Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-05-03
From the Boudoir.T
is GrinOIine RecOmHunr F-xtFno+

We are hearing it asserted continually thai or;,o
ne going out that reign Is over and that ladies
Will soon resemble closed umbrellas as closely as they
now resemble open ones.
All this wisdom is deduced from the fact that now
and then irOm caprice or from the exigeucies of the
occasion, the Empress Eugene appears without her
wOnted circumference
At the recent court festivals, which are certainly
occasions OF full dress and display her Majesty an
peared minus the steel cage" butnot without snb
stltute Tor It IN the shape of new invention the
crinoline cloth skirt, and an unusual number of
Starched petticOats. "a
The crlnoline cloth skirt is not an article in the
market, put IS made to order by modistes who have
the pattern. There is nothing so unirue ahoEt fbj
pattern that special amount should be charged for
cutting i SKIRT IN i. Almost any American can
MAKE one; sne needs only to be told to cut a gored
sKrt Qut ot the hghteSt and stifest stuff saw ETencb
mohalr R0pLn, and cover it half way IN with nnF:
eIeu gp"aTu row oi putS. The bottom of the skirt
should not be more than yard and haIfin circnU-
eTeIce Pelore the puings applied that is if for
q lady OF average height Over this is worn two or
three well starched pettcoats
A. Inc advantage of the crinoline cloth skirts over
the steel-rbbed crnolne is that it is more yie9inE
and therefore better adaptsd to crowded assep bes
Inc Empress lt Is true, always command Ger po-
sition and avoid being crushed even by the of
testa crowds out it for the benefit of the ladies
who make the crowds that she set the fashion of
wearing crnOline cloth. Too much Of a lady to
sweep around the saloons with extended crinoine
and magnificent trail while her guests were SUFFERING
from the extent of circumference. she tbaf
the festival should be attended sans crnO,ine enJ
gracefully set the example, not, however withnnt
cOnsoling them AID herself with the subsuts of tbs
For tae street, the crinolne is tn usuaI
skirt small and without tral but for the most eIe
pansiye than ever. II 10 lioAe GA
me truth Is the feminine heart loves display too
Inurm eaol 10 give up this most efficient aid and the
b uSmei hnG 5Saer the patterns and material for
AoOeS' 'L'e "Iuef Will crlnollneS become.
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INJURIOUS RAILWAY TRAvELLING.-A letter from
tItdn mentions that new carriages have been built
az Gronuonas mandatory in that city, to run upon
long line OF railway from Susa to BrindiSi which
Is 10 convey the India mails and travellers from Enc
land some of these carriages are adapted for fam-.
lies or parties of friends. They longer than the
usual carriages (about seven metresD and divided
into three Compartments communicating bv EliJinG
doors. There is ante-roOm for servants tho S;t
ting room with four convenient SOFAS upon each Of
which one person can sleep, bed room with a he'd
Tor two persons, washing apparatus Sc Will -, ~
day time the traveeisea walk w. ana down thr1HgS
tue three compartments. The esLabishIHerr n ~h
these luxurious vehicles proceed is ibe o,,ir S
the KIND IL Italy and within TIE last lew years it mas
supplied great number of carriages to the Italian
some o. the lines still have recourse to for
at the lowest possible price If the1 wish 20 os m4fs
Italian market open to them. "''A " A''p tns