, 1874-01-18

! the front and side b1eauths. Tho 1atter vas
trimmed with reyers Of the silk edged with folds
Of ecarlate, while putting up the front passed
| under the revers. The body was poipied be-
hind and in front, slopiug slightly over the hips
| and fastened with embroidered buttons, finished
| to match The sleeves we're a modification CT
the Medici,-tho upper side having a se-
| nes Of puts and bands. and : s.in
pisce just below the upper puff, FORM
lne q sort OF defensive armor, ono
| might fancy. With high tut and huge fan,
keep your distance " would be properly en-
forced. The garniture for tho BODY WAS to to
| Of PoiuLlace; while an exquisite shawl Of Span
isl1 lace vas 70 be added to The orDamentst1on nf
! the skirt.
/ ANOTHER DRESS
| combined an exquisite shade OF lavender fpot
| mauyo), aud WIS trimmed with = deep damask
rose-shade of a,lk. Tic back breadths Of this
were also puned with the pink. alternating with
the lavender. Three tlouoces-two OF uiaitcd
rose-colo.. md one gathered layeuder headed
With peculiar trimming. half shall half fan
shaped. being cotnb,nation OF pla1ts and gath
ers-fiaishcd the buck lreadths. The front and
side breadths hnd deen. talf-circular trimmings
of plated rose silk. finished with the Lavender
trimming. while the front breadth WIS
covered with putting OF the rose-color. and
side-trimmncg edged with tha lavender COM
pleted the decoration OF the sk1rt. Dascsiptiona
nre ye-v yarna in raoard to surh u,atters. and.
were It even rossibie to mako them minute.
could only convey to the reader ,xlimmeripc
,dea Of the artistic sL1l shown in bot t},a corr
biuation Of colors and the render,nr Of the de-
airn. The waist of fins wos rnunG With short
pnfrad sleaves and .ha rbolo wazin ho fnsht,d
with fine blonda lace and fastenad With enn-
broldcrcd buttons. Sa.hes of tha silk, With
long rayeted and knotred fr;nrea added fhe last
tonch NJ heantv a. ~ or,at aIrcs anai Tnc~
nv fn;sh;nr sfrol1 ~ h;s nanci1 ~ ~, ~ h;a
ide.lized dreans. that ia to charm and e1tctrifv
nous untres gems who ran onlv rnza and nd
mire, and sadfy eing:
rha a-au. n,.or .,,,o,. o,r.t
lsno. ihe ssu sfrcs, foI esn, me. .o'e'
For, though ia dsaEly love It,
I've not tho cash, you See.
4 fashion-writcys fate. rho. however sbe NAV
pretend to decry the impositions OF Fashion. AMI
prata about ease aud comfort still exists in a
Commandment.
STILL ANOTHER DRESS,
of black-and-wLite ytriped Aatiu. was cnt Gahr;-
ellie, with two puns in the back; coat-eleercs,
with cuffs formed OF reyers and milliner's folds:
and q sleeveless Jacket Of black satin. rhs
skirt was plain, With the exception Of the puifs
in tho back but a lace eliawl Of exquisite Cham
tiIly was to be draped over the front and tied in
sashes utiar the pul1s. Other dresses yora not
sufficiently completed to ment1or; but one OF
pale-blue and fAde.pins, or roso detri. Few
bridal trousseaus have ever held more ariistiu
dresses. or more elegant Lace than this which
We have been permitted to view aud chronicle.
THE HATS
ing, Of Which wo hsve already spoken; ono IN
black velvet, for ordinary wear; and light .ora
for full dress. And this brings us to rubjcct
upon which VIC wish again to say a few Words
that OF iull-dress opera. Why will women per
siss in wearing the
TowEL1So ApsUnp111Es
they do to the opera? Would any man be vii.
ling to nit through an entire evening with bis
silk stove-pipe adorning his head, and would 10
not be apt to auathematize the headache t
would produce at ths olose Of the ereninsi
Yet the heaviest siIk tat is light COM
pared with the towering structures OF velvet,
silk, lace, feathers, and flowers, with which
women maize martyrs of themselves. 4 recent
editorial in q popular Journal devoted to FASH
which VIC did some time ago, aud, il not in tho
same words, expresses the came opinion. We
extract follows: IS For, in tho land from
wh;cn the foreigners come, no lady wcars her
this custom, an usher politely addresses her, and
conducts her to dresang-ioom. where wait
iug- maid relieves her of her bonnet and outer
wraps, and she reioins her escort presently,
bare-headed. This custom is not, as might
be supposed At first glance, complete
reyulsion and departure On the part of
theatrical people from the Puritanical obsczv-
ance OF the command that women should be COW
cred in an assembly, but is regulation made
only to give an au Of full-dress and high
breeding TO tho house, and maG6 tH6
scene gay aud attractive as possible,
a,uce nothing can be brighter and more
showy portion Of whose audience is composed Of
ladies' lovely in evening dress, and gracious with
the manners that inseusibly accompany evening
Dress In our own public halls, when perched on
some pretty head whose tresees already give ita
size, hat that is wilderness of flowers, and
feathers, and grasses, and all mannor OF shaking
and twitte1ng ornaments, moves ceaselessly be-
fore yout line ct vision with every blsde of
grass, aud every ribbon and every feather re-
Il acting the light for your dazzled eyes in new
angle, till you are able out of all TINT il before
you to see nothing but that hat, which obliter-
ates stage and platform; then you wish with all
your soul that the foreign law OF hats prevailed
IL this FREQ hnd, and that all, in being free,
should not thereby be free to torment their
ue,ghbo1s." Here re wlll pause. creator
than ourselves has spoken !; but We know one
little man, who sat behind q tall woman, whose
organ Of time was unusually well developed, and
shooe hat WAS unusually high and elaborate,
Fill, il he reads this, respond - Amen VITA
Opera-dress here must be regarded in the light
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