The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-07-16
Seaside Follteg.

Ali is vanity, saith the preacher. Yea,
and vexatioa of spirit, alike to the vain and
to those who behold their vanity. For proof,
90 to the mountains, to any summer resort,
but especially TO the seaside, and behold
with what naughtness and excess OF fashion
the female of tho human species devotes'
herself to the restoration Of her health,
broken by the winters dissipation. How
careful Of her diet she Is How firm in her
determination 10 seclude herself from the
siddy world, Ia order that her mind may be
given wholly to the perusal OF medical
works bearing on her case How early to
bed she goes! Up with the dawn! Panc-:
tual as the clock to bathe; for she came there
to bathe, and for that her husbands or her
fathers money is freely expended. For,re'
Taxation, an evening stroll, little cold tea,
prayers and bed at nine O'clock.
Nevertheless she must dress. The Cape
May Daily Waoe says she must, poor thing !
She yields, tearfully yields. The Wa0e says:
she must modestly array herself in-
A male b,ue s,lk, dotted all over with pink
rosebrds. and trimmed with paitings OF white
organdie muslin cut out, and edged VIII lace.
For breakfast, we presume.
At eleven O'Clock it will be we'll Tor the
dear invalid to adorn her feeble person
with
souare bodice, basque back, deml-long
sleeves, finished with plaitlngs OF muslin.
The object OF the demi-long sleeves pelng
the display OF her sweet, emaclated arms
we dare say.
At twelve M, it is recommended that her
lovely exhausted frame be enveloped IN
tunic-
Of embroidered batiste, bordered with deep
p11jpure lace, the shade of the material over
skirt of pale sea-green Jatlle, covered 10 Ine
waist with narrow pinked-out nounces. iue
ornamental looping up at the Dack ana slIEs ,3,h
is effected by mixing me gaibnls, r,hSo1 ,So1 WILL
loops and ends OF sea-green Jaase riopon'
r The object Of the sea-green tattIe is TO
show that she has not failed to make her
daily ablution in the sea-green water Al
least, we think 30.
The little skinny soul may now undress
and 20 to bed or she may drink few juleps
and play ten-pins till 1t is time to dress for
dinner. Then she must undress In order TO
Dress for it is absurd to eat hotel hash and
hot SQUASH in sea-green taale, mixed up
with guipure lace. Such thing was never
! heard OF
yery pretty dinner dress ls of pale-biue
sIlk trimmed with naProwflounces, pinked OUT
tpon the edge and overlapping eaca otner.
| a vest Of ecru faille Is added to the basque
waist and trimmed Yllh rich lace OF the same
shade. a..e,.-.a.
This ought to be enough raiment to dine
in. But it is not. No, the worn asd wasted
skeleton must have cool sleeves OF fcru
faslle, with two pufs, not pastry puffs, but
blue silk pufs-one at the top, the other
near the elbow. Do not omit the elbow
puff.
Ahl We forget There is a morning
dress, which We quite overlooked. It ls a.
Parmela toilet of Cretonns ,ehS:z, trimmed
with black velvet bows, worn for morhIhs s
| meolios. with q Parmela hat trimmed WIN
black velvet and wild flowers.
In this the jaded valetudinarian looks
most enchanting as she languidly dragS one
foot after another along the hotel porches.
Now comes the evening, and OF course
another dress for the darling death's-head.
"Thick white SUITS" says the Daily Wa0e'
are little worn, but
Fine thin white toilets are of the highest dis,
| tinction for evening wear. The most ADMIRED
are soft and flowing, very little trimmed upon
the skirt. but accompanied by q fchn or Marie
Antoinette scarf bordered with white Vaien'
cIennes lace and tied at the back.
By means OF some such quiet, easy, gent
| " stimulating and tonic rotation OF dresses,
varied from day to day, the hours are whiied
pleasantly and healthiully away, until it is
time to dress for The ball. And here we
pause. Space permits not to dwell upon the
invigoratlng intricacies OF the ball toilette
and. with one more quotation, we close. II
| is important, and it is this:
A novelty In bathing costumes Isl Is made @ o.
| white cashmere flannel. the kind called lnIani
| flannel. The suit consists of troWsers anc
tnnic, edged with narrow stripes Of blue ano
scarlet flannel plnked out upon the edge
The peculIarity about them Is that on coming
ont Of the water it Is difficult to tell that the
Wearers have anything on at all.
Where the dear patient is sufficiently re-
dnced to skin and bones, as well she may
be after so much dressing, it is said that the
effect Of this costume Is pleasing In the ex
treme to On anatomlst.
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The latest news from the cold Nortt
estate" is cheering. From the western
ennnties. the Wilmington Journal has as.