The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-04-25

FAsHIoNABLE MILLINERY .lNTxy.LIaKNcE.--As a
young and beautiful girl confides in the experience
and oJliying of old friend to display all the
advantages with which she has been endowed by
nature, so America has for heightened period left
10 France the exclusive privilege of furnishing to
her ladies' the choicest articles of the toilette.
French milliners and dressnakers, also may be
seen tolilng In emulation to secure thu 'commenda-
BILE confidence; yet IN spite OF their most praise
worthy efforts, no farther have they gone than to
bring to New York the fashions of the preceding
season. This assertion, which, to those but lit
tie familiar with the habits Of Partisan ladies, may
appear little probematlca is clear as the day
light tor thOsewho know the fact that the fashionable
world OF Paris does not display their spring galtles
before the holidays OF Longchamps and for that
epoch, consecrated to worship and indebted to
fashion, reserved all the coquettlsh science of
Partisan dames-all the marvellous production ella
boraed in the temple of taste. AT that charming
promenade which includes the whole Elysian
Fields from the p lace de la Concorde to the Bar
mere de lEtoe, Is witnessed the display OF every.
thing which can come under the denomination of
novelty. On the three celebrated days, also, the
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of holy, week,
many fair head has It's dreams; beauty, elegance
and taste there reign sovereign, and yet pay their
submissive tribute of respect to Partisan fashion,
| the universal queen
There the Duchess rolls in her new equipage,
the rich, citizen displays his dazzling equipments,
while the humble householder approaches with
measured step and unique hat destined to serve
| for the remainder of the season then, again, we
see the second class milliner and dressmaker, come
expressly to study the chef dGuures of arts perec
| ton. Not one, to the simple peasant girl,
who is willing risk her Is francs, destined, per-
haps, to buy her head Dress for the sake of going
| to Longchamp's, not one who would not do the
same.
| 1t must be admitted from all this, that il is a
great pity that our beautiful American ladies', be-
fore garnlshlng their wardrobe with the fashions OF
spring, cannot procure more recent information.
Holy week, let it be observed sometimes slow and
tardy in coming whilst in this country, favored by
heaven, spring developes her treasures OF luxnrlant
| vegetation under an almost summers sun, before
Paris has thrown aside her hoar frost mantle. The
chapeaur OF autumn fade away, and every belle
CLOVIS with "A wish to surround her pretty face with
a newer and lighter material. The spirit OF COM
merce seizes with avdity the preteXt to anticipate
the season of business, and hardly has the middle
of March arrived ere all selections made.
Would it not be better to buy first head dress OF
a more ordinary and simple kind, which, by Its
freshness, would be always agreeable, and lessen
all Impotence for the arrivals Of the real novelties.
This little morse of adj ice would be given by every
disinterested or informed person to the ladies OF
New York, and which has the sanction OF
Madame Barblcre Vvien, who having devoted all
her activity and energy 10 procure the genuine
Partisan fashions for April 1914, has the honor OF
announcing that on the third of May, at her rooms
3ll Broadway, she will open all those articles that
she thought capable of charming the tastes of every
lady who understands the art OF dressing with ee-
ganCe.