Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-05-10
FoIIies of she Fashions.

IL is passing strange GhdI AluSlIC""
women cannot adopt sensible FASHION !
without carrying it TO ridiculous ex-
tremes, But so it is; everything runs !
into excuses; dresses must be roy /
short geyy wide or rUg narrow-llttle !
regard being paid to moderation
The fashion of looping street dresses |
is unuuestionably sensible. Neatness, |
comfort and health demand that the |
drapery should not trail through wet, |
dusty or dirty streets, and that the t0oC !
should not be- unduly trammeled. SO, |
also, whatever may be said to the con
trarv, physicians are agreed that the !
much ABUSED crinoline is more condu-
Give to health than the multltudlous
skirts in which ladies were won't to en-
wrap themselves previous to Its modern
Introduction. But when to the looped
dress and short petticOats is added the
extra fashionable, bell-shaped, tour-and-
2. halfyards- at-the-base, crinoline,
the combination is not simply inelegant,
| it is ridiculous and indecent. NO MOD
est woman would be willing subject
! herself to the inevitable exposure ana
remarks which such a costume causes.
Better adopt the BlOomer style, ladies,
than run the risk of such exhibitions as
are becoming frightfully common in our
streets. and which are the occasion OF
many a rude Jest. a lady beloning to
the Episcopal church, the other day, re-
marked -
81 think it is wicked for ministe's to
admit TO the communion such Haunting
objects as some who presented them
selves or Easter Sunday. They came
marching up the aisle, with their hands
stuck into the pockets of their stylish
sacks-befrizzled and becurled-with a
bite Of silk somewhere among the bralds
and curls in lieu of bOnnet-in sort
of har-room attire-and with cnnollne
of enormous expansion. They knelt
down and the hoops flew up"
1t is simply impossible for the most
skilful wearer to manage the huge mon
strocities in which the ultra fashionable
now parade. Let ladies adopt crinoine
of moderate circumference aud then
the looped dresses which are SO comfort
able and convenient will again become,
as they originally were, tasteful, mod
est fashion. The exercise OF good taste
in this matter is the more important,
since it is rumOred that short skirts are
|, to be more than ever popular ills said
that the cOstlinesS and Ornamentatlon
: of boots and shoes indicate this. There
is a proposal to ornament shoes intended
for ball rooms and dancing with prec
ious stones, as was the custom during
, Louis XVIs reign. 1t was then called
the renee q poir style, and in those day.
, some great ladies wore fortunes on thei
:. feet. Such exaggeratiOns are most ride
= ulous. Although it is scarcely possible
. to be too neat and particular "about tn
l feet" simplicity is primary principl
of that portion of the toilet. For thos
! who admire and adopt the quieter ant
: more reasonable fashions, no boots cal
= be better suited to Spring wear thai
Il those simply made of either black XII
d or black popiin. The pOpin, if desired
y may match the dress in color, but 1t i
> more frequently worn either black OF
: gray. Boots made of good French sat
u in, and fastened with crystal buttons
y are "well worm for dressy occasions
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