The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-31

A Chatty Article on FashhOns-60Od
Advice to Young Ladies.

! A sprlgntly Wrlter on fashions mas
the following: a. eris
BLACK DRESSES.
are in vague this season, and In the
canvas grenadines and ernanis are dis
tinguished look ,ng toilets, especially
for blondes. These dresses are best
made up with an eight inch plated
flounce, which has very little fullness,
and is headed by narrow satin folds,
in waves or plain. These fabrics
should always be made. UP over black
silk, and good quality of which, de-
signed for these trimmings, comes at
81 % a yard, Care must be. taken
with all these dresses to have the un-
der skirt gored,s and only an inch or
two shorter than the, outside. = The
effect of many of the organde toilets
see is spoiled by wearing gathered pet
ticoats made full, and six inches short
er than the dress. ssias,,9 - % 81 ~.
800 THE HOOP buG sYiI4I9jls
worn with summer toilets should be,
if fashionable effect is aimed at, only
two yards round at the bottom. and
have but about eight springs there,
the upper part being nothing but the
tapes which support them. This style
of hoop gives an ease and lightnessi to
the attire which has the desirable
effect, and is also more coE4enient
than the, heavy mass of wire formerly
carried. -l4sof IN .fofg III .go5 e9sfial I'll
CAMBRIA AND CHAMBRAY DRESSES.
in plain colors are made with long
goard skirts, finished by an eight inch
plated, full ruffies, headed by clus--
ter of tucks. Let ladies remember
that these agreeable toilets are only
suitable for home wear, mornings and
in meglige,s or for. village afternoon
dress, but inappropriate for the street.
THE BRONZE HATS AND wREATHs I
are the rage among the young ladies at
present sdAlight costume shows them
to advantage; and girlslwith warm or
fair hair will find them especially their
style Let the brunetts1 keep the
pure white chip and crystalized straw,
which tries any except the purest lily
compilations, but which lis pleasing
contrast with assuredly dark skins and
hair. If they must indulge In the
beautiful new style, let them try a
golden bronze hat, with wreath Of
white field daisies having yellow.
centres flung 1 around one side the.
crown, and falling over the hair be-
hind these e gAIII3rS sIakTa8aV
~ y CHANGING wREATHsa Il
are the fancy just now for hats and
bOnnets. L saw One,, evidently a
French straw, with wreath
of curled, ragi1e, green fern leaves, on
which were hung pink columbines,
which rested on the hair behind. It
was a pretty wreath 4 but the wearer,
unfortunately, had fair hair, and the
yellow straw aud pink flowers did not
become her. While on the subject,
let me disapproveo of the union of pearl
color and pink, so much affected
They have not force enough to relieve
each other, and hardly blend; a rosy
crimson of some brilliance is the color
to assert with pear, gray and lavender.
INTIMACY AT SIGHT.
In large cities like our own young
ladies cannot be too careful to inquire
into the antecedents of gentleman
before admitting him to their homes.
Meeting a stranger at a fashionable
party is far from proving him a gen.
tleman. He may be waif, first seen
by your friend amid the fotsam and
jetsam of some summer resort; or his
acquaintance may have commenced by
the assiduity with which he picked up
falling gloves, or the steadincss of his
stare at the church door. on Sunday,
which would admit only of recognition
or insult, and the former was prefer
able as the lesser Of the evils. The
probability is that an agreeable and
well informed stranger Is gentleman,
the chances are that he is a rascal.
The fact that mans name is Brown,
and that he is well dressed, is act suf-l
ficient. 1t must beascertained wheth-
er his parents were named Brown.
how they subsisted, how the present
Brown subsists, and whether his
chances for future subsistence are I'M
clouded. 81
A prudent man will invest In neith-
er house nor land until the title of
such be clear. A prudent woman
should call no man friend or acauain-
lance until his title to the name of
gentleman be as clear as honesty can
make it. There may be romance in
new acquaintance, but most romantic
young men desire their inamoratas
when romance ceases to be profitable,
Brothers and fathers owe it, no less
a duty to their daughters and sisters
than to themselves, to find out the
character of the young men who fire.
quent their houses. Only rascals
would object to this, and honest men
would seem all the brighter for the in
vestigation.
IF daughters would be more careful
in the selection of their friends, there
would be fewer divorces and deser-
tom roIuntinnS and hnart hroa L.