Omaha daily bee., 1891-10-18
HONEY FOX THE LADIES'.

Feather toques are shown with q mutf to
match.
Many brown and green effects appearin
fancy feathers.
Wings are medium In favor and breasts are
ignored.
Spangles are iutermixed with embroideries
and fancy feathers.
Never before has jet been so extensively
used for millinery.
With the exception of hat pins, gilded jew
elry is not much in demand.
jet aigrettes, cabochons, fah-top pins, flies,
butterflies, wings and tiny birds appear.
Fancy beaded side pieces and crowns show
beautiful designs carried out in beads and
spangles.
Fancy feathers are shown in largo quaint.
ties and can safely be promised as good
through the fall and winter.
Fine short heads in ostrich tips are used in
elegant trimming effects.
Buckle effects are noticed in jet and steel,
also in Rhinestones and brooches of moon
stones are set in apparent diamonds.
White satin or repped silk is suitable for
the wedding dress OF a bride OF twenty
years. .
A prospective bride should use the initial
of her maiden name on household linen.
A tulle veil envelopes a bride so becom-
ingly that 1T is often preferred to the shorter
veil of lace.
Gathered %lounces, rose ruches, cabbage
pleatiugs ana battlemented edges trim the
foot of many dress skirts, though some of
the richest gowns are quite plain.
Mrs. Cowlev: But what is womana Only
one Of natures agreeable blunders.
Very pretty are some of the spun wool
shawls in finest lace patterns, which, though
annie in size, weigh next to nothing, their
warmth, however, being out Of all proportion
to their lightness. These shawls are hardly
less gossamer-like than a cobweb, and might,
from their marvellous delicacy, have been
manufactured by fairy fingers.
The fashion journals say that a new shade
of green is a favorite in Paris. 1t probably
will not match the shade of green in the en-
vious eyes of the woman who can't afford to
have any of it,
TIE new Venetian brown of a deep reddish
tint appears among the handsome dress
fabrics of silk velvet and ladies' cloth this
season.
velvet again appear upon imported dresses Of
India cashmere, camel's hair and silk of
varied sorts.
Buttons are considerably Used as garni-
ture. On the skirt they are put on as obvious
fastenings to some joining or overlapping of
seams, and on tho basques and coats in neat
rows with a uniforln effect.
Braid is arranged in a single row or a sue
cession of festoons or punches like loops of
ribbon, or in the daring 'bowkno.' pattern
which dominates everything. 'These bow
knots are spaced with a connecting undulat-
ing row of braid, apparently to bolu them
together.
New princesse dresses for youthful
| wearers are made with the waist-portlon
closely fitted and reaching only half the
length OF the ordinary bodice, the corsage
being very much like a peasant waist, with
guimpe and full sleeves OF some other ma
erial.
In trimming pretty house dresses this
season, modistes are using velvet ribbon as
flat borderings, in the form Of Greek KEYS,
squares, blocks, points in graduated len gUhs,
and in plain rows. Silk braid the sam color
as the dress, plain or mixed with metal
threads or dotted with cabochons, are mex
pensive and effective trimmings.
The oil OF white birch bark, which gives to
Russia leather its peculiar aromatic and
lasting qualities, when dissolved in alcohol,
is said to DO excellent for preserving and
waterproohng various fabrics. 1t renders
them both acid and insect proof, and in no
way destroys their pliabillty.
Petticoats FOR winter use are handsomer
than usual. Very rich stuffs in plain and
figured satin, black, cream, gray aud Indian
red brocade, also silk and wool materials, are
utilized. Black satin or surah skirts, lined
with fancy striped f%annels, are full in the
back, closely gored on the front and sides,
ana trimmed in rows ofrose pleating in plain
ru ches, or mixed with black lace.
Ribbons OF all kinds are In high favor
wide or narrow, satin, silk or velvet, the lat
ter being the ne vest and most preferred. A
favorite way of arranging ribbon on a waist
Is in what is called an Y. A ribbon about
two or two and a half inches wide Is brought
round the waist to the front, where 1T IS
crossed, brought back again under the arms,
and up 10 the center of the neck, where the
two sides meet and are fastened down by a
little chou, being fiually brought round to the
front of the neck, where they finish in a knot
according to taste.