Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-06-02
Fashion.

Editor Rutland Herald This pretty
little town is just putting on its spring
dress of buds, blossoms, and fresh green
leaves. What artists skill can paint q
scene to rival matchless May! We exclaim
while realizing the holiness of the picture
presented to our eye, and the bright green
grass embossed with the humble but
beautiful dandelion, calling for no culture
but natures own, and bringing so wildly
to our mind, childhood's happy hours,
when we loved the pretty dandelion, and
for the sake of those guileless hours we
love it still. But we must stop some
where, so stop here, and by an easy transit
ton pass from natural to artificial beauty.
You are aware Mr. Editor that this is the
month par excellence, when a lovely
woman, laying aside her winter garb,
comes out in all the radiance of the but
terfy. At present we will confne our.
selves to that famed enigma to masculine
minds, bonnets, or rather hats On hear
ing of fresh arrival of elegant spring
styles at our milliner's, in futter of
pleasant anticipation, we betook ourselves
to that temple where SO many fair votaries
worship, and found no less than seventy.
five different styles of hats to take our
choice from. Everything in the hat line
inclines to the high and lofty. We no.
ticed in particular, two hats which struck
us as new and unique in design, one with
high peaked crown, the other tha exact
CON n tAr,,art of tho ono the renowned Guy
Fawkes was discovered in on the memoir
able occasion of his futile attempt at in
oendiarism. On noting the peculiar
sinister effect it lent our "face divine
while trying it on, the idea occurred to us
that some masculine way, lost to all NOR.
al sense of fitness, had perpetrated that
hat as an insinuation on the sex, so scorn-
ing to accept his atrocious inuendo, we
turned to inspect the elegant assortment
of ribbons and flowers. Never have arti-
fetal flowers appeared in such beautiful
and delicate designs as this spring. Trail
ing wreaths, graceful feathery boquets,
wheat and jet, leaves and tendril8 with
fruit in small clusters, &c. In ribbons
the new colors are turtledove grey, moon
light green, and the early violet, with the
practical browns and greens, black also
retains its claim to favor, and relieved by
the rich color of the flowers its effect is
certainly stylish and elegant.
The entire lot of hats on exhibition
were pronounced utterly abhorrent by the
crowd of anxious lady inspectors. Oh
the horrid homely string said one. What
hideous peak how shamefully ridicu-
lous, exclaimed another. Call that thing
hat my husband would never own me
in it, added third. Why, what on earth
shall we do for hats chorused altogeth-
| er, but when trimmed with the rich rib
| bons and flowers their contour assumed
quite different aspect, even the sinister
Guy Fawkes' was transformed into a
iaunty jockey, quite becoming in its gen.
eral effect on the oomely matron whose
head it adorned. We fancy we hear
some cynical party of the other sex here
interpolate, Verify, verify, how small a
thing will make a woman happy! but
like everything else women do, those who
don't like it must put up with it.
We are glad of the fashion which per-
mits the lady of mature age to call from
the possibilities of dress, and crafty her
feminine taste for the beautiful in her
own person, instead of being compelled to
make a somber ancient fossil of herself
Simply because she has arrived at years
of discretion is no reason, discretion
should be rendered hideous! Those who
differ from this view may learn a lesson
from nature, who reserves her most var.
led and beautiful hues for autumn. Young
and fresh, and lovely and verdant if you
please, she is in the spring, but in the
autumn she is gorgeous! On the subject
of dress more anon. j. d. L.
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