The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1873-10-01
CLOTHES AND N

Of the world would have been utterly
changed but Anthony might equally
have been proof against a robe witt
high neck and tight sleeves.
PRE-RAPHAELITE CToTHBs.-In Eng
land there Is a little band of pre-rapha
elites, composed of painters and poet:
and art critics, and men with a genius
for appreciation, and their wives. Nor,
ris and his wife belong to this band, and
Rosetti and his Sisters, Ind Holman
Hunt. The ladies of this set have
adopted a costume Of their own. Il
Won meet in society a woman who looks
as if she had stepped, ont of one of Fra
Angelico's Of Perugino's picture, with
long skirts, that sweep but do:not rus,
tie, fashioned of material costly as their
purse, can buy, but severely simple
with jewels in quaint, antique setting
with laces fine as frost-work and yellow
rs amber, You are sure to hear some one
say to some eselse srg" Thatis one of
Iue p~re7hHpIaellte ladies'.
DRY GooDs BY MAma-Paokages en-.
tirely closed, lot as formerly open ct
n end, now go for one cent an ounce,
which favors mailing laces and light ar
ticles. ] sent a linen dress, made MP
for a child of three years old, the other
day, for six cents. The silk for adress
skirt may be sent to any part Of the
country for something like fifty cents.
A half-dozen Of stockings, or n of the
rufled and tucked white p~olonaises,
nicely made that are selling for So and
81 apiece in New York stores, can be
sent MS easily as not to Winconsin or
Colorado, sooner and far cheaper than
express companies can take them, and
fashion writer's very seldom object to-
make selections for any of their If read
ers who compliment their taste by APP
plying 20 them.-Shtrley Dare. f.-I 20
THE DRESS OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS
WOMEN Their loose dress gives grace
as well as dignity to their movements :;
and whoever invented it for them de-
serves more credit than he has received.
1t is a little startling at first to see wo-
men walking about in what, to our per
verified tastes, look like calico Of. black
stuff n~ight-gowns !; but the dress grows
on you as you become accustomed to it:
it lends itself readily to bright ornamen-
tation ; it is eminently ftrfor the oil
mate; and a stately Hawaiian dame,
marching through the. street in black
holaku, as the dress is called, with a
long necklace, or lie, 81 bright scarlet
or brilliant yellow flowers bare and IN
trammeled feet and flowing hair, com
pares very favorably- with h~igh-heeled.
wasp-waisted, absurdly-bonnetted fash.
lonable white lady. Charles Nordhof::
THE TRUE GosPE1 or DRESS il. that of
fitness and taste. Pictures are painted.
and music is written, and flowers are
fostered. that life nav he made hnnnti-
full. Let women delight our ewes like
pictures, be harmonious as music, and
fragrant as flowers, that theya1som may full
I'll their mission oflgrace and of beauty.
Let them think less about the ringlets
and %rufaes, in order 70 give themselves
to the contemplation of whatever il, no.
BILE, and lovely, and of good report. By
companionship with beautiful thoughts
shall their tastes beso formed, thattheir
toilette will never be outof harmony with
their means or their position. To buy
and to wear the right thing will come to
be as Natural as to breathe. They will
be clothed almost rs unconsciouslv. "a
the lilies of the field but there will be
no more of uniformity in their attire
than in their fscess+-New cYorB Hsde-
pendent, ....r. ,4s.a .,,..e gh ayx 4
CHRIST N CoRsRTs.-A young lady
who had charge of q young ladies' Bible
class, speaking Of detective home train
ing, said that her best pupil, IS years
of age, had caused her the most acute
anxiety, Rain or shine. she was always
ut her post. The girls whole soul
seemed absorbed in the STRENGTHENING
out Of intricate theological problems
and yet, said the teacher, "the girl
was SO pale and wan that was. afraid
every sabbath would be her last in
class.a One day she fainsed, and in try.
ing to restore her I loosened her dress,
and what do you think I foundP Cor
sets SO tightly drawn that q full respira-
tion was impossible. I removed them
and found that the girls ribs. actually
Tapped I took her to her mother, a
very prominent and useful church mem
Der, and stated the case without reserve.
Well, you see, said the parent, Fanny
never had any figure, I shouldn't be
surprised If the lacing were drawn a.
little too tight. Her waste is naturally
so large that it is almost impossible to
make anything fit genteely ON her.
How is your class ptespering, Miss
I hope you are drawing many souls to
Christi" aa4la
AN ELABORATE PARIS TornErrF, inst
coming from a American lady, IS com
posed Of pearl gray grenadine and vio-
let faille. The train Of the underskirt
is made with Eve paintings OF the
faille, alternating with broad bouillon-
mes Of the gray grenadine, these run
ming from the waist downward. The
front Of the skirt is il plain gfenad inc,
a sous iupe Of gray taffetas Gas
were, by Che by, the bouillonnes orna
mented with large bows up the middle
OF the breadth OF violet faille. The
tunic Of gray g~renadine, over taffetas of
the sarae shade, is made with a short
point iii front, andfa cut very deep in
theback Across the front are broad bias
bands OF violet failIa nlaoed IN 4 noipt