bright finish with pierced borders.
A pretty turquoise necklace lately
seen was formed of stars and crescents.
New fans are of crepe embroidered
with chrysanthemums and huge pansies.
Pink is very pretty on black hat,
black dress, or as lining for black
wrap.
The daintiest brooches for summer
dresses are those which take the form of
flowers.
A very handsome spoon seen recently
was of gold with a handle designed in
open work.
Exceedingly effective are lace pins set
| with stones which form attractive color
| combinations.
Tn, dog-fower is an effective design
in silverware when chased on bright
finished surface.
Back combs are being welcomed once
more, those with elaborately wrought
headings proving the choice.
A charming bracelet is formed OF two
strands of gold wire twisted and set at
regular intervals with small diamonds.
Wash silks, white India silks. ponges
and surahs with embroidered polka dots
are used for shirt waists, which are
made this season in every conceivable
fashion.
Kid gloves are staple. Silk and lace
gloves come and 60, but the kid cndures.
Glace mousquetaires are not much in de-
mand, but are to be found in some beau
tiful qualities.
Do not disdain dless and the little
niceties of the toilet. You may be
very clever woman, perhaps even intel
lectual; but, for all that, you cannot of
ford to be careless in these matters.
No woman with any sense of self-re-
spect should allow herself to sink into
dowdy, but, whatever be her trials, vex-
ations and disappointments, she should
dress as we'll as her position will allow.
The skirt which is most in vogue Is
the sheath. skirt, which is fitted to the
wearer by parts at the top and hangs
plain to the edge of the foundation skirt,
which is then finished with cluster of
tiny ruffles.
Lavender, unless of an exceptionally
pale shade, looks pretticr and is more
becoming if edged with black at neck
and wrists. Gray Is softer and more
tender in hue combined with white, or
with gray of palcr shade.
| The prettiest trimmings for French
ginghams, batistes and similar fabrics
are of open work embroideries, or light,
delicate line laces. Cream -colored Rus
sian applique bands are also used, and
stitched cotton gimps.
The latest foreign fashion in note-pa-
per Just now is the Louis XV., in gray
ish-white, scrolled at the top and with
gold edges, and the birch bark, the last
named having a mottled surface, and be-
ing very pleasant to write on.
The fiat rather broad sailor hat, with
its very low crown, is almost universally
becoming, and has achieved this season
an almost unprecedented popularity. The
hat requires little trimming, the simpler
the more in accord with its style.
The rage for gold has brought the gold
gauzs veil to the fore. Its popularity
should be limited to women who are
young, whose compilations are above re-
proach. Chantilly lace is noted with
tiny gold balls scattered here and there
upon it.
Some very expensive 'jewellcd' and
other buttons once again appear upon
new bodices and waistcoats. Double
fronts button over others, some of them
crossing en- chale, fastening on the hip, a
style quite popular in Bedford cord and
India cashmere tailor costumes.
Among fresh Paris models is hand
some black striped grenadine with cut
| let flowers in the stripe. 1t is cut en-
princesse, laced behind, and is finished
with a demi-fan train. A hounce of rich
black lace is round the bottom of the
skirt and the sleeves are high and full.
1t Is not likely that tea gowns will ever
60 out of fashion. They are too COM
Portable, too graceful and far too pictur-
esque to be forsaken, at least until some
garment with simimilar or greater ad.
vantages and attractions can be devised,
and that creation has not as yet ap-
peared.
The real summer capes are the deep
lace ones made with velvet yokes heavi-
ly studded with jet, steel, gold, or the
very elaborate jewels that are shown in
star shapes. A lace wrap always seems
essentially feminine, and for that reason
the lace cape, or, as fhe English people
call it, "cloak," will have decided
vogue given it.