Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-03-12
&aoits' Department.
For The vHasoSr FAnunn.
Items About Dress.


no young girl should gaze covetously Mt the
last fashion plate, thinking that in order TO
DO in full dress" her own garments should
be made and trimmed nfler this splendid
display of fashion. For the wealthy TO bo
dressed fully in this extreme OF fashion looks
snobbish. A fashion plate should DO to the
mind OF woman picture from which to
Gull some little hints TOR whatever article of
dress she Is then making. Mrs. Abel saws
superior intelligence and refinement Is sell
dom seen in tho fantastic drapery OF ex-
IRENE fashion, You sec quote from good
authority. She also says: ''Of those who
study the fashions, merely to change with
every change, do not speak; but OF wo-
men, real and true souled, with heart and
intellect.
Dishonesty, failure in business, and dis
couragement in men may be the result of
thoughtless female extravaganza. Thirty
millions of money ARE expended annually, for
wells, silks, laces, shawls, worstcds, and
shades In the United States. This amount
Of money would olothe and educate nil The
poor throughout our beloved American
land.
There is a certain good sense, an innate
sense of propriety, that will keep Intelligent
woman brightly educated, like the earth in
her orbit, between opposing forces" Health,
comfort, circumstances and adaptation, wifi
always guide.
There Is usually in vogue some style that
possesses neither comfort, eilse, nor grace.
Such styles remain in fashion only at inter.
walls; and nre less and less adopted by the
sensible, They apply to bustles, Grecian
bend, hair-and- head-and- brain-torture. thin
or light shoes, trailing skirts, corsets, thInly
clothed extremities, etc. Trailing skirts are
u discomfort, and are oflen In the way of
others. In the drawing-room, parlur, every
where they are out Of place, and good sense
will Danish tho "trains," and make better
use OF the extra yards" than 10 display
them on the carpets. The weight OF skirts
should never rest upon the hips. Corsets
are never comfort to persons whose res
piratory organs are in free and normal con-
ditions. And whoever thinks they add grace
and symmetry to the form imply fault in the
workmanship of tho Creator.
Intutive judgment will decide what is
proper to adopt. The large covered buttons
OF last year were very unseemly; and con-
siderate persons have no ungainly button
holes on otherwise good looking dresses now
The coat sleeve, always neat. tasteful and
convenient, has been in use for dozen
years, and ladies are not tired of 1t yet.
In order to be appropriately dressed the
important items to bear In mind are but
three; pretty and durable material, color
becoming to the complexion. and style of
pattern healthy and suitable for the form.
Durable material is not necessarily velvet,
silk, cashmere, empress or brilliantines. a
good alapaca always looks lady-like, and is
nice enough for most occasions. For sum-
mer wear there are many handsome and
fine looking cambrics. Stout forms look
best in plain fitting with tapering perpen-
dicular lines Of trimming. Slight, trim fig
ures appear beautifully in the loose Wat
teau.
Fawn Is a charming color; aud from buff
to cinnamon there are many rich and beau
tiful shades OF brown, and no colors blend
more elegantly than these. But there are
some dull aud heavy browns and states aud
we often see black tie worn with these
colors; it looks gloomy; garnet or cherry
tie would have improved the appearance.
There Is no more sweet and delicate con-
trast of color than white with golden color
Wnlte, worn with green looks very neatly.
A few days ago saw red redingote over a
drlb dress; blue over the drab would have
been admissible. Red invariably looks well
with black, also green. Nothing is more be-
coming to some brunettes Of not very clear
compilations, than pink or crimson bow
tied in the hair and m knot at the neck.
There are some lighter compilations, little
ireckled, that look best In green. Only the
fair can wear purple. A blonde robed in
lovliest blue, with embroidered lace ut the
neck and wrists, and white ribbon on the
bosom, looks sweet and genteel enough for
u bride-dress only moderately trimmed,
with cultured taste, and no further parapher-
MALTA or ornament save that of "a me elk and
quiet spirit"
For the most wealthy to attend Gods |
house of worship deliberately and gaudily |
dressed is in bad taste. For those who pro-
fess to follow IN the footsteps of their Mas |
ter, believing that life is but span, and they
creatures of a day, for those to attend church |
dressed so extensively as to injure the feel
ings of the poor that are present and deter
those In INDECENT circumstances from attend |
ing, is incorrigibe folly or hypocricy; sin.
not only to the poorer classes, but to society
ut large, to themselves, and to their Heaven
ly Father. N. l.. ID.