The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-31
NEW ORLEANS FASHIONS.

put the proper phrase immediately In the
proper place. And how delightfnli is, when
you feel a desire to grncd your story with
poetic complements, to find lying near at
hand an edition Of quotations, from which /
borrow this pretty idea:, .rts +
"A winning wave. deserving note.
In the tsmpestuOus pettcoat-
A careless shoe. q, ring. in whose tie
i sec wild etvi!Hyr1. ~ E,Es.. = w..
"a Do more bewitch me than when art
90 Is too precise In every part" ,r..s
But when you become fascinated by the
bewildering ease of these apt illustrations
you are plunged without remorse- yet from
no lack OF smoothly -fowin9 rhythm into an
ley bath, by remembering TINT the effect is
vastly different when the trammeling shoe
/. string or neglect Of art il encountered In
reality. Despite such a disastrous finale,
however, the poesy would still re-
tain it's charm, for "a sweet disorder
in the dress" might be tolerated In
heavenly verse, whereas In prose it
or shabbiness. At the, present time, art is
! everything in constructing q. costume; the
4 hand of an artist maDipulates the mysteries
OF combination. There never was time
when harmony Of shades and contrasts, as
well as harm ony Of qualities, and even decora-
tions, required closer confederation than of
late. The results obtained are often beautiful
though incomprehensibie to the unintiated.
ONCE UPON A TIME,
not many days since, a smiling daughter,
whohad just donned a new attire, glided into
the portly presenceof her sire, and coquettish-
ly demanded to know how she looked. He
drew his brows into a beetling frown with
the gravity Of an alderman or mayor, and
scanned her with q critical gaze.
"(fD o. exclaimed he after fayu mo-
ments Of scrutiny affecting a noble, thea
trical rant. "You may be the very mirror Of
fashion, my dear, but why do you wear blue
bows with dress Of greenY
Misguided m.lnl he did not in tho ignor-
ance OF his soul understand that the. young
iady's toilet was the very perfection Of taste,
harmony and style; that one Ct the most
skillfnl modistes 81 the city had fashioned It,
with blue faille and point lace, she had
revealed herself the true artist, to the talent
born. The Rat was OF moss-green silk, with
cielbine feathers, and to this bit of daintiness,
a feeble objection Perhaps 1t was the bills
coming In just then which aroused his father
ly solictude. 1t could never be-no, perish
the thought-it could never be that he Ian
combination, and dared boldly to acknowledge
this, as 1t were, In the very faee Of society.
This toilet was ono of the many handsome
connections seen at Mrs. Logan's.
ANOTHER QUITE ROYAL IN TEXTURE AND
p4Ss DESIGN,
was OF the very paIest of tan-eolored silk In
combination with an exquisite shade of ruby
velvet: 1t was cut after the princesse model
with long court train showing deliberately
the rich shade of velvet, and deep lace baIa-
yeuse. 1t came up very high in the neck, with
2 deep velvet collar, part of which extended
encircling the throat. It was open in front,
tablier of the same decorating the front oIh
In TRAVERSE folds; below this tabIler, the bot
the tan-colored silk, simply bound with folds
Of the velvet. The sleeves, to the elbow were
composed Of ruby velvet; they were finished
with beautiful decorations Of the silk and
pocket, no trimmings that overloaded the
dress, nothing but Elegant fabrics, cut with
great TASTE and colors chosen to set each
other of with artistic skill.
APRTNCESsE DRESS OF NAvY-BLuE SILK.
at the same establishment, was trimmed with
silk; the fan-shaped train had RIFLES OF the
navy blue, with balayeuse of fine Valen-
cienIes lace; fine knife pleatlngs on the front
OF the dress were headed by tabs OF cream
silk and buttons OF smoked pearl. TheE5ab-
lIer was very HANDSOME, the drapery at the
back falling In graceful carelessness low over
the train. The sleeves and neck were finished
on with crepe hsse rafiies, and g standup col
lar decorated the latter, the edges revealing
q tiny piping OF cream silk.
FOR BALL DRESS TRIMMINGS,
the most popular fashion are flowers in their
natural eolors, as faithfully copied as possible
from nature. One Of the prettiest OF floral
garnitures is composed Of clusters OF tea
roses, mingled will honeysuckle. The clusters
tra lIse s are placed rather low down where the
skiet' Or on one side in q closely-gathered
Duh. Then the honeysuGke falls over the