Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1896-01-03
LATEST IN UMBRELLAS.
Burnt Ivory tho Favorite Material foi
Handles for This Senson.

Burnt Ivory tho Favoritc Material 10,
Handles for This Season.
With woman the handle OF an UNI.
brella is the most important part, and
this season the favorite material in
handles is burnt or plain ivory with
deposited or applied silver. The
handle, to be stylish, no matter
whether it is in plain natural wood or
the finest ivory that ever came from
elephant, must be without hook or
crook. 1t must be absolutely straight.
Pearl and silver are also fashionable
combination, but are not considered 80
well as the burnt ivory, which takes
very rich golden brown when submit.
ted to heat. When the silk used with
such handle is of golden brown taf-
feta the com animation is irresistible,
judging from the number carried by
the swagger looking women. Umbrel-
las with such handles sell at fifteen
dollars retail.
Dresden handles, that came so high
and were suce rage two years ago,
are away down in price, and all be-
cause they are no longer the correct
thing, They are pretty, however, and
many people who do not try to keep
up with the styles in such things buy
them. For those who wear mourning
the she'll handle is the thing, and is
very handsome, both plain and carved
The average price OF shell-handled
UMBRELLA is twenty dollars, and
if a melancholy lady wishes to
brighten the handle a little with
her monogram in small sterling silver
or gold, she must give up several dol
lars more. The natural wood handles
are always in great demand, for they
are always good form. The buyer in
the umbrella department of dry
goods store said:
Our best trade wants an umbrella
with natural stick. 1t wears well,
does not get out of style, and can be
recovered again and again with fine
quality of silk for $3.50 Take these
people who buy new umbrella every
time the style changes in handles
why, they spend fortune and gain
only short season of qualification
from the purchase, for by spring they
probably wouldn't be caught carrying
an umbrella with such an old-fash-
Toned, conspicuous handle as they ex-
press it themselves. A young woman
was looking at a burned ivory handle
the other day and trying to make up
her mind not to buy it, for she already
had seven umbrellas on hand that had
cost her from SIS to S35 each, but she
said she would allow herself to be
drowned in November rain before
she would be seen carrying any OF
them. She finally decided to try fol
the first time one with natural
| stick"
Most women have an idea that
twilled silk wears better than any,
thing else, but this is not true. A fine
| quality OF taffeta stands more hot suns
and storms than any other silk and i:
highest in favor. Blue is the favorite
color just now but brown bids fair tc
push it to the wall. and the dark greene
and reds are coming to the front. o.
course, black is the standby. Two
styles in umbrellas have been specially
designed for the horse show. One
is made of fine taffeta in all col
ors, and has straight natura
stick capped with either gold Oh
silver. 1t is cncased in leather covel
matching the silk in color and tippct
with gold or silver TO match tn,
handle. Such an umbrella gives fin
ishing touch to the tailor-made girl'
costume. The other style has the ad
vantage of lightness, for besides being
close roll, which makes any umbrcll;
80 per cent. lighter, the handle is mad,
of either Japanese bamboo or Wang
hee, which is very fashionable TO
mems canes. Both are hollow, bu
durable. Crops, whips horseshoes
jockey CAPS and other things associ
ated with horses and Craftsmanship ar
applied to these handles in solid silver
Chicago Tribune.