The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-11-12
FASHION NOTES.


Just now the craze is for black SIX irts
In almost everything.
Henrietta cloth is shown this season
IN more than forty shades.
No cotton gown seems finished with.
out ribbon somewhere about it.
White challies and crepons are good
materials for use in the autumn.
Wiry vigoureux mixtures are the
most useful and popular goods for BIZ
cycling.
All French gowns now fasten at the
back, and skirts aad sleeves are wider
than ever.
Some of the new black hose are shot
with different colore1 silks. Some of
the tan color are also shot with green,
blue or rose.
For country use and tennis are some
natty little outing boots laced with
silk cord and finished with finely cor
rugated soles.
The newest setting for diamonds is
white enamel. This enhances the
brilliancy of the stone and the setting
Cashmere coloring, soft blending
of many colors and tendency to the
designs found in old cashmere shawls,
Is just now popular.
The favorite foot covering lust now
is the Juliet or Diana shoe, with n
graceful instep, elastic sides aud n
shapely yet solid heel
a dainty little cape has heavy pat
tern cut out of black silk, Jet edged
and appliqued on to black net. the
whole being mounted over violet silk.
A velvet ribbon, edged with fine
single row of cut Jet spangles, makes
an effective and becoming Hat garni.
ture for silk and silk and wool gowns.
The latest thing in dress gloves for
women Is an exact copy of mau's
dress glove. 1t is of heavy white kid,
and buttons with two big pearl but
tons.
The latest fashion is to discard
paper for walls and hang the rooms
with cretonne, satin cloth, ponpee
holland, denim and, in fact, any ma,
terial but paper.
AS must be the case when larpe hats
are favored, leghorns in both bIacI,
and white are freely shown. High.
crown leghorns are very desirable and
more picturesque than those of seasons
past
Visiting card cases made of petunia
colored satin or pomegranate hues of
MORE silk bound with tiny clasps of
silver or silver gilt are very pretty.
They are lined with pale heliotrope or
tri-colored silk to sIit varied tastes.
An entirely new design of capes is
made to reach to the elbow and flare
straight to the collar. It's foundation
is changeable taffeta silk, and it is fin
ished at the edge with thick rose
ruchIng, the edges of the ruching be.
ing pinked out.
The two extremes in size are evident
this season in the hats and bonnets.
the one being very large and the other
correspondingly small. Between these
two extremes lie the toque shapes and
small round hats that will be much
worn for early spring.
Green is n color that has recently
laid hold on the fancy of the we'll
dressed, yet it bids fair to enjoy con.
tinued favor, and for the afternoon
at-home or a smart calling suit moth.
ing quite takes precedence of we'll.
built green velvet toilet.
A visiting gown is of tan crepon
with silk thread in the warp. The
bodice has n short circuIor VII. =
yellow satin with butter colored lace
over it. Three rows of narrow yellow
ribbon velvet are run through the
meshes of the lace to form the choker
or crush.
The latest thing in table embroid.
cries is the celery dolly. IT is Iong
aud narrow, like the low glass dishes,
and the edge all round is finished in
irregular scallops. On the length of
the dolly at each side, near the Dor
der, is worked n design of celery leaf
spray.