Fergus County argus., 1897-03-03
REIGN. OF THE BOW.


Dainty Knots of Ribbons Nave Become ,
II Fad with Both Sexes.
+ This is the day of the how. II i:
everywhere, in everything. on every
thing. Nothing is complete without
bow nowadays. Every known and un-
known article of commerce, from a
candy box to a soft pillow, must have
it's bow. To be really in the swim and
up to date the fashionable article, be it
gown or table cover, must have more
bows than a summer girl has beaux.
Even the bicycle is not exempt. Every
wheel which expects TO hold up its
handle-bars in good society must have
a bow or two flying from the bars. and
the rider, to be in good form, must be
similarly decorated. If member of
the diamond fame fraternity he has a
bow on his coat lapel or the breast of
his sweater. others on each side of his
natty "garters," and still another upon
the side of his cap. If he be very swell
he will be sure TO wear a bow over the
joining of his sweater collar, and a
bow will perch triumphantly upon his
watch chain. If he has "bow fever
in all it's entirety there are numerous
other places in which to place the jaunty
bits of ribbon.
One man will wear a dozen bows
easily, while another will wonder wherc
to place half of those which have been
given him by his feminine friends.
Femininity is at the bottom of the
fad for bows. Every woman loves rib
bons, and every woman loves them
twisted. tied and tortured into bows.
The amount of ribbon which a stylish
woman of the present season carries
about with her is wonderful to con-
template. And the present allowance
will not be half enough for the win
ter maiden, if the shopkeepers are to
he believed.
The bicycle girls capacity for bows
is greater than that of the man. Every
girl has long bows and streamers of
her club or individual colors floating
from her handle-bars. A few have
taken to decorating the saddle also.
One original South side maiden wheeled
gaily forth recently with her entire
machine brilliant with bows. They
perched upon her saddle, they streamed
from her handle-bars, they glittered
from the spokes of both wheels, they
shone from the drop-frame. The av-
erage girl. however, has not yet at
tained such a state of bows.
The bows themselves are of divers
kinds, and they are worn everywhere.
On the shoulders. at the throat, at the
belt. OIL the skirt, the bodice, the sleeves,
The head, the hands, and the feet OF
the fashionable woman. Many of the
fri .sA
little ribbon bows at the top of the
lacings. and some modish girls have
ribbon bows sewed to the backs of their
long-wristed gloves. Perched at the
proper angle they have dainty, but
terfiy appearance, as have the short.
wide bows which are pinned just at
the bust line, or on top of the coil of
back hair. When properly tied and
poised the effect is charming. Series
of bows, large, medium and shading to
very small, and all of the butterfly
order, are being placed upon the new
est skirts, from the belt at one side,
right down to the hem at the other
range. crossing the front of the figure
diagonaliy.
The fad for bows has brought sew
eral kindred ones in its train. The fad
for exchanging bows, for instance, and
the fad for bow collections. The col
lege youth who has not a collection of
bows given him by his girl admirers
is indeed a mournful soul, and the GID
chums who have not yet exchanged
bows are either behind the times or
losing the fervidness of their affec-
tion. Every girl has her color nova
days, and her especial way of tying
bows, or having them tied, and her adj
mirers follow suit, as in duty bound
The room of a popular and fashionable
young man resembles nothing so
strongly as the ribbon booth of church
fair, at the present time, and the bou-
same.
Unpopular or passe girls are strongly
suspected of buying ribbons and bows
on the sly and passing them off as gifts.
This idea is doubtless responsible for
the autograph bows which are just
coming into favor. These are bows
upon which the giver and the recipieTA
both inscribe their names, written in
indelible ink, and they are affixed, as
fast as received, to long strips of ribbon
which, in turn, are hung upon the wall
the side of the piano, or elsewhere,
according to fancy. The girl who is
really popular with men. and knows
it. has taken to carrying her strip ol
ribbon to parties with her; she rare
| ly goes home without a new bow added
| to the list.
The sudden popularity of ribbon bows
has brought into existence with il q
| new occupation. Bows are made VI
in various shapes and ways at all ths
ribbon counters i'm town, but in addi
tion to the saleswomen who do the
work of their respective departments
| there are several women in Chicago
who are making quite comfortable
| addition to their incomes by tying
bows and Chicago Times
Herald.