The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-18
FASHION TALK.
The Proper Things to Wear During
the Present Festival Season.
Foreign Goods that are Recon
ing Fashionable How
Flowers ere Worn.

| The season Of amuseu,enta and festivities
having come upon ns In full force, beautiful
| tnflpttes are sptingng M In every household
/ like flowers after April showers, and from the
dinRy baekronms If dres9makers All uneeas-
| Ing tide IF boxes AMI bundles IL pouring into
| the lap ut society. Party preparations are
going on within doors everywhere, aud each
home is n stronghold Of intrigue, Sugges-
tive bite u bright silk and ends Of gauz. are
clinaing about here 10 the carpet and there
| TO The iinunces Of the mother and daughter.
Aud such beautiful things accrue aa the re-
suit ~ sundry shopping excursions. cuneulta-
| tIons over pattern counters, and subsequent
/ home /, iIpctional A Saturday matinee. where
we'll attired bellies aud eloved gallants most
do congregate, ID sight TO call forth the
most exuhnrant admiration. il IL enough to
dissolve the most religious retcence and set
genial hearts Into n bubble Of commeudation
| Just to take n birda-eye view Of an assembly.
hail or a great society party oi the present
season,
/ Balls mean business nowadays as well aa
pleasure. and hunting w costumes taxes the
| resources OF well stored minds, to cay moth
| Ing ~ it, demands on the family exchequer.
i Young ladies' are A burden TO themselves and
10 their friends, purouing all the most cher
| iehed ideas Of lifetime, and feeling aguiieyed
when tue granary a exhausted. From the
luxurious patrcian. falinE sumpunusly
every day. to the dairy maid who wonders
what will become her complexion best. wo-
men are nervouety anxious to I've considered
well dressed, and the consciousness that they
are not go considered enters their souls like
iron. We bell We that q beautiful woman
takes less solid satisfaction IN the knowledge
of her own native charms than In a realizing
sense of the fine points III her costume.
Aud SO. during this season IF pleaamre-taE-
Ing The voung ladies' III society are snrnlv
perui. King their pretty heads and sadly vpx-
Ing their innocent hearts over hall dresses
and what not. a. If youthful freshness and the
gay grace Of gitlhoud were not already theirs,
aud that he real necessity exists for the mnri-
tornus charm Of gorgeous raitnont as we'll
But that is pnlnt on which friendly aGsnE.
anCps are wasted. for fashionable education
now demands compliance with fashionable
, usage and our girls make oltRsunicus hnste
to conform Thnae who have had grandma TIL
ers appear III cuntseated sntendufs Of velvet
aud diamonds, aud shine with n sense Ut past
as we'll ne present hunors. Others quite aa
J beautiful aud just "a happy In the adnrn-
ing the first exquisite cunnupsls that await
luvplinesa and wealth. everywhere.
STYLISH ToILHTrFs.
| For tho benefit of costume seekers | will
on,lpayar to despriha some st Wish toilets thft
/ with taste and ingenuity may hp either imi-
tated in detail OF used as suggestions rnly of
something more practicable, A very charm
, ing and becoming evening dress is made Of
: white silk gauHa over white silk lining. Tho
: pointed train skirt Ia trimmed with platings
# tIln oil lnt i'm n.th
: plating being headed with ruching Of the
same material aud a space OF several inches
allowed between the plaitings. of which there
i are three on tho dress exhibited. The tahlinf
, Is covered with puftings Of gauzn, separated
, by ruohings ~ the same. The drapery In the
, back IL quite full, aud is caught IL numerous
, places very gracefully to the foundation. The
edges of tho back widths are finished with
: platings aud ruehluga similar TO those on the
q silk skirt The cnraaga Is the pretty. old
4 fashioned round waist, cut square and low q
!. paradoxlcal assertion which AL whom 1t may
q concern will comprehend The neck Is finished
/ with several plump rurhiuga, and the sleeve
! II u mere make believe " pulled gamzn. The
panerH are quite full over the hlpa tho soft
\ delicate material falling in ripping curves u
, indehnabe formpss grace. Tho whole dresa
4 although simple and not Costly, IL exuus-
. itely chaste.
9 Nm ELEGANT EVENING DRESS.
Another elegant and moro expensive even.
ing nresa of cream roiornd Rilk, owes It's rare
aud delicate decoration to the skill OF n very
I fair and patient hand. The front hreadths are
, FLASHED about twelve inches deep on the bot
y tom aud paitings of silk arc let in. the plain
! spaces between showing painted clusters ol
: flowers, with long stema, bound np with slep-
der spires of grass. The square train i
. trimmed with Il plated Hpuuce The over
skirt which IN longer than those usually
' worn this winter, Is painted In tiny ferns
y grasses, wheat ehrs and field tlnwets. The
. grouping Of the flowers on the lower edge 81
lat .tI I'm
growing gradually lighter toward the back
until 1t terminates III single ear OF wheat
I, A detached flower here and there looks rs II
"a falling from al overfull lap. The corners o
Y the back widths. tha knot continuing the drapc-
! riea, aud the butter fly ings. formed by the
. draping OF the basque. are all painted. The
!, basque IL very graceful and quite new ~ do
align, having n square front, curtain fall over
Z, the hips, and long butterfly draperes In the
:, back The font is cut In Pompadour style
=, and finished with n full lace plating. tht
\, sleeves reaching quite to the elbow. and show
y ing beneath the painted border similar
" plating of wilder lace. Tho lower edge q
y both basque and overskirt is trimmed with
= the same lace put on In u scant ruie.
:, There is q higher and lower in dress ae II
= everything elSe In this world, and II seems Il
!" me as II this new and beautiful thought o
!; decorating costumes with painting had lftet
this pretty trade quite into tho region OF rea
* art. have observed wi tn regret and mortt
7 iieation that all the specimens of painted sill
N Ahi IaNt fAhIhloed ~ w" 0tlShus IiiS win
!" ter, with one exception, was tho work OF some
= industrious, ntmble-nnger,d Northern girl
- y, the flowers, arbutus, forget me-nots lilies o
!, = the valley, crocus aud tuschias, all belonging
IA To Northern soil. II was with actual graft
tude that | remembered there WAS at lcas
one Southern girl who could paint on silk
ana who IL even able to earn ter living In thi
70 dainty way without appealing to anybody
Of vanity | must remind young ladies', as an III
Il centtve to acquire this beautiful art, tina
AZ painted ornaments are very becoming ant
u rare and what can the most radical,
m rugged" nature do but suffer itself to =
ic taken captive by a lovely woman charmingl.
IA dressed.
i NOVEL STREET DRESS.
N very novel street dress Ia one made wit
r the Polish basque and short walking skirt
It. The material used may be Of velvet and Orr
Is entail cashmere, or satin and camels hair, 0
he satin and brocaded elk, as the taste may pre-
Ii fer The Polish basque is very simple an