Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-03

WHITE AND BUFF.

A few years ago, when skirts swept tn
sidewalk, a white dress upon the street
was not to be thought Of and as mos
ladies, and especially young ladies, fn'
it convenient to wear in the hous,
dresses that can upon an emergency b
ready for the streets, white was rarel,
seen at all, except upon babies ant
sweet simplicity at evening parties
Short dresses have changed all this
however, as well as many other things
and now white and its cousin, buff, ar,
almost the summer livery at home anc
abroad Ne
The change in fashion has made the
washerwoman most important person
age, and added new and most lucrative
branch to the business if the operators
only knew how to make the most of it.
A public-spirited lady recommends all
the women who apply to her lately fol
assistance to open laundry, and really
there is room for fifty good establish
ments of this kind in New York city
alone.
The few French laundries there wash
and iron beautifully, but charge enor-
mously-from two to ten dollars for a
single dress, and three to fifteen for
suits. The public laundries destroy and
lose so much that no one can even af-
ferd to patronize them a second time.
In the hands of ordinary washerwomen
the linens, cambrics and piques lose all
their beauty, and come out pale, faded,
stretched the wrong way, ironed up in
stead of down, and down instead of up.
If some washerwoman of genius would
only open laundry, advertise to wash
buff linen in hay water, prints in boiled
bran water, colored cambric in mixture
of salt and beefgall, add promise not
to ruin clothes of any kind with lime and
soda, and do just as she said, she would
make fortune | give the hint free
gratis; would some experienced woman
reduce it to practice2
SHORT DRESSES.
There is not much danger of short
dresses going out At late Queens
" breakfast at Winsdor all the cos
tunes were new and elegant, and all
made short The Queen herself wore a
short dress of black silk, and all the
prncesses short costumes. 1t will be
hardly possible to restore the street trail
in this generation at least.
RACING COSTUMES.
Among the prettiest that / have OBJ
served was one of hounced mauve silk,
the hounces edged with Tom Thumb
fringe, over-dress composed of pufiings
of organdie and Valienciennes lace.
Mauve sash, hat of white chip trimmed
with black lace black velvet bands and
pink roses.
Suit complet of black canvas grena-
dine trimmed with quilting of the same
put ON with narrow bands of black silk
through the middle. Large Leghorn hat
with flexible brim, twisted round the
crown with scarf of green tulle, and or
namented with a bunch of white lilac,
green brocaded neck-tie, black sash en-
brodered with green, green gloves
Avery pretty toilette is of white linen
trimmed with plated bands of English
embroidery. Black sash embroidered in
colors and fringed upon the ends, and
straw toque, trimmed with black gros
grain ribbon and field flowers.
A very stylish costume is of white wool
serge, made with two skirts and jacket,
and trimmed with plain bands of black
velvet, black velvet bows looping up the
skirt The sash is of black velvet and
the Vendedn hat of black straw, one side
of the brim turned up with black velvet
bow, is the proper chapeau to wear with
the suit, which is all black and white.
GOODBYE RUFFLEs
1t is q relief to announce that fiat
black velvet and rich gr0S
yrdin silk, principally together with lace
and fringe, will be used for trimmings
this fall. People are utterly sick of
frills and houncings and puffings, and
begin to feel that tits sin to cut up ex-
luisite and costly materials in so ruin
)us manner.
THE HAIR.
The hair-dressers say that there is a
inquiry for something that will
stop the falling off of the hair. Crimp-
ng and the use of pads and chignons is
asst destroying the beautiful natural hair
hat American women possess. The
,nly remedy for such state of affairs is
o cut the hair short at once and wear it
10, washing it, drying and brushing it
every day. Put on at the
ame time dress of sackcloth and ashes
or the sin of having destroyed it.
THE NEWEST STYLE OF HAT
las the Gipsey shape, and an enlarged
pecimen Of the same kind is said 70 be
What we are coming to in the fall, The
coming hat for young ladies is of high
olored plush, high crown trimmed W. WI
lands Of velvet in q dsFik dl!ssFker shade, and a
'lume, of course. Plush jackets to
match with velvet collar and cuffs
trimmed on, will be worn with these hats.
vioettes (yeils) are still made of
traight piece of dotted lace pinned over
{ the back
Cascades of lace and pretty little knot
ed silk scarfs are worn instead of breast
ins.
Grebe is to be used for trimming the
az costumes and lace for ornament
Y the rich evening dresses of the late ]
III and winter season.
For garden parties there are new dishes
| Majolica ware, ornamented with the =
fruit it is intended to hold,
nd with sugar vase and cream pitcher =
.tached to the sides
For the German the last new thing is
Ie telegram cracker, which has the ex- 7
It appearance of telegraphic dispatch, j
lvelope and all, but when opened dis
ays paper pattern of high proper
Ons and grotesaue style.
deSSIE JuNE.