The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-05-16
oUR FASHION LErrER.

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n We direct the attention of our lady
reuders 70 the first iisnnl,sr ola regular
series ofirttsrs from, especial correspon.
deil on the ~ absorbing ever huciualing
|suhject OF '.tIle fash.ons.n 1t Ii all Creek
% us, but plain as A. y. O. to the ladies
ami OF deeper Interest to them than Tie
war with Turkey.
We givsour correspondent credit for
courage and caldor. She II The first
woman We have ever Known 70 call any
new fashion ugly. Liberty Ii given 10
heap uiiineasured ridicule upon whichever
has PASSED away intie ceaseieSs roll Of
change, hut whatever Is the mode Is there's
fore "lovelg,, =, 'besutiful' "chalming,"
exquisite aud i Is high ileason to
crilicises whileinen lonk on and laugh at
the absurditles SO palpalde d, tile epull
back. and the panier, and tile rreposterous
long trains. and now, ut the new style
which has earned the irroverent title Of
zone legged palilalOons.
Our correspondent touches upon all the
items of female gear; with special junction.
upon boniiels. Bonnels aud hair are the
betes noirs of the ladies--lwo things upon
which they cal. never reach conclusion.
They keep Them in hot water all through
their lives. II san ilisatiate long ing after
tile beautiful pursued through all tile
mazes 81 change. Bonnets and lar are
lever suffered 10 be ina state Of rest. they
are III constant transition stage'fr0m Tad
- worse, aud dice Eerat; for unfortunately,
The true i,lea 0f hair dressing hasnever
been attained siice the classic days Of
Greece; and the. Greek nlaidens didn't
wear honneis.
II would he hard TO say upon which
subject Ingenuity had been mole tortured;
on hair ar bUlnels. In the steady war
fare against nature. our sSmpallIies are
with the former. 81. Paul says "lIie hair
II the glory of woman modern fashion
makes i. a laughing stuck. il iscrimped,
II Is burned, IL i twisted, it j. ponatunicd,
into ki:iks, 10 initiate The African rs near
as may be; II another il Is expanded into u
mass ~ the ai,l 81 old newspapers, aud
stuffed rugs and Jute and artificial brai,Is
until tile oycrburiened head painfully
suggests tile hy,lrocrpllnlus--tou big a
load % rest oil loving shoulders And as
for bonncts, ladies cannot march up like
men ioA substantial ideal ~ perlllanercy.
They will accept ntdIing AZ umsarying as
tile ligh crowned .'lieaver' or ilic flexible
sDft hat. They are constantly boxing tile
compass of extremes. Now, il isa bonupt
with a flare Of hfim large enough 10 en-.
gulfa school % lnullets; now. |, is a wisp
% small that il may i,e twisted round tile
finger; again. II comes out IN a form 80
saiRpeless thatil lonks us lift had levn
pursosely stuck on the top % u stump and
sat upon. And still again. II rcars a crest
as high and formidable as grcnadirTs
cap. There Is one underlying principle
IN them all: the bonnet is the fOnndaiinll--
aud nothing more-fur all ibe capIicious
oriianients fashion calls for; sonlciinIes
made nn aviafy where skinned birds
perch IN impossible positions; sometimes,
conservatory III wlirh summer flowers
are made to brave tie blasts VI winter.
and where grains and grasses flourish III
defiance Of tile sessan; OF again. as now,
anay pole where ribbons Haunt their
hriiliancy IN all The rivalry Of incongTaoas
eOlur-.
But all these things pisasr The ladies.
isili II ~ ii.ings, pace aa dmes aud
therefore W. remit % them lie l,erusal u
TIE fashion lritar."