The Osceola times., 1880-05-29
WOMAN'S WAYS.
Returning Fsshions---Interesting Mention.
RETURNING FASHION.


Returning ons---Interesting Mention.
RETURNING FASHION.
GlancinR at the fashion books of fifty
and even seventy yeary ago 1t is curious
TO note how in many points we are re-
turning to the modes then in vogue.
Nothing but short dresses were to be
seen half century ago; the skirts were
Just long enough to show the shoes and
boots, and were trimmed with satin rou-
leak and bias folds. The fashionable
colors were Christmas holly green, scar
let, pink, clarence blue, giraffe yellow,
ponceau, camel's hair brown, Indian red,
camelopard yellow, mocassa brown, apri-
cot, olive, peau de serpent, burrage blue,
Egyptian sand, Indian red and violet
shot with bottle green-for shot silks
were coming in then. as they are with
us now. The January Of 1928 was par
ticularly damp and cold, and silk and
satin pelisses were the rage, but, like
short Princesse dresses, reaching to the
hem, with lace cape over the shoulders.
Those pelisses were also worn in the
evening, cut low in the neck, and showed
robings of white satin in front. Shawls
and scarf shawls were coming in also,
and feather trimmings found special
favor. The hats worn were large, and
dress hats were adopted with full even
ing dress, made of satin and gauze, with
blonde lappets and plumes of ostrich or
marabout feathers OF floral wreaths,
birds of paradise being arranged inside
and out. They were placed far back on
the head. 1t is to be hoped that we
shall not re-adopt anything so startling
as hat of paradise yellow, lined with
crimson velvet, trimmed with white puff
iings and yellow ribbon, brocaded black,
as was worn by belle of that day. There
is much to learn in avoiding past follies.
Our dresses have of late clung closely to
the figure, but have never yet attained
the scantiness of those times. The skirts
were always scanty as well as short, and
trimmed often with one or two gathered
flounces, scalloped at the edge, sur
mounted by one or two rows OF straight
satin rouleaux the bodies full and
banded, the sleeves large and putied.
Such bodices and puffed sleeves are COM
ing in again, as well as short dresses for
evening, which may, and very likely
will, resolve themselves into short prin-
cesses, not unlike pelisses. - CdSseWs 5
Mogazie.
INTERESTING MENTION.
"The wonderful courtesy shown by
the Americans toward the fair sex" has
again impressed Mr. Sala. They rarely
ever smoke in the presence of ladies'"
Has any paragrapher ever called a
young lady speaker at woman's rights
meeting a wind-lass? He's "a real mean
thing" if he has.-NOrristoun Herald.
In one of our exchanges we notice a
lady gives ''ten reasons for not dancing
and we'll bet if all her reasons were
boiled down into truth she can't dance.
-kentucky State Journal.
When Chicago girl married man
under the impression that he was a
nobleman in disguise and then found
that he worked in a morgue, she was SO
mad that, for revenge, she went and had
her front teeth pulled out and her hair
dyed red to make him ashamed of her
Al crowded French country theatre
q woman fell from the gallery TO the pit
and was picked up by one OF the specta-
tors, who, hearing her groaning, asked
if she was much injured. Much in
jured !" exclaimed the woman, - l should
think am, have lost the best seat in
the middle of the front row."
Manville Ito his widowed friend Chas-
uble, who has views in art)-Is ii true
that you've broken off with Sir Henry's
daughter? Chasuble--Alas, yes, | was
forced to, although she is charming
woman. Manvllle-Why? Casuble-
lncompatibility Of complexion. She
does not suit my furniture.
An article upon the human figure says
that "the proportions of the figure are
six times the length Of the feet" Com
ing generations, when they shall exca
vate Chicago young lady's shoe, viii
remark incontinently: There were
giants in those days" and mentally re
construct a race of women ten feet tall