SEER IN THE STORES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3544, 8 July 1905, Page 4

SEER IN THE STORES.

Mauve and pink furniture is one of the latest artistic fancies—mauve wood, pink, satin, brocade and curtains shot with both colors'and figured with flowers. P \ nut bowls of wood, decorated w i:; nodwork and resting on th; .ipports, are net nn.’vrTy; ;i: narticu v , . .. i.itst pin dt. mpwh, by the n . . Ifc.v .-;!h delicate pale pirk b.cmins ihn. .-.mingle 'with the- dark-green leavvi .. ■ way that delights tin . ye. The newest side comb is the horseshne comb and comes in light and dark tortoise shell. Then there are comjbs with rope-coiled tops and jewe.ed evening combs that cost a small fortune. Superstitions concerning the opal have evidently died a natural death, if one may judge from the many that are shown. The demand tor this lovelystone is steady, and though the Hungarian opals are the finest, many of lesser value are used as settings for brooches, rings, hatpins and stickpins and are much sought. It is particularly noticeable in the china shops that the old-fashioned white china with gilt is becoming popThese sets are almost duplicates of the old-fashioned “tea seta” of our grandmothers’ early days, and come in the old-fashioned shapes, made of fine clear ware. Of course this ware is costly, and therefore the woman who has retained as a family heirloom her grandmother’s set is fortunate.