Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-06-01
The Eccentr cities Of fashion.

When 1junces are called gusts Of
wind and iringes ltmes Of FIRE :" when
fashionable c0lor- are sp0ken0i seriously
a. "cheyeuT De Ia reina, "pruda de
monsieur "nymphe emue," Sang de
taureau," "coq en- colere, or rose, lex.
ces d'emotion, one is inclined 10 believe
that the heads o! the women Of fashion
have been turned by some strange fan.
cl :. When these col0rs are familiarly
spoken Of without being translated into
good sound English, the result is some
times ludicrous; clerks and dress,makers
have the names at their tongues ends
without knowing their meaning or under
standing their subtle suggestiveness, and
the result il q sort oi Choctsw from
which one unearths the welmeant,
though absurd, foreign nomencatures.
The tender green Of the linden blossom
as expressed in "tilleul,' as "till" be-
comes the familiar nickname to Matilda.
and means nothing; this seasons "bche, J"
which paints 10 the eye the coloring of
the deer, takes on the meaning Of vul-
gar word much abused. and suggesting
only the female of the canine breed.
But to prove that history repeats it.
selt, even in 20 small a thing as the names
Of fashions, We quote passage from an
old Eagli.h magazine published in Lon
don in 1899. The September number Of
that year has in it translation from the
French-s letter written by a young
girl to her grandmother, VINO seems to
have reproyed her for too great fond.
ness for the tollies OF the day. The
young woman cleYerly answers the re.
proof By hunting up aud quoting the
fashions Of her grandmother's young
days, 4" To convince you" she says, that
she is 10 worse than the young women OF
other times, " need only to transcribe
a description Of the fashions as written
from Paris 10 letter from my great
grandmother, to which you will certainly
agree, and which found among some
old papers Here is her citation
The ladies dress their head. very
high, with toupet in front, and the hail
cut in brush The point of the toupet,
which projects on the forehead, Is called
the physiognomy the curls on each
.ide, which are very large and separated,
are denominatet attentions. The
b)nnets are Of great size and or.
namented with flowers and English rib.
bons OF these bonnets there are two
hundred different kinds, from ten livres
up TO one hundred in price. The
bunches Of feathers are Of prodigiou.
size; when they are white plume Of the
/ color OF the dress is worn with them, ol
ene Of Jet black The most fashionable
color for The robe is called the queen.
hair; next to it in repute is puce color
Straw colored satin Is very much worn
| trimmed yaiiQusy with gauze, lace ol
| fur. They reckon above one hundred
and fifty different kinds of trimming
Next come painted, brocaded satins, eacll
/ Of which has name The most fash
i1Dahle is 'smotherei -ighs; apple green
/ striped with white, i also much in iavor
it is called lively shepherdess. The
following are tue names Of the NEST eel
ebrsted styles; Indiscietion,' grand
repute,' preference vspors,' sweet
signing agitation regrets honor.
able composition Hoop petticosts are
very small, slippers sre puce color, OF
queens hair
Itis Jhjs part Of the dress which most
particularly distinguishes the magniti
cence OF our ia,hionsbles. They are EN-.
broilered with diamonds, and il is thus
they are am9s. universally worn.
Ladies dare not show themselves
now unless their feet are like
boxe. o! jawelFy. The slippers are long
and narrow; tie stripe behind is orna,
mantcd with Jewels. Nantes are ban
ished. Instead of q ueck>handkerchieI
they wear a swans down tippet, which
they call cat Thus every woman
has q cat on her neck. At the back O
the shoulders they have devices Of lact
gauze, or blonde, very thickly plated
this is named the Archduchess o
Medcis, Henry ", or high.collared
ruff. The ribbons most in fashion are
attention, eye,dej ejacted,' the sigh Of
Venus, instant conviction y lady
was lately at the theater in a robe o
smothered sighs, ornamented with vair
regrets, with a point in the middle o
perfect candor, slippers of queens hail
embroidered with diamonds in Peliidiout
strokes; her hair curlei in super refined
| sentiments, with q bonnet Of rertec
conquest, adorned with wild feathers
ribbons OF eye-deiected, with a cat Of
her shoulders of the color OF strangers,
despairing Medicis and a mutf of memen
tarv agitation
When he mind devoles itself solely t,
the matter of dressing, the result is abou
the same in all ages of the world n
y. Evening Post,