Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-01-11
THE HERALD.
THE FASHIONS.
Jennie June Makes Some Re.
marks on the Subject of
Outfits for Brides.
The New Cioaks and Furs-The Rage for Fur
TrImming-About Jackets-Lace Necker-
chieEs-New Orname nts-A Novelty In
Jewels.

Jewels.
On the subject of brides outfits,
Jennie June, 10 the Cincinnati Com
mercial says 1t is matter OF such
frequent occurrence to receive letters
asking for reply concerning the de-
tails of the brides requirements,
from "slippers to hairpins'', that
answering them is physical i'm.
possibility. | received one lately,
however, from a young lady 90 evi.
IDENTIFY sensible, of being "economi-
csl". notwithstanding the 'carte
blanche" from an indulgent mother,
that l EN- really sorry cannot in
dulge 10 "personal'' letter, but |
may congratulate the future hus-
band, and ! do so sincerely. One of
the wise conclusions which she has
worked out all by herself in the
futiIity of the orthodox white satin
and orange blossoms, aud the utility
of stylish yet serviceable travelling
suit.
This is undoubtedly no more
absurd waste of money than that
which ia expended on very, lorg-
trained white satin gown, white veil
aud trails of orange blossoms.
In family of seven girls, who
c1uld utilize it one after another,
there is shadow of excnse for its
being, but for the single purpose of
marrying one woman to one man, 1t
is clear waste of beautiful material.
For after tho first or second time the
bride can never wear it in it's en-.
tirety again. The orange blossoms
are Inappropriate, the veil, to be
sure, can be torn up into ties and
wells and pIaitings, but the dress,
with its long, suggestive train, can
never be worn without some one re-
marking upon that as the bridal
dress, and TO do it often would be to
change IL into 8 nuisance and hor-
rOr.
So the bridal dress is often laid
away TO grow yellow, and does so,
when the money that was spent up
on il could have been put to so mach
better and more practical use in
other things.
II il true that white silk dress,
or even d white satin dress, is not
necessarily a useless addition to the
wardrobe made with a moderate
train aud in an uncomfortable man.
ner it may bo turned to good account
by thrifty person who understands
the whole art of cleaning, dyeing
and making over. But such dress
does not resemble an elegant bridal
costume to be that il must be dis
tinctiVe, particularly in its length of
train, and as the skirt is shaped to
meet that emergency, to shorten it
forward is to spoil it; besides it
would only give occasion for spite
full remarks touching an endeavor to
conceal its original character.
A travelling suit, however, which
simply means a handsome costume,
adapted for church, or visiting, or
walking afterwards, according to
circumstances and conditions, is es-
sentlally useful, better adapted to ell
seasons than any other, and shares
the annoyance of being spectacle
for display. A suit for this kind may
DO as rich as the length of the purse
will allow; it may be of velvet
trimmed with richesG fur, of camePs-
hair, trimmed with silk or cashmere,
or alpaca, for that matter, with no
trimmings at all, but made in suit
form, with harmony in every de-
tail, it will look neat, carry a sense
of fitness, If not elegance, and en-
force it's own lesson of usefulness and
sdaptability. Times have changed
very much during The past quarter
OF century, and an outfit for a
bride such as then was thought
necessary would now DO an no.
surdity. Fashions change SO rapidly
that more clothes that are required
for wear in position which the
bride is to occupy, - simply use
less outlay fer what is nothing but
burden.
Underclotbing, to be put away to
rot, when it can be- bought at any
moment, in any quantity, and al
most any price, is as poor al invest
ment as silk dresses which cannot
be worn nutil they are out of FASH
ion, and cloaks and shawls, which
only fill spaces on closet shelves. If
brides, or their friends, insist upon
spending a certain amount of money,
let them put some Of it 10 real lace,
or better still, in bank to the
brides credit, SO that she can draw
upon il for that or anything else at
her pleasure. A time may come when
she will need it more than ruffled
underwear or suRshade to match
every bonnet
The finest uuderclothes Just now
consist of simple masses of valeRcien-
mes Iase and insertions, sometimes
lined with white, pale pink, or blue
silk
Petticosts are made of pale blue,
q delicate pink flannel. exquisitely
embroidered in white or in same
color, ard drawers are sometimes
made of white silk and ruffied with
the fiaest Valenoiennes But these
are not common even for wealthy
brides. Linen, hand-wrought wash
ing flannel, mere embroidered,
thread hosiery, and variety of
white and colored flannel skirts, the
latter trimmed with knife-plaitings
for outside wear next to the dress,
are usually considered sufficient, the
amount of ruffiing and needle.work
being purely matters of taste and
parse, which fashion only controls
so far as to see that those who have
a fancy for such things can have all
they want. Colored hosiery was con-
sidered rather startling st first, but
il has become now a recognized fact
that the solid brown, inkly blue, or
cardinal red of the pleated flannel
skirt should be matched by the dark
shade of the stockings, and in win
ter, in gray, cold or snowy weather,
it does not seem at all Objectionable;