St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-17
NEW IDEAS.
Stray Bits About ThiN gs You Want
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stray BITS ABOUT ThlNgS YOu Want
to Know.
A novel color combination is of dark
blue and emerald green; for instance,
dark blue foulard or crepon with trim
mings of rich green velvet. At recent
fashionable garden party fashionable
leader wore frock of dark blue mer-
veiileux satin shot and narrowly striped
with emerald green. About the hem
ran narrow bOuillOire of emerald vel
|. vet. The draped corseiet, upper
sleeves and high collar were oil velvet to
match. A bib of fine black guipure
spangled with dark green and lace
bonnet to match completed most fas-
clnatlng and original costume.
/, One of the prettiest floral arrange
ments which the mind of woman ever
devised is to be seen on the lawn OF a
certain feminine suburbanite. 1t is a
pine framework made to represent
three-leaved screen. 1t is about six feet
high. and the panels are about TWO and
half feet wide. The panels are set at
place a:,Screen, and are strung with
cords from top to bottom. Up these
cords are rapidly climbing the thick
green shoots of sweet pea vines, and al
ready the panels are sOlidly covered al
most to the very top. One panel, the
center, is all of pure white blossoms
The right hand one all of bright, almost
cherry. red ones, and the left hand one
is of the prolific pink and white variety
a daintier ornament to lawn or
prettier nook for tete-a .tete on summer
nights could not well be imagined.
For fbo WON, x,,ho u,o,,lJ ro&bo, 10
sensationally than becomingly attired
the "mask veiF' has been invented. The
lower part is of fine tulle lightly dotted
and finished with a lace edge which
reaches just below the chin. The upper
part, from the brow to the tip of the
nose. is thickly woven and thickly
dotted. so that at a little distance the
wearer seems to be yelled only half
way. On nearer view the veil gives a
dark effect to the eyes and eyebrows
and decidedly and also disagreeably
striking effect to the whole face.
The most fashionable sleeve of the
hour is formed of two full puffs, the first
one ceasing midway between the shout
ders and elbow, the second finishing at
the elbow itself. Herefrom depends 4
deep flounce of old lace, shirred finely
and forming an exaggerated ''SabOt."
Same dresses have a globe or empire
puff sleeve and tlght-fitting under
"nanche." With this the lace founce
depends from the puff. Velvet sleeves,
plain, beaded, glace or shaded, are also
among the fads of the hour. They seem
a trifle inappropriate with gowns of
muslin, silk crepon and the like, but
that does not in the least hinder them
from being worn.
F. A set of rather realistic breakfast nap
skins is made of coarse white linen, hem
stitched and embroidered with vegetable
designs instead of the usual flowers. A
bunch of asparagus adorns one set, a
group of carrots with the leaves still
waving from them another. One had
some mushrooms Of various sizes on one
corner. and another had bunch of
wheat. RadlsheS adOrn one and pars-
ley another. The embroidery is done
in wash silks of as natural eOlols as pos
Sible, and the effect is at any rate DIFF
ferent from the monotOnOus chrySan-
themums and pinks which have been
adjoining table linen for year OF so.
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The Countess de Pourtales, who was
one of the most beautiful among the
many beautiful women of the court of
Napoleon III, and is still one OF the
most celebrated of the grandes danes
in the salons, which are the last foot
holds of French aristocracy, is de-
voted wife and mother. a skillful finan-
cier and clever politician. 1t is said of
her that 1.-The Countess de Pourtales
can wash her grandchild's face or hem
a towel just as easily as she can dictate
terms for the peace of kingdom or
place an empire at, her feet"
Mrs. Lena Sittig, of Brooklyn. has
patented an ingenious waterproof cloak,
which promises to excel any water
proof garment ever offered to the men,
beers of her sex. The skirt is made
double the length from the knees down
ward and is finished at the bottom with
gore and divided bloomer fashion, in
order to have it drawn up about the
knees of the wearer. and by falling in
natural folds it encases the skirts in
bag. The garment was suggested to
the clever inventor by observing the
creeping skirts worn by infants.