Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-03-18
FASHION NOTES


Pink and black is very stylish cor
binatlon.
Watches look like flowers, aud may be
pinned on the bodice like real flower.
The nearer VIC get to midwiuter tn,
more lace is worn on felt and velvet bon
nets.
Bells for fringing belt ribbons are
sixty cents for silver aud double that TO.
gold.
A pretty bangle spells the wearer',
name on the top of the arm in preciou
stones.
Finger bowls and plates of glass are
covered with ornamentations of gold and
colors.
Antique snuffboxes and artistic bon,
bonnieres are used on writing tables tt
hold pens:
oblong stamp boxes OF silver have
slabs of onyx in the top. The combina-
ton is very pretty.
A white polka dotted enamel bow
rimmed with gold is the most chic fas.
tening imaginable for watch.
There is scarcely an article of wear not
ornamcnted with astrachan, beaver and
other furs, both smooth and fluffy.
Ear screws, with many stones are
drug in the market. Choice from over
hundred designs can be had for 81.
A desirable manicure tray has divis-
ion in the middle. On one side tho
larger articles are placed, on the other
the smaller implements.
One of this seasons fashionable hats is
the gathered velvet soft crown and round
brim lined with bright velvet, aud from
the top an osprey or cluster of ostrich
tips.
Toilet mugs of silver are the latest.
They are tall, haring and without han.
dies. The only ornamentation is ut the
base in repousse band or slight fes-
toons.
One of the curiosities of the present
modes consists in having white satin
stitch pieces on net or lace, inserted in
cloth, as if the latter were not q wooden
but a null fabric.
A silver pockct-fasl1 has dead finish,
with three or four swallows in flight on
raised work. Above these is the word
"Several." The pertinence of these
facts lies in their Interpretation.
Pompadour dressing tables in gilt
with an onyx slab and an oval mirror
above cabinet-lilSe enclosure of small
squares of bevelled glass might have
been copied from Versailles or Fontain.
blcau.
A set comprising paper knife, envel.
ope opener, pen holder and the rest, OF
stained ivory, have for ornament incis-
ions after designs found on old Indian
relics. 1t was exhibited at the Paris
Exposition.
Roman earrings, reproduced from tine
Cesnola collection in the Metropolitan
Art Gallery, are frequently made to order
for New York ladies who affect Greek
house costumes. These oddities cost
$14 to $50.
Lamp shades made of what appears to
be giant petals of different flowers in
exquisite shades of rose, green and or
ange are introduced. In flower screens
for lamps the different varieties of orchids
are beautifully copied.
Children, like their elders, are wear.
ing mob-crowned hats, but with soft
brims, and they are ornamented with
yellow lace in the flax and wheat shades,
old gold ribbons aud other ecru arrange
ments on rose, straw and mauve.
The silk purse is almost as cheap as
the proyerbial sow's ear. Women who
can afford them won't carry them. They
are pretty, historic and all that, but a
real nuisance. One needs to be ambidex.
trous to get them when a coin 10 wan ted
in hurry.
There is no brooch, lace pin or nina,
ture painting too precious, too big or
too unique to be worn in the bonnet
strings. Even marquis and large solitaire
rings are being remounted and stuck
under the ears in the velvet ties that are
often the biggest part of an evening bon
net.
Black tulles brocaded with Pompadoue
bouquets are among the favored materials
for Partisan party gowns. White MORE
stripped with satin will be ventured for
bridal gowns. Satin broche of Louis
XIV. baskets of flowers, feathers, etc., on
peau de sole ground makes o lovely
wedding gown.
On the Eastern frontier of tha Dorlr