Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-30
FEMININE PANCIEs.

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The Philadelphia Mirror thinks that
the bathing-dress Of 1880 is q good thing
for some other fellows sister 10 wear.
A LANgTRY hood looks easy enough
10 make, but woe betide the woman who
tries 10 fashion it by folding an oblong
piece Of stuff together and following Il
out in the neck Every body will
laugh at her, and her dreams Of being
followed by a murmur OF GLOW styl-
ishin as she walks along will not be full
filed.
VERY little sunshades are prophesied
In Paris. They are better az a protec-
ton for the face than the large umbrel-
las, for they have handles so short that
they are necessarily held quite close 10
the countenance. When they come In
fashion here the sensible woman will
buy dozen sun umbrellas for nothing,
and be cool and happy for years.
THESE are a few Of the ways in which
English women use natural flowers
They make aprons Of pink and white
peonies and wear them with white
gowns; drape pink satin with gera-
NUNS arranged in trellises; fringe blue
satin with red and white double fuch-
sias, and place pockets of double mar
cissus on Jersey tunics. The countess
Of Beehive seems most ingenious in de-
vising these decorations.
WHAT refreshing young women are
those who wear the gowns that appear
in English advertisements In one a
wide-eyed damsel, slender, low-browed,
with neck like a column of ivory,
stands in the opening between two cur
tains with deep embroidered border,
half raises one with her graceful arm,
and turns to show her star-dotted gown
falling stright 10 her feet, aud looking
wofuly like her night gear, In spite of
its slanting girdle and the big Portia fan
that lies against It., dropping idly from
the maiden's hand In another pic
ture is a long robe of black velvet with
sleeves hecked with white, and inside of
1t is a girl who kneels in deep window
and looks out from the easement with a
simply overpowering background OF
curtain for encouragement.
MRS. LYNN LINTON draws this little
picture by way Of Illustrating the phrase
"bad style:r "That bad style, more
over, was thing so subtle that it could
scarcely be explained. The girl was
dressed as it would seem by the descrip-
tion unexceptionably; and yet the sum
total was failure. Her gray merino was
made with the profusion of founces and
trimmings dear to second-rate fashion
and trimmed largely with mock lace oi
a common kind and pattern. Round hel
neck she wore a blue tie-Bernard't
locket slung on to long streamer Of
blue ribbon of a lighter shade than hel
tie-and row of white satin-stone beadi
with cross depending. Her COLDER
hair was dressed in multitudinous puff'
and braids-a wonderful structure
through which were visible unsightly
tracts of greenish. colored frizettes
rather destructive Of the effect sought tC
be produced; her hat was an audaciou'
but very picturesque Rubens, with @
long white feather, red rose, a moth
er-of-pearl buckle, and a skeletonizet
kind of aigrette as the artistic orna
ments among the black lace and velve
with which it was trimmed; and hel
gloves were dark green, single-but
toned"
ONE of the summer fashions, as de
scribed by Clara Belle in the Cincinnati
Enquirer, is new laugh, which goe
like this "Te-he, te-he! ha, ha, ha
Oh-h-h-h-ha, ha, hal" The direction
are as follows: "a low and sly begin
ming is made with the te-he, as thougl
mirth was struggling inside to break ou
through maidenly reserve, and tn
mouth is kept tight closed, vile the eye
are opened wide, thus giving an ex
preston of mingled occurrences anC
mischievousness. Then follows the 'Ha
ha-ha,' higher and louder, with a part
ing of the lips to show the teeth, if the
be white and regular. The 'Oh-h-h
comes next in tone of surprise, re
4 proof, or artless gayety, according b
the nature of the thing laughed at, anC
the voice rises into pretty little scream
The ensuing pause covers suddel
sense of the impropriety of making S,
much noise, the eyes are cast down, ant
a blush can in most instances be pro
duced by holding the breath, with tn,
lungs very fully inflated. The fina
Ha-ha-ha is given as a crescendo
spiritedly, and without any show of re
straint, like the outbursting hilarity o
an unconventional milkmaid. This nov
city in laughs is heard everywhere il
the metropolis, and is sure to becom
popular at the summer resorts. Witt
a little alteration it can be made to fl
any mouth" .r..