The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-11-05
For the Ladiea-The Fashions.

If Satan "finds some mischief still
for idle hands to DO" what is left
over he probably gives to the busy
bodies of fashion.
No sooner do we get used to one
style of bonnet, one way of fixing
cur hair, one evil necessity III the way
of dress, than suddenly this capricious
desrot pulls us by the bit, and 10! a
new promulgatory.
1t. seemsa shame that fashion should
not be controlled by any law wlfat-
ever. Everything else TO which we sub
NIT seems to be amendabable to some
thing beyond ITSELF or governedby an in
herent principle upon which one may
depend. But with fashion there are
no hirh nor low tides to be counted on
as one counts on the ocean; nor arms
tees, 10 intervals; but one grand con-
fusion Of change. Pray, how can Il
woman help being tickle.
We have had a hard year of it. Just
rs we Mad become accustomed to the III
cnnuous nature Of the fitting hoop, and
were cnioying the exceeding comfort OF
dresses Topped up out of the mud, around
goes King FASHIONS wheel! The tilt
Ing hoops drop into obscurity, and we
are introduced to y long, swooping
"Gabrielr' skirt, over which our dresses
are expected to float literally, and then
go trailing through the dust! No more
of that pleasant security regarding
cleanliness of hens; no more OF the
contcntment that accompanies appro-
pr!ateness of dress. Nothing but per-
petual picking mp and dropping, with
now and then Il sudden shock from
being stepped upon. Pleasant, isn't 1T!
Two years ago or more, bonnets with
scooping fronts SO high that nobody
could sit behind q woman at public
place and see anything that was going
on in front. Now we wear something
Just as near to nothing as can be got.
Every woman, too, is expected to fall
into ranks and wear huge waterfall at
the very peak Of her head. 1t pulls
horribly, and diScloses what is rarely a
pretty part OF woman's neck, and
which has SO long been protected by the
style of wearing the hair, that we can't
help shivering thereabouts. But what
of that 1t is the fashion; and, there
fore, all you have to do is to shivcr
amiably. There are no towards in
fashions brigadcs.
And, whereas, VIC used to walk like
Christian martyrs, erect and undaunted,
we, for time, have fallen upon evil
ways. We began with certain attitudes.
Then we gave angular crooks to our
arms, carried orr parasols as if we were
making pcrretrally a presentation of
them. aud betO0i ourselves along the
promenade horribly distorted, but quite
en- rcgic. We now yield this particular
style; but you who would be ''just the
thing are to practice the old Grecian
curve. Try TO look like Psyche. Lean
forward to any degree that is difficult to
accomplish. Now take long strides, like
n,Gn in solemn hurry, too melancholy
to run, too hurried to take it easy, and
You are supposed to have an air distingue
IL will be necessary to practice this be-
fore "a large mirror, but with patience
be assured that you will finally secure
such Carriage that your very identity
may become question. Vivacity OF
expression does not harmonic with this
particular style of poise. 1t is best
til, refTe, to assume the sympathetic
Nobody supposes you to be comfortable
and even if it were not the newest style
your very angels are SO many pointed
appeals.