Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-10
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peacocks breast
A NOVELTY.
A novelty Is the "Tzarina," or fan
Of fen-green silk. hand-painted "ith
lunches of Russian violets, few Of the
blossoms delineated as falling carelesSiy
from the bouquets The mounts ere OF
violet wood, stained and enamelled
pretty light green tone. Cream silk and
crimson silk fans are hand-painted with
dogs. cats or parrots heads set in
semi-circle at the top. They are fanciful
things. and at times quite amusing. Fans
entirely spangled, the mounts equally
and thickly incrusted with glinting and
glitterng particles, are used more par
ticularly for theatre or dinner-party
wear. The least expensive and quite
pretty little fans, nove!ties also are
either Chinese or japanese. probably the
former and are beige china Grape. hand
painted. with almond boughs and birds
In the foreground: mountains rise in the
background. while a village on the banks
of a blue-watered lake occupies the mid
die distance. The mounts or sticks are
extremely fine There are forty at least,
which are alternately lacquered silver
and gold the reed-like wood Of which
these mounts are made being vanished
brown and lightly gilt at the back; the
outside sticks are of bone or ivory. finely
painted with design of minute chrysan-
thcmums in silver gold. and bronze red.
Similar ones. minus the gold and silver,
and hand-painted on rice paper, are also
neat and pretty and in such excellent
taste--the Celestials are the most won
derful artists in the world-that many
ladies prefer these inexpensive trifes 10
the more important articles OF western
manufacture
Handkerchiefs are dearer to woman
heart perhaps than fans, and in these are
no lack OF novelties. Black ones are
really being worn in Paris. but the
coored ones are likely TO find
greater favor there than here They are
SHOWN on a scale of charming colors
They are Of fine cambria, In rose, yellow
crimson, mauve, blue, or purple, or more
correctly speaking, pansy violet ana are
trimmed, save for the rather broad open
work hemstitch with which they are en-
framed all around, and the CHRISTIAN
name writ I'm full, and Initiating the
owners handwriting The signature Is,
moreover, embroidered IN black or purple
cotton. These handkerchiefs must be
either sent 10 the cleaners, or rinsed IN
cold water. IN which a little salt has been
previously dissolved. The darker cam
brics-crimson. purple, and, Tor hall-
mourning. IN black, bear the name written
I'm white. Other dainty handkerchieis, OF
fine white gossamer cambria, are en-
broidercd with flights Of birds or butter
flies and enframed with Mailnes or Nalen-
ciennes cntredeux. a houncing or lace
finishing them off-birds. butterflies, or
tiny nowerets. embroidered in pink
mauve, or pale green, upon the pure
white surface Pink and yellow camDric
are effectively trimmed with narrow en-
tredeux and lace Of fine black Chantiiiy'
STYLES IN SHOES.
After fans and handkerchiefs, shoes are
objects OF anxious thought 10 every "o-
man who Is resolved 10 be wen dresseu'
Dancing shoes are being made very nuch
I'm bronze. which has the erect OF narrow
inc The foot and making II look small.
satin has not this effect, but nothing