The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-12-19
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Especial Correspondence Morning Journals
bae New York, Dec. 10, 1866
LADIES NEW COSTUME.

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The fashionable ladies of the great
metropolis are assuming a wonderful
change. Even the Democratic ladies
are fast becoming . radical, and who
would suppose this of Democratic
| females? Yet it is,true. a .rae
The street -sweepers have abandon
ed their occupation of cleaning the
Sidewalks with fine silk and satin
trails. For years they kept it up
faithfully; yet city taxes were not re
duced, but personal taxes greatly in
creased, Whereupon the extreme fash
ionable ladies have tried the other
extreme, and the sweeping of public
highways is now let out by city con-
tract. IA fs,-
Outer skirts or dresses are worn of
all fabrics, as in former. times, and
about two-thirds the quantity of ma
terlal used compared with six months
ago. The outer skirts are made from
ten to twenty live inches shorter, in
Guiding the trail, and the next
skirt, or balmoral is composed
of Is some very IL gaudy fabric
and of high colors y the outer
skirt scolloped and frequently en-
broidered very handsomely. The la
dies, once considered very portly, are
becoming ''Isfehder and 2 shallow, .
and look like, mere wasps. no5 - -
1t is needless to say the gentlemen
all fall in with the new order of
things, especially menwho are Obliged
to buy dry goodsD even at reduced
prices. We would suppose the price
Of q dress would be very materially
The newsboys are much rejoiced
in seeing this change inaugurated, as
they have not been able to find a
: stump for five or six years, on ac-
count of the ladies' sweeping them to
pieces. Now the good time has come
for this large portion of city COM
munity The Boot Brigade can
now be seen smoking the stumps of
cigars, which luxury was denied them
while the ladies were wearing trails.
Tobacco scavengers are also rejoicing
in the change, as they can now find
"quIds land stumps to sell the man
ufacturers of Ji,e-cut tobacco. s7a4
The new fashion pleases the ladies
just because 1t as neaot Husbands are
pleased because they are not taxed
for hoops and trails, and dress don't
cost fortune, but the vendors of
hoops and dry goods are quaking in
consequence.
+ Boot and shoe dealers are happy to
know that the ladies must now buy
fine shoes and CATERS, and they must
fit snugly, so that the dear little foot
will look, tidy. On the other hand,
the corn doctors will soon have all
they can do to rid the little feet of
corns made from tight fits. On the
whole, the change is popular.
Broadway pedestrians can now nav
igate with some degree of comfort.
Heretofore, one fashionable lady
would well nigh fill up the sidewalk;
now, four ladies can walk abreast
with ease, and gentlemen are not OBJ
lged to take the street. Men are not
heard to beg lady's pardon for step
ping on a trail, and tearing costly
skirt. ased4 rs sa.f ~ s,a,r
Ladies of your city should at once
adopt the new style, if only for the
convenience of reaching the street
cars, and getting safely over the Rap
Raps." Make a move, and call a
meeting before Christmas. All good
reforms should be adopted at once. A.
EMPIRE STYLE OF DRESSING THE HAIR.
To dress the head after the Empire
style requires that the front hair be
parted three or four inches from the
brow, and turned back, in the Chinese
fashion, with short lock On each
side the face, pulled, through which
the ribbons that encircles the head
should be passed. Five very light
short false curls should be pinned at
the middle parting, to the ribbon.
Chats what it's for, to attach the
false arrangements, to- The back
hair is to be tied very high, and may
then be made into large Braid, by
twisting the strands around long,
slender frizzettes, (Which you UNDER
stand to mean any putting for the hair,
whether of horse hair, netted rolls or
matted hair. or colored wool, and
then plating them. This braid occu-
pies the back of the head, laid on
straight, and the ends secured in the
same way as a waterfall" Or the
hair. may be divided into four or FIVE
locks, these twisted around slender
rolls, and the putfs curled round the
back of the head, avoiding evenness
of coil, however, and taking for model
some grand high twists of the fashion
plates of the last century, if you can
find such curiosity. This style gives
most persons a. better outline of neck,
than the old, low-lying masses of hair
allowed. and on good figures gives a
graceful dignity, approaching that of
a cornet. By the way, fat. heavy
braids at the back of the head, and a
coil passing round the top and the
brow, is at once classic and stylish
mode of dressing the hair, very suit
ables for large heads that require
compact form of couture. rN4e
For evening, the Empire style is
decorated with flowers, coronet of