Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-09-13
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
FALL AND WINTER MILLINERY: NEW
RIBBONS: TRIMMINGS: NOV
ELTY WOODS

Black ostrich tips play an important
part IN Fal milliner, and lie loosely on
wide brims or nod # ctively in Prince
OF Wales style. Black on colCrs is
leading thought and black on white
continues very fashionable, let incrusta-
tons on white quill feathers. beng a
frequent exponent of he popular idea.
Both white and black birds. CHIEFLY the
latter, are for The same reason brought
foreward and with compressed wings
stjtfened by jet fall in with fancy for
sharp. high rising concentrations that
contrast with Ch0sT placed fatty on
brims. For the last named adornments.
there is positive rage and largely as
they baye been employed during sum.
mer, the cool season fiuds them in still
greater ascendancy.
SATIN RIBBON
is chiefly used in millinery. but change
is given by titfet4 most frequently IN
solid shades, but to certain extent, in
white and black stripes, dots or checks
and checked ribbons in other colors
harmonic with the fancy fer checked
fabrics that came about quite suddenly
during the summer. Birds are an i'm
portant factor in trimming and in adj
dition to the white or black oues al
r. acy mentioned, others dyed in varied
cclors are seen, the new bluet blue aud
bright pink or green as well. being fire.
quently noticeable.
NOVELTY
is obtained to an unusual degree by
colors and those just alluded TO, being
very different from last winters hues,
effect marked change Another de-
cided novelty, is the braiding together
of narrow satin and felt strips, which
sometimes compose entire brims or as
braids, give finish either on or below
edges. Chenille or glossy passemen-
terie may replace satin or be united
also in more intricate weave that is
occasionally quite loose. Shapes are
similar to those OF the summer. The
majority of hats and bonnets are in felt.
of which the fine qualities are dressy as
velvet and some glossy beavers are
brought out, while ID minority, are
hats showing crowns that differ both in
color and materials from the brirns to
which they give completion. Very
dressy little bonnets are again of jet
and gilt.
NEW MATERIALS
are largely in mixtures of silk and wool
and the patterns are usually small and
indistinct in character. B0ucle designs
are stylish, but this season the curl is
small and tight, experience having
shown that where the same is large and
loose, it becomes easily unravelled and
thus imparts ragged appearance TO
the fabric A favorite mode of placing
is in narrow rows set closely and here
especially stylish combination is that
of black on red. Bourette patterns in
characteristic irregularity, are also
feature and serve effectively to impart
desired indistinctness.
SMOOTH SURFACED WOODS
seen also at Lord and Taylor's, are var
led however by silken dots placed in
formal manner and kindred, though
somewhat larger designs are likewise
noticeable, and here too, the leading
position is given to black on red.
Covert cloth is even more popular than
hitherto aud the well known 1,003
cloth comes in two hundred different
shades
CAMEL's HAIR CLOTH.
is seen with loose hairs lying over the
s1rface as evidence of genuineness and
as an exception may be noted some
styles which, showing larger figures
than those previously quoted, are fin
ished by tufts of long hair that lie close
to the surface. But these are too dar-
ing to be adopted, except by some tall
and slender persons and are only
bought for the sake of variety. Eco
nomical women are apt to choose
something not pronounced and which
savors of the standard.
Lucy CARTER.