The Grange advance., 1874-10-14

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IN nse,a,1ie Wsiaaaa In Full Dress.
J "a correspondent Of the London
Standard, who has been assisting at
the late festivitiessin iceland, saw sew
eral ladies dressedsin the sold Icelandic
full dress. One Of I the ladies and her
costume he describes as follows: She
was some forty years of age, tall and
stately, and would have commanded
attention III any assembly. The bright
complexion and, abundance of fair hair,
as well IS the general tone Of her fea-
.tures,s proclaimed, her true Morse blood.
Her dress; however, was what most
caught my. attention. She wore = close
fitting bodice and sleeves, made of,
black Woolen MATERIAL with broad gold
embroidery down sthe front and on the
seams, fastened al the throat by a
gold button, open after this about half
way to the waist SO as to show white
Echemisette, but With gold buttons on
either side, 50 thatsit; could, be closed
at ..will,y Such asTbodice. as this is,
often i laced sup inasiront by a
gold or sil1erchain, passed through q
kind Of ringpn the edge Of the but
tons; but thiselady Woresit open. Round
the waist waf 4: belt formed Of plates
lof gold linked together .and hanging
down in front nearlysto stha: knees.
Many of these belts In gold dsor silver
: are heir.looms, and come down from,
), generation to generation=:-perhaps Tel:
! les Of the time when people carried their
+ wealth about with them, IS sHindoo
s women and shas Of Persia do nowadays
:. The skirt vas Of the same material
t with the bodice, and was perfectly
! plain, except for 4 narrow band ofgolt
!, embroidered round the bottom, !Mhidl
8 vas some two inches from the ground
. No Aounces Or frills, and, above All, u
:! determinations in the way Of crinolip9 9
y tdress-improvet disfigured the, grscefu
% costumesI mtrying to describe. Ik4oy
= I do it very badly, snd dare say la4e
T. will think an : Ounce, but the task
n new and somewhat uncongenial. Bu
It the head -drese WAS the most peculia
IS part of the whole. I can only descfib 4
re- It as Aatt&ned .acornucopia turrtin
e. lover from tho back toward the. front
3 ln0 cap Was na6A3t~O'SAS. =.
re- lsilk or linen, strained ever frame 2
n- cardboard. and built up with waddIne
d. This construction ItafserWard inquire
N into, 80 It may be accepted IS correc
y Round the band of itSglittered about
lis dozen Of gold; stars, and set in all roun
be Nth : very deep net fall trimmed Wit
or flace.. This fall vas lifted mp ~ fro'
he and turned back If ; thes&l c,
'ss while the back part. Of 5:
ler fell almost to the wsnt, ,: T
,er whole RiiyinR much the effect ofa zbtid
en- veil. The hair was worn in sffeI
le- long and very broad plaits, which re !
ef turned up ii loops, and their ends a
III den rnder tile cap.s This is the usr
tic .Icelandic style Of wearing the hair, Jan
nd Of course, dispenses With all the adol
I'll, ment Of iri1zes and false plaits, viii
re. the bellies 81 our more southern elm
re- find indispensable. Clumsiness in
re- description may, perhaps, impart
md idea Of clumsiness to this head DIRE
,ss. but it is By no means clumsy. On
,ful contrary, Il IS very BAG coming, and d
nst played above bright and pretty fac
im-TE TEas / 1safterwsfdsaw it, a9ds ascharm
TO what hardly requires improvement
the the features Of tho better class Of !
e e Aad's girls: 81.
Mr.. Frederick Dockray Of Flori
xss arrested BY the Cuban auth
s:ent 10 Spain, IS nov said
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