Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-29

vogue axe 4 gross violation Of true taste.
It is 1eco1or, not the trimmings of
dress, which mike the effect. Trimmings
OUGHT M0 ~ introduced as SHADOWS into a
lpiceax 1Dr the sake of bringing out the
!, fore ground; unless they are managed
larttstically, clear vivid effect cannot be
Produced When the gaze wanders in
apA out among folds and hounces and fur
Ib8Iows innumerable, the attention is dis
/ fracted: YOU do not strike the eye like a
ktatue or flower, you are merely mass OF
4drv goods Your dress ought to be such
4 as no other girl could wear and look we'll
in it. If women could be restricted by
/ law to only five colors-white. black, blue,
purple and rose,-their toilets would be
far more elegant; for these are picturesque,
they bring out the individuality, they are
replete with strength and significance
Would that we had some poet who could
Law bare their meaning When girls are
cav. let them robe themselves in white
bright, pure and cold as snow; when CO.
quettishly inclined, let blue be their hue
rose typifies sweet passion, purple is for
lofty moods, and black for devotion. But
gray, brown green, all neutral, low-toned
colors, avaunt! Dress is a fine art, and
there be few who understand it. Instead
of giving week to the trimmings of
new dress, spend the week in studying
your style; find out your color. Many
girl wears pink a year or two, before she
discovers that it ought to have been blue.
Shut yourself up a week in your own
room. stand, sit, walk before your glass,
laugh. smile and be silent, practice the
upward, the downward, the sideway
glance, try every coquettish device, choose
your own weapon out ofwoman's armOry;
if at the end of six days you know how to
make the most of your points, the time
will have been we'll spent.
Girls, if they have any individuality at
ali, resemble flowers. The tender violet,
the Geld white lily. the queenly .japonica,
the passionate rose, the honest little but
Itercup, the graceful honeysuckle, each has
Its type in some fair maiden. After you
discover yours, you will dress according
fN. Then, instead of trying to vie with
courteZanS, our modest girls will dress
as becomes the daughters of a Republic.
Follow my advice, and see if two hours
day will not make you presentable.
This will give YOU little time every morn
ing for the kitchen. Don't pout, my rose
buds, sooner or later you will have to cook
dinner for Adolphus, and the lesson Is
learned much more easily at eighteen
than twenty-eight. Released from the
sewing machine, there is no end to the
pleasant things you will have time for;
YOU can keep pup your music, your French,
your drawing, you can visit the poor-a
duty which young ladies are apt to neg
lect You can gladden. the sick by little
CHEEKY calls those five OF ten minutes
which so brighten on invalid's gloom; the
old especially need the tonic hopefulness
/ Of youth Think not the hours wasted
which You occasionally spend in reading
aloud to some aged relative. Countless
are the ways in which you can minister
, to those around you. Your path is a wide
one, walk in it joyously, as BELTS your
age, but with something of soberness too;
a little thought for the rest of the world.
But remember that your sphere is home.
! In after years, if Il vigorous intellect and
freedom from domestic cares should point
towards Il public career, accept it as a call
from God; but until you are fully ripened,
abide in the time-honored traditions of
. your sex. Learn first your duty as a wo-
man. One of these duties is to ideallze
your home. Taste, dainty he Atness, and
, sunshine, rather than profuse expenditure
: beautifv room. Yours should be the
a taste of arranging the flowers. festooning
:, the pictures with moss OF dropping vines.
polishing the furniture and keeping the
mirrors bright. Mental hands ought not
- to perform these offices of love: the fam
= lily >itting-roOm is where we moderns keep
+ our ldreS. 1t is where fathers and broth
. ers spen most of their leisure time; they
q bring into its quiet atmosphere unquiet
. spirits, into its brightness and peace. cruel
cares, corroding anxeties. There the
household fairy should cast her spell,
every object should he wreathed around
D. by her delicate chains; here should she
seek to charm-to charm away the fathers
. WEAKNESS by song, Jest and playful care,s.
Finally, You can add to your beauty ev-
! cry day by long delicious rambles. You
7 can search the woods for flowers, moss.
and other forest treasures. If You live in
- Il city. Il few cents will take YOU into the
: region of green fields Nature is never so
- charming rs in the outskirts of town.
>, The Santa Barbara belle. rs change from
. the sewing machine, takes Il canter on the
l. beach Warm climates do not favor pc
: destrian fcats, but the New England maid
=. en- can walk hour after hour beneath the
: cool moist sky.
! Never stay ut home for a foo, or even a
;, dTiZZle; put on thick boots, a water proof
o. and laugh at the rain. Three hours in
: this kind of vapor-bath will make You ex-
: quisitely fair 1t is the sun. however
a.. which gives the glow to the check. the
q pure, transparent flush, and the sparkling
y, eye. The 1.-the, elastic grace, the full
. chest. the well-pcised head come from
- the wind. Breathing a March gale will
teach girl how to walk Go out to be
beautiful, say; spend three hours day
in the open air. Let Gods sun do its work
Y on the body and mind. The first will be
. strong and sound, the stuff to form brave
:. boys. the other clear and calm
:, When our girls realize that it is duty
e to walk at least two miles day, then.
= and then only, will our buds open in full
+ blown perfect roses; then only will
: America have mothers worthy of Il re-
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