The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-02-04

brown, but English pink specially, and
pale mot too pale) blue.
The most charming toIlettes for girls
are white upon white, or all white with
natural flowers, or color upon color, as
light pink, blue or green, with white
flowers or a mixture of white and red
carnations of roses. Evening dresses for
young girls should be made of light glace
silk, if of silk at all, rather than with
heavy fables and corded fabrics, and
mounted with gauze, pulled upon the
front and draped at the back, the silk
forming lengthwise poutS between. The
silk and gauze should be arranged alter
nately as hounces.
HIGH AND Low.
Young ladies have revived fashion
of twenty-five years ago IN the high
necks and short sleeves, which are al.
most universally adopted. 1t is pretty
and becoming fashion for those who
have pretty, well.rounded arms, and
looks modest, as well as girlish, but 1t is
absurd for women of middle age, and no
woman, married or past thirty, should
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young or old, never have taken kindly to
low necked dresses. The climate is
against them, the draughty architecture
of our public buildings is against them,
and the traditions OF u more or less Puri-
tan ancestry are dead against them.
Our girls, until after they have been
abroad, always look more or less scared
ina low necked dress. and our women do
not like exhibitions of that sort, or they
have not much to exhibit, or they wear
fannels like meh, and dare not omit
them. Whatever the reason, high neck
ed dresses, that is to say, bodices cat
square, or V shaped, are always in the
majority at balls and parties at New
York City, SO that women with low
dress, and especially if it is very low
one, is marx for observation, is stared
at and looks isolated from the rest of tn
crowd. Even ladies who have become
accustomed to them abroad, yield to the
insensible pressure and cover their should
ers with a fchure or a lace cape.
All boddices are bssques, and cuirssss-
shaped, usually untrimmed, except with
a thick piping. Flowers are placed,
here aud there, upon evening dresses; at
the left Of the neck, on the right of the
boddices, on line with the waist and at
the sides, or back Of the skirt in perpen-
dicular lines, but without stiffness. 4
curious effect was produced by the dress
of girl at recen, ball, who had evil
IDENTIFY followed copy" too strictly. Her
a Of tnl Fad
foundation, and might have been pref
ty, but was not, because it was toe
straight and stiff. Then 4 wealth Of
morning glorles, or convolvulti 10 give
them their proper name, were strung
straight up and down all around, as if
upon number of strisgs against a
fence in the country, and the whele eff
feet was so absurd as to make her sab.
ject for jokes wherever she appeared.
THE LONG ToURSURKs.
The long toarnures, which strike out
like a shalt from tho vast down, and
only extend from three TO five inches
across the back, must have short life,
for they are the most dreadful instru-
ments Of petty torture that can be con-
ceived. To keep them measurably in
place strings have to be attached at the
sides and tied around the body and limbs
in front. A chicken with It's legs tied
together will afford a faint idea of at
temptS at locomOtlon under such
circumstances. Sitting down is just
as impractlcable, and the only thing
possible under the circumstances is
TO execute series of lntinlteslmal
jerks, cross between to Dundreary hop
and skip, and the spasmodc stage move.
ments of an unhedged tragedian. or
course there are many degrees in size and
shape, but the larger grades are simply
abomnable, and respectable women
should not consent to wear them; per-
haps they do not, but there are some
women who do and the spectacle they
present is enc to make other women to
turn away in shame and confusion. The
"Grocian Bend" was baby 10 II, this Is
a tull grown monster, and ought to be
exterminated at once. The tleDacks are
retained still, but in less exaggerated
form; overSkirts have almost Disappeared
trimmed skirts having taken their place.
WALKING COSTUMES
are beautifully made OF velvet and silk
combined, or of three shades of one color
in rich faille A very handsome dress,
recently sent to Washington, was in
three shades of blue silk, the darkest navy
blue. /. was accompanied by Capote
bonnet of navy blue velvet trimmed
with the lighter shades in silk and cream
colored lace. Another dress for visiting
was of Invisible green silk and velvet. the
latter used as sleeves, as alternate
fiounces, as lining for the heading OF the
sbirred sides, and as vest pockets, and as
mounting for the cuirasSc basque. A nat
of cream-colored felt, trimmed with IN
visible green velvet and cream colored
velvet, accompanied this dress.
Onite a change has taken place IN the
making and trimming OF street dresses,
and this vii! be more visible as spring
approaches. The fine knife pleatings
which are so pretty, and have been SO
greatly in vogue, are falling into disuso,
and shrred foances, especially Tor caSsi-
meres. are taking their place. Dresses
are made in two parts, trimmed SKIRT ana
BASQUE, no overskirt. The skirt is pulled
across the front, shirred at the sides, and
arranged in two ponts at the back. which
fall one below another. The tieuncet
around the bottom consist of two, gradu'
ated in depth, and shirred near the top
which is liued with silk, and forms 8
rutfled heading. The edges may be
hemmed up or bound with silk, or, if The
BODY part is of silk, with velvet Small
capes, mantelets and pelerines will be
used to finish the costumes.
The sudden decline manipulating II
probably to be attributed to the fact thai
it is now quickly and cneaply made oy
machinery, instead of, SIS formIy' oy
hand, and in consequence has become e1
ceedingly common. II is true, there IS a.
much difference in pleating well ma ie 0!
hand and pleating made by machine
as between India shawls and French I'm
itation; still it has taken away the &c