The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-02-15


Every woman may not be so convent.
emily constituted rs DR.. Mary Walker
on whom frock coats fit as naturally Of
a second skin, bat every woman may re.
fuse to wear reins all her life, however
much gentlemen might call them be
coming, for did they not call stripes
charming also! Fashion is tired OF ab'
stract notions, she thinks she is. oio
enough to know what she likes pes''
and will henceforth go her own way
She has begun 1867 on Q new prineiple'
men are no longer to be consulted on
matters of taste; when the honor was
shown them they reviled; if their opin-
ion is not asked for, they will probably
admire.
Thus our trains through January are
to be longer than ever, narrower and
much more ineo%nvenieit to our caval-
iers than to ourselves. Then complaint
against rougehaving become clamorous,
Fashion has gone ovei to white. Waltz
ers may have become aware of the fact,
for many a fair cheek has left its i'm
press Oh the best black cloth that ever
was cut into a gentlemen's dress coat.
Should this often occur aud cause a
burst of virtuous indignation to escape
from the lips Of over scrupulous bach
elors, they are advised to repress their
anger, and take to violent brushing by
way of diversion, for worse evils are In
store.
Fashionable presents (says the last
number of La Mode) are cosmetics, not
ONLY white for the shoulders, but blue
for the veins, black for the eyebrows,
down for the cheeks, and pastes OF ev-
ery description for every purpose. Vir'
tuous indignation is su%periuous, did nc
good when the cutie fish bonnet was 9
mania. crinoline Especially in omnibus
esq an iufiiction, false hair a perpetual
terror. dressmakers bill q nightmare
Man had to look such evils as these il
the face, out of respect for his digestiv'
organs. Philosophical reasoning ha
never yet convinced a woman that sh'
is presentable az natural. Palk to he
of Ewes beauty all unadorned, she VII
modestly cry shocking" Remind he
of the Roman matron, who said that he
children were her finest ornaments, ant
YOU will have the last baby cutting 1T
teeth perpetually in the drawing-room
There is nothing to be said, nothing
to be done, but Precipitation with tn
mildest fashion writer's. They alone
can suggest certain economical comb
nations and advise the elegant middle
course.
The maidenly cOrslet over q low tull'
body, the colOred velvet basques cut IL
five long folly points, soft swansdowl
bands, round shoulders, sleeves ant
sashes, are more than sufficient to turf
the simplest airy material into tast!
ball costumes. Costly brooches need no
be employed solely for skirts, but cal
he so contrived rs to form rich supple
ments to elegant dresses. Thus a pep
lane band points, figuring violets on {
white grouAd a be worn over o double
tulle train, sprinkled over with arti
fetal v~iolets. The same moderation
will be observable in ladies' walking
costumes, if things are left in the hands
of those whose business it is to season
with hayward females. A velvet cos
tune trimmed with chinchilla is Ger
tainly a very desirable acquisition, but
no one would care for it if a pretty
brown plush and satin .fo"redn had
been seen to advantage before the most
costly velvet came into fashion. The
under petticoat was satin, the over skir'
festooned plush, the bonnet a brown
fluted satin, with q spray of holly oil
one side. The cloak was made will
long, hanging sleeves, lined with satin
Some people may object to so mucl
brown, but nothing can be more dis
| tingue, whether worn over blue plisse
petticoats or not; for my part, l 4 always
think the '!blues' as pleasant a chang
as one has a right to expect after
brown study; and n woman who adopt
both is suggestive of deep tendencies
Bonnets are not so imposing; they ar
low; and, were they not made to b
brought to a head, I should say that
like stale beer, they are tasteless ant
hat-a maurais mot being as bad as al
extinguisher. We may proceed to So.
that the latter image is the precise ide;
conveyed by the shape Of u new erin
olines. They are to slant off from tn
top and expand at the bottom, thougl
very gradually our evening under frame
work slopes put still in the shape of
peacock's tail.
Here is a faithful description of a din
ner and soirec costume. The under rob
is of blue taffetas, and with n train GU
in the Observation-Disclosures
style.n The outer dress is made of whit,
Chambery gauze, with large stripes o
gray marked on the white ground, rath
er shorter than the under dress of blue
or rather appearing to be so; for the Dor
der, cut out in rounded angles is gar
nished with a sort Of rVleaW of white sat
in. This outer jupe is arranged in sucl
a way, with a system Of "founces" be
hind, as to appear boafante and a Ia erin
oline, while the front. of the dress indi
Gates almost a straight line. This can,
not suit everybody; but the fact of thu