The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-05
FASHION TALK.
The Progressive Art of Dress.
Tho Yelled Alter in livery Woman's
Heart Sacred to Finery.
What Will Add to Woman's LONELINESS This
Winter Picture Buttons.

Onceupon time In o paper on plagiarism,
We came across the cynical assertion that
there was nothing new In the world except,
perhaps, tho costumes Of its inhabitants. We
felt deeply grateful for that saving clause,
and Thought In vague sort OF way that wo-
\ men were to be- thanked for H. 1t compen-
stated ia degree for the sense Of deuson and
| fraud that had been praeticed upon US In other
| things. We had heard In the churches and
read In our closet great Solomon's threnody.
80 full of weariness and passionate disappoint-
ment, but wo were incapable Ut accepting his
conviction that "th,re was no new thing UNI
der the sun, and felt rather startled ut this
proof Of Its truthin its very relteraton. IT
WINS sad, not to say humiliatlng, to believe
that all future lovers were To b. only Jacob
served up over and over again, and oil heroes
| TO be limitations of Moses. even II
This was the bravest warrior
That ever buclled sword"
And could 1t be that "sweet Maud Muller"
| and her '.small tin cup" had their prototypes
In the fair Rebelsah and her pitcher, and that
ali future hospitality had been made stale In
the modest. generous Drink my Lord" of
the maiden at the we'll 7 Admitting all that,
this captious critic conceded that there was
something new remaining for r,s one region
of inexhaustible discovery. The "goodiy raj
ment' Of those simple folk had not antlci-
pated oil originality In dress In latter years.
when our costumes have most nearly ap-
preached primeval simplicity, IL seemed no II
our advances and discoveries had, after all.
been fictitious, but we feel, on the whole, that
the world dresses better than II used and
that this art can never be numbered among
those accounted "lost.'
III every womans heart there ID n corner
sacred to finery and little yelled altar where
offerings are made To vanity. That 10 quite
right and just as was intended. But when
we see all its beautiful and spacious cham
bers dedicated 10 that deity "wo bewail the
worship" and dlsdain the idol. There are
few, we know, lot III hope there are many, In
whom this passion ID tempered with wise
philosophy and who do not need a sense OF
possession In order to enjoy the objects Of
their delight.
rs not that mine. mine to emf y. and use
For all lifes nOblest uses though no gold
Has made II mine to lose.o
But then there Is no progress In that sort OF
pleasant rassivlty, and we fenr that some
active vanity must leaven tho energies OF
latent art. We certainly have no cause to
complain Of sleeping talents now Indeed, 1t
Is % little difficult for sober folks to keep up
with the double-quick of their ideas. Their
fruitful imaRinatlons are supplying us each
day with novelties that not only delight, but
enlighten the taste of women. We unjust con-
graduate ourselves, however. on being pupils
rather than teachers In this ever growing art.
| btylr xtttnAv hay Aaay fhn a.
mind 81 that modiste who breathlessly In
formed patron Tor pensoner, which is 1t y
Madame, after three sleepless nights, your
feathers are arranged"
We have told our flair readers" something
about the materials To DO used, and the styles
to be worn this season, and now we have q
word for them about trimmings We are
dazzled ut every step by the display OF jet In
garniture It sparkles In chenille ROSS and
glistens on velvet IL Ii introduced into every
conceivable form " trimming. Hand-wrought
flowers are frightened and defined by 1t,
leaves are velned and fruits tipped with 1t.
In frlnges and passementerie 1t is mingled so
deity that we quite forget that 1t has been
sometimes, when less skillfully used, an Of
fense to tho eye. Jet In all delicate and dis
guised forms IL certainly u marked adjunct
III the new trimmings. and wa are en,ovinr
the truce that good taste holds With Il, lne
l,rimped silE frlnues. mixed with nhanille
~ with nendaTt satin halls Ara amon~ INA
novelties. "A we'll ~ the crImned tane and
"nressed3 twist fr-inges used oniv ON monrn1
inv goods The NAMES and stvIas Of othar
VI frinTes md nassementerie ara legion md az
terly baffie DESCRIPTION. 70 49, &NAN Nv
In self-trim fnings box. knife and side Malt
,nps IRA rhiefi 1sseh and ara cnmhinnh VIII
n,,merons n,,fIs. md shirriuus. The 1Id maaa
NJ shirrin,r IN a cord is revtved Th,s atvie
~ trimming ia nrinrinaI used In solid goods
althnnrh II II also saen IN striped and broca.
ded materials when fine fabric ia NOT FOO
neavv wv
YoI will NIL feal after seeing the navy da
sip:,s HAT II i ut desirahe ID have ~ sn nu
above buttons. One enthusiastic writer tells
ms that the buttons brought out for the com