Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-04-20
FASHION NOTES.

Oome OF the nanuHOmcSt fans Tor the
winter social season are developed in
black and gold.
A fine striped velvet that is both
shot and moired is novelty among
spring dress fabrics.
A dark-green brochc called Persian
brocatolle is shot with pale blue, and
has trcfoils in turquoise blue and gold.
Bnyadere stripes of old rose and
faint sen green appear on lustrous
grounds of fawn-colorcd corded silk.
Silver bead galloon is popular
trimming for ball dresses, especially
effective on gowns of pink or white.
New striped gauzes to be made into
gay littlo gowns show black satin
stripes of greater width than their
alternate lines of colored gamze.
Small shaped glasses of deli.
catcIy tinted Bohemian ware aro
shown for holding violets, and tall
vases of pressed glass for ferns and
cvcrgreens.
Everything now baing served in
courses, the new "corn set" is really
an acceptable addition to table service.
A platter and II dozen plates comprise
the SET ;the decoration very rich-ears,
blades and stalks of corn.
One of the hnndsomest novelties OF
the season is II tripod of carved wood
standing about three feet high and
supporting huge Dresden china bowl,
which is meant for II receptacle for
visiting cards and invitations.
Hand-paintcd frames for cabinet
photographs are presented in china,
many of them very beautiful. Around
the face friend, garland of violcts,
sprays of forget-me-not or gracefully
knotted ribbon holding II single rose.
Among the freaks of fashion appear
shoe tips and heels in sterling silver
and perforated in pattern The
woman who 'does not know what to
do with her money!" having never been
introduced to charity, will DO the
willing victim of this snare.
A double reversible shot silk has n
mauve ground with pale green spot on
one side and IL violet one on the other.
Novel English silks are woven in fine
reps i'll white on pale tinted grounds,
with cross stitch row between each
cord that matches the background
Fashionable by way of gift making
is the "trinket get. In almost all the
rare chinhs the decorations nrc very
delicate in flowers with gold intro.
duced. The articles included in the
set are comb and brush tray, three
little covered boxes, ring stand and
pin tray.
Among articles of home adornment
nothing is moro sought after and
coveted than the beautiful pedest stalls
and tnbourettes made from teak
wood. Humid carved, with top of rare
foreign marble and crowned with IL
Moorish bowl holding graceful
palm, it is difficult to equal them in
beautiful effect
The latest novelty in silver, the 'selt
tongs," is very small, like those used
for bon-bons. A perforated hollow
ball which opens in the center to take
up the snlt, then closes and is sified
through the rerforntions in the sides
Very dainty and useful for invalid s
tray, but on the dinner table ''one
more thing to be in the way"
Until recently the shaded ostrich
feather with darker or lighter tip was
considered quite novelty, aud now
it is already beginning to be sup
planted by new sort of shading.
The novelty consists in the enstre
feather showing several similar tones
of different colors, or else in different
shades of one color, so arranged rs to
have the effect of shot silk
Photograph holders, to hang like n
wall panel, are suitable for the bed or
sitting room. They are made of
pasteboard covered with japanese silk,
plush or velvet. Sits to hold the pho
tographs are cut horizontally, one
above the other, the edges being in
ished with gold or silver cord. These
apertures must be just wide enough to
hold the picture upright.
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