The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-04-22
Interesting to the Ladies.

Interesting to the Ladies'.
There are startling novelties in female
dress this year, though bonnets are assum.
ing slightly modified form. The "sky.
scrapers" are reduced in altitude, and the
large crowns are considerably depressed
AT the same time the sides Of the bonnet
swell out so that, in common phraseology,
Its as broad as it is long" In trimming
there is one notable change, for instead Of
clinging in dropping masses on the brim,
the feathers, flowers and ribbons are here
after to perch on the crown. The vast
quantities Of inside trimmings are consid.
erably reduced On the whole, the modi-
fed system Of bonnet, though fully as ugly
as it's predecessor, is shade more sensible.
The natural history phrase of bonnet
adornment is assuming unwonted proper.
tions. and this summer fashionable ladies
will carry on the most repulsive feature of
a country garden; for instance, imitation
worms and bugs will-in the latest Paris
style-nestle among the lace and feathers
and flowers which serve as Trimmings
Grasses aua ierns will also be largely ilni.
tcted. Birds haye also boen introduced
real stuffed birds. They are worn both on
the bonnet and on the head, several ladies
having lately appeared in the boxes of the
Academy Of Music with birds of paradise
perched upon them, the beak projecting
over the forehead and the tail swooping
over the back Of the head. Butterflies,
both real and artificial, are also talked of.
The bug mania, how ever, is the most curl.
Gus, and if developed to as remarkable an
extent as is threatened, may lead us to the
untold degradation Of a coifure la cock.
roach, or "dandy long legs" bandeau.
"Pork Pie" hats will be in vogue this
season more than ever. They look like q
small cheese with feather in it. There
are, Of course, many shades of variety in
bonnets, but they are more or less alike in
form. In material they vary, silks and
straws being the prevailing materials.
Dresses show adi,ninution of crinolinc,
and manifest curious contempt for the
'.curve OF beauty" According to the
fas hion plates. a lady Of 1868 will be full of
sharp points, as if she could suddenly bristle
out like hedgehog, and impale her eue-
miles, In materials there is demand for
linens and alpacas, and, most striking Of
all, an urgent call for cotton dresses. Some
few years ago, when "calico balls' were
all the rage, our fashionable DANES thought
they were doing very graceful bit Of con
descension in consenting to wear, for few
hours, printed cotton gown. Now they
are proud to don the once despised article,
and merchants with old stocks of cslicoes,
which they were wont to sell only to Bridg
ct. now dispose Of their goods to Bridget's
mistress. Of course. as soon as calico is
scarce and expensive the ladies wish to
wear it; and were there to be sudden
famine in the sackcloth and ashes market,
there is no douot that the dear creatures
would insist on clothing themselves in that
scriptural, but, at present, not prevalent
style Of garment.
An edict has gone forth against Aounces,
will be replaced by braid and grimp-
Waists, arms, shirts, are all to be highly
ornamented, so that the old rage of elabor-
ate embroidery will be revived.-N Y
Eseniac Post, March 27th.