Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-07-01
THE WORLD OF FASHION.
RTVuER Far ITLY
The Metropolis Decentralization at
n Discount - Everything Worn
Nothing to Wear-rOiletfes for
Watering PIaces-AdtrOndack Out.
fits, etc.


find it difficult to Iellize this, for the streets
and street cars, seem to be as full as ever, But
my own impression is, that the general opinion
regarding the number of people in any one
place, is quite mistake; the population of New
York, for example. instead of being a million is
about dozen, a bakers dozen perhaps more or
less, but as likely to be less as more, and this
simple dozen multiply themselves into what are
considered separate entities but which really
have no individual existence, only occupy space
for 1t is the original dozen and the dozen only
who turn up everywhere, who are ubiquitous
who see everything, know everything, and do
everything for all the rest.
THIS is NOT FASHION.
No, won't you take something else instead?
am tired of them as the lady was who went TO
her dressmaker recently and said, Anything,
only do not dress me in the fashion," What Is
fashion to-day? Is ii the mass of rubbish we
see piled up on the counters of the great dry
goods stores? Is it the medley We see in the
street? Is it the nondescripts that crowd the
cars and steamboats,? Is Ii the bediZened danes
who begin to flourish at the watering places?
If it is any or all of these, beg my readers to
have none of 1t, but return to the petticoat and
they can find rational kind Of clothing. How
pleasant it was during brief visit to the coun-
try recently to meet charming lady Of
THE OLD SCHOOL.
She could not be called an old lady, though
her hair was silvery white, for she was more
vlyacious than most young girls, and could en-
Iertdln you Win stores Oh incident and anec
dotes acquired by reading, and rich and varied
personal experience. Moreover, she was still
slender, straight, and delicately fair. Her skin
had never known the touch of powder or cos
metic, and a princesse dress of fine nansook,
the seams only marked by lines of fine needle
work embroidery, outlined her form as grace
fully as though she had been sixteen instead of
say
How gladly the eyes rested on the soft, flow
ing, unbroken lines of that simple white dressl
How well that and long black lace tunic of the
same general style and outline became tie
wearer.
az have not had new dress in Tn wears,
she said to her visitor. Wait anG lner ten, was
the reply.
"NSTHfNG FOR NICE"
Fashion has really run itself into the ground
there is nothing left. "Nothing for NICE" as a
lady recently and piteously observed. Silks and
laces that used to be kept for grand occasions
trailed in the street, and all the associations
the sentiment of dress, is destroyed. Girls with
bustles and paniers and rufied skirts carry bun
| fashion do to be fashion, but throw them of?
CHANGES IN FASHION.
The rapid changes and fluctuations in fashion
which have taken place within the past few
yesrs are having some curious results. Houses
| which have made expensive fancy goods a
| specially are being broken up. The reason is
that articles carried over to the next season lose
| their value, and IS an immense stock is re-
quired in order to satisfy the exigent demand
for styles and shades, and qualities, the mer-
chant is loser rather than gamer by every
| seasons stock. Take as examples neckties
| laces, and parasols, Shawls and round thread
| lace wells have given place to jackets. and
| straight, square, or three cornered wells. High
| cOlored ties to fancy cravats of the most deli
| cate shades and the buff paras0ls. scolloped on
| the edge and lined with silk OF bright con.
trasting color, to large inclined parasols of neu-
| trai tints, bordered with rich fringe to match.
Said merchant the other day, "YOu see that
counter; it is covered with parasols which L sold
/ last year from Eve to ten dollars each, now
| cannot get $3.50 for them; in that drawer are
$1,000 worth of thread lace wells dead stock"
| The rush to Europe helps to kill this class Of
| trade, ladies who are going, waiting till they
can buy gloves, neckties, and lace collar for
| 81 80, instead of spending that amount and more
l ON one OF these articles.
/ The question of where the pins 90 to has never
l been satisfactorily answered; but ii is really
| funny to see where the parasols and neckties go
to. Take street-car on Sunday and you shall
| hnd them, bright reds and green, tied round
| stout necks, and proudly clasped in short, fat,
red hands. The thriftiest little lady in the
world would give up the point after seeing such
| sight as that.
| wATERING-PLACE ToILETTEs.
But Rosa Matilda wants to know about tot
| lettes for the watering places. She is going
there, and what is she TO get in addition to her
| white and her pink and her gray and her blue
| and her mauve. will tell you, my dear Rosa
| Matilda. You must get dress of "crash, }" just
such crash as the cook uses in the kitchen for
Notwithstanding, in fact, and not a fine kind
either; the coarser the better. Make OF il a
l loose blouse, which tie in at the back with
broad, pale rose-colored sash. Get a broad
II II.
/ and trimmed with black and rose-colored rib
/ bon; and if your skirt is black silk and narrow
founced, and your hustle sufficiently large, ana
your "tie shoes sufficiently high, you viii cause
| sensation. One of number of dresses pre-
| pared for Newport consists of a pale-blue silk,
dotted all over with pink rose-buds and trimmed
| with plaitings of white organdy muslin, cut out
and edged with lace. Square bodice, basque
| back, demi-long sleeves, finished with plaitings
of muslin. Another toilette consists of tunic
of embroidered tatiste, bordered with deep gui-
pure lace, the shade OF the material over skirt
| OF pale sea-green fIille, covered to the waist
with narrow pinked out founees. The orna-
| mental looping up at the back and sides is
| effected by mixing the guipure lace with loops
| and ends of sea-green fdiits ribbon.
| A very pretty dinner dress is of pale blue silk
| trimmed with narrow tiounces, pinked out upon
| the edge, and over Gaping each other. a vest
| OF ezra JdiIe is added to the bask waist, and
trimmed with rich lace of the same shade. The
| coat sleeves are OF ecrH fd'iIe, with two puils
one at the top, the other near the elbow, of blue
silk; row of guipure insertion of the ecru shade
lad over the failIe between,
A Pamela" toilette of cret0nne chintZ,
| trimmed with black velvet bows, is worn for
morning neglige, with Parmela hat, trimmed
| with black velvet hat and wild flowers. Thick
| white suits are very little worn, but fine, thin
white toiettes are Of the highest distinction for
evening wear. The most admired are soft and
| flowing, very little trimmed upon the skirt but
accompanied by fehu or Marie AntOiRette scarf
bordered with wide Falenciennes lace, and tied
| at the back.
| A novelty in bathing costumes is made of
| white cashmere flannel, the kind called /" in
| fants' " flannel. The suit consists of trowsers
and tunic, edged with narrow strips of blue or
| scarlet flannel, pinked out upon the edge. They
| hrst made their appearance at Long Branch,
and OF course succeeded in attracting large
| share OF attention. The popularity about them
is that on coming out of the water it is difficult
to tell that the wearers have anything on at all.
ADIRONDACK COSTUMES.
| For mountain excursions and camping out
| male dressmakers are showing suits of serge and
fine English waterproof cloth, consisting of
long, plain polenaise, worn over fun tIowsers of
| the material, which the same Ito quote the
| I" Chinee"J are to be tucked into the tops Of
| high boots with broad heels and thick soles.
The bottom Of the polonaise should reach six
| inches below the knees. The costume in oom-
pleted by q soft felt hat, strap over the shoul
ders to support the drinking cup, q field glass.
and shawl, and on the mountain excursions by
| an Alpenstock. w
Wealthy papas could not do better ttins for
their young lady daughters than supply them
WITH such an outfit, take them to the Adiron-
dacks or Any oos.aef WIG region, and Camp ont
Tor the whole summer. It would take All the
nonsense ont of them, and supply them with
health and vigor for lifetime.