The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-12-26

can make is, that on the first night at.
tended, it was a cold night, and bonnets
or rather the pretty, airy, fair, fantastic
little head dresses, so-called, were in the
ascendanti but the last night or two the
- weather has been warm and pleasant, and
the ladies have been divided; the married
V portion and those who were willing to veil
their mature charms, in pity to the Young
aspirants for admiration, wore bonnetse
At the theaters the bonnetites and anti.
:. bOnnetites are having struggle. The for.
mer, will, / think, prevail, and, ere many
suns roll around it will probably be As
strange to SEGA lady in the streets of New
r Orleans without bonnet as it is in the
streets of the Northern cities There are
:, some advantages iii the fashion of wearing
them 1t avoids the necessity of fuii
dress toilet, and one can easily, disDense
with the evening services of q hair dresser
AS the summers here are too warm for the
residents to affect crowded places of amuse.
ment, objections on the score of heat can
, not be made. Therefore, the fashion is q
good one SO long as bonnets retain their
present dimensions of elegant little head.
dresses. Should, however, iead-dresses ey.
; er return to the ancient fashion of tower
ing plunes, or extend themselves horizon
tally, whel a row of ladies in the front
part of a theater will obstruct the view of
those behild them, resort can be had to a
method that was formerly effectual. Some
man may be found as bold as the celebra.
ted Swiss III Paris, who, many years ago,
cured the ladies Of that citygof wearing too
large headrdresses, by making demonstra-
ton With huge scissors to shear away their
plu;hes. At first, in fright, they yielded
him a good'seat in the, font circle; but H.
nally, reduced to despair by his deter
mined warfare, struck their plnmes to his
proves. and dressed their heads more rea-
sonably. dofnot think, however, though
feather trimmings are becoming very fash
ionable, that We shall have any thing to
fear, Tor some years at least, on the score |
of gigantic head-dresses. The cry lis. still
curtailment, and next year, bonnets, / have !
heard, will be smaller than this.
| STYLES OF CoIFFuRE.
Indeed, ii the masses of false hair worn
continue to increase in the manner itlate-
| ly has, bonpets will be completely hidden,
and it will be against the hair that the
warfare will have to be directed
While speaking of the hair, may saw
that there is contest going on between
the Greek style Of hair-dress and the fall of
cnrls at the back of the head. The Greek
stylslef couture is very becoming to certain
severe profles, but should be always avoid.
ed bya piquant beauty, with a petit NE
retroasee For such, a loose fall OF eurls be-
hind and the hair brushed lightly back
from the forehead in heaving waving mass
es is the best. In the Greek style the chg
non should be pulled and plaeed.high or
the head, the bandalets and comb should
pc OF rich color, either coral or gold, or /
both combined. s
Many of the ladies at the fair who did Ic
not wear bonnets had their hair dressed in i
this style, to which, when the eyeis accus. q
toned. much admiration win he accorded {
Some wore only their own natural locks =
and to those who admire nature and an ell !,
egant confusion, We're the most worthy of {
admiration. can give good authority, Y
also. for liking nature better than art. All i
poets 81 N all ages have a'qlpired it. Her "
"A sweet disorder in the dress, q
Creates kind Of lovelihess. 3
A lawn about the shoulder thrown +,
Into a fine distraction; :,
An errlng lace, which here and there =:
inthralls the crimson schumacher; u
CUT neglected and thereby
Ribbons to flow confusedly; b.
a winning wave deserving note p
III the tempestuous pettieoat; 655 tt
a careless shoe.string in whose tic c,
see wild civility; ~ araaHGF O,
Do more bewitch me than when art a,
Is too precise in every part" e9iti Il
DISPUTED REIGN OF cRINoI1NE. :,
Is ellnoiine going out of fashion q THAT n
is the question" The Paris correspondent " "
ofthe London Morning Post in answer to ~
letters he has received from" his lady d,
friends in England on this all.important N
subject, says: "Grinoline is only half out, W
md something qnite as bad is half in" To tt
ieterinlne what'that something bad is, he a
aiks OF going to the sea shore of windy es
lay to have his doubling mind set at rest. e1
Jne thing is certain, and it is that crino- =,
Inc reigns here triumphant, and long may =. -
{ continue tolighten the burden that fem. III
nnity is compelled to carry in the way of ne
klrts amsnot like the English mon &c
leur"-the hero of a lively comedy writ dl
ep some hundred years ago-who thought nc
lothing good that was not French. and tb
Who challenged friend for praising an n,
english dancer, aud declared that the Va
hand ofyjustice had quelled the sword" W.
which he ran through "his mistaken pal I'LL
te." This same English monsieur JUS ST.
lies the noise of creaking boots as fash W.
enable French noise" saying that ito is
ersop who has seen the world O French ca
oise isJagreeable.", Healso consoled him m.
elf for his rejection by his mistress in the IN
bought that t,,twas o denial with a
rench tone OF voice. so that twas agreea- !
le." !, OF course being devotee of fash. 10
N and believing that France is the birth t,-
lace OF Ia mode, am willing to accept ny
18th modification all her suggestions on 10,
le subject; but at the same time there is
certain liberty that ought to be asserted POI
nj maintained in regard to fashion, or bro
rs side OF the. water 1t is true, as some th1
rench writer has asserted, ala mode est OIL,
tyraa des temmes Ell beafats" But as this wh
SO, let the tyrant be in manner Ameri az
nized: / do not think the slayish sub. VI, 1Me
lssiOn to la mode has ever been as great IL
re as in. the North !. & me
n,sr ,,,nro bee
The ladies of New Orleans have pre. 40 as
rveda certain fashion in their costumes .'io
lich was perfectly suited to their pecu. III
+ style. etc.--mise la creole was the per- con
'tion of dress. They are, say it with sho
TOW fast letting their peculiar charm fit
IS from them, and the boulevard Canal be
becoming very like the fast Broadway of ord
W York. was more struck by this fact ,a,o,,
lay or two ago while walking OH that or -;
hionabie premenade by a remark of a g " !
end as two elegantly dressed ladies pass III
us-"there goes New Yorkn-was his ex Ell
can tell a New Yorker any and
ere; there is a peculiar style and swing retr
the walk Of a Broadway belle that is F
mistakable." &c la peut etre was my re- sho,
, but ] know those ladies and they were mai
ii born and bred in our good city. The hos "'
t that there has been an admitted and li Ia
les of the Crescent Civ was n never beer
re fully illustrated than in the oft.re- =.
ted anecdote Of Mrs. Banks and the "A
hch modist; an anecdoie, by the way, OF a
t first heard, and laughed over, away slfli