The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-12-24
REIGN OF THE BOW.
Dainty Knots Of Ribbons Have Become :
Fad with Both Sexes.

Dainty Knots Of Ribbons Have Become
Fad with Both Sexes.
This is the day of the bow. It is
everywhere, in everything, on every
thing. Nothing is complete without q
bow nowadays. Every known and un
known article of commerce, from
candy box to 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 summer girl has beaux.
Even the bicycle is not exempt. Every
wheel which expects to hold up it's
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
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 bow over the
joining of his sweater collar, and
bow will perch triumphantly upon his
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in all it's entirety there are numerous
other places in which to place the jaunty
bits of ribbon.
One man will wear g. dozen bows
easily, while another will wonder where
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 stylish
woman of the present season carries
about with her is wonderful to con-
emplate. And the present allowance
will not be half enough for the win
er maiden, if the shopkeepers are to
De believed.
The bicycle girls capacity for bows
greater than that of the man. Every
,irl has long bows and streamers of
Ter club or individual colors floating
rom her handle-bars. A few have
aiken to decorating the saddle also.
)ne original South side maiden wheeled
ally forth recently with her entire
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,erched upon her saddle, they streamed
rom her handle-bars, they glittered
rom the spokes of both wheels, they
;hone from the drop-frame. The av-
srage girl, however, has not yet at
aimed such state of bows.
The bows themselves are of divers
<inds, and they are worn everywhere.
m, tho cho,,1Iarc OF hn throat at the
belt, OH the skirt, the bodice, the sleeves,
he head, the hands, and the feet of
the fashiona BILE woman. Many of the
newest shoes are trimmed with dear
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
| terfy 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
r.oised 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
ldiagonally.
The fad for bows has brought sew
eral kindred ones in it's train. The fad
for exchanging bows, for instance, and
the fad for bow collections. The col
Iege youth who has not a collection OF
bows given him by his girl admirers
is indeed mournful soul, and the g.J
chums who have not yet exchanged
bows are either behind the times or
losing the fervidness of their atfec-
ton. Every girl has her color nova
days, and her especial way OF tying
bows, or having them tied, and her ad-
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-
doir of the favored girl is much the
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 recipieH
both inscribe their names, written IL
indelible ink, and they are affixed, as
fast as received, tolong 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
lit, has taken to carrying her strip ci
-ibbon to parties with her; she rare
" goes home without a new bow added
to the list.
The sudden popularity of ribbon bows
/ has brought into existence with it a
new occupation. Bows are made up
in various shapes and ways at all the
ribbon counters in town, but in addl-
|tion to the salesworlen who do the
work Of their respective departments
there are several women in Chicago
who are making quite a comfortable
addition to their incomes by tying
bows and bow-knots<-Chicago Times
Herald.
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