, 1870-06-12
Odd Fashions,

1 eSe" lAeN10nB leAd 10 new crimes. Thu
other isy come rascal followed lady ant
stole her chignon. Perhaps this inhuma1
form Of theft will become popular with th,
conveyanccra' OF Whtechapel and the New
| Cut. In the days Of Charles and James, vii
stealing Was not uncommon q wig was wozti
thirty or forty pounds then, for casealos O
blonde or sable hair were tho necessary adorn
custom for The court gallants to comb then
complacently ,e.e1 during the pause
Of COMEDY, The wig robter wo
crafty Fellow In his .generationJ sn
/ generally carried Oh his back broad baske
| With ill.,. In this bnskct q email boy lay hid
In 4 crowd or any COMPONENT place, tue DO
would lit up the lid, enat,,' on the neares
wig. md At onoo drop down .i,,., .
The astonished coscornb with the bald be,,:
wonld stare round lin in utter disnay at fhe
sudden denudation he had sustained, But neve1
guess the hiding place Of the thief. Tho cJ,,c.
nou is easier to steal; it il ripe fruit rrowinn
On re back Of every la1y's bead, and readS %
for the spoilers hand. ~'N'
Can the new dress coat With tho gilt buttons
lead TO any new crime Well. We trust not
nnless sono traveller, yenturing amonT
sayagcs, be murdered for his buttens-WH;css s
tho untutorcd child Of nature shall mist, ka ~.
| co.o. 1'ut whence this sudden devot;on " W
Buttons VIZ, this return to part Of the thee cos. ~
tune Of fifty years ago2 Tie costume reminds
most Of us Of those old gentlemen who in our
youth we're remarkable for wearing tro waist.
coats, the inner one red, Just such coat
iHlled shut front, md nankeen breaches.
and who delighted in heavy lunches Of seais'
Ihese we're tho men who occasionally powdered
their hair. and Affected the manner Of the old
rgime. ng Munden, VIC well remember, In one Of
colnans s comedies, used to make great point
o. sloWiy removing tho silver paper from the
gut buttons Of Liz new coat. He did it with
extreme nnction and delicious seli-comp]a-
cency. His face was discovery in pLys1oc-
ncmy' iut surely: II ne must neets
so ss well pasS Sa1e caoo to old 3sh,t pss wo mglt
dccp-collared coat, embroidered wais:coat,
knee'brceches, diamond buckles md blacI
e.lk stockings of an earlier period, Tbis
9fc,s, with the hair simply powdered aud tied
Dack Win HbEon. Was,, as Gothard's pictures
becoming. Iho morning drsass s5te' of the e.ma ano
Eesled, with cloee-atting Top boots and
breeches, tho cutaway coat buttonod across
tue breast, md the 1ow-crowned, broad-
trimmed hat, was perfection.
eas ahGrp non IL no knowing n these days Of res
noWoer is already much used this season in
Pms; probably It will not be long before it i;
blows over here and as for paint it has been /
looking up for considerable time. In the at- !
Et1act, nothing, it must be confessed, seems !,
note s aDen1d u than to conceal the golden sheen
enoW shower Of scented flour. But in prae- !!
tlco the result is far from UNPLEASANT IN !
into flour mill aud SEQ robust young miller
at work you will then at once observe what !
Taiue the rose color and lealthy carnation
Of his complexion gain from the El,iteness OF
lls hair: Certainly his eyes look richer and
darker from the contrast, and tha result ia an
nstnetic gam. 1T all events, powder is better
than the gold dust used to spanglc the hair OF
trench ladles some seasons ago. That faahion
Env0fQH rrh st.
empresses. Whom careless slaves wera some
tlmes thrown into tanks to feed the lampreye,
Gold duet! Why. the gliateuing of Hess Of
solden halr, untempered by any such sophis- !
tries, e1cels metallic glitter aB much rs a sun
beam a. transeende streak Of Fellow paint
rived. Perhaps the peascod doublets of
ltnleigh's time, the sleeves hnng,with gilt bells
of Richard the Seconds period, tho tight-dt-
ling coat hardies and broad tewalled BELTS OF
Edward the Thirds barons, or the:cocked hats
md three-tier wigs Of the Georgian era. The
| hey never changed their style Of dress. Tho
olain robe and tunic Of phidias resembled the
:obe and tunic Of Demosthene8; tho peplum |
II Helen hung in similar folds to those Of the
oopium Of Aspasia. Tho Greeks never grew
ired Of the simplicity, and the statuesque
What would they have said TO
he s. 'Grecian bend" that last distortion of I
oily and afectation? The purest ideal Of
he way woman should walk is the manner /
n which m,lk girl carries her pail-erect,
'uoyant, elastic, the bosom thrown for.
Yard, the head up, Put such child OF nature
caide yourg lady walking in the absurd wsy
'ow fashionable. It matters little whethar !
lo modem belle tries to walk SO, OK Whether !
igh-heeled shoes produce in her tho Chinese
elplessness. One would think she was trying !
0 plsy a sort Of female pantaloon, as shee i
linces forward with pretty helplearnees, some me T
orm Of spinal disease being induced By eyery |
tep. Farewell to what French cynics I;
III "the grenadier stride' Of EncIish !
omen. Women totter forward pow. :
ley do not walk. The French /,
shuttle and the Spanish "sliae are diyine {
impaired with such style Of walking as the +
reeisn beud produces. The bend" IS IN {
acefnl, unnatural, and unhealthy. But It is
'elets to remonstrate or revile No folly in a
'eaa Was ever laughed down. What did Ho- +
nth do against the absurditiea Of his dov? i;
othing., It is supposed that women's fckie- j
es IN dresH arises from deeire to pleaea -
an T it does, how is it that folly in flress = =
yer alters one hour the sooner for ali mems :. =
ilcule or dielike 7-EnIlish p0De,-. "