The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-11-13
rs cRJNObINE OUT OF FASHION

TUESDAY MORNING, Nofi'hDl'h l'' looo
rs CRINOLINE OUT OF FASHION?
tprs to,oser oa Correspondence London AOrnfng Post
meet in the s'reots OF Paris. and sometimes at
an nyrning reception, II toilette of the period of
tha Eirst tmprc: short-waisted, and certainly
there can bo no crnolinc or iron-hoopcd anything
under somewhat seanty rTps IL, nufh tho as nsay
Geor9c " You can sec the pretty feet, and some
iIc, NAV be arrived at as to how nature has
scuInturrd the whole Of tho graceful female form
81 10 snrnlv 4 pleasant thing to contemplate ladies'
fcet again For the last ten years, if one writes
history correctly, We must confess wo have seen
little of that pretty feature OF female lovellness
This has been decided loss, for nature has wise
" provided that young people should fall in love
with others feet and enkles as we'll as their eyes
At thc promenade in the Bois you meet with
ladies whose dresses gracefully respond to the
movements Of the frame; and certainly there can.
not be any cunninGly conceived substructure OF
stylc OF costume. Therefore conclude that there
are ladies' of fashion moving about in the most re-
fined society honestly without crinoiine; but they
are not vet a majority. You find most ladies, ON
the contrary wearing dresses which spread out at
the bottom, and show train which begins to be
downwards this ever-spreadng trailing robe must
be supported by some material. Is it crinoline
Is it jube in another shape, or Is it mass Of
clustering underclothing of cotton or linen =! How
am I to- find out that2 You cannot with propriety
ask lady what che wears under the external tilk
or aatin (such ever intended to be jealous
secret),
And take upon us the mystery of things,
AS sHwe were Gods spies,
as said King Lear on similar courtly question.
It would be exclusively moan to ask the ladys
maid privately and confidentially Of what under
noath mater ial her mis- ress is composed. How
arc you to find out? I have watched sublimely
grand ladies get out OF carriage, under the i'm
preston that the accident OF events might enable
one to form pretty good opinion about the pre-
senco of crinoliue. But no jupescages ever turned
up; the robe .lls in;o mbnotonous spread. trails
in too
human nature the old crinoline nuisance.
Gcntiemen have to dodge about in the drawing
room, and on the pathway of gardens and parks.
edge have caused somo mon to como out with
wicked oaths in French, and do not sec why this
fashion should also cause ladies to burn to death
as in the earlier days of crinolne. In the streets
.of Paris some ladies wear dress which appears
to be noiineless, until it suddenly and abruptly
employed. What is this windy day at the
seaside might relieve ones doubling mind.
stron sly suspect this is tho last ring horrid
cage. If crinone is expiring, it dies hard in
Paris. The ladies at tho markets s!il wear crino-
line, and do the ladies' OF the Kitchen therefore
Isuspect crinoline i lowering still about in all
momen!ous Nue.tion will say, why don't you go
to the fashion books for information l.? Ask an
audience OF No VT in the Rue dc la Paix.
Do you think ynu can say anything positive after
all this? One magazine OF tho fashions tells us
"Haking our impres>i 'ns from certain high indi-
cations, we think we go 30 far as 10 declare that
in all classes Of socety." You then turn to the
colored plates and there you find dress worn by
lovely creature, tho lottom Of which is occupy.
ing nearly tho whole wild II of tho plate. What
Keeps out it's vast spreading proportions? AS
when you thiuk Of time and eternity, or any other
sublime subject, the mind wanders into dim con-
says-that is IN Suthority. It would be absurd to
translate: "Deux genres bien dlstincts caracteri-
sent les tolettee; ceiui qni rebuilt rampieur ct la
longueur des rebes est adoptc pour les COURSES
pied, ct psutre genre qui admet avec une faciite
extraordnaire t0utes les eXaggerati ations dams 10
sense oppose, est seul reserve aux toilet es
parees."
Do you not observe ladies, that here is the same
hesitation of which you complain in England Is
1t that thero are no original and greaSminds just
noxin Paris IN of old to exclaim--'This is the
fashion for Octub=r wear it all the world ?" II
you ask ME to sum up, my answer is, believe
crnoline is only h tlf out, and something quito
bad i. half in. We arc probably passing through
period OF transition It will be interesting for
some time to como to look for tho day when
humanity can write Crinoland JltR.
From South AaIERIcA.-Tho fortunes of war in
So9th America arc decidedly i'll favor of Lopez
and tho paraguayans. Tho last battle, fought on
September o. before the works at Curuguaty, was
a positive and damaging defeat for the allies.
Their army was driven back with heavy slaughter,
and almost their entire fleet disabled and forced to
retire Tho present condition of tho allied army,
and what is more important, allied finances, do not
promise an oarly advance against the formidable
defences of tho onemy. The alliance between
Brazil, Uruguay, and tho Argentine Confederation,
is also likely to be forced apart by intestine dvi
sions. The rumor that Franco stands bohind Bra
zl and dictates tho policy to be pursued, is the
frebrand which has produced tho conhagratou in
the aed camp. In tho meantime, Lopez is
strengthening his army by all tho means in his
power and fights with courage and determine
tion not easy TO overcome. IF the alliance is dis
solved and the abandoned, the chances are
that tho peace between Brazil, Uruguay and the
Argentine Confederation will not long be pre-
served.
CAIIroRSIA WnJI:s.-The Solano (Cnlifornia)
Press gives account Of the principal vineyards
in that county. Ono planter has about fftoon
Thousand vines, part of which set out in 1860,
the rcst in 1864. In this vineyard thoro arc somo
foreign varieties Of which tho Muscat flourishos
best, but the California grape predominates. blr:
Schultz will mako this year about two thousand
gallons of wine. Another firm Of Germans have
vineyard Of about sixty acres on the sunny slope
Of the Suscol Mountain. They have sixty thousand
vines, tho California predominating, but foreign
varieties doing wcll with the exception of the
Tokay. This vineyard was planted in 1854, and
will produce this year over fftoen thousand gal
Ions Of vino.
PREPARE FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
ID EMEh1DER THAT FRED. Yon sANTEN, NO POI
LII kINGSTREET (thi3 Is his address, If you wish u
order by mai Inns this season nm unusually large ane