Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-03-01
THE SOCIETY COLUMN
Their Bridal -Four But the Publlc
Did Not Know II.
JiPnESE CRAZE SILL POPULAR
fhs Mia tsatsa s@4sss .. ostsait os-
served ~ tas Issst ssar naadrsa--
ths Fortnight BsssiBx saa me
wsssa4lasssE R-eseStsa-

DoriDs the recent nfidai exodus .
happy couple from ms city. II ssaFch-
ng Tor elYsum, stfsySd into Pass
Christian, Miss. Of course. during all
the.F travels they sndsayoFed 10 i'm
press the pubic "a an Old married
couple just cur Tor trip. They me.
with the success common 60 such ef-
forts. After several days OF quiet con
tentment at Pass Christian. they con
graduated themselves upon the clever
ness with which they Dad beguiled the
few visitors VINO were there. Finally
the bride IN = morning conversation
with lady guest AZ the hotel remarked
upon the scarcity OF visitors. "Oh,"
responded the lady. who Was an nva-
lit, NO one comes here at this time OF
the year except lnyalids and newly
married people"
The japanese craze has never abated
and the eountry IS full Of people today
who sec beauty IN nothing except the
japanese effects. The current number
OF .he Upholsterer deyotes considerable
space TO new Japanese fabrics, as IS
shown by the following excerpt:
Some odd talngs are beng shown
nov IA Japanese crete which we can
Only describe as having the appearance
or crete mat nas been printed upon
when Wet. In this way the eoioIs have
run. and give only the appearance OF
what artists call wash-draNins. Thusa
full moon and cloud desgn u brought
OUT so odd IN is character. so hay and
iOggy of treatment, that one sits and
studies the fabric closely 10 discover
how in the world IL 10 accomplished.
Ia tins same class OF work. too, we
ind that the Withdrawing effect ia
sometimes mterspersed with details of
sharp outline, and We arrive At the
opinion that 10 has taken two prIntlngs
~ do II one being upon the cloth when
Wet, the other when dry-a most strlk-
ing biz OF drapery.
kanko crete is fabric done in pat
terms OF the Japanese order, stencilied
or printed IN part. and part of the de-
syn brought out by embroidery stitches.
IL IS III fact. compromise between
plain printed crete and embroidery.
Industrious women will find charm
IN rlllng IN the printed portions OF the
fabric, with stitches IN copy OF shat en-
brOIdered on the work.
A brand-new japanese netting, like n
fine tsh netting, in Japanese Colds,
bronzes, and such effects. viii surely
b. popular, because they have been
wanted. They come in long piece
lengths, twelve TO eighteen inches wide,
finished firmly so they won't unravel or
fray out. Their uses are endless; they
can be used as stripes for mantle val
ances, cross-strpes on porteres, or for
frieze or dado decorations, or whatever
else imagination suggests.
Madagascar cloth, of which the fine
trade have been using a little OF late,
and which IS, IN fact, grass cloth, used
by the Madagascans for water proof
capes, is now about TO be brought over
20 this country. in plain colors, so that
they can combine properly with various
furnishings. Heretofore this material
has only been obtainab.e IN a sort Of
a plaid, and the colors were not inyari-
ably apprt pirate.
sha gauxe IS silk gauze or lacey tex
ture used for curtains thirty-six inches
wide. gold embroidered, the embroId-
ering teing applied very openly. with
DO shadIng-like old time tsmbour cur
tsins. IL there are flowers IN the pat
tern they are just barely outlined. the
gold il trlgnt, highly FURNISHED. about
the SIZE OF the cord work on tambour
curtains
Those are not the days OF gayety and
rnlrth, but the days of fasting and
PRAYER. Fasnion's devotee, ever in
= 49, a. \. a l..
dimly lighted pew, and thrice daily de-
ME. herself many of the good things of
this earth. The mid -Lenten season is
generally one of extreme quiet, and II Is
being properly observed by the local
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