The New York herald., 1866-07-22
THE FASHIONS.
,us PARIS GAsWoMs, SPECIAL coRRfspoNurscf.

information ms TO Life in the City-Rather
Much hnowiedge-A Pleasing Finale, sc.
PARIS, July 9, 1850.
pcne and the fashions, would these two nstitu-
lions appear more compatible II put thus:-The fashions
ana picnic My opinion is that tho idea conveyed by
shis uansposton OF words is about the same though
may differ herein from Moieres hero, who considered
TINS speech" Vos teaur ye,sr font mcir damouy !"
much less poetica than "Damour Jeaur yez me font
"osrir' Blessed simplicity is not always enviable, but
thought is thought and the plaines way Of express
ing IS the most forcbe therefore do introduce pic
MIC aud fashions In one breath have had, moreover
tne pleasure OF enjoying both the same OCCASION
though whether the picnic genuine affair not
dor We had neither ham sandwiches lobster salad nor
eggs boiled hardy is matter OF individual appreciation
There can arise no doubt about the fashions when
inform your readers that all the ladies had had toilets
made for the occasion by the best aiseuses" II would
DO erroneous TO suppose that people cannot enjoy
country excursion unless dressed in washedout musns
or other articles of clothing that cannot get spoin
the maternal saying goes Now may be heads,rong,
but think there very few enjoyable materials OF
above description, for what cannot get spolt be
Tough, and look ugly and heavy under summer sky
must therefore, advise all young people who In the
habit OF attending successive rural es think css Of
soldity than OF tasteful arrangement in the choice Of
tner attire on these occasions II looks IL they fully
hoped TO be drawn out Of ditch hedge or rolled
down hill which expectations are to say the least
not ''convenables. Limos mohairs and alpacas offer
quite resistance enough and when they are made up
nicely arc sufficiently irresistible Nothing, however,
can be more graceful and ndyhkc than the soft wave
OF muslin, even though the texture may be Of the
finest Freshness is the desirable object; mauve
blue or black stripes, white ground, very
extravagan and fashionable with jackets match
Should i'll maiden dressed one of these
caught in bush and have pull hard TO get out again
sho will certainly have 1t within her procure
needle and thread to repair damages IL she is able
TO buy substitute for the victim of her erratc habts
II did not suppose your readers to have vivid imag
nations, would give them sketch OF the
made by friend, the Comtesse de s., for the fete
champs,re in question. They should be told how
all her guests we're called for at their separate
homes, and driven In light open carriages to
= place Of rendezvous; how they all took the rail
20 the Comtes chateau, Meudon where ladies' had
betmes brushed the dew from tho downy lawn; how
lovely they looked in their gay atre how pleasantly
sounded tho horn and horses bells when all OFF for
the woods each differently mounted according to his
her idea of comfortable locomoton Some horseback
soms driving chars-dbaacs others on foot with
their ranks broken by equostrans nothing grander
chan mock-looking donkcys refrain from these forid
details because happy people LOOK about the same every
whore French witticsns may be loss ponderous than
tho elaborate tons mo OF people Of other nations, but
the attcr productions afford the less pleasure the
orignators thereof. French woodland may be bright,
but docs not smell swectcr than that Of other cmes
Tho sun shines for all, and birds warble in every spot
between the poles better than any primd donna ever
eau.
Nature wears verdant clothes, envoncd by more or
isss gorgeous tins all the globe and she Is as
wel dressed at eighteen centuries and few odd years
over as she before the Christian era.
Not so NATURES children. They do not take after
choir MOTHER who requires neither chgnon nor starch,
nor waddng to appear beautiful and who Is thought by
eonnolsseurs to be more lovely still when not drapsd at
all OF course ladyannot give her private opinion on
such bare subject still say and do believe that
-a-days should mono OF us look well without
little false hair and that much improve by tho
addislon Of few other false articles not made by our
mother natures own hands.
Headdresses very varied at the picnic the pret-
test composed Of chgnon OF curls put on high with
jsweled comb, and the front hair waved aud crmpcd
between bands Another pretty chignon Is made Of
three thick Grecian piaits hanging leng,hwso
and oopod up underneath while what the wearcr has OF
her own growth Is curlcd in front and ary raised very
high with rnalots on the neck. There the hair bow
chignon which, think looks concise and prim; then
The posn d ns,lniion soldiers Loaf which has the
shape or raised batch cake, and the front hair Is
generally Ia Chinoise with this II Is very trying 70
Mo vearer who must have that peculiar forehead and
cast Of features suited TO this STYLE which ~ rather
esS The Marie Stuart bandeaux In front and bag chig
son bahnd with without curl on one side, Is the
simplest head -dress Generally speaking, ladies have
nov few scalps which either frizzled,
eured or piated and put on TO suit every bonnet In
their wsrdrobes II this fashion continues hair will be
rr chi heff In
such honor that mothers will have TO add few dozen to
their daughters dowrics
ponnets will never be saved, for there Is nothing 70
nat By Ia any OF them. The shephcrdess hat trimmed
with fruit and flowers remarkable featus at the
Comtosso do g fa This and the Tudor arc the pre
test Tho shepherdoss Vatican, is made either OF
scay looking straw tuc and Of both tullc and straw
In one aower or bow sometimes mounted lust on
u,c TOD in rosetics OF blonde Pretty speckled sraws
ere mado up in this shape.
Tho Iamtaiic or Cipsy chapcau still great favor.
ica There Is novelty In the trimming OF them since
ny last:
time "a Of an evening unless with full dress Il bcng
very stylish and elegant The fanchon which Is 80
pretty Is considered large and tho stella, or round
plato preferred ted on with velvet ribbon from over
ths top
strings and edged all round with crystal drops II
worn by lady in white alpaca, ioopcd up with carninc
ornaments white taicta petiicoai ehe at oppo
tsmporsry awning which the Come do s. had had erect
cd 10 an open glade in the wood
How everything that necessary and supcrfuors
came suddenly into view is a wouder but there was
nedthcr a seat glnss wanting Every Kind Of pns
fowl and flsn unpacked with incredible CELEBRITY !
bo,h no, and cold viands followed In due order, fruit
owcrs and iced champagne sraced the hospabe board
from TOP To bottom while tho birds Of the air came In
for their share and seemed tn like H.
While very curous snaches ~ conversaiion vern be-
ing exchanged, glasses filed, and small cxtcmrorc
speeches made without any oratoricsl holding FORTH
sat
most elegant toilets.
lady, near q decidedly apoplectc husband whom
she was taking Of i.~t be should abusc the good
thags cf tho land ho had before him. dressed Ia
pale gray gorcd robe trimmed with sraw-colorcd gal
ioon placed In zgzags down the sides and round the bot
tom the front width being perfectly plain and fat the
nams trimming on the shoulders and cuns She wore
black lace circular her shoulders her bead n
Iamiralie which -coIorpd her uile
strings were fastened with smaller bud 70 match.
Another lady blue ruoc Of the cut trimmed
with rows OF straw grcots y balls on narrow straw
haadnr nlacei Instead Of pipinR ahoyn ba.s lfoda