The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-05-27
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
Fashion Notes.

rims and crowns sloping to point.
Foulard parasols with ruffies match
. ing the gown are the fancy in Paris.
Unlined silks of black sursh are i'm
ported to wear with black silk or grena
dine skirts in the house.
Maltese gloves in cream, pearl, whit,
and old gold are made with lace band
in the wrist this year.
Mitts are to be worn over gloves tb;,
summer. Mitts alone should make th,
hand warm enough in summer,
China handles for parasols are too fra
glle Tor general use, and are followed III
in the satin covered handles, with iyort
mountings.
A new lace pin is in the form of $
bee with an oval and emerald body and
diamond wings, perched on a gold bal
tipped with pearls.
Imperial dragons wrought in scarlet
and Chinese characters form the en-
broidery ofsome black silk gowns which
are called Oriental.
White zephyr wool embroidery on
white cashmere is effective if the ribs
OF the leaves and the stamens of the
flowers be traced in silk.
oiau1S VI Couee urOWn, Inc luQ1ng
cafe au lait and clair coffee, and the
pale leather tints, will be much worn,
as they are newer than the cream
colors.
Worth recently made for customer a
poionalse of scarlet Bengaline very long
IN front and slightly draped behind t0
show skirt covered with small ruff1 es @
OF black surah.
The imported gingham suits are the
prett1est of all wash dresses. A CAV
fancy is that of trimming light blue and
Wnlte-checked gingham with bands and
pointed tongues of dark scarlet colored
gingham. O' ~
Suits for young girls are made I'm
with hooded jackets or a hood on the
back OF the dress itself. They are
loosely, fitting affairs, of dark green or
navy blue chuddah or serge, or camel's-
hair cloth.
The suit with position BASQUE. tablie
overskirt and round skirt, is one of the
prettlest designs for a simple dress of
WooIens-bunting. cashmere, cheyiot.
or camePs-hair-to be worn in the
mornings at home, for shopping, travel
Royal Bridal Dresses,
Honlton lace owes its great reputation
TO Its sprigs, which were at first woven
into the ground, but latterly applique"
or sewn on the ground. In the course
OF the last century the making of the
plain net ground on the pillow was q
separate branch of the trade. The NET
was beautiful and regular, but expen-
sIve, as may be judged from the fact
That the thread by which some of the
nner qualities were made cost as much
as $500 to S525 per pound weight. The
worker was paid in q rather curious
fashion; The lace ground was spread
out and covered with shillings, and rs
many coins as the piece would accom-
inouate were the reward of the maker.
~ was no uncommon thing to pay $500
for Honiton lace veil when the busio
ness was in its palmy days. The inven-
tlon of machines for making lace dealt
severe blow to the peculiar industry of
DeVonshire. and it threa. ened to become
altogether extinct. Mrs. Bury Palliser
records that when wedding lace was re-
qulred for her majesty Queen Victoria.
1t was with difficulty the necessary
number of workers could be obtained t0
make it. 1t was undertaken by Miss
y ane Bidney, who caused the work TO |
be executed in the small fishing hamlet |
OF Beer and its environs. The dress
cost S5, 900; it was composed entirely of |
Honiton sprigs, connected will pillow
oy variety of openwork stitches; but |
the patterns were i'm mnlediatly DESTROYED. |
SO It cannot be reproduced.
- Inc 6rldal dresses of the Princess
hoyai, the Princess Alice and the Prin-
cess OF Wales were all of Honiton noint
Ine patterns consisting of natural |
dowers, ferns, etc. Many of the more
experienced hands find employment in
restoring and remaking old lace, and the
ingenuity they display in this direction
Is said to be marvellous.
A Lady on Gymnastics.
"A Lady Physician writes to a New
I ork paper as follows:
For years past / have been con-
vinced that the mania for gymnastic
exercise, athletic DEVELOPMENT and
power has been productive Of
I vast deal of harm. Years AGO q
,heory in vogue for gaining health was
iletlng, and hundreds of people dieted
themselves into insanity or the grave,
NOW the mania is for exercise, and hun
ireds OF young men, and (although it
nay seem arldicu Gus statement) young
women also, are killing themselves by
exercise" Nature rebels at knot.
ed muscles, and requires the full nav
nent OF a serious penalty whenever the
Oily Is perpetrated of developing mus
lie as business, through the swing ,
ng OF dumb bells and Indian clubs. t
Inc long walks which are taken too
requentiy and with quite too much
nm, under the influence of a spirit of
'm9latlon p TO win bet, are productive
u lar more injury than benefit. But
most OF all, L want to call attention to
he idea OF daily bathing. 1t is a SIM f
lie form of suicide, lacking the element +
i crime, because done through igno- o
ance lacking the horror, because il
acks the crimson stains and mangled
orm OF the ordinary suicide. I
our young men are not content until :
ley are scrubbed bald-headed by the
Tilling barber, and look in their youth
cry !" near of kin Indeed to their aged b
randsires. Were rebellion raised when v
he 1Whlskers are tampered with, and r
he fact that fashion benevolently and T.
against them, no doubt
ley, too, would be shampooed out of C
so ettecturally as to leave the t
coming man without that becoming v
tOrnment. q
The. poor body is literally scrubbed
1t OF existence. Nature guards her h
ltposts very jealously, but she cannot h
double duty in one direction without !,
gnal failure in some other. Conse- -
lently, when the surface of the body y
daily denuded of the cuticle under the
gorous application of the barbarous