, 1873-04-06


cially in New York, where the quality Of gowns
and hats does not count for or against the uea--
er in social sums. If this unfortunate fact is
true Of the better classes, how much t1uer it
must be Of those poorer bred and poorer-educa-
sisting the current Of feminine extravagance,
which is fast sweeping all social life into one
vast whirlpool Of clothes.
Hwecou1d only hhye alttlcreapite-sa asingle
ID. year. in which to recuperato our mental, moral,
and physical forces-G Fashion is quite Is wear
ing physically aa any other way), and live, for
even that brief space, in an atmosphere OF
untrimmed skirts and simple waists what a
boon it would be to helpless, hopeless
"fenininity!' The world might then present a
future unrnfaed and untucked; VIC might rise
superior to the next decade of plaits and pufrs :;
we might even lose the desire to wear silk, when
ne secretly know that we ought hardly to afford
alpaca It is possible-ba1ely possiblo-we might
come to rule fashion, instead Of fashion ruling
us. Who knows7 =
And so, having writ my little plant, I'll come
back to the great questions, and try to help my
unlucky sex On their melancholy way.
TIE AxrE-EAsTER DAYS.
The last fortnight or ten days before Easter
Those who have new things readyto wear keep
them for that all-important oponing-day Of
vernal vestments and those who have nothing
prepared are laying their plans and discussing
their needs, holding the 18th inst. over in view.
few haplesa victims Of the sterner sex, who
hare been falsely educated in the belief that
March is month Of spring, have already ap-
peared in light overcoats and pearl ttowsers.
But their wiser sisters have withheld, thus far,
I'll tho bewitching novelties their clever brains
Anxya 4 land far ~ +, mf 4Hn
car should bo revised and redivided into spring,
summer, autumn, winter, and March and, until
this be done. We must ever be in state Of hope
less perp1e1ity as to what division fhe
last really belongs. Egypt is the only spot on
the globe who're March Is not only toler.bie, but
pleasant It would, however, be excessively IN
oonrenient for ali the model Republicans to pack
their carpet-bags,-onlT VIC no longer have
ca1pet-bags, and really mean yaliaes and take
passage annually, in the middle Of February, for
tho Nue-land; to eny nothing OF the great blow
this would involve to- home-indust1y. There
fore, ne were allowed onlyto consider March as
season by ITSELF We might endure it patiently
Oh our own shores.
ehu retain their place in the estimation Of mo-
distes, and mainly for the rensou that they in
c1ease in complication as surely as the earth re-
wolves. It daily grows less easy for the :unac-
complished hand to fashion one correctly; hence
the dressmakers insist that they are the only
correct wear. Tho artists in mantun compel
Us to use certain style then force us to let
them make the garments, and pile Pelion upon
Ossa by asking us peace-aeatrol.ng prices for
their services.
The polonaise is lesA uneful aud economical
for the warm days than the basque and upper
skirt, since it is not possible to wear thin waists
those time-honored standbys-with It, But,
sn+,x<r +ha, 80 ,nanaaft 10 <seo;4a ~
mode. There seem to be three features Of which
io1 s a.+ - a5e .e1y
~ aHrt ha;nd +he. Az " ane oosto
ND .iso an.., - f-or+ f,1o ~ -rs;st' d
Thara ~ .1,,oat ~ fr1.,aas ~, r.
nd hi - 1o,'+t IN
- a ~ - - t 1n1 oast
ns-narta Trt1 tIasa ~ ~ .,set -+a Nv PooonS
nns ~ VIZ ~ ee+ " NC Peio a
t,;mm;nea ~ thesa ~ 1nng onen caata ia yast
NJ e;iL ef h,enfino ~ ,deficstaic con1rsst;n"
shade. laid IN the Weist and faced hacls IN the
el-;rt of +ha r,o,ons;"a TIa h-oo5 ~sare y" rr;s
abou1d ba finished bv two foi5a m inch
Tide ~ +he msteriai md ~ ai1L 1;Ia
the rest the material tnrninr toward fhe reat
and tha si]k the reYerse.-uitR a fold n;ned on
fhe middle Thrae T elternate foIds At st11fT and
silk. With piped fold at the ton. ara the proper
thing for the edge Of the poIonaise.
One pretty garment has the two side-bodies Of |
the back cafried down. on the ontside Of tha |
into two long. SQUARE eash-euds:
while the side-breadths ara caupht on 'under-
meath, to the wa,st-band which oupht to be in ]
all waists.
Many OF these new coate-or redine-
otes, as they are almost-hare souaro
antique pockets on the eide-bxeadths
giving them an uncompronisinely business-
like sspsct, which ia rather 4 relief after tha
rnEbageish appearances fhovever fine
The bits in it] Of costumes Of the last three or
four years. 1t is nnquestionable that many
women LOOK remarkably well in the ragbag style,
who will look remarkably i'll in the severity Of
he incoming designs. But they must content
themselves for time in simple attire, giving
Their statelier sisters q chance to show vhaf
can do COR them
When ono comes to describe costumes, It
seems as il everything were trimmed With folds
md pipinRs, and it is almost literally true.
Never Tere these plain and attractive ornaments