The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-08-04

black and white. Two white morning dresses,
one Of lawn, the other of plque, trimmed with
embroidery; one2lolg evening dress of white
French muslin, one handsome street dress Of
black grenadine, another of black silk, and q
long dress of black sllk or grenadine, will
carry any lady through the season, and give
her the reputation of being, always better
dressed than the majority. They must be of
good material, however, and well and FASH
fonably made. There Is this advantage about
white and black dresses-that all other colors
can, be worn with them, and that tits almost I'M
possible IN them to offend the most fastidious +;
taste. Moreover, the very selection Of black
and white Is Indicative of refined taste, and 8
Judgment that knows how to make the best
of It's resources.
FASHIONABLE SUITS.
There Is nothing more marked and distinc-
tive this season, in the choice Of eolors, than
the "good stylen which the Selection of the
palest shades in blue, green, pink, buff. mauys
and others are supposed to evince. Decided
Bowery In New York Is to Broadway. Ths
new blue is SO pale that 1t looks failed beside
what would have been called bright blue last
year, and so also of other colors; but, take
them alone, they are very lovely, particularly
becoming toblondes,,and afford precisely the
suggestion OF color, in the way Of gloves, rib
bons and bonnet trimmings, which all whits
or black toilets demand.
AMERICAN LADY TOURISTS.
An English paper recently gave English
women a great scoldiug for not dressing bet
ter for travelling. 1t Is said that a crowd OF
English women would be known anywhere,
by being go badly dressed that they seemed to
take pride and pleasure In collecting their
oldest and most incongruous articles OF at
tire, and out OF them constructing a rig that
would defy any attempt at proper 9pmenclsr
ture.
This cannot be said of American women: az
most all of them travel more or less curing
the summer or fall season, and nearly all OF
ed, No matter how small the resources, q nest
travelling suit, hat, veil. and waterproof Will
be obtained from them, and when they arrive
at hotel. and are obliged to make an appear
ance before large number Of persons, little
brushing, q clean collar and fresh necktie
render them bright and presentable as need
be.
A certain lightness and deftness Of touch,
which rearranges dlsordered hair In minute,
and Imparts grace, to the whole appearance,
seems to be Inherent with American girls. and
constitutes, in fact, q large amount OF their
capital. The arrival at a great summer re-
sort. and the necessity OF tacing crowd OF
critical loungers, Is very trying thing to the
nerves of most women, but there are few who
are are not m perfectly prepared. to undergo such
scrutiny. While men, after days railroad
travelling, look wretched, dirty, limp and mis-
erable. the majority of women will come out
serene, neat, plumage unrufled, temper un-
disturbed. 81
FALsrTIEs OF FASHION.
The American women, in fact, like Mark
Tapley, seem wonderfully adapted to coming
out Jolly under crying circumstances, while ar
ordinary times she is weak, initiative and easl.
ly Influenced into doing things totally opposed
to her Judgment and instincts. The simplicity
add to their natural forms false humps and
protuberances, which deceive no one, which.
If they were natural, would only be recognized
as deformities, would be laughable II 1t had
not serious side to make it sad. With bali
the force and half the muscle, with less than
half the. flesh, they Insist upon having the tnll
busts, the broad hips, the bulk of calf of the
English, German and French women, for
getting that they are quite out of harmony
with their own physical construction and
the laws of its development, and thus
they 90 carrying upon their poor little
bodies, burdens which deprive them Of all
physical power and capacity, which detorni
instead Of fbeautifylng, and which render their
leanness and poverty OF physique more
are removed. What Is the use Of women try.
ing to Disguise themselves by bustles and
busts, aud hoops and calves that are hung up
in every shop windcw-that are as patent To
every man and boy that walks the streets as
to women themselves teach everybody
lesson of dlstrust of his own mother before ns
has learned to have confidence In her? Amer
ican women have beauty of their own which
might easily be cultivated, naturally and truth.
fully to superiority to such shallow tricks and
devices. The depth and breadth Of bust and
general formation which charaoterlzes most
European women, does not belong to theil
more tender and delicate style and conforma'
tIon. OF course there is no necessity that thts
should degenerate into lankness, fat.chested'
and attraction, but. when this Is the case, some
other means must be taken to remedy tbs 6Tt
-whalebone, hair-cloth and cotton batting
won't do 1t.
WHO OUGHT TO GO TO SARATOGA.
The women who 90 to Saratoga are the very
ones who ought not to go. Life to them is
yery much the same verywhere-princlpally
eating and dressing, driving and flirting
they 60 to Saratoga because It is necessary &C
oo somewhere, and because some OF thell
friends are going there. They get up but
mild interest In anything. Life presents nc
sharp or vivid contrasts to them, and they are
lan1ululy reuuy W ~ VI ctny ouy nhCAS sno
they will be likely to find companlonship
Such women as these ought to go camping oul
In the woods, or roughing 1t In the Adaron.
dacks during the summer. For few shorl
months, they should leave their airs and graces
their trains and panniers, their. pufs, theil
patches, their languor and nervousness, and
get Into the heart OF nature. Coffee cooked
over cross-stlcks and sweetened with molassss
or not sweetened at all-and our experience
of hard-tack and salt mackerel would make
civilization precious to them when they re-
turned to Ii, and would take many OF The COO
webs out of their brains.
Then to Saratoga I would bring the hard-
| worked, the over-taxed women, the poor Wo-
men, whose lives are spent IN performing
offices for others, and with whose narrow eX.
penses no knowledge of the holiday side ol
life has ever come. should like to see these
women promenading the grand piazzas, re7ei'
Ing in the light, the air, the sound, the color
I should like to see them seated at tables, sup
plied with all the luXuries of which they had
ever heard-wlth troops Of servants to ny al
their bidding, and the choicest things OF the
earth placed at their disposal. do not think
IL would hurt them one bit-it would do them
good they would enjoy 1t for time, but they
would soon become satlated with 1t, and they
would learn that there are better things than
the pleasure OF the senses-that the exercises
of the affections, the performance OF duty, the
effort to realize nobler ideal of life. are al
better even than Saratoga. JENNY JUNE.
"WHaT IRE TOU SN1RLING 1T ~
me-, rIn.,,a c.ree1.v n ND the Innocent