Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-03
EVENING STAR.
MONDAY...............July 3. Is7e.
VIEW YORK FASHIONS FOR July.
lFTom Our OtcH Correspondent
NEW YORK, July I, IS6.


fashionable young men OF New York have
done manly thing, IN a manly way; they
have shown respect for work and workers
and when the regular stage drivers and hack
crivers showe1 their good-natured consider.
atlt q oy yielding the road, or getting oct of
TIE way, the amateurs responded by invit-
Ing them 10 dinner. at which a little moi
TOO mncn tpeechlfying, cemented the good
wall between them. This was good. Now.
the oelles are doing better work than they
Imagined by adapting their dress TO its pur-
pose, D! wearing linen and cotton fc1e dresses
when are as much prettier and more be-
Wit mtg man siIs for races and boating, and
lawn ans garden parties and croQuet, as
May Is sweeter than November. When An
keins places one pretty foot upon the steps
Ia her Cesc6nt nom Mr.. Montmoreucy Kniek-
eibockers coach, her pretty gray stripe, with
oark blue costume huttering in the gentle
vino, SOFT lace floating about her, and the
low croop, shaded by a plume, of her Gains
ooIougn bat touching her shoulder, she has
no idsa That she is preaching the gospel of
C tt9n 10 haehel and Penelope, Hattie and
Jenlms; but she is.
When lovely and aristocpatic young bride
puts on white antique linen, Of the purest
ivory TINT, aud shades her fair face with a
coarse straw hat, she Is simply delighted
win the effect. She has no idea thank
heaven, OF doing IL from humanitarian mo-
ives out she sccomplishes a useful, human
WoTk nevertheless, Tor she mas "a ken com
mon Thing and Impaired 10 them the beauty
ana fTsgTance OF her own person and has
beiPeo TO teach great truth, that nothing
Is POOR or common in itself, IL only becomes
SO by the company In which we keep 1.-THE
use 10 which we put IL. sing the praises OF
cotton, that is, would IL could, and
thank art and skill and industry for making
mat which is Within the reach of every one
so good in texture and design that those who
csnnot sfiord SILK are 40 longer TO be pitied
Inc curious American passion for silk is a
remnant OF our early days of poverty and
prlNation, when women did their own work
went out very rarely, and then in all the
dignity oil best black silk and real lace. As
time went on, and occasions for going out
multiplied, they still chung 10 the idea
that they must always wear silk, and
thus 1t happens that with many women
OF late years, SILK has become the only
wear; and If they can only get one new dress
INSTEAD OF having that useful one, adapted
10 olversined occasions, they still cling to
SIX, and trail IL about In utter unconscious
ness That IL only expresses either their iguo-
rance or their poverty. The white antique
are lovely, they have a smooth satin surface
araoes Quered In jacquard patterns. One
could take fne old tablecloth, dip it Ia a
solution or coffee, III IL bad been kept whitley
and make of IL fashionable overdress Tnen
there are grey twilled cotton which look n re
serge, ana are sty lishly trimmed with grey
which red or dark blue is introduced, the
lows OF ribbon with the costume is profusely
oinamented, corresponding In color. There
are also grey and cream colored laces into
which poppy red or dark blue is introduced
In minute proportions, but with a striking
effect, which the addition OF silk or ribbon
There is no medium In color this season
Everything is very dark, very light or reu-
ual There are no bright blues, apple greens
or the deeher iInt ~ RSr aTI 3L Inc poppy,
brown OF the butternut, and darkest deepest
blue; contrasts with light or neutral shades
grey or unbleached linen, EN- broidered in the
same shade with linen also, but with dots or
linen Introduced, OF colored wool, dark red
or blue, and this deep color is united with
rlnbOn. Ia
Lishing.
Garden party and croquet dresses may be
n ade cheaply aud effectively OF the pretty
new ginghams, in fne cheeks aud clustered
ctr pes, grey and Ink, with lire OF black,
or STey and dark blue with lines of black
ana yellow, Tue training OF Emyrna lace. IL
may be useful 10 the possessors of ivory
camasb ed linen dresses to suggest the WASH
ing them in cool rice water and the Ironing
npoD the wrong side Soap or starch Will not
'hen be NJ eded, and should not be allowed 70
come near them, any more than they shOald
near prints and girghams which should be
washed al ways in bean water.
SCHOOL OF DRESsMAKING.
A lady OF rank In Paris has, it Is said,
started q school for the purpose of teaching
young .adies in society now 10 do their own
dTeksmaking i'll correct, and even scientific
principles. A skillful modiste is engaged 10
give two lessons per week OF one hour each
10 the class, who practice at home between
times, and many of them show genius for
the work, which will shortly ma Ike them ex-
pert. Why cannot several such schools be
established for The benefit OF fashionable
young ladies in this country? II would be
more rapid, and TO many of them more in
teresting WORK than drawing, or painting
or wood carving, or lace making. Why can
not we have schools OF dressmaking as well
as schools of cookery? One is as useful as
the other, while the money saved in families
would be consideration. American girls
need something TO do; that is conceded, and
how many make poor singers and dreadful
readeIs, and unappreciated writer's who
would make excellent dressmakers. Be
a m cd 10 inf. -
OF their mission. They can put their taste
and skill 10 real practical use, and no one be
Inc wiser. They can save the ten, twenty,
ing dress made, aud get a second one, or
put the money in the bank for a wedding
portion.
American girls are pretty, but as a rule
they aIe the most utterly useless OF human
beings. They toll Lot, neither do they spin
yet solomon in all his glory was not arrayed
like one OF these. 1t may well be a serious
question TO any man whether he can afford
10 marry one OF them. They can neither
help him nor themselves; they expect all the
good things OF this world to fall into their
caps, without even reaching out their hands
for it.
A fashionable school of dressmaking
would be a very good thing; that is, a scheme
that was made fashionable by the auspices
under which II was opened. One OF the truest
e1 son1 and p6ilanthropies would be such
position, who would attract young women
TO II and take as much trouble for ii as for a
'TOscouu
FASHIONS IN COUNTRY HOUSES.
As the centennial keeps more of our peo-
pie at home so IL also occasions more visit
Ing In country houses, more hospitality OF
that extended, and ample proportion which
Is common In England but Of which less is
prsctlsed In this country partly because we
have fewer fine country homes, partly be-
cause American ladies do not like the con-
slant supervision, and real work which IL
occasions. For the owner and proprietor of
an estate in this country rarely devotes
much OF bis time TO 1t, he is engrossed in
business or politics or the ariuous duties of
profession, and IL is his wife who must at
tend 70 the details OF the out doors, as well
as indoor, TO the minutia of the farm, aud
u e garden, the greenhouse, and the grapery
as well as supervise the domestic routine OF
the manage. Nor are the interior duties by
any means slight. In order TO entertain a
numerous circle OF friends and business &C
Quaintances. she must keep q set OF books
with as much regularity as the paid en-
ployes OF business hoCse. She must send
outinvitations by every mail, she must re-
ceive replies. She muss check of those peo-
pie who have been disposed Of She must
note changes In dates, and provide for the
filling up of those that are vacated by ina
bility TO accept. She must arrange plans
for the pleasure of her guests and to suit diff
ferent tastes. Sue must remem Der personal
likes, and dislikes, particularly In regard To