The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-07-18
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FASHIONS.
Summer has set in at last and brought out
all summer costumes. Whites, as I fore
saw in my last letter. quite in the ascendant,
white muslins being worn over colored un- \.
derskirts, which is cool and pretty fashion
For morning toilettes, the petticoat Tor what
looks as such) is made with hem, over n
which are placed a variety of trimmings, ).
and over this the dress is looped up at inter-
walls in variety of ways Bands with fine
long loops are sold, having button holes on Z
the end, which are used for this purpose, the &
buttons being sewed on the dress itself and
serving to loop It up. Those bands are
sometimes braidel, aud sometimes covered
with jet beads, of which the fashion contin-
ues as popular as ever. Small palctots,sacs
are woven in white or black cashmere, en-
tirely covered with these cut jet beads, and
trimmed with heavy fringe of the same, or {
Tbibet fringe. The newest shape for the
. small ornament dignifed with the name of s.
, o hat is narrow long band, instead of a.
round saucer, something of the shape of a
Neapolitan head-dress either of fancy straw
or horse-hair, or of puffed tulle upon which
beads, chains, flowers and blonde are lavish
ed at will or caprice These are placed on
the top-o the head and mass of hair. and
in order to displace the accepted order of
things as much as possible, the long strings
which have for so long been tied in front,
under the chin, are likely to- be in little
time fastened at the back under the chignon,
and to he allowed to float down the back
Paris Cor. Phil North American. 3.
CoRKoREEN CALVES, BosoMs. AND PLUMP
ERs.-A Mississippi paper has thefollowing:
The false calves are rendered necessary by
the new style of titing hoops," which 60
very far toward exposing what was before
only dreamed OF, or existed only in imagin-
ation. In the language of an exchange:
"These calves are not a leeting show,
For mans illusion given,
They're filed with hbrand, or stuffd with tow,
And swell about foot or so, 4 ~ Z,
And look first rate, by heaven"
The false bosoms are made of fine wire in Z
the shape ofa birds nest, with small spring
in them, and really look and feel quite
natural
The plumpers are fastened on the teeth in
such manner as to make the face look
round and plump, and are calculated to de-
ceive the unsuspecting. Young gentlemen
need have no fears as regards the ladies in :
this section-they are all right and need no
artificial tixins-but we do advise them new
er to marry girl without full investiga-
ton.
TILTEREENs.-Ge D. Prentice once SAID
that as he saw ladies very rarely, when he did
see them he liked to see as much of them as
he could. The present fashion of tiltereen
hoops doubtless pleases him amazingly:
1 saw her but moment, 4
Twas in Il fitting skirt
How prettly she sailed along,
The charming little flirt!
saw her but moment
All twas pretty sight,
To see her tread the crowded street,
With footsteps free and light.
l saw her but a moment, t-ss l.e
Yet swore by the " Old Harry"
Tho pretty thing to look at,
She would never do to marTyl
Tho saw her but moment,
Yet knew she was but a flirt,
By the jaunty airs she put on
As she swung her fitting skirt.
In multitude of counsel there is safety,
as well, in Fashions as in other things Read
what the Chicago Times SAYS:
Paris sets the fashions in dress for the
world. and Paris get its models from the
Haunting courtesans of that luxurious mod
ern Babylon. Thus the fashionable world
becomes sort of aembic into which court
esanship empties itself into Paris, and from
which tpours in streams swollen by particles
OF the mass through which it passes. 1t is
strange feature in our modern civilization
that fashion takes its hue and shape from a
class of abandoned women; and it will re-
ind 41,a ol., rx1-
which courtesanship was not only respect
able, but a speciality which included the
highest wit beauty and intelligence of those
among whom its fourishing existence re-
ceived favorable recognition. Are we not
deteriorating when we must initiate prom
inent feature of what we call barbaric ages9
1t is proof of our liberality, or our shame
lessness that majority of our women have
no higher object in life than to wear the liv- Z
cry prescribed by the profigate demi monde
OF AssyrIan Paris The palmy days of that Z
Greek civilization, in which Paphian affairs
smoked on the island of Mediterranean Cy-
press, would seem to have rc-appeared in q
worse form in the nineteenth century. Then
men alone tolerated and sought the society
of the priestesses in Venus Temples; but
now, not merely do the men do as they did
of old, but our women have no higher desire
in liie than to asimilate exactly. in appear
ance at least, to the modern Representatives
of the ancient Cyprians ,sse..
In view of the detestable origin of present
fashions, and the further fact that the indul-
gence in these servile limitations by wealthy
people discourages marriages, and encourages
the forming of temporary but disreputable
connections by young men ; and additional
ly, that it develops ruinous love Of display
among less wealthy, but equally vain and
ambitious women, while it adds vastly to the
| magnitude of the social evil, we think that
our American women should institute re-
| form in the matters of dress and expenses
Not only selfrespect, but general moral con-;
siderations, as well as those of a fashionable,
nature, announce that the time has arrived,
in which should be inaugurated an era Of
! plainness in dress, and moderation IN ex-
| penditures of every kind.n y
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STATIsTIcAI.AFrom the ,ast orrroi "a
port of tbs Geological cs,ocietv Of Iondon
it appears that the NJ. .mber Of animals Iiy;no
in the Regents ,s.ark menaeerie At the ena s,
OF 1858 was 1856, being % more than at lie
corresponding period Of the preceding Year. &.
sor.le curious and impertinent fellow has
compiled the following list Of ages of ladies
OF notability connected with the stage: I
Charlotte Cushnan will shortly celebrate
the Goth anniversary Of her. birth; Fanny
Kemble is in her 49th year Kate Bateman