Butte record., 1853-12-17

nllg and MAKING, VIII cost less than Two
inferior ones, with the expenses Of lining
and making them. In point of appear
anee, also, there Is no comparison be-
tween the two the good dress viii look
well to the last, while one Of inferior
quality VIII soon look shabby. When a
good silk dress has become too shabby
to be worn longer as dress, it becomes,
when cut up, useful for a variety Of pur-
poses, whereas an inferior silk, or one
purely ornamental, is, when left Of,
good for nothing. Plain dresses, that is
TO say, those of a single color, and with
out a pattern, are more economical as
well as more quiet IN their appearance
than those Of various colors. They are
also generally les expensive, because
something Is always paid for the novelty
Of the fashion b. ides, colored and fg-
ured dresses bear the date on the face Of
them, as plainly as if il was there in
printed characters the aye Of dress fab
rics are known by the pattern there
fore, dresses of this description should be
put on as soon as purchased, and worn
/ out at once, or they viii appear old-fash
+ ioned There Is another reason why va
ri-colored dresses are less economical
than others Where there are several
colors, they may not all be equally fast,
and if only one Of them fades, the dress
viii lose its beauty Trimmings are not
/ economical; besides their cost IN the first
instance, they become shabby before the
dress, and, if removed, they generally
leave a mark where they have been, and
so spoil the appearance Of the dress
Dresses made Of one kind of material
only are more durable than those COM
posed Of two; as for instance; of cotton
and silk, Of cotton and worsted, OF Of silk
and worsted When the silk is merely
thrown Oh the face of the material, it
soon wears of. This is also the case in
those woolen or cotton goods, which have
silken stripe.
The question Of economy also extends
to colors, some Of which are much more
durable than others For this we can
give no rule, except that drabs and other
quaker colors, as they are frequently
called, are amongst the most permanent
Of all colors For other eolors we must
take the word of the draper. There Is
no doubt, however, but that the most
durable colors, are the che. pest in the
end. In the selection of coiors, the ex-
peRse is not always criterion; some
thing must be paid for fashion and nov
/ city, and perhaps for the cost of the dye
/ The newest and most expensive colors
are not those which last the longest. Ii
/ is not economical to have the dresses
made in the extremity Of the fashion,
/ because such soon become remarkable
/ but the fashions should lie followed at
such distance that the wearer mad not
attract the epithet of old-fashioned We
conclude this part Of our subject with a
/ few suggestions relative to the selection
of different styles and materials of dress.
The style of dress should be adapted to
the age of the wearer. As a general
rule, We should say that in youth the
dress should be simple and elegant, the
ornaments being flowers. In middle age
the dress may be Of rich materials, and
more splendid in its character Jewels
are the appropriate ornaments. In the
] decline of life the materials of which the
dress is composed may be equally rich,
but with less vivacious colors, the terti-
aries and broken colors are particularly
suitable and the character Of the whole
costume should be quiet, simple and dig
nifed. Tie French, whose taste in dress
is so far In advance of our own, say that
ladies who are cinguants ans S0nnes, should
neither wear gay colors, nor dresses of
slight materials, flowers, feathers, or
much jewelry, that they should cover
their hair, wear high dresses and long
sleeves. Tall ladies may wear Aounees
and tucks, but they are less appropriate
for short persons. As general rule,
vertical stripes make persons appear
taller than they really are, but horizontal
stripes have a contrary effect The lat
ter, Mr.. Redgrave says, are not admis-
sable in garment fabrics, 'since, crossing
the person, the pattern quarrels with all
the motions Of the human figure, as well /
as with the form of the long folds in the /
skirts of the garment. For this reason,n /
he continues, 'large and pronounced |
checks, however fashionable, are often in |
bad taste, and interfere with the grace
ful arrangement of drapery." Is it to /
show their entire contempt for the nriu-
ciples of design that our manufacturers