New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-06-17
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO WEAR ?

their clothes, and it has been whispered to us by
! those who have the very best means Of knowing,
that our broad-brimmed brethren are con-
scious OF their uniform as young cadets and
midshipmen are Of theirs. This is excusable,
| for human nature has always been vanquished
| by a uniform Stephen Girarl, it is said, made
| a ,10tnt Of dressing shabbily, and showed his
| vanity thereby for If he had been Indifferent
to his personal appearance, he would have made
point Of nothing With regard to it. Our worthy
neigh Dor, Horace Greeley, It is also said, is not
quite unconscious Of the effect or Of the celebri-
| ty Of his white coat; else why, in the name Of
all that is varegated, sheuld he renew the
ghostly garment as though by
| no means as often-as the fields renew their
| livery of green. No man, we repeat, is indiffer-
ent TO his attire, except the perfect dandy; and
he is Indifferent only when, and only because,
he knows his costume to be faultless. g The
| unconscious is the alone complete" and the
complete is the alone unconscious. But to the
point-what is going to be worn this Spring
| Hats, among other things. The hat, though
| i is a work Of supererogation, the head being
| that only part of the human body which nature
herself hath clothed, is, nevertheless, the first
Of the five great points in a finished costume
the clothing Of the neck being the second, the
rament Of the hands being the third, the cover
ing Of the feet being the fourth, aud all the rest
being the fifth Hats are, therefore, the crown
and glory Of human nature. The fashionable
hat is never at a stand-stiil 1t is always
panding contracting, its brim widening or
, narrowing, its crown rising OF lowering its
shape beH-ing or steeple ing. For phase Of
fashion to make the circuit Of the fashionable
world requires about two years. Partisan ge
MUS produces it; London adopts but varies il .
New York copies, yet modhes London; Bost 7n
Philadelphia, New Orleans follow New York
but each leaves upon the initiated shape i'm
press of its own California, Oregon, the Sand
l oh unAa A,tS 1io fo.a mn - pr+E
: and so the fashion goes round the globe. The
present New York hat is large, high steeple
shaped, with a brim of medium breadth, and
; and much curled at the sides The prevailing
: London hat is smaller, with a narrower hrim,
and, therefore, the tendency of the New York
o hat is towards reduction and aboreviation Tie
; spring hat is a knowing bat, and makes an in
significant person look somebody. The extreme
e curl IS lnuch affected by the gay youth Of this
: metropolis. For summer, there are three styles
! ready for introduction, soon as the therInom-
! eter becomes more settled, namely, long mapped
beaver, of various light colo1s mot white j felt
: for common use, low crowned and wide brim
1 med chip-straw, la amateur yachtman anC
S boat club, with black ribbon and black edging
h quite the sailor boy. This is all we know abou
: hats and should not hove known 90 rnuclr bui
j for the ohliging communicativeness Of those
: great lights in the hating world, hIessrs Beebe
y Leary, Genin, Knox and James With regard
e to caps, their name is legion. They are more
i worn than formerly, owing TO the extreme ele
n gance of some of the late styles. Checked is tht
o tavoritc pattern for the material.
y The ladies are going to give leghorn a turr
h once more--excellent, durable, venerable leg
It horn-such as our grandmothcrs wore, only
II finer and million times more becoming il
y shape. The prevailing desire is to procure leg
d horus of uuima ginab able neness, and accordingl,
&c prices have been paid which would be extrevl
IT CANT, only the leghorn fabric will last genera
n ton or two. Fifty dollars is n common pric
II for tile better kinds. Those bonnets are larger
to and cover the face more than formerly, and ar
r. adorned with white feathers They impsrt
al truly piuus air to the S5u1tcnnuces beneat
III them. though the amazing breadth of hair I
re which the ladies are now addicted somewha
diminishes the effect. The leather bonnets, W
OH may here observe, are not leather bonuets, bu
ITS are merely trimmed with leaves cut from les
p ther We have seen several open work stra
W honnets from Paris, which are profusely adorl
nd ed with gold, III the form of leaves ETC.. whit
led inpart spangled effect They look very pre-
fe- ty over pretty face, and when the rest Of Il
lot attire accords. For dresses, green and lii,
MS seem to he among the favorite colors Green
b. the last color TO choose for 4 summer dress
ou nature should be allowed the monopoly of i
h. and ladies seen in distant fields should show lii
e. prairie flowers not TO belost in the of gree
e. around them.
ed Gentlemen will make better choice I'll
VI two colors for coats are TO be blue and claret
he but when we say claret, we mean claret-y
n ciaret having merely given the hint and ii
sir claret.y shades being as numerous as tt
he brands of caret wine. Mulberry is favori
of shade, as it has the safety of black without Il
RS, country cousin Sunday coat effect Of til,
re, highly respectable color Velvet collars sti
he find favor with all, except those who discal
le- every thing the moment it becomes genera
th They would no more wear a velvet collar, ju
me now, than they would commit piracy or e
is with their knives, or do any other mOnstro
decd entirely inhuman, and not to he confer
,us plated without horror. The pantaloon pattern
os- this Spring, are some of them Of an alarmil
in- nature. Weare puzzled to describe them
,ch saw one the other day which, when made u
bic will give the wearer the appearance OF walkil
en- upon pair of crosses, one broad stripe goiI
,ur down the front Of each leg and one stripe eros
ich ing both at the knees There is an admirab
me simplicity in this design. very favorite sty
ow is that which is called tie boot pattern, al
wv, the peculiarity of it is, that, just al that poi
CT. where the boot is supposed to begin, the mat
aid rial changes color, becoming either lighter
Al darker When the difference of shade is gres
Nil the effect is that of broad, long patch, begi
yet ming just below the knee and terminating On
sill with the garment itself The patterns gene
our ally are of the bold and conspicuous .o
CO. Vests will be somewhat more subdued. Ga
10 penter, of Philadelphia, and Monroe, Of ii
oc- city, have Just imported some of the dainti
ent patterns An effort will be made 10 bring /
rue Shoes and metallic buckles into fashion, VIII
men the season is II little more advanced Certain
'cr- of things worn upon the feet low shoe is
opi- most elegant.
'cr- Next to Il dog, the best companion of ln
ems among the brute creation, is cane. Thereto
len, the infinite variety ami remarkable excellei
:, 1t Of modern walking sticks must be very ple'
ma ant subjcot Of contemplation, both to the inqu
ing and to the benevolent mind. The varit
is wonderful. \ man may have large so(
res and vet have no two alike. They are made
c IS every possible substance-wood ivory, wha
Ca bone, lndia-rubber, iron, steel-in every pos
to ble size, from the heavy father, as thick rs
OF crow-bar, and with half a pound of gold fol
oes, head, to those faint intimations of a splint
and sporied by young gentlemen On Saturday, v
luc- let us hope) were whipped with quicker o.
lhis on Friday Amidst this protusion, the favor
tlsh styles at present are the thin peculiar. Ii
peo- held to be an honorable thing to be the posses
en- Of one,shieb is like no other in the universe,
as 1t was supposed that the India-rubber ca
Ike would become favorites, and they would h
done SO, only it was discovered that they brl
ork too easily The process Of hardening the ma
The rial renders it brittle, while its elasticity tenn
lex- thc wielder Of the cane to henl it nm inch
ars, far, and it is shiverci iuto fragments. !
q IS with this drawback, the India rubber canes
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