, 1880-05-30
GOSSIP FOR LADIES.

sisters waist so tight?
Why make her blush by whtsp' firing in hor car?
love the dark:
She does not love the silent bats that fit across
the park:
slncc.hc mot her, alice might have walked u
Why llngor, linger, linger at the stile?
This dialogue, small Lucy, which seems tedious
To Alice is u rather serious thing;
For 1t means that she aud Harry huve this oven-
Ii means cake, Lice vell, and wedding ring,
And when little bridesmaid, uncommonly like
you,
Comes into chuureh so tripptngly all dressed in
white and blue,
Y1u'll discover. as you reach the middle aisle,
"A. Locker.
ENGLISH COMMENTS ON FRENCH
FASHION.
A writer in the London Spectator takes
English women to task for their blind fol-
lowing Of French fashion. She says, for it
may be concluded that the writer Is woman: !:
"To the worst follies of fashion we remain
constant, and these worst follies are the re-
suits OF OUR following French fashion in
dress,-fashiois which, we believe, are as
truly ugly, judged by standard Of noble
beauty, rs it is possible I'd find, though the
ugliness be disguised by French finish and
French cleverness. Yet these fashions hare
defornled the appearance Ut all the richer
classes throughout Europe and America for
many years pnst. What is this French taste,
Which is believed in more firmly than any
dogma of religion by so many? Crinolines,
high heels, and tight stays-dU not all these
mOtlstrositfes owe their existence to the
French taste, a1ld do these not elnanate dis
tinety from an utter insensiniity to w1at ,';s is
nations renounced any. really national
opinion as to the best clothing their women
are to wear, anu do not millfners from all
countries flock to Paris to be instructed in
toners? If we are bold enough to declare
French fashions truly ugly, we must as
suredly tind some reason to account for their
world-Wide popularity. The French have,
of fitness III external matters, a gift Of in
genuity iii the ARRANGEMENT and combination
Of effects novel, and even fascinating; to the
eye. Asa nation they. may be said to have a
genius 'a they develop WITH great industry. and
a superintendent vanity. These qualities
work together III producing d cleyerness. and
finish III execution ulriyaled in the civilized
carclesly passed over in good French work;
nothing Is too small Or too evanescent for
the good French workman and workyomaii
to employ their Ingenuity on. With their
With n sayor Of art: bit do thew not also, it
NAV be asked. flavor their art with too Strong
a sayor Of thelr material world If a French
cnnk can mix and elaborate the apDenr-
ance of n mnyonliaise 81 that it might al
most be classed as u work OF :irt, does not
tIie Ffencii painter too. often lower lis art
tilI ito chiaf worth Has in what II snFpests rif
what Is 1nateriai onlv? And. if We look
closely into the subject. probably we slull
fhI tfat thn Inore tIn arts rise in The scaia nj
In man intatast tha lass can fhf FrnncE fasfe
safisfv ns in snch arts For insfarice> in
cnnkinp thev are siInre,nt as also in tha ar
ranre1Hent If iii cheerfni comforts. where I'm
.pstGat;c Innpjngs tni,ch m the mn'rni a1,tl ra.
iieins,s nncessit7es Of of northern m % nations: M in
dTess. thor1gh we t1efy SO much of the wprli
in sovtnG sn thav faiI antirniI # he vErit1
vraia in fhis tnatfer nf rnnG 'irrsslnr }ies in
tha ranra,nant NJ ear,nents xvhiri1 31ercIo,n
and accemtllntu ali tie nobility Of form to be
fnm,I @ n tha hnman nj tigmrp and III fha benntv
~ tha ,n,tariais -, msad fnr s,"h parmnuts AH.
narantiv tha Frenci, oro ,yant,nv in tna sania
pf heaI,{v IN in str1cf,ra' and t1air senshi(iti4s
ara oisn h,mnt viii, rr,ari to fhe heaut,, ~
form and mnycment. No sense If feanty d.
fers Freuch taste Yrb,1 yyor;np mn it, In~e-
n1ftv m exfrayngant fnncieS Thns thov
tiit t}oWn the feet l,V Eip},-,ntatl h,.els tii1
rs n srpat Enelish artisf his said m1riy fnnf
hecoT1e 1,tnre }l1e si;im, NJ honfs fhn'; If i,ns
.nith tioht Incjny yi,ara asa,S 90 an1