Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-05-06
New york spring partitions:
METROPOLITAN FURNISHING Rooms. l
495 BROADWAY,
NEW YORK Nav 1850

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20 chintz-patterns-not the floral trave.ti
: known by that name in .'ye olden time
i, but the genuine articles which the roy
l. Shepherdess of FOntainebleu delighte
TO wear-which Vatican revelled i
e painting. They are brought out in mui
g lin, in pique and in French prints, an
e will be largely affected for the watering
n places this Summer. Chintz-ribbon
will also be worn in the hair, bindin
, short curls, and flying airily about il
long streamers and dashy bows. Thes
ribbons are not more than an inch, or a
most AN inch and q half wide; thre
yards and half are required to do tin
, hair in style
High boots are TO go out of fashion $,
soon AZ the warm weather is fairly es
Iablished. A great display will be mad,
OF ankle and stOcking-clocked stock
lngs oil silk or linen or Isle thread will
be the only kind admissible for evening
dress. The shoes now most anticipated
are the Marie Antoinettes with immense
rosettes reaching high on the instep; the
heels may be high or not, at the eptiop
OF the wearer. but the higher the heel
the more stylish the shoe Light col
ors, either in kid or satin will be worn
with light dresses, while for walking on
the seaside on the sandy beach, the
shoe of sail-cleth with undresseti leathe r
facings will be preferred.
The dress skirt is now usually made
separate from the waist, and may be
worn in warm weather with a chemise-
russo of white muslin or lace, or for the
street, with a Casaque the same as the
dress, or of black silk.
But newer than the Casauue snd more
stylish AS well, is an elegant over-gar-
ment called abroad the Skeleton" 1t
Is also distinguished by the more poetic
sppellation of the ''Phantom"-snd the
very phantom or spirit Of mantilla it
seems with its delicate outlines and
slender bands-the veriest nothing, the
most transparent excuse for cape-but
so stylish-indeed its stylishness is its
excuse for being-the little that it is. i
observe in dresses as in bonnets, the
smaller thev become the more they cost.
These mere shadows of mantilias fur
nish base for the display of great many
yards of lace-these narrow bands are
ei-rlched with the most delicate en-
bfoldery. The modistes tell us that
they are dear also because they are diff
cult to ht-that every thing depends en-
the slope these loose bands desert be: that
they must be at once taut and elastic, as
they lay over the shOulder-thst they
require artistic handling" "a phrase the |
modistes have borrowed from the strdi- |
os-th2t if difficult to make they are
also difficult to wear'-that they need
a faultlessly fitting waist under them
that they must be always reserved for
being incompatible with
their spirit and expression. All this
and more about what can best be de-
'cribed as princess bretelle with four
'r six shoulder straps and basauine
skirt exceedingly bouffant at the back
-"only this and nothing more, but it
8 the great success of the season.
Being success, every lady will con-
desire to be provided with one
It least. If she limits herself to one we
would advise that it be made of black
nix, as it can then be worn with any
iress. But if she desires to go to the
Utmost extent OF the style and have one
or each dress she can do so at little ex-
,ense, provided she makes il herself
when she can easily do by following
'ur Instructions. Cut three inch band
It the length required to go around the
Falst, line it with some stiff material
md stitch it on each side on the ma
hine-two rows of machine stitching
N each side will greatly improve it's ap.
'esrance. Now cut six bias straps of a
ength to reach from the middle of the
elt at the back to the ends of the belt q
n front these must be of the same
width as the belt and stitched to CORES
,ond. A few inches from the belt at
he back bar should cross under the
traps to which they should be confined.
l few inches above . similar but longer :
ne-a couple also should confine the :
traps at the shoulders. None are need
d in front on most figures, but if they
houid be found requisite in front also
hey will have to be fastened in the mid
ie with hosk and eye. The skirt for
his Is simply three broad ends or tabs
epending from the belt at the back,
hey being united by graduated puffings 7
f the material. These puffings form a
ind of petit-panier which gives the pc
uilar teurnure now considered elegant
his skirt is Of no prescribed length but
aries with the height or taste or gener- In
style of the wearer. The whole may
9 finished with bias ruffling, in
'hich case capes OF ruffling mark the
loulders 1t will be seen that the great
in fitting the Phantom is in :
ley will bag-if too tight, they will L
reak. They require that the material M
. cut an exact bias, and besides for II
leir fullest perfection they require to L
, made on the Grover & Baker Ma
llne on account of its peculiar stitch,
hich, with the utmost possible strength
'mblnes the highest degree 0s elastici-
:. by simply turning the ma .eriaI
loer-sIde up a beautiful embroidery
itch eau be formed, thus effecting at
Ie same time, and by the SAINT means
10 double wark of making and orua
enting.
We spoke ao,,ye, Quoting from the
odistes, OF a 'fauitlessiy hitting waist.
now now, all ye whom it may concern, .
at "faultlessly fitting waist" is no
niger what was 50 considered a few :
onths ago. Then a modiste prided
,rself ON how gracefully she cod slope :
e shoulders down unto the arms, Z
efeby impeding all except the most
bdued action of these members. Now
e Metropolitan modiste, the modistet
ton, prides herself on her power to
ow, under the heaviest fabrics, where IT
oulders end and arms begin, and the L
me OF the other parts of the bust. She
ts not the corsage below the belt, nor
'es she take in her darts sskimpingly.-
odies are almost invariably open at tb;. III
'ck, either IN surplice shape or Pom |
dour, or turned en- revers. Coat s,.eeyes
e very much preferred. and MANY of
EN- have the elbow indicated by a puff
the material being let in, that is
hen the dress Is otherwise trimmed
tn puffipgs. For fill evening dress
e sleeves only extend 10 the elbow and
rminate in deep frill of lace or of the
ess material. Walking dresses sho'd !
1t escape tie ground. Dresses of cere- :
ony should trail but not to such i'm :
ense lengths as heretofore. A new :
lor has appeared in Paris called cigar ;
sde. 1t : q dull dead brown, but the (
y Parisiennes euliven it with green s
ives and the most brilliant of Spring -