Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-03-18
The Fashions.

The New York. HcraId's Paris correspondent
says :-AlilIioers sre worse than puzzles. How
they 80 ca about ducks wing, heron, phea.
ssu, AID powdered ostrich is incredible; but all
their Industry is canIred on CROWDS This part
Of hat j. sometimes broad, sometimes wider
Ikaa SPAR, and at others a spreading bird is
used fer ceo.0, or a cr0wn is cooe that,
lGstead OF golog up ia poiut like bell, falls
back like eaulDg tower, making one feel
nervous IN the lee side whenever the wind
blows. Then cJrobets are either ascending,
bow. shaped brims, flied OUT inside with face
trimmings. as they roll back to leave the face
trimmed roual with uothing but playful frz
Z,s OF hair. Brims and coronctS are likewise
piGched in knowingly. This is specially the
case with Gaiustoroushs, which are, besides,
slit, thus fJrmirg on each side Of q cash two
horos. one Ct which stands up and the other
is slrcktd down toward the back. do not
obselve &ry hat shapes so much 10 the point
as this.
| have sccu perfect p,rterres of flowers called
hats, but in this ii0e the prettiest is Nine.
Joss:'s fl)wcr iaochon-s diadem of mignon
cite 10 all the olives and dead gold shades With
a pqlc here and there OF crocusses and wall.
flowers, sotlened down by az airy chenille fringe
in mess tlrla, snanpltd to initiate early dew.
The wearcr thrusts Two sous violet bouquet
10 h-r lrrnst pocket. aud the perfume that
emauatrs thcreirom il supposed to proceed
from her tanchon-a superstition that renders
its beauty all the more telling.
mentioned in ooe Of my last ali the names
knew OF this seasons costly fabric. Had
sp.c, allowed | should haV. described the
heauiial Alsatian prints and Normandy goods.
]aconets, muslius, cations, Nc, are made to
initiate the woolInn materials in vogue. The
cJlors are all on tho same scale ADD fast,
in spite If their apparent delicate toge.-
Thc designs are stripes. sperks, granite, mar
biz mnirr, thorus Wssi's' nests, coral twigs,
acauthus LEAKAGE a5d grained veios like those
seen iu oak. These dresses are invaluable 10
hot climates and they are to be made up 10 the
most sylvan. meanderog styles. Those which
initiate stuff ADD the deep blues will be found
more durable than prints have been heretofore.
A graud feature at the coming exhibition will
be haDgipgs or TEXTURES. 10 this department
walls arc to be rcvoution'zed We are to
abandon paper i,r gautFered leather aud or
basaDe as the arccnts called leather embossed
with gold and colored designs 10 relief. But
the closest limitations and the best will be found
among woveo goods, in the tapestry depart
ment, to which shall rcturo. For the present
| will mention solely that some pain has been
taken to initiate, not the beautiful dyes ct
primitive hapgings, but their faded statc-the
state We. the degenerate, have t0uod them 10.
Now, it is al very woli 10 way to copy
things as We God them. but there was Chinese
tailor sfho having had TO make pair OF nan
keen trousers for an Eogllshmao, cut hole
ia the part just over the knee and darncd 1t up
again because he found darn 10 the pattern
he was told to 90 By. 1t is almost Chinese to
lavish labor on d.fccts caused by ,ime, wear and
tear. When manufacturer holds up square
Of carpet and says, and | Gnd it to be, that bis
texture is perfect copy Of this authcDtic bit OF
Bcauvai5, Chaisa Deu or Aubussou, admire
the yeracty of bis judgment. but at the same
time fec! convinced that bis bit will Tot last
so long as bis model.
The MEDIEVAL tapestry has withsood i'll
usage. but the original warm coors arc still
observable on the wrong side. 1t has seen
good deal of mailing over moist walls, has
been impregnated with the fumes OF kennel
varlets halls covered with dust, left 10 spiders,
worms ADD neglect. Nevertheless, alter having
ioalIy been cut up for the lining Of carpets or
straw mating over hagstones, or torn most
rutbless!y for the stopping up OF holes 10 i'm
possible places. such as sentry boxes, yet this
is still model on which wise brains speculate,
whereas the etface half dyes used to initiate its
decrcptude cancot be expected to ou.livc even
the smoke Of a cigar veteran, much less that
OF 40 ordinary French fireplace. Visitors
passing through Group 3. class is, will look
at dull, modern tapestries $50 different from
subdued. sober haugingS) with iudis,ict figures
Of apocryphal birds on them, just as one does
at any aracbrorism- as smoke, for instance,
curIiog up as medium Of information from a
Vatican chimney pot when people have telc.
graphy at disposal.