The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-06-27
Fashion FoLL1Es.


Fashion FOLLIEs.
They Were ~ Baa In the Last Cen.
tury as New.
eFssm the New York Post.
When flonnces are called sgusts O
wind and fringes flames of fire, her
feibi9pable cQlors are spoken Of q
: kc84}& u i teinS iruns de mon
sfe5E, Symphs emue,, sang de tau.
$ fe6u,' seDq en ncolore,' or rose, excess
d'emotion,' one is inclined to believe
that the heads of women of fashion
have been turned by some strange
1ancies. When these colors.are famil.
1afly spoken of without being trans.
lated into good round English, the re.
suit 10 sometimes ludicrous; clerks
and dressmakers have the names al
their tongues ends, without knowing
their meaning or understanding their
subtle suggestiveness, and the result
is sort of Choctaw from which one
unearths the wellmeant, though absurd
foreign nomenclatures. The tender
green of the linden blossom as ex.
pressed in tilleul,' as till' becomes
the familiar nickname of Matilda, and
means nothing; this seasons sbiche,
which paints to the eye the coloring
OF the deer, takes on the meaning of
avulgar word, much abused, and sug-
gesting only the female Of the canine
breed.
Bat to prove that history repeats
itself, even in so small a thing ss the
names Of fashions, we quote q passage
from an old English magazine publish
ed in London in 1893. The September
number of that year has in it trans.
lation Of the French-a letter written
41a Young girl to her grandmother,
Who beefhs 70 have reproved her for
the follies of the day. The young
woman cleverly answers the reproof
BY hunfing'up snd quoting the FASH
ions of her grandmother'sy young days.
To convince yon, abe says, that she is
no worse thsn young women OF other
times, need only to transcribe a de-
scription Of the fashion as written from
Parisin letter from my great-grand-
mother, to which you will certainly
agree, and which found among some
old papefs.' Here Is her citation:
The ladies dress their heads very
high, with toupet in front, and the
hair cut in . brush. The point on the
foupet, which projects on the forehead
is called the physiognomy the curls
ON each side, which are very large and
separated, are denominated attentions.
The bonnets are of great size and or
namented with flowers and English
ribbons. OF these bonnets there are
200 different kinds, from 10 up to 100
in.price. The bunch of feathers are of
prodigious size when they are white,
. plume Of the color of the dress is
worn with them. or one of jet black.
? The most fashionable color for the
robe 10 called the queens hair. next to
IT in repute is puce color. Straw COL
ored satin is very much worn, trim
med variously with gauze, lace or fur.
They reckon above 15O different kinds
of trimming. Next come painted bro
cade satins, each of which has . name.
The most fashionable is smothered
, sfghA apple green, striped with white
is also much in favor; it is called live
~ shepherdess.' The following are
the names of the most celebrated
styles: t.Indiscretion,' grand repute'
preference svspors,' sweet sighing,
sagitation. regret honorable COM
position Hoop petticoats are very
small, slippers are puce color, or
queens hair 1t is this part of the
dress which most particularly distin.
guishes the magnificencc of our fash.
fonsbles. They are embroidered with
diamonds, and it is thus they are AL
most universally worn. Ladies dare
not show themselves now unless their
feet are ike boxes of jewelry. The
slippers are long and narrow; the
stripe behind is orDamented with jew
Ella Aantles are banished. Instead
Of . neck-handkcrchief they wear q
.swansdown tippet, which they call
cat. Tins every woman has q cat on
her neck. At the back of the shoul-
ders they have devices Of lace gauze,
or blonde. very thickly plated this is
named the Archduchess Medicis,' >
Henry the w. or high collared ruff.
The ribbons most in fashion are at
tentiPn, = don't despair eye-dejected'
the sigh of Venus instant convic.
fion-' A lady was lately at the thea
ter IN . robe of smothered sighs, orna-
zmsnted with vain regrets, with point
in the middle of perfect candor, slip.
per- of queens hair embroidered with
diamonds IN perfidious streaks; her
hair curled super-refined sentiments,
win . bonnet Of perfect conquest,
adcgned With Wild feathers, ribbons of
eys-dejected, with . cat on her shoul-
ders Of the color Of strangers, des-
pairing Medicis and muff of mo-
mentary agitation.'
When the mind devotes itself solely
to the matter of dressing the result 10
abosf the same in all ages Of the
world.
NEW YoRKERs consumed during the
year ending May l, about six million
Kegs oflsger,o about GEO, ,OO0, 90 glasses
Yet their thirst is not quenched. and
tiase will be more swallowed this
yeax. Lager il : progressive institu-
&s~ = f. NJ ~ bo thiPfu W.