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Show WOMAN'S WHIMS. The faucy of the moment is for plush eoarla. A widow does not return formal calls during' the first year. Large lace collars and outside cufJa will be.uiuch worn in the spring. Plum and pale blue is a favorite combination ot colors thin seaaon. Hough surfaces and Oriental colore are among the spring dress good a. New fans have sticks of Russia leather, edged with gold and silver. A new ribbon is called metal ribbon, rib-bon, aud is seemingly woven of metal. White English crape is a favorite material lor trimmtug bridal dresces. Turkish rugs made of raga are the latest rage m faucy work, for ladies. Worth, of Paris, has manufactured recently ball dresses with short skirts. : Persian embroidery in strips is used on some of the haoddooioit toilets. toil-ets. Fresh flowers nnd gsranium leaves are the newest substitute fjr satchel powder. Cut a-way jackets and short skirts will bo worn by young ladies iu the spring. The old-time fashion of slashing dresses and inserting material ot another color is revived. Prelly new handkerchiefs are e-f sheer lawny with a ruffle embroidered iu pale pink or blue eilk. Card receivers of Ruasia leather, with bouquets ot flowers painted in the centre, are new and pretty. j Gaiters for walking purposes are made as Udual, buttoning on the Bide, with high heels, finished with iron. New silks are in stripesand checks, and all the beautiful combination of colors so much in vogue this season. Kid gloves, fastened with gold-link fans, instead of buttons, are the newest styles in these important articles ol ladies' dress. Scotch and Madras ginghaoiB in shaded plaids and stripes, wilhdasheit and dots of black and dark colors arc peon on the count ere. Use lapping fold?, or else merely piping, for yuur black merino dress. Make it wiiii a kilt skirt, short over-skirt over-skirt aud cut-aw&y coat. Bangle necklaces, passing over the head in the same w-y that bangle bracelets do over the arm, are among the novelties of the season. In the richest combination costumes one uf the colors is always very dull; this somber shade, however, gives peculiar and decided tone to the more delicate and paler hues. Freuch atraw satchels and birch-1 bark canoes, suspended iu the win-! dow, ure the newest flower-holders, i Large sbellB, filled with moss, which j should be kept well moistened, make j the most beautiful vases. |