New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-06-08
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among her sobr robos But for the most part tickle Apf
was not so melancholy md barren March was not so chill
The very leaves their With difference aud rather
ruddered appreaenve Of returning Winter than danced
tAe hours away And down tho ay musns in the windows
ran little fhvers Of cold that seemed to banch their rosy
end delicate bloom and make them unovey and mpertnen
exoc instead o. tie pretty necessities they were BON TO
become So tie brightest and dainest garments have been
neen in tic sloWTo5ms OF moliste and sAopmen but have
DOT vet turned the crowded sidewalks Of Broadway and the
Avenue into tie kaleidoscope spend0r which June gen
orally sees few bowitchug and lntterng swallows SKIM
obout prematurciy IN glory Of the newest and eoso''
fumare but very Summer and hey day Of Fashion py
no means here.
Moreover an influence more dismal than frovpns skies ana
Northern winds brought with them has been driving The 0ol
toc hills and the seaside long before the day Of tie usual
Iecira To tho fashionable little Miss Mu1es, who sat on
their tufs conoutod eating their oards and |hcy ana
forgetting tla lie had duties. or struggles or aoomuaons
tcre came up from The Lower Bay horrible black spider OF
terror aud disgust and frightened these charming Miss Mut
tets away.
So altogether it has been unpropous season for MILL
ncr and habcrshc june comes however with hands full
n gathered sunshine and prnkles tie dim city with
Ioysuess which ransfgures the stones Of the street
and in q week Broadway viii be crowded with women Who
more regal than tie lilies toll neither Go they spin yet
like Of solomon in oil his glory not arroyed
Tor is quite certain that tie fabrics Of this season are
costly gorgeous often more pronounced than ever
before Silks Iich ru,e hlws whose rayishng beauty
The tenth commandment respects uuas too beautiful to
wear subject their snowiuess to the inevitable and
imuncnt washtub desCcratou not to be iogivcn
grenadines which could have been fashioned looD
but really pdcrwebs gathered from tie mornings moad
al giteng with dov.drops and Joined together by
miraculous woavcrs; laces fine and cnsing and pu-e
Shat they belong Of night only TO brides other laces
rega enough queens dowry and whose value treasury
notes almost inadequate to exPreswhen these perfect
things tempt them in hundred windows is It any wonder
H. LOO
ptle beau cries out in their souls to be satisfied and they
have not yet learned that there better gifts to offer it than
ulnumberol garments, and bright upholstery.
Country Sally spends bnt $50 year her ranent and is
prase her economy and Sara OF the Avenue finds herself
pnclcd on an allowance Of s. 600 and informed in all the
morning journals that extravaganza really the founda
lion OF national debt and that unless she amends her
aud her dog tie country IS done for Yet Sally in
place would be s bankrupt perhaps and Sara
farmhouse might put by money from her scanty income
i that the life Of great towns proyokes restessness
tmboH. longing TO achieve success OF some kind. however
loor and piu and the who triumph in perfect
toilets viii supreme there n she is shut out from other
supremacy quite possible that the langud lady buying
gloves Of The tired shop girl who onves hor aces and her
luror may fancy that life has meanings for that shop girl
which has had FOR her and that labor had been her
portion sic would have been drawer and better
When all work made honorable for all women-nanua labor,
mercantile adventure the professions Journalism end politics
that thorough training opens the world and all its tn
umphs to them then, and not till then will
extravaganza the crime and emptiness Is instead Of
tie erocofl pleasure they always found it, T. D.
sace therefore demonstrated that the layishness Of
inarticlate ucrance Of fine instinct AID in no
sense er fault but tie direct result ofsupid legislation and
1rannous custom the coroay that they quite justified
in spending al the money they please uotl they become
eligible the bar and the Presidency And this paper shall
teach them how to dOit
when shall be devised the perfect top and round Of
sovereignty which age wher custom stale Look
/, back through fastioubooks Of tie past five years. is
curious TO see that scarcely design which the lapse
Of time and change Of mode have not made absolutely and
rcuonsy ugly Not pasaes odd, but un-compIonsingy
Iasee and Most Of the fashions Of this Sumner Go not
need the denchanmeut O. te storecoss and the approach
ofa later rival reveal their hdeousness bonnet which
l DO respect conforms b tie outline OF the head bat insists on
serv iar9 and irharmonious outlines Of its own which is
posg forbidden By Of the entire exposure OF the
face and neck all bat the young and pretty which Is
mounted annoying and obtrusige angle
and so insists notice % become vulgar IS net the head
dress wi ch ary lady with the slightest artistic sense would
al9D. Modern fashion oats the dictionaries bonnet is
40 longer covering for the head" The head dishglred
win croogue and absurd arrangement Of tie hair becomes
O block on which to display the bonnet
o. all tie milners whims this season. tho Empire. the
alnchon and the Lambae alone endurabe The Pamela
Nch deserves al the Reproduction lavsAed upon 1t last
Eprn-. Tie Vatican which it not oc.ipssd by tie
Pauel would be unique horror tie Marie An)!nete'
Giapl.8 pus and flowers the Ilrcs ana IyDil4
May Stuart compete the honor Of utter uguess and unit
ness Empire though always too small and too close Tor
ain faces at least modest The Fanchmm since it Is de-
cilcd bonnet 90 be only headdress Is hE4t grace
fal pretty aud universally becoming The Lambae ID very
dainty dinnerpate with wreath Of flowers under tie edge
and rich strings to tie beneath the chin against cheek
All these hornets have tie GROWING merit OF cheapness be-
cause they are tiny and made Of such airy nohnss that
when The frame materials purchased and the structure
BULL by sk fingers home the whole expense only two
OF three dollars The oveest have seen this season
was made Of fragments found IN the careful boxes Of thrifty
housewife and cost exactly Admired Miranda, 1t
was vastly preteI than which Ferdinand so commented
md 10Y which you paid SIS dollars in BIevoort.place.
While fashions Ike OF to-day prevail, Whimsical 50
rpserviceabe 50 generally urbec to make II certain
that tomorrow there Will be poor TO DO them reyer
rDce IL is utter wasefliness eIpend much money upon
them is quite that tie best material H. in the end
most economical bit be fashioned that when its
style Las passed by Inherent beauty and excellence will not
have 10 contend against tie rcPoach Of uneoct4nes and alb
surdy 10 design. -
PALETOTs AND MANTLrs.
TIE cdict to abolish coseftns garments which came with
authority from Paris The early Spring fell UNDECIDED on the
ears Of contuuaoous rebes who loved not Paris less but bas
puines more Most the elk garments modified form
Of the imperishabe basque with its tight waist and trouble
rome sleeves They and ineonyenien for Summer
wear AID havc not beauty Of fitness which marks the
pretty French saceuos and rich CIRCULAR viii their founc
NJ q rstc lace Most Of these cloaks have the Inevitable
md wcaeh interminabe the back, fastened with
buckles OF slides streaming the wind ike somDer COM
Bs Ribbons should tie buttons should fasten chains should
suspend have those else they become osiel
taions. which always vulgar.
The most beautiful garments Of the he sbaws Of
BLACK cashmere exq1stey embroidered Of black white
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