The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-18
FASHION TALK.
The Necessity for Taste i'm the Ar
rangement of the Coiffare.
Fashionable Conceits in Buttons
Ready-Made Personal Linen -
Woolens for Spring and Sum-
mer Wear-Minor Fash
ion Freaks.

That many of It's most authoritative iudp-
ments come from native instinct rather than
rule or reason does not impair It's potency
We only contend that the feeling of beauty
and fitness must be manifested.
| In no department Of the toilette is this me-
cessity for taste more manifest than In that
of the coffure where pleasing effects rest en-
tirey upon the successful adaptation OF styles
to individuals. 1t is quite impossible to give
general rules for hair dressing, but sugges.
tions may be of service to those whose ideas
have not taken definite form, but are reach
Ing out toward some graceful expression
Long faces usually require the hair to be
simply parted above the forehead, and ar
ranged at the back below the crown of the
head, to avoid giving an appearance Of ex-
cessive length to the face. Broad, short faces
and irregular features find the most becom-
ing arrangement In putfs and curIs and artis-
tic tangles on the crown of the head, and In
the simplest possible disposition of the back
hair. The rare, classic face may safely trust
Its grace to o regularly waved front with
shadings about the forehead, and Grecian
coil at the back, relying upon Its own contour
for distinction.
| Young ladies seem nowadays to realize the
value of their hair. and increasing care Ia
given to Its preservation. The devastation
that was at one time wrought with hot irons
| and curling toDgs has been arrested In great
measure. and the instruments of destruction
| replaced by others comparatively harmless.
A very general and pleasing style of coifrure
has been adopted among young ladies' of
| taking all the hair back from the face III
Chinois. The hair Is first waved and then
lightly drawn back over cushion roll. which
Is made by combing a portion of the hair
from the end toward the roots The hair. be-
Ing massed at the crown of the head, Is braid
ed sngly or doubly as preferred, and carried
around the sides In such way as not TO be
seen from the front
Curls have been very generally revived dur
Ing the past few months. and most OF the
dressy coiffures show more or lees this
charming arrangement. Puffs and curls may
be very showlly mingled, and yet an appear
ance OF simplicity preserved. The art whose
charm lay In It's successful imitation of
chance has no better field for display than
girls fair head. The rather eccentric diree-
toire style, in which the forehead is almost
concealed by overhanging hair. andthe pic
turesgue Lamballe, ali waves and half-curled
curls, are among the most popular and be-
coming coiffures.
Large beads are again In vogue as orna-
ments for the hair, and pearls are In especial
favor with the dark k-haired. Flowers are
usually worn with toilettes that have floral |
trimmings but then flowers are never out Of
place.
One OF the pretty little fancies of the hour |
is new silk tissue for yelling, which has a |
border In colored iardiniere designs. Another |
style shows solid colors, with borders of |
striped satin In contrasting shades. |
Buttons continue to occupy places OF honor |
In fashionable estimation, and really the |
grace of design and perfection of workman |
ship expended upon them warrant enthusi- |
n1YY Nm ChVsNn tStskA L.,
gay dyes Of the east are mingled iu delicious |
disorder, are probably the favorite style al |
though the more fastidious taste may prefer |
antique designs. One OF these represents two |
an apple In her hand Whether 1t is the |
mother OF mankind or the mother of the pas
sion that rules mankind, and whether the ap- |
pie be the moral or NEUROLOGICAL fruit, cannot |
be determined by the style or the amount of |
toilette Other designs. less equivocal and |
quite as beautiful, abound In the fancy stores |
Indeed, the keen-eyed shopper can scarcely |
fail to find the precise bit OF brilliancy that |
she needs to complete a perfect costume |
among the countless varieties offered
The clinging quality OF the new spring tex !
tiles makes crinoline or hoop-skirts indispen-
sable. The new hoops are small In dimen- |
sions, and artistic In shape, and are 80 skill |
fully constructed that they merely serve to |
display pretty ideas in drapery. little art |
Is necessary In the management of the small !
est hoop-skirt; but that art is inborn In most |
women, and can be acquired by the most In |
apt with very little practice.
Within few years past ready-made per-
sonal linen has become department of great |
Importance in trade, and of convenience to |
customers. Luxurious and extravagant fam
cies are ministered to as readily as the plain |
and cheaper necessities of the ordinary buyer.
The style of dress worn OF late years has ne
cessitated a corresponding cut In underwear,
and those who were bewfldered by the new
shapes have found their perplexlties solved |
I'm hyr lrnD rffr md frntK tK1nIh hnt, H1
Garments OF oil descriptions may be made to |
order In any quality of cotton or linen de-
sired, measures being taken and q comfortable |
fit guaranteed. Many a weary, overtasked
woman has found in this beneficent arrange
ment the leisure for rest, or recreation, or
self-improvement that every human creature
needs. The necessity for adapting prices to
attenuated purses has compelled merchants
to dispose of readymade underwear at such
low figures that one reflects with much anx-
iety upon the amount OF remuneration be-
slowed upon the sewer of all those tiny
stitches. 1t would be sweet to believe that
all labor in this life Is valued at its true
worth and rewarded In kind accordingly and
that all this beauty of outward adorntng had
not elsewhere hideous reverse. But there
is right and o wrong side to everything on
earth Just now, and we must be content In the
hope that the growing intelligence and phi
lanthropy of the world will some day make
both sides right.
The light woolens for spring and summer
wear are as numerous as tne beeS OF HyDla, |
and as beautiful and varied as the flowers
they fed upon. Among those which promise
to attain the greatest popularity are the
polka-dotted buntings and challies. Bunt-
ings are now shown In soft plant qualities;
the wiry, unmanageable material first known
by that name having given place to the newer
and better fabric. The polka dot, though
rather bold and pronounced as a design, Is
the leading feature in new woolen goods.
These "show mingled colors," so the Inn
porters say. but nobody has ever yet seen a
specimen combining more than two, that OF
the ground and that of the dot. Cream white
with black dots, pearl-whte with blue dots,
pale blue with olive dots, ecru with brown
dots, are few Of the almost endless combina-
tions of distinct coIors. To counteract the
stiffness of set figures the polka dots are
not arranged with the old geometric accuracy,
but are sprinked about just as rain-drops
fall, here shower and there single one.
These buntings are combined with those ofa
monotone in entire suits, the skirts made
Of the plain material and the overdress OF