Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08
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Trianon rufus and tiny toques of en-
| broidered velvet are seen at all the swell
| afternoon entertainments where fine
clothes obtain. The gown may be as plain
| as you please, but the ruff, or ruche
! must be of the most elaborate arrange
| ment. An extremely smart one is. as full
as can be, sets high about the ears and
far out over the shoulders. 1t is made
| OF soft, golden yellow tinted mousse
| line de sole, in succession of double box
| pla1ts, edged all about with tiny black
| thread lace.
The ruff takes the form of fichu, and
Is made of the softest of black gauze
| Among the frills on the shoulders is de-
nclouS mass of tiny pink silk blossoms
| hanging on long, green stems. A mass
| OF the pink blossoms decorate the breast
A bit of hatin the shape of a fiat tur-
ban of gold braid has crown of crushed
pink blossoms, like those on the fichu
| Two sharp wings of black stand upright
| at the left side.
| A delightfully."- dainty muff to go with
| this lovely get up is made of a lot of
black frills of gauze, and lot of crushed
| PINK blossoms, with big bow and two
huttering ends of black satin ribbon.
Narrow edgings of. butter-colored lace
| trim many of the black ruches. For
evening wear ruches of pale tints are dec
Grated in this way and make delightful
shoulder coverings. - =
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tions are made of rows of ribbon set on
a broad band in loops, interspersed with
Hots or butter-colored lace. A trimming
or this sort can be set on the extreme edge
of the sleeve, thus simula ting the new
mode of decorating over the hand.
The beautiful rich Dresden ribbons are
wonderfully becoming when arranged in
rufus after the style of Elzabethan times
to set high up at the backs and fall in
soft loops at the front. Often the ribbon
has narrow edging of delicate point de
Venice lace.
Staring out of window in Cairo, you
will see a native musician sauntering by,
twanging the lutte of the country; then a
sound like the tingllng of bay cymbals
informs you that the sherbetly is going
his round, with his huge glass jar slung
au his side, from which he dlspenses do
the unwary) sweet. sticky drinks of lie
orlce juice or orange juice in the brass
saucers, which he perpetually clinks in
his hand. Late at night the sounds of
eastern life invade your pillow
The distant throbbing of the naggarah
tells you that wedding procession is
making it's tour, and If you have the Gu
riosity to get up and sally out you will be-
rewarded by one of thes characteristic
sights of Cairo, in which old and new
are oddly blended. The procession will
be headed by the BARRIERS sign, wooden
frame raised aloft, followed by two or
three gorgeously caparisoned camels-
regular stage properties hired out for
such notwithstanding drummers and
leading the way for a series of carriages
crammed with little boys, each holding a
neat white handkerchief to his mouth to
keep out the evil eye Then comes a
closed carriage covered all over with a
big cashmere shawl, held down firmly a
the sides by brothers and other relations
of the imprisoned bride; then more car
riages and a general crowd of sympathiz-
ers. More re rely the bride is borne in q
cashmere covered litter, swung between
two camels, fore and aft; the hind camel
must tuck his head under the litter, and
IS probably quite as uncomfortable as the
bride. who runs a fair chance of sea-
sickness under her rolling palanquin.
In the old days the. bride walked
through the streets under a canopy car
| ried by her friends, but this is now quite
out of fashion, and European carriages
| are rapidly ousting even the camel lit
| tiers. But the cashmere shawl and the
| veil will not soon beabandoned The
| Egyptian woman is, at least in public,
| generally modest. She detests strang-
I er,s glance with magical rapidly, even
| when to all appearance looking the other
| way, and forthwith the veil is pulled
| closer over her mouth and moose.