Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-02-12
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Below we give Secretary McCulloch's
statement Of the public debt OF the gov
arDr,1anfs
ADEF.NsE OF CRIEOLIsE.

A great deal Of fun has been poked at
nrin0liue, yet It has increased In popu
| larity with the fair sex. The London
| Court Journal recently published the
| following observations upon its health
| fuIness, convenience, etc:
No beauty of form or splendor Of mate
| rial in costume can compensate for mani
| fest inconvenience 70 the wesrer. No
| dress is sanctioned by good taste which
does not permit, and seem to permit. the
| easy performance Of any movement pro-
per to the WeafeT's age and condition in
| life; for IL defies the very first law Of
/ the mixed arts, fitness. Form is the
most important element of the abso-
| Lutte beauty Of dress, as it IL OF all
! arts that appesl to the eye. The lines Of
costume spodld IA every part conform to
| those OF nature, az he in harmony with
them. We must therefore regard as the
| elementary requisites of all dress, that it
be comfortable and decent, convenient
and suitable, beautiful in form and color,
simple, genuiue harmonious with nature
and itself.
"The taste for the very wide, full skirts
and large iLPegs, which haze 50 long
prevailed, is now beginning to decline (;
aud ladies distinguished for their good
taste are adopting modern style Of Grim
Oliue. Many persons are apt 10 run into
| extremes at the least indication of 8
change in fashion, ogt nothing can De a
greater error.l
Fashion, as we hsve hinted, changes
by almost imperceptible degrees, in ae-
cOrdance with the prcgrass Of puhlic
taste, and every new style introduced
must, to become successful, be an im-
prOvement on those which preceded II.
II is, therefore, ludicrous to see a few
| ladies who have quite Gisea7ded the
tipon without modifying the form of
their skirt, thus leaving the dress to trail
on the ground, ani form very ung eseful
folds Observations on CTift1ii'le, ATtd
ley Bourne, No. 81 Picedddiy.
The following remarks on the subject
of crinoline are extracted from various
French periodicals:
as the reign of crlnoline over No
decidedly not--it has Only changed It's
form. More elegant and moderate In its
proportions, it is now more tan ever in
dispense bic to an elegant toilette" LA
! RcUue des Modes, September, 1866.
" Crinoline is not dead it's modified" ."
| Figaro, October, 1865. " C-inolins re-
tafns its proportions, having, in an i'm
proved form, obtained new lease from
fashion. .n-Ld Revue des Salons de Pt1Tfs,
October, 1866. Even muslin skirts
must be upheld by crinolins the new
shape, though hardly noticeable, must
form the basis of ell tasteful
toilettes, II some of the old forms OF
crinoline were absurd, how much more
absurd to rush into the opposite extreme
Of limp, inelegant discomfort "-Ausee
fss FII,niHes, Dot. 1855. " Tomorrow, /,
we are always told, crinoline goes out
Of fashion chat tomorrow will be long
coming. n-.PstH Courier 7es DANES,
Oct 1866. No modest women should
venture into the streets of Paris on foot,
without crincline. .p-ReUlse RlsStree, Oct
1860.
La duplex elliptic and Monsieur Brad
ley, its high: priest, are destined TO live
and fiourish--and more with each sue
ceeding year.