Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-09-02
FASHIONS,
Sonntry Houses and their Occu.
pants-What Girls Wear I'm the
fountains aud by the Seaside
Autumn Novelties

| green binds was universal Travellers noted
us prettlness. especially when EMPOWERED i'm
| masses OF green shrubbery and shaded by over
hansihg Trees. or late years, however, the
nhi.e mouse In the country, and its contrast
ing ohnd OF green, have given place to com
oined greys and browns, and more recently
still to blacks and browns with dashes of red
In tlle or ornamentation. This is, of course. In
Strlct accordance with the canons of modern
arr, winch require grave and neutral colors for
the body part OF the object and the introduc-
ton OF light and color only for the production
OF picturesque effect. There is dark somore
picture of Wonverman, the shadows OF which
are weirdly Illuminated by a white horse in
the back. 1t Is some such result as this which
seems to be aimed at in the present style of
country architecture and landscape garden.
ing. We have cottages in the Swiss, cottages
in the old Dutch and cottages in the Norman
style, but the ground shades in which they are
finished are always dark, the light and color
being introduced in unexpected daSheS which
arrest the eye and win Instant admira ion, but
nerves.
There Is great demand for vistas. for side
lights, and deep dark shadows, and the skill
OF the architect is tested TO unite with these
mIdeyai effects. the comfort demanded by
modern progress in social arts and appliances.
One % he oddities which has been pressed
INTO service for orlamentlng grounds and gar
deLs Is X pSey kettle. The pot is of,en paint
eo red. aid is swung between the croSs-Sticks
pants, sometimes put to farther use IN suS
tanning box or llrdinier, from which the
tend lis and vines descend and cling abOHt
The rude tripod. Guarded trunks and broken
stumps OF trees are eagerly sought for and EN-
ployed as Ia. den vases and some enthusiastic
persons hunt Tor them as they do for spinaing
WheelS, grap them up and transport them to
their city drawing rooms. The supply is not
equal TO The demand, however, even in the
| country, and SO clever limitations of broken
and WorlB eaten trunks and stumpS have been
produced III magnolia, and the very attest have
been made into garden seats. and have added
an eAac' reproduction of the effect of pretty
knitted WOODEN shawl thrown over them.
The interior of country houses show a no less
marvellous change than the exterior. H.
stead OF slender little stands, and spider
lowered cap Is, We have walls tint
| ed or. pannelled and dadoed. Darkly
blended or neutral tinted carpets, lighted by
| floors, with only Turkish or Persian rugs
| placed here and there to furnish the indispen-
| sable DIT Oh color and a soft resting place for
| the feet before the sofa, or beside the drape-
ried bed at The slime time.
The fun niture Is East Lake" in form and
| S0ld ash. or oak or walnut, with, perhaps an
Old piece of mahogany iHterpolated which il
regarded "a a Il eaSuIe.
The upholstery does not conceal the woo l.
Work, IL Is subordinate TO it. 1t forms com.
t . seats, and Is set IN as panels. but il
| mentS instead OF being numerous aud trivial
! are few aud costly. but among them is always
| one SLENDER, tail, stem like glass, which holds
| u 1alf lily or All upright tongue OF lame.
| FASHION IN TIE MOUNTAINS AND AT THE
SEASIDE.
| There is one great blessing that has come 10
US III these latter days that those whose memo
| rles do not go back quarter of a century or
more can hardly appreciate, aud that Is the
gradual disappearance OF the lackadaSical
! girl.
The girl of the period has been pilloried and
| held up to perhaps deserved ridicule She has
certainly had her absurdities her caprices,
her 1ancles. and her eccentrlcities; but her
movements We're irregular, because they were
| uncertain, but at least they were movements,
and these always show vitality and power,
which may be made useful if given proper
The interesting, lackadaisicll girl of the last
generation is the weak. nervous, helpless
woman OF to-day. She could not speak a
plain word. she could not eat an honest
| square meal, she was always pale, and
| suffering from something or other, or if a
robust ancestry would break out in spite of
| egar, pickles and slate pencils to undermine
| her constitution, and make her the delicate in.
valid she wished to be considered. AS mem
| Der OF family, She was an unmitigated nuts
ance; as the mistress of household, dead
| failure; as wife, drag instead of a help.
meet; and as mother, gave her children their
by. somebody else. Thank heaven, She is
dying out. We see very little of her now
days. avs, . sona.
| ing more vigorous life. They are beginning
to get glimpse OF what work means; of the
sweetness, the elevation, the dignity 1t add.
in the world for women when they once dis
| cover what a key it is to worlds unknown
| what ii holds for them of expansion of enjoy
ment; what an arcana it will spread out be
| fore them.
The reign of dirty and dishonest Budgets is
| short they may make the most OF their present
chance, the pecuiations, and dishonest work
| vi class OF dreSsmakerS will shortly come t(
an end, for the bri sht girls of the present gen
Grafton Will not stand it, when they feel the
ability and know how to mend it. Some of the
have shown what they can do, during the pas,
summer, in the interior of Maine, in the noun
talnS OF pennsylvania, and in the hooks of the
Satskills. A majority of them have prepar ed
their own wardrobes. some have taken it upon
themselves to fish and forage for the
shanty," and others have done the cooking
winter, and lunches, at which the food Is pre-
pared by the young hostess, assisted more OF
less BY her guests.
These, however, are recreations the solid
part Of it is that girls are beginning to put
their faculties to some use that instead OF
dWadling over fancy work they are beginning
haunting in the street parading fimsy fnery,
| they are painting, carving, Improving, and
| decorating their own homes aud even in
some instances putting themselves seriously
TO the task OF teaching younger brothers and
sisters All this is so good that one can only
| hope 1t Will become more general.
! ITdctlcdl Work ought TO enter SO much more
/ than 1t does into education, il is SO healthful,
| so necessary to full development it teaches So
much more than can be taught by text DO ,ks
| and abstract methods.
What our girls learn experimentally they
never forget. But what has all this to do with
| fashion? More than We think. It is to this
change we owe the spirit 10 which the SD ori
! costume has been received, the sensible
| dresses seen at even the most fashionable re
| sorts Ia the mountains of plain wool, short anC
simply made and trimmed. 1t has even af
! iected The most frivolous seaside res JrtS h As
Induced stylish bellies to replace their trailing
silk i2peS with comparatively short dresses OF
! iiexpensige Organdy, barage, and dotted mus
| lin, and Will relieve many struggling, DIES
Iondent man of burden daily becomiul
more and more difficult to be borne.
Nor have the girls lost anything certainly
they are handSUmer in fresh useful dreSse;
than they were bei".a.
There Is nothing SO ageing as the compiled
Gon OF rich, Weighty fabrics with profuse
| thinning and ornaments; there is nothing
| either more eXhauSting TO the nervous system
| No more becoming toilette 10 pretty girl cal
be conceived than dotted muslin, ma lie short
With two skirts and shirred b.uuSe waist a
| Creole" headdrtoS arranged with a small soft
! SILK handkerchief, with a border In which the
c0iors are displayed, and ribbon trimmings for
the dress repeating the colorS seen ia the border
| OF the handkerchlef-pink and blue, crimson
| and canary, olive and red or olive and b u-.
| AID the like. Dotted muslin can be purchased
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