The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-11-07
FASHION AND FANCY
Some New Things That Go tn NJ.
Lady. loxtna. VI

Laa4 Costume,
Women who hare had ibe;,
dresses made with the amount a; "ss
therein considerably curtailed sVoaa
reason to be thankful. for VIII Aae
autumn styles are fully aeeentsd 'ae
preparations are made Jar NIL; aAa
dresses tie shrinkage will be s,ra'a
tnat last summers dresses will ann
fbsurd. Those who have bee. ID. tpf
enough 10 put away the skir,c os .ase
years ago can bring them out ar1 ,,as
them with a good deal Of satisfa.., ea'
Those Who extended them by mean,
pyramidal sections and wide gores ~
remove these impediments TO nross
stylishness and bring their enormas
skirts ont collapsed into fine fasa
Most women are taking very kindlv -
the neAs state OF things, more kind,'
probably, than they will after The fas5
ions are more completely settled III.
old model gave a woman precisely ~
style that she liked. Her head woi.,
aud hands appeared small. The shout
ders and skirt were expanded. and tb;s
according to fashion, IS the accentea
standard But the owners of the no,g
costumes look odd enough with tbei,
large hands and biggish heads and
waists suggesting a suddenly acouirod
amount of adipose that is anything bu,
becoming. The wiseacres are beoin,
ming TO wonder If this somersaplt +,
fashion viii start mania for tiebt
laeing.
Women are going to get Themselves
into symmetrical shape somehow n,
other, and il seems pity that yolnm;.
nous sleeves could not have been LEI,
alone, as upon these the entire general
effect of the costume depends. Some
of the new sleeves have great bunche,
Of fullness at the shoulders, and manv
Of them suggest large elbows from tbp
fact that curve or puff or an extra
gore is set in to permit the arm to bend
easily and gracefully.
Many grumblings are already heard
about the new models, and we may ex.
pect that with the coming in of settled
winter fashions some modification will
he adopted which viii do away with
the most serious objections to the new
| sleeves.
The ornamentation OF waists is
natural sequence of the decline in
sleeves. There must always be an OBJ.
| jectiye point in dress, and as this is No
| longer possible. 50 far as sleeves 20,
designers are turning Their attentions
| waists. and seeing how elaborate and
complicated and labored they can make
them in style and trimming.
Almost solid masses of braiding is
| one of the new fads. While it is ad.
mitted that the Paris designs show
work that is not equaled or scarcely ap
| preached by anything yet done here, it
is certain that it will take but a short
time until our maids and matrons will
| fashion as dainty embroideries and
braidings as any of those that come
from the other side of the water.
a stylish jacket has a high faring
collar deliberately braided and bolero
| fronts to match. The cuffs are also
deliberately braided, and the moderately
| sEll sleeves are slashed at the tops and
black velvet puffs are set in. The braid
ing on the garment is black, and the
lining of black satin.
Embroidery is to rival braiding in
the winters decorations. An order has
already been given for dress of ivory
white broadcloth to be embroidered in
woodbine sprays and leaves in autumn
colors of this most beautiful yine
Reversing the ordinary style of such
work, the larger ends Of the stalk
SPREAD at the waist line in 'front.' thu
upper portion of the front breadth DO
ing a mass of almost solid work, ans
from this the sprays and tendrils droot
and sweep around toward the back c;
the skirt The ends of The vines ar
concealed by a belt, and above the bell
a plastron shows tiny sprays that seen
10 shoot up from the general center
The sleeves are without ornament, save
the cuffs, where there is a little EN-
broidery. The collar is elaboratey
wrought. and small sprays trail down
the back of the waist and over the
shoulders. All in all, this is one OF the
most exquisite pieces of work ever exc
cuted for a dress of this description
The general tendency of skirts is TO
the use of very little of the material al
trimming. 1t is evident that the import
ers and manufacturers of elegant gar
nitures are likely 10 have their innlng
within the next few seasons. so I''
tie of these materials has been used OF
late that the business may be sara u
he practically stagnated. But new
state of things is coming, and le's u
all kinds. colored beads in every con-
ceivable tint, rich GALLONS, silk en-
hroideries and silk and bead comDlna'
tions are shown, and among high nov
elites are the most superb embrolderle'
on leather. Leather trimmings az,
pierced full of holes. and outlined arounu
each open space with needlework' Jew
beads and brilliants are used in 'nl'
class of garniture, but they do not seem
10 be as appropriate as the SILK a""
leather by themselves.-N. y. l@os'''
Grape Catsup.
Take five pounds of grapes, two aHu
one-half pounds of sugar, ore PM u
vinegar. one tablespoonful each ~
ground Glove. allspice, cinnamon Wi' !,
pepper, and half Tablespoonful Oh Ss',