Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-25
FASHIONABLE NOVELTIES.
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no" lhsy Originate aud How View
stupid Some OF Thorn Arr.
tashion has as much influence upon
nniekknaelu as II has upon dress. and
raI1 Is often the arbiter for both. II Is
curious 70 watch how some particular
,srm seems 10 became epidemic, and is TO
% seen Reproduced In countless materials.
ahd Tor all sorts OF different purposeni
ssns TINE ago wheelbarrows were the
,sse' They were filled With salt, they
u~ns'eu at watch chains. they were used
% p'ncusaicns. or employed as ornamental
soh scutues. Then came the day Of gypsy
pou' NOT only did We have them as egg-
ooiera and coffee retorts. but as flower
glasses. inkstands. tea kettles and scent
bottles,
AZ presen, manufacturers are evidently
euneilng from hats on the brain, aud
People who have more money than they
NV" wat TO do with, and are amused by
.ne s'naii Joke OF buying lneongruouu forms
~ ARTICLES OF everyday use. may crafty
themselves by becoming the happy pos
SCISSORS OF the exact Imitation OF a straw
nAt Ter a butter cooler, and topper"
Tor biscuit box. Tie Ideas suggested
are no more pleasant than those felt by
hsidlous person who receives burned
almonds In pair OF exquisilely made top
boots
Ihere seems to be a painful poverty OF
invention when we SEQ the same form
employed to collect ashes from cigar,
70 hold ladys thimhle, or to make
2 watch stand. Yet all these can, now
pe had N the pleasing and graceful shape
OF gentlcinan's tall hat.
strangely enough It Is In flower yasas
that bad taste and artisan ingenuity run
r.ot most Wildly, Ever since some lucky
manufacturer brought out the model OF
hahd holilng cup, there has been no
cessation Of deslsns which are u.ly With.
OUT being quaint and cut Of place without
bolng. funny. In ladies' newspaper Il
was lately announced that rabbits are
taxing the place OF squlrrela as tho pre-
siding geniur over plates and dishes, as
wen al flower vases. and donkey be-
tween panniers Ia really charming re-
ceptacle, People whose taste IN guided by
fashion and novelty may further decorate
their rooma by hanging round the walls
while china behring's with blue ribbons
round their necks. and their mouths wldo
opon to receive monthly roses Instead
OF marine hitusoria."
We hear that zone OF the newest roecp-
tacles for flowers is a broken vase IN del
ea,c green AMI white. with couple OF
Cupids mourning over the broken portion
This Is evidently Intended 10 supply the
place Of tho Louis Quatorso shoe with the
Cuplds asleep In the toe and the high heel
made TO hold viblots. II was so successful
attracting, It Is said not only tho patron
age OF the srls,ocracy, but that OF royalty
itsoli-that Il could scarcely be produced
fast enough. Whenever fasion comes TO be
stronger than art. which has now for a
long time been tho ease, popular taste VIII
remain unodueatcd and childish A much
admired and very "chaste" inspiration Of
inventive genius may be seen IN a blue
or pink china kitten lying on It's back. and
holding n ball for flowers between It's paws,
To harmonic with this table ornament, a
sweet thing In candlesticks is Of equally
admirable design. Cupu on his back
kicks a drum with his appraised foot, the
drum being supposed to form suitable
socket for the candle, A pair OF wlndmills
In ormula and Jack and the Beanslalk in
carved wood. may be obtained for the
same purpose. and II the purchaser should
chance TO be IN search OF lamps. instead OF
candlortieks, he may crafty his geological,
as well as his aesthetic. tastes, by buying
stuffed monkeys. These are 10 be had In
ali sorts OF possible and impossible attl-
tudes. grasping glass globes In their hid
eously human fingers They appear dressed
and undressed, and the pair representing
an imaginary lrlshman and his wife are
never without nm admiring group oil people
TO stare at them.