North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-02-24

Fashion.
In March the new laws and regulation
which are to guide US in the way we shoul
20 will be issued, until which time W
have nothing very new or startling to re
cord. However, the world moves, an
brings with every revolution balls an,
parties and sociables without number
Columns of our newspapers are devote
to descriptions of the dresses worn by tn
ladies on these occasions, and the NOR
striking the dress and the more magnifi
cent the diamonds, the greater is the ad
miration excited. In the editorial column
of the same paper we will be treated to a,
indignant outcry against the extravaganza
of women, pathethic homily on the neg
lect of their natural duties, or scorchin,
satire on the weak-headed and strong
minded of the sex. Tie women, mean
time, 70 on their way with calm serenity
that is never ruliled a. long as the modist,
and perruquier are up to time, or hel
")ord and master" what an obsolet,
phrase! y hands over the "spondulicks. ,
But if either frail,
.Hsr darling china in whirlwind sent,
Just intfmates the lady's discomfort"
and this generally brings the last named
offender to his senses and his pocket.boo
at the same time, while his lady.bird
smooths her rufled feathers instanter
The amount of money expended nightly
on balls in this good city Of ours is some
thing wonderful. We saw it estimated in
daily paper that one hundred thousand
dollars week was spent in this amuse.
ment; but this is::clearly an underestimate,
or typographical mistake, for in the
same paper it stated that one lady alone
wore dress and ornaments worth thirty
thousand dollars. "Un grand amour de
simplicite de parure" is evidently not the
taste Of to-day.
The narrow, high-hecled. uncomfortable
boots that ladies have been wearing for
some time past, are to be made still more
uncomfortable, and the mordern martyrs
will not refuse to wear them.
The slight mistake Of nature in making
our heads different from Sambo has been
rectified by the Congress of the United
States, and the Sons Of St. Crispin have
taken our feet in hands, and are going to
model them after the approved African
type. The first has gone forth, and the
heel of the shoe will be placed in the GEN.
tire Of the foot. Dame Nature to the con-
trary notwithstanding.
Velvet skirts with satin over skirts are
the highest style. A very elegant dress
of this kind attracted considerable atten-
ton at the opera the other evening. Il
consisted of skirt of rich blue velvet,
without founce or trimming of any
kind, over which was an. over skirt of
striped blue and white satin, very full and
bo.Dant. A short, tight-fitting basque Of
velvet the color of the under skirt, and O
toque Of blue velvet with white ostrich
feathers completed this distingue costume.
We must not omit the gloves, which were
white, stitched and bound with blue. This
style was reproduced in other colors,
orange and black, and white and black be-
ing the favorites. Indeed, one of the
principal attractions at our fashionable
places Of amusements is not the dresses of
the artists but of the spectators, which are
what we used to call theatrical.
l told my fair readers some time ago
that paniers were doomed, and now see
myself backed up by that ambiguous in
cognita, "high authority" who declares
that their race is run. l am glad of it,
for all the ungraceful fashions that the
fertile brain of artists in dry goods ever
invented, it stands pre-eminent. II hate
a dumpy woman" said Lord Byron, and
IL hate dumpy woman" say l, and
every woman not above the medium size
looked dumpy in a panier. To confess
the truth, never saw lady in the height
Of fashion without thinking Of another ami
NAL that carries panier, not Voluntarily,
however, let US add, in justice to the
creature. Asses and women
Why it is as complimentary a conjunction
as Idiots and women," of which we hear
so much now-a-days.
Veloclpedes are every day growing in
favor, and ladies are preparing to mount
the iron steed and supply their own
motive power. VelOcipedes are coming in
good time, and the inventor must, we
think have had an eye to the uuities, for
we can scarcely believe that their appear
ance in this Woman's Rights era is mer-
ely fortuitous. 1t will be evident to any
one who gives the subject thought, that
lady veIocipedeists will require ~ special
costume, for no style of Dress at present
in use will meet the exigencies of the case.
OF course, dress must be deyised, but
who is to do it is the question. Here is
a test of originality Here is an oppor-
tunity for our New York moiistes to get
the Start Of Paris and wear the palm
alone. But, alas! it must be confessed,
mortifying though it be to our sense Of ma
tional superiority, that they were no equal
to the emergency. They met in eonclave,
cIubbed intellects asd the result was-O.
The latest intelligence is that our modistes
have given up in despair, and are now
waiting patiently for models from Paris,
the artistes of that brilliant capital having
succeeded in devising 0 velocipede costume
at once suitable aud becoming. So Paris
holds her own, and by right divine sways
the sceptre Of fashion.
Corduroy for under skirts is sold at two
dollars and quarter yard.
Bias velvet strings, edged with lace is
the style for bOnnets.
Instead of two skirts, we are to have
three or four.
White uncut velvet for evening bonnets
is the one thing needful.
Vandyked borders are worn on cloth
clOaks.
Long smooth ringlets are to take
the place Of frixzled curls.-N. Y. Record.
A letter from San Francisco, speaking
Of the richness Of the White Pine mining
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