, 1866-02-26
THE FASHIONS.
The F1ck1c Goodies. on her Travels.

| hAl dozen millinery establishments her whisper
nte borne On The breexes, md are heard here d.
tinet1y 4s In their birthplace, fare that In nnYe
ling ae7osa the ocean. like tbs electric pu1satlou
aons The old Atlantic cable, they sometimes 1ov
anghtl5 Ambiguous. Strauge that uictQm ackl
~ The wind. light as The moonbestn. ai1y q moth
tngness Itself eyaneseent a. the morning dew
should be capable Of <uch perfect fnct
aTS,ds9spsesa. allPowerfaIl infuenes, when Pa
P PM su.manauo1 cxStes radicule, and the "ailtngs
hls tact, nevertheless, though not highly com
p'imentaIy 10 orr Christian civilization. It Il fan
matter Of qucstton whether The przneyal fashion O.
fgleaf dressings wese not preferable to our modern
modes og adjoining the person. No doubt improve
nenis on he ofte1naf mode were made subsequently,
TO 1ts ADOPTION but neither Is there much room t1
donbt that we have long elnce parsed the potui
WHERE the useful Atttrs Is submerged and almost
pseteu. rt,iea of dress afe iciated, not By eosye
mr., moi beeante wc require them, but because sa
out ater lie fashionable, ne almost totally ienofe
the good old maxim, :" Ketp the feet warm and the
head coct By our unnatural seyerral Of fhis plainly
Of d1seaecs which, among people not blipdIy deyoI
Cd 10 the worship OF the tnsensate goddess nrr M
| known. 49,
In Chicago We are nearly as bad tn the hind ,yo,-
snip of her power, though On account Of our ,oath
q he tetbef which forms the fadius yector Of ihe
Of lhe Older cities. We ne he esnle tjnts. and
the samc patterns rs they, but our renu,no Wei.
en- good tense cries OIL against the most ozars OF
quite swallow tic ulne.s d tuck. tbc ro.undliV Of
hoops. the infniteastnalty OF bonnet or the extra
Ordinary 1 In material aomeslmea used to tet or The
london. We wear iewel1y, bnt tnat Il legitimate;
We W. do E9od tess1ee IN spotttng the bo5es Of he
b!eached nthe banks ofthe MIsslssippI have been
gathered, and In the lAthe turned into pure ,yory:
xe launt TIE feathers Of The winged tribes, IL or
Into The more wholesale fpohte) plagi.risms Of
,ne half Of 4 pheasant or dack on On he Is
This direction has been to impaie whole tummtnr
bird On the apex OF that wonderful mosaic fabdc
Known a woman's dress Bnt then the chain is
not 60 heavy and CALLING Nc dare not 10 dress GU,
ofthe fashion, though why ccrtata etyle thonld
% re fashion. 10 one can tell. Il often puzzles
lhe father Of family to hear thata new bonnet
must be procured. because The one then on hand.
thoneh good End new, Is not IN the fashion; be Is
m% amazed m% 70 hear bis dauehiers deeply interested
ed Their multiplication table, and d,sseetlne out the
anatomy Of joint OF meat or Of a flower. His col.
lection Sf ofy gooda Is seFy expensive IS vel
sla,e q fashion. The color oi h1s meerse8aum, ] s
bles, md sy ye Of hsf arc triyalities ot eanai In
poEtsnce uifh those which absorb The attention aud
ensross the devotion Of the '' frma11 etct''
AHE &4A 4NHEE 4lak 40EEE Is no new 1QlU4
der The eun' has in il more OF truth than might be
a fItt supposed. We only know Of one exception
ihcrc,o-We generally have aeD naooa once
the fashions II holds. Every variety Of fosn md
color. not excepting even the manse and magenta
aIe but reproductions Of something which has been
material Everything fnat We wear has su6.cryed
one use before and Ia these days Of shoday
mixing We know moi how many Fashion il but like
from y hose jumb,lng all the changes are wrought:
and the effect Of then combination depends largely
On he character o the esase {sancy) through which
ea de- na ~ 1sf eesnea
sots!y ,of ans papose q euppsine autnon 10 the
What will be The prevailing faehtuns OF the coming
spring We know not. Ilc cold weather must 70
away, Gre The sporting Of lhe butterfly costume,
s Tneg atx+ eoo t1s 11s when ss ehzs
fah1ics. Whica without decreasing the weight, and
are positively henry lin e1pense) render 1he westet
ternpeza,urc shall permit, but these cs.es hive not
sssis Nfh tbe millions il L z'ranse isaa II tsse ses
Fahrenheit between the te.1nsgsnt in hoops, and
the angel in book muslin. fet little while and the
angelic Creatures viii be ont In aIl their full ned.ed
with the eye Of 1atth, the charms OF The coming
summer dress are as ret hidden from the sight,
5hete Is lille o. nothing 70 speak OF at present;
arranging the thoughts and ideas about future
patronage. Indeed, to the uueducated eve there Ia
bs.t5 m se qes a0 70 noc o3 IT, sy, Of Only
IN 1he .eisss Of ia.hion.'' wa,ch determines aths
mGrd o. S In h ysT nigh. b desirable
Of feminine hats md tho-e loves Of bon
nets Inch differ 20 remarkably from the
ibcm have no hack or crowd al ali, being simply
fionlIet Of the ancient coal--cuttle MRIly-watet
tbeds 10 coser water falls. We might look forward
and The sweet things in spring eloaks tnot b.:
wearert) which are bepg prepared in tahrc Or lis
sne psExsr wsEe tesss .ay ass N Il. zhieh 'hee
dekie goddess are Ike the laws Of The Aedes md
Peril Or lovers voss-unale1able -tor a
@ Nsek. a. for The men. the, do not carc about It.
Is it true thai It Il nth the human form as with
'onabe tts ufeiulness Z deetTo}edF There Is 100
mnch reason 10 be aff1Id that 1t is So Instances
ned 70, Be multiplied 70 prove &c 1Pplicsaon e
examples, When Judaism became fashionable the
tssaellles denied their Maker and wotzhpped mol
len @ gsen .Gs
scarcely better than that which the early disciples
had fossaken; and now hat the moral virtues arc
ss - 10 aae rIS o e beS
woaId make barbarian blush, Heaven grant that
our now fashionable loyaliy may never become ike
nothing bul TO b. trodden under foot Of mem IL
the proposition iDdisted 1t The head Of this psra
rEsph be senaoe 1t turnlshes one Of the stroneeat
tate Of fa.hion tht utetnl only BETTER but
more enduring thsn The beautiful.
A STOLEN TRUNK REoovEskD.-A few days since
information III: brought to the Arnory that trunk
containing valuable clothing had been stolen from
tie St. Ions Chicago depot. Captain Hickey
at once Instituted 1 search, and Waa rewarded By
finding the mlektng trunk al FALCON on the corner
Of Clark and jackson Streets. The kaloon keeper
stated that IT had been sent there some unknown
pcrsou, who WIS to call for 1t within week. The
trunk wae taken 10 The Anmory, md the saloon
keeper directed to arrest whoever called for It,
On Saturday Il officer Simpson was passing down
Cark street he as caled Into the saloon where The
,tunk bad been lef, md the proprietor desisered
the trunk. But the boy deuted that It was his
property, and etated that he had been sent after
by CtH named Hante moore. who resided a No; g
10 IiAtiiet place md arrested her, She II now in
The AmorJ Awnftine examination. which fntereat-
tng ceremony win probably be performed on MOI
RAILROAD AccIDENr.-The passenger train
which lcn this city nt 6:sO yesterday morning on
The Pittsburgh Fort Wayne Railroad, was thrown
from the track by the breaking Of Of the tender
wheels. The tender aud three passenger cars wero
thrown from the track and considerably damaged,
oHl .HH pH:eGnfGte VIE IianJu9eA. lug u1-tSa4sE
1aect 4aa ~ nAHo s;igatty Inlu.ee. Ana eooleu
~ H. .ts s1i1 NJ u ~ <ese,a sssg.s
SieteI The 1xSrarE Ma a. rsniaiv Sie.rea s,.v
thst me train nne ~ MN ,xs1 n1}v IN Istnntes
late md the rroisr tr.fic of he sns Nrs sesrrrIv
t1,ss,Sarsn MN S ~ '1~ "" "s' '~"A-09
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AnoI1zh4.CA herman named "nl'an Fens.
who EettQcs Ut No. et North Dearborn Erect was
sr1a,ened before Justice MtIhken Ut the Police
Court on Saturday to answer 10 the charge Of adul
Fmms smith. WIN IA ,lso un5rr .nrst Tne ram.
p!aiuant tesiif.cd that Pras otered her Situation