The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-08-05
THE FASHIONS FOR AUGUST.

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THE FASHIONS FOR AUGUST.
The following is Fannie June's Fashion
Budget for August:
Summer was so long coming that everybody
had concluded we should have none at all, and
expecting toi save much money in summer
trips and extra summer clothing in conse-
uuence. But 10 when it did come, it came
with mighty power-it came with an intensity
of heat that set people to wondering if the day
of judgment had really arrived.
LINEN DRESSES.
The sudden heat created an immense de-
mand for linen suits for ladies, which one en-
terprising firm turned to account by making
in large quantities at the moderate price Of
ten and twelve dollars the complete suit. Un-
has really been appreciated this season for the
first time. 1t is cheap (only twenty-five
cents per yard), durable, washes easily and
makes delightfully."- cool suit for warm weather,
which is not spoiled by perspiration, sudden
shower or any other Of the incidentals usual
during the heated tern. 1t is q jolly sort of a
dress-I beg pardon OF the fastidious, but re-
q little of the freedom and independence which
men enjoy with their dress, particularly If it
has been worn once or twice, and is not quite
immaculate as it was at first. To be sure, there
are people who would destroy the comfort Of
anything, and even destroy the comfort Of q
linen dress by loading it with frills and furbe-
lows and elaborate trimmings which make it
terror to the wash-tub, but such people don't
deserve anything but the trouble they make for
themselves, and I, for one, don't pity them one
bit. a linen dress to be comfort should be
made as simply as possible; no more trim
ming upon them than mans coat, and
cut with as little superfuous use Of mate
rial. Linen dresses should have only one
skirt, and this should be partially gored
and made somewhat longer than the ordinary
walking dress. The short dress in linen gored
plain is too restricted and bad to wash-the
moderate additional length is easily taken by.
three narrow strips suspended from the waist
and buttoned to the skirt a short-straight
plain sac and white linen waist worn under
meath, completes the costume. Made at home
these dresses could be finished complete, white
linen waist, buttons and all, for five dollars the
suit, go that two or three Of them season
could hardly ruin anybody, but unfortunately
too few 20 to work even in 80 small matter In
the right way. There are women, modern la
dies, who consider it beneath them to econo-
mize or even count the cost Of a linen dress
thew would not touch material for twenty-five
cents at all; they will order it from their dress
maker md pay seventy-fye cents for it and
TWENTY-FIVE dollars for the making, and the
few yards of frilling and trimming rendering it
as Costly as dress composed OF q richer ma
terial, and disgusting our fine lady, who de-
clares she cannot imagine what people eeein
linen dresses; that for her part she finds them
as expensive as any other, and 30 much trouble
to wash.
A BRIGHT IDEA.
The same firm that got up the popular linen
suits developed another bright idea, and that
was pretty well made, well gored and we'll cut
morning wrappers at very moderate price-a
price that paid well too-four to six dollars and
q half; the latter price for linen and cambria.
There WAS nothing remarkable about them,
and trimmed, with bordering stitched on. So
difficult, however, is it to obtain anything
ready-made at sum approximating somewhere
near the cost OF material and labor, that these
simple wrappers created quite filr0re, the
sales averaging sixty per day. This single
fact speaks volumes in favor OF popular
ready-made clothing system for women and
children; something like that which has been
reduced to science for men. At present
women are at the mercy Of high-priced stores
and dressmakers-their means and earnings al
the same time averaging not more than hal
those Of men.
WHITE HANDS,.
Delicate hands have always been tho theme
Of praise Of poets and lovers, and there is {
charm about them one must admit; still the
mere charm Of whiteness and softness is en-.
tirely secondary, in my opinion, to the still
greater charm OF use. like best to see {
hand slender and delicate enough not to offend
q critical tast,, but also not afraid of freedom
and impulse, A kind hand, willing hand
a capable hlnd, as well as q soft and white
hand. But 1t s the softness and whitenesi
that are the chief object Of attainment, ani
various are the means, diligently and perse
the most desirable result. Now it is not an
easy matter for healthy girl to obtain uni
formly white hand if the blood flows actively,
and in swift current. 1t will sometimes rush Il
the cheeks and sometimes to the hands, and gen
orally it does this Just when it is not wanted Gov
ering the poor subiect ofits vagaries with still
more vivid bushes OF shame Standardization.
Why girls should be mortified at flush which
simply shows youth and health, it is hard to
say; but they are so, and it may be because
fashion has decreed impassiyeness Of appear
ance and manner as the most desirable Of vir-
tues, and voted even the natural circulation oi
the blood common and vulgar. 1t is medical
fact that the delcacy Of appearance common
to most American girls is owing to their seden-
tary habits, the want of activity in the circula-
ton of the blood and the incipient liver com.
plaint which afterwards changes them into
premature old women. When their youth has
departed they know that they could very well
have afforded little Of the health which pr o.
duces permanent beauty at the expense oi
their sickly delicacy. But who can make
them believe it now? This paragraph was
not intended for sermon, however, but
simply as an introduction to the "gants
grds," greasy gloves, truly, which are
the latest French invention for whiten-
ing the hands. The gGets grds consist
Of rather Iarge-sized light kid gloves, which
are covered upon the inside with q greasy,
bleaching preparation. The pomade is very
choice and sold at five dollars o small pot,
which accounts for the price Of the gloves, five
dollars per pair, but in my opinion cold cream
and an old pair of light kid gloves, costing ORR
ginally two dollars, would be equally efficaci-
Gus. For my own part, cannot imagine how
people can persuade themselves to endure 80
much to achieve 80 little. No amount Of white
ness would induce me to incase my hands in
kid gloves at night; I cannot even do it during
the warm weather in the day time. make the
concession to society by carrying two pairs in
clear conscience. But 1t must not be forgot
ten that gdnts grds are warranted to produce
wonderful whiteness and delicacy OF the hand
at the shortest notice and in spite Of natural
obstacles, that is to say, good health and &C.
tivity.
TIGHT LACING.
People who imagine that the world has NOV
ed in any particular direction are astonished
every once in while to find by development
Of facts that the fools are alive in as large
numbers as ever, and that the world after all
stands pretty much where it did years ago.
Periodicals in this country have been surprised