The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-08-02
OUR VIENNA CORRESPONDENTS.
NUMBER FOURTEEN.
VIENNA, Austria, June 20, 1878.

VIENNA, Austria, June 20, 1873.
One of the smaller buildings, stand
ing near the main palace, bears over
the door in gilt letters the words, "Ad-
ditionelle Austellung," seeming to inn
ply that the articles therein came in
too late to be placed where they belong,
or else that they were of such hetero-
geneous character that it was difficult
to decide where they really did belong,
and SO the problem was solved by Civ
ing them place by themselves. After
a glance at the objects displayed in this
additional exhibition, the latter solu-
lion seemed to us the most prob
able. The walls of the room were
adorned with portraits of men who
had been inventors, great manufactu-
rers, or helpful in promoting the good
of mankind in some industrial pur-
suit. On one side were displayed spec
linens of coke and coal, and models of
machines; and in glass cases were ar
ranged ancient garments, apparently
from the days of the invention of dress
down to the present time. BY the way,
1 did not see portrait of Eve among
the inventors, and think she deserves
to be, as the inventor of dress, there
fore the originator of fashion, and con-
sequently the "author of all our Woe"
In the first case are an assortment Of
neckties, from the stiff stock of enor-
nous proportions, which served to
keep our ancestors upright, down to
the delicate "butter-fly," which is,
perhaps, fifty worn by the descendants
of the stiff old Puritans.
Vests of white silk, covered with fine
embroidery, and that would reach to
the knees of the wearer, are fit COM
panions for coats, the waists of which
are just under the arms, and whose
flowing skirts would reach to the heels.
The ladies who lived in those days
wore corsets of fine silk, beautifully
embroidered; and that the hustle is no
modern invention is proved by the rolls
as large as your wrist made of white
cloth, and stuffed rs full as possible,
and sewed on to each one of these
elegant corsets. This seems also to
prove that the corsets were worn out
side of the dress, as far down as these
said rolls, and from there were hidden
under the skirts.
The babies of those times wore caps
covered with sqlid gold embroidery,
and must have found life a good deal
of "glittering show" with very little
of comfort. The bonnets of the ladies
were also covered with gold embroid-
cry. Some were snug little hoods;
Others of the most fantastic shapes,
and the head coverings of the men
were often not far from fantastic.
Broad brimmed gray felt hats, trimmed
with blue bars of ribbon and long BLUE
plumes, stand side by side with hats
that have almost no rim, but whose
peaked crowns extend at least fifteen
inches above the head of the wearer.
The stove pipe hat, in some modified
form, seems to have existed in all
times. One called the Land uehr THAT
is Country's Defence) hat, is of the or
dinary cylindrical form, but the rim on
one side is turned up and reaches as
high as the top Of the hat, l. o., seme
ten inches, while the other side of the
rim is quite narrow. Perhaps it re-
ceives its name from this peculiar rim,
which might serve as o shield or de
defence, providing man always had
his enemy on the right side of him
which might be in this case on the lefl
side. Some of these stovepipe hats
| look like the head of "rickety" child,
very small at the bpttem, but enor-
mously developed at the top.
Going from one extreme to the othei
we find how people used to dress theil
feet Some people in the days gone by
had y very simple foot covering. A
piece Of leather, Of q somewhat oval
form, was fitted up with holes around
the edge; through these leather string
was inserted, the foot placed in th'
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