The New York herald., 1866-09-09
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QUA PARIS SPECIAL FASHIONS coRasspoxussct.

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Little Novelty During the Week-Serious Re.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for a Revolution aud
Overhaul sold Clo''-A Frenchmau,s
Opinion oi the Bellies of New York-Debat-
ing ON The Winter styles.
PARIS, August "a 1885,
Tho most ndefa,irabie seekers Of novelty have come
TO the conclusion that there striking changes in
fashion To record this week. This communication will
astonish the high minded portion Of your readers
they will pass 1t with mental "no wonder" /" and
the spiteful win give utterance to :" so much the
better" high minded people and those whose morals
have got soured, do sometimes make mistakes won
der k that the space Of six times twenty -four hours
should rolled into the abyss Of the past without
sweeping new born bonnet off in its triumphant course
The past contented itself with atenng clothes on
its passage without crushing, yet any deani
two smashing of STEEL and the cache ano hos not been
swallowed up by the relentless gulf
l compare the past to a gulf the authority
Of p0ets my opinion being that, If gulf
there is the bottom thereof must not be hideous
as these writers pretend Are not teeth eyelashes
nar and all the other attributes Of one's youths
beauty deposited in the unfathomable depths OF those
waters which would rather compare in plain prose- to
to the fountain Of Jouvcnces How few ladies bordering
forty would mind diving down ever so low, II they
could but what once their owni Vain re.
If brought momentary solace to the hlgh-minded
and spteful by announcing that fashion has to
halt, afraid of tho effects of reaction when say
that only rejecting These intervals In her race
through life very short; and moreover, when she
has acquired the strength impaired by meditation
toa powerful conception, she generally takes long
breath and starts onward again with redoubiod
energy have often her after these
munings with herself, and l maintain that shc
is, all these occasions, most reckless, neither
respecting tho pearls of Golconda, tho cash.
Of Thibot, anybcdy's clothes anywhere.
She slashes through costly tex here, unmouns
stones there and am sorry to say, he has been heard
TO make havoc among won't say whose crown da-
monds and jewels substituting paste yes paste stones
rs, for real carbunces Then be advised, get pre-
pared and tho busy bee lays of honey for
the winter (which, however it does not always enjoy
itscij so store up your old clothes carefully
can dawning possibility, which may sound like
nothing to the uninatcd but which is light to a pro-
phetic spirit. and this possibility IS that be
dressed like grandmothcrs. shal make the
elegant toilets out OF their longforgottcn wardrobes
But speak only Of the present, how few OF tho cle
rant trains wc have swept the streets Of Unsupported
districts retain their primcyal freshness The i5-
teless appendages be curtaed, and the otherwise
undanapcd SKIRT be cut in wand, kes, each ending
with tassel over an under pctticoat How many spots,
which do and will fail unaccountably Just front
widths. be disposed OF with super.nons fulness
low many dresses which were found too narrow when
crnonc took can now be gored from top to
bottom How many seams are worn out a, the edges on
which lace ruche or piping eau DO placed in straigh,
lines
hope and trust shawls have not been lel to be
woeaten, for they surely will be worn as burnoses
pnt Ike scarfs, d Ia pepltm L., no ono ccnse-
Gnentiy despair in world such as this, where every
ones stu be turned TO account though superficial
oasergers may rall this nothing but stu Even rbb2ns
buck lace insertion: ct bugles and beads which hay,
natural propensity to drop can be rohrcadcd on almost
invisible wrc and formed into elegant sheavrs or ayes,
which patterns will great favortos epa lces and
casaqucs for somc time to come.
II will be objected that all this storing up may be
economical but that the system ueccss,ates n great
deal cf work II this be serious objection English and
American ladies' have no rant 70 say 'nsy nefsr can
tionnlhat they cannot be so industrious Is another
vicw Of the question think It ought TO known that
French have natural style OF their own It Is
all borrowed from the profound knowledge OF com.
plete art comprising motion, TACT combination o. colos
industry and the Intelligent expenditure :" novcry largo
onco hcarda Frcnchman who had travelled in Eng
America asked give his opinion Of tho LADIES'
Ho did 80 rescrvedy, must own, and
What he SAID was @ almos. drawn mr. mom him ~ an English.
! York bellies bad made upon him. hc laid his hand on
| m mia heart and :aid they wers "passng seanteoas"
replied =" Much depc1dcd; those who coSd afford
dress well dd I, TO some purposeyes, didn't thc,and
how well they carried the French fashions OIL, and
they walked like go.dcsses in armor: but those
couldn't afford TO dress, OH" and he put both
hands before his eyes, az TO shut out legion Of night
mares.
EScLIsanAs-Then on the whole, you admire our
women more than your own?
FRE,cHsAN-Not q bit. The Frenchwcrnen have no
ieures-Ic talk or but how well they get up what
Nature has gwen them Their hands beautifully
nouded hut how skiifu and active and how well they
gantt besides look at their feet, how well they
chausse and not their waists just whore they
opgt to ber to nothing Of tho indchnabe something
in their walk, quito the reverse Of drilling but per-
fec.l All and thor toilets 50 fresh and not costly.
:" But you are speaking OF dolls said the English
man. Your ladies arc dolls "
FeyScfMAv fshruggng up his shouders)-My dear sir
mo what they eeem TO be-. don't mind
looking dolls but should object to live with ladies
who cannot hide the defects OF their mechanism under
garments which II In easy to make out Of nothing
The rich the only happy few who dress well every
where bu Paris is the only place where the first grsee
you meet Is as tastefuy equipped, though in poorer
material the grandcst duchess Of tho Faubourg ST.
Gerinain.
aI,ut why should Il be 40 ~ asked tho Londoncr
FREsCHNAS-Ah, there IL is. Girls taught IN
boarding schools that II is degrading 10 make their
own clothes and they early acquire correct idea Of
FSGrIsugAS-very true our school boarders know
nothing OF form excepting that the thing very hard 10
sit
There, readers, know you will turn up your aqune
noss but though the opinion havo just reported is
French observe II Ia getting cosmopolitan and would
he shame II our lords were 10 insinuatc In
hearing that soldiers nowadays manage neodles better
than do ourselves.
In the trimming department there Is nothing newer
than black e' stars. which arc placed tho tops Of
Iamialle bOnncts; variety OF ncckiies ending with
silycr chains and tasse and elegantly trimmed paites for
the looping M OF skirts ard fonrreaux
great debate on winter fashions is being held by
readers shall be acquainted tho result thereof on
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