New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-02-07

commerce by establishing the LOUISIANA
Warehouse Company. and guaranteeing
the bonds thereof.
4 QUEEN WANTED---OUR CANDIDATE,
4 feeling Of distress a9itates and acct
mulates in the fashionable world bota
hereabouts and elsewhere. because tie
modes that existed six months ago still
survive to vex the eyes that are eve. On
the search for something new and
startling Ladies are actually wearing
out their old dresses. because they have
no patterns into which to cut new goods.
Paris, whose inventive art:stes constantly
enchanted lis with novelties il trails.
cores. basque,, ho;;aces. bends. skirts.
ian tails. jackets, hon,.ets. hats. feathers
and female furniture generally. has add
Gated her regency. and the crown OF FASH
ionable ..rt has been suspended soine"Ha.
as the royal tar. of Queen Isabella was
allowed to rust in ,lis,,se ..nti. a.. italian
head could be found t. fit i. And ye..
alas, there is 10 syn o: all apnroac hing
coronation in that fairy world wheIe the
rosy and the ra!i;i. whe:. the
blonde and the brunette. where
the tail and majestic nvmph and
toe bouncing maid Of generous avoi-dj;-
pois contest for supremacy through the
as,,t.l.c. Of chalk. rouge. feathers and
tinery. Even if the war should close.
Paris will be too full of mourning and
poverty to resume her duties at the toilet.
and We can no. look to Berlin 20 take her
place, for Germany is too practical to be
fashionable. Neither need we seek ior
relief in London, because the queen set,
her face against the mcdisteS. New York
is making some Roadway in ass':min: the
lead in this delicate matter; bu: indie
pendence and inventiveness are not the
growth of day. Even the'cutterS and
mantuI makers that have been imported
bv balloon from the former mistress o:
the fashions are slow in this country. be-
cause their hearts are not in the work. 1t
really seems. then, that We aye 70 be
| thrown upon our own resources. and that
New Orleans must look to her genius for
| the discovery of that wonderful mystery
which allowed our wives to change the
cut Of their dresses with each change Of
| the tickle and inconstant moon.
The only change that We have had our
! appreciative attention attracted 70 within
tue past apparently almost interm:nah!e
dearth Of novelties Ito wit: the last .i>
weeks, i, in the matter Of the ,: X hair.
When the falling leaves of autumn :iTst
fitted through the air, it was the fashion
to pile great waves OF capillary :dorn
ment upon the back of the head, q: al
angle from the neck Of about .or:y-fiv'
! degrees. In a short time these rotT:It
| ornaments relaxed from their >pnelicl
plumpness into Al angular extension
! carved down the centre with wondroU
labyriuths OF braid, and cur!s; and nov
til. entire mass has thawed into al
organization that looks AS ii the spher
had melted over the beauty it was &c
signed 70 ador.,, and was wildly cn
gagged in seeking to envclop TIE .ntir
region Of philoproSeni:iveness with it
caresses. In fact, from the chiSnon "
have descended to the switch. Thes
artificial COMBINATIONS arc all the rage
and their construction is the only stud
that has engaged our fashionable consid
Grafton for al entire week. Some ar
made Of two large and compact twists G
hair that fall like cables from under tn
rakish little hats that are used to cove
the intellectual portion of the head
others are tumbled and turbulent masse
that suspend themselves like tangled ull
dercrowth all over the back of the head
and suggest wild, Troublesome nature i
the owner; while others again coil them
selves lovingly from ear to ear, and int
mate the careful and elaborate woman c
sober thoughts.
These are all the witcheries that hay
fallen under our observation, and Will
we have confessed to their encha nt,nen'
it has been with the reservation that /
other matters there was sameness tia
did not correspond with the improvement
1t has been our boast that New Orleans
of all American cities, was alone equa
to the emergency of supporting the ger
uine opera, because our musical taste wa
, such as 10 demand the genuine artici