The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-07 00:00:00

WHITE AND BROWN BREAD.

TO 7HE EDITOit tIF THE S:J.N.
SIR,—In your paper of the Ist instant, there are
some very exitellent editorial remarks. upon Professor
Johnston's essay "On the Nutritive Quality of the
Bread now in Use."

The information contained in that essay cannot be too
widely di,seminated, as it would tend to remove many
very c mnion and erroneous prejudices. A medical
gentleman of my acquaintance, who has paid great
attention to this subj.-et, informs me that he always
uses household bread, made at a corn-factor's in S:.
Giles's. That when he eats this bread for breakfast,
he requires no luncheon ; but that when he eats the
common white bread, he always requires some re-
freshment at noon. •

He thinks the vulgar prejadi,,e in preferring the
white bread, is one great cause of weakness and
formity in the limbs, so very common amongst the
children of the labouring classes in this great metro-
poli‘, inducing the disorder called rickets.
Brown bread is verN much more nouri Ling than
white, and contains a mlich larger quantity of phos-
phorate of lime, which is ti-,e principal constituent of
bone. Children in the c wnty, who usually eat
brown bread, are less sub ect to this deformity of the
th,ugh ofTen residing in a unalarious atmo,
phere. It mipht be desirable to change the usual
terms of bread, and call white the worst, and bro%n
the best.—l am, Sir, yJur obedient servant.
BEST BROWN.

FASHIONS.
(Fri pm tie Lady's New paper)
The fgiley et the Parisi in eontutieresis at work c:

he I...ve;:tioil .o a new lorm of slet,e. We r. gr.-t

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observe s.ympt-ms ut H rem!, to iull •Irvves—that is to
.say, slrever, fall st the ,houl•lrrs. N .thonz. certl•n; ,
can be more unbecoming% or more euleu4ved ru fit,figuro
the finest !ow. le form. The skirt. U, continue
v.-ry wide and very long; d, mulch too loot; for
wailong. To remody the o.eonveniet•ee of the,e long

,irt,,sscfs. %then worn out of doors. a s Tr. of brooeh has
hen intr Aueed in Paris, tor the purpose of gathering
u,) the skirt of the dress on .nie or both sides.

The collars worn with high dresses are exceedingly
.mall, anti are sterped so as to tit closdy round the
:hroat. The needlework which adorns tte in is exquisite,
hith as to di eign and execution. Very small cuffs of
',I orked muslin ate stnneiimes seen turned up on the
sleeve ; but the cuff most generally worn consists of
narrow edging of werked n,usiin, or a pie e of lace set
on full, and falling over the hand. For home rieglige
canezous of worked muslin are sery rierilly worn.
Msntelets of worked mmilin, trimmed with white lace,
gre in preparation. but their appearance will, of course,
he deferred till the wr.rin days of summer.
For those of our fair readers, who are unfortunately
under the necessity of wearing mourning, we subjoin the
following remarks :
Though mourning admits of comparatively little
variety, being subject to certain laws of convention and
usage, yet it nevertheless has its little changes, a few of
which we will endeavour to point out. For do ep mourn-
irg and neglik4, high dresses of merino cashmere are
alone worn. They may be trimmed with crape, or with
a sort black ps,sementerie, now made expressly for
mourning. A material somewhat more elegant, and like-
wise worn in deep mourning, is coaled barpour. It is
twilled tissue, composed of a mixture of wool
and
silk. The dresses made of barpour are high to the ihroat,
or nearly se, and the sleeves are plain and tight to
the arms. For full dress, the skirts may be flounced,
each flounce being edged with crape ;h the corsages
half-high, and the sic eves delniat merino under.cash sleevesm
of ere,
n wil
of crape. Shawls for nrglig
edged with crape or fringe; or, fih two
d
ira superior style or
:ielkP,
costume, a mantelet of crape, eitov
ro
worna n t s.
The mantelet may be either lined with
thin
unlined. A high dress, either of barpour or silk, is
trimmed up the front with ornaments
oda. For very deep moure' of passementerie
med with crape, are indispensabletrim-
mourning, For more slight
black feathers, crepes,. and black flowers
with bugles may be a •
prioriately substituted for crape.
(Fi
toi
cry
dfu
some
oteessr
enr-iyo u rbne
illugtifuirefeahtahveers lactneilly
called
!intro-
, e sau es, or
consisting of ,maitie
lal and very light ostrich plumes,
craped, and bespangled with
lk;

_aymaking has comunlieed in this netzhbourbood,
several fields or grass having been cut during tfe pas, week.
In B,..tne few inNtances the crop, which is good, his been as-
cured.--Wilts Indopendent.