The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-10-15
FASHION NOTES.

Just now the craze is for black skirts
in almost everything.
Henrietta cloth is shown this season
in more than forty shades.
No cotton gowr seems finished with
out ribbon somewhere about 1t.
White chauies and crepons are good
materials for use in the autumn.
Wiry vigoureux mixtures are the
most useful and popular goods for bl'
cycling.
All French gowns now fasten ct tue
back. and skirts and sleeves are wider
than ever.
Some of the pew black hose are shot
with different colored silks. Some OF
the ian color are also shot with green,
blue or rose.
For country use and tennis ere some
natt7 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
ipril!iancy of the stone and the setting
hardly shows.
Cashmere coloring, soft blending
of many coors and a tendency to the
designs found in old cashmere shaWls,
is just now popular.
Ira. faTorite foot covering just now
is lhe Juliet or Diana shoe, with a
graceful instep, elastic sides and a
shapely yet solid heel.
4 dainty little cape has A heavy pat.
tern cut out OF black silk, jet edged
and appliqued on to black net, the
whole being mounted over violet silk.
4 velvet. ribbon, edged with fine
single row OF cat jet spangles, makes
an effective and becoming fiat garal'
ture for silk and silk and wool gowns.
Tie latest thing in dress gloves for
women is an exact copy OF q mao.s
dress glove. It is ofheavy 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, pongee,
holland, denim and, in fact, any ma
teriel but paper.
As must b. the case when large hats
are favored, leghorns in both BLACK
and white ara freely shown. high.
crown leshorns are very desirable aud
more picturesque than those OF season:
past.
Visiting card cases made Of petun'a
colored satin or pomegranate hues OF
| moire silk bound with tiny clasps OF
silver OF silver gilt are very pretty.
The are lined with pale heliotropc or
ftri-colored silk to suit varied tastes.
An entirely new design Of capes is
made to reach to the elbow and flare
straight to the collar. Its foundation
is chungeable taffeta silk, and it is flu
ishad at the edge with thick rose
ruch1ng, 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 AMI
small round hats that will be much
worn for early spring.
Green is q color th1t has recently
laid hold on the ia 'cy Of the we'll
dressed, yet it bids fuir to enjoy con.
tiauel favor, and for the afternoon
at.home or smart calling suit meth
iny quite takes precedence OF a we'll.
built green velvet toilet.
4 visiting gown is Of tan crepon
with q silk thread in the warp. The
bodice has a short circular yoke OF
yellow satin with butter colored lace
over it. Three rows of narrow yellow
ribbon velvet are run throu5h h the
meshes Of ttc lace TO form the choker
or crush. =
! The latest thing in table embroid:
cries is tho celery dolly. 1t is long
and narrow, Ike the low glass dishes,
and the edge all round is finished in
! irregular scallops. On the length o.
the dolly at each side, near the Dor,
! der, is worked design ola celery leaf