Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-14
FASHIONS.
A Wise suggestion for the Female
SufIragists-The Tam O'Shanter
Cap-HO ~ Makes A Pretty Girl
Look Preffier and IL Plain girl
Unnlt pIutnpr.

fashions thereof. Far from II. Foo many
have b ZEN tn cold shoulders turned to me
ny sutfragirts and reformers of various
types, hruause | have ever persisted in
uHinR my small n,huence aud nneloquent
pen IN favor Of dress and against The poor
ta-te aud poorer policy of those women
who consider the subject utterly beneath
thelh. Il ~ quite unpaidDunhls for women
who hold, or seek 10 hold, advanced o0sl
tons in business, professional or av~n
pnlii cal life, To mjnre themselves AMI
ther cause by making guys of themselves
and ihcroby giving IN" most Effective ~
all w"apuils-r idmnlo--'n'n III" e,'"uN
bands. Who does not know th'
effect produced upon an audience whnh
pretty woman in pretty feminine altar,
which is "bec0nIng" to her, nddressts
thom, whether on the subject of universnl
suffrage or missionary work in the Canni
bal Islands. Tier arguments anu delivery
are strengthened incidentally by this m"s'
innoeeut device, ANA tue lew hours spent
with dressmaker aud mirror dsc'dedi>
pay. Thousands Will go to see Bernhard
almost solely on Inc strength OF thosr
wonderful aud much advertised toilettes
Let one OF our best suffrage speakers try
the same dodge, and see what would colue
OF 1t. The subject Is III danger of ACTUALLY
dying out Tor lack ot-well, OF new
sensation. You Know IN" story OF the
horse that wouldn't 90, and OF the Jehu
WHO Jumped out OF the Vehicle, LOOK ny "a
handful oil loose snow anu clapped IL INTO
the anlinals noAtrii7, saying; what That
horse wanted WAS now sensation! The
horse went-went Ike mad AMI 10
might the suffrage reform.
lhera mas Deen no very decidedly new
senhatlon III fashions TINS TALL 1t IL on that
account, rather, than anything else, that 1
complain OF the openings. Ihey were
rather tame, still the general features
shown must certainly be considered
very gravely 10y our womanklnd, before
they make up the new clothes.
Perhaps the nearest thing to a sensation
is the Tom OShanter cap worn by the
wrong woman and III tile wrong way,
fancy It would make sensation for her
That cap Is the most mlschleVous thing
Imaginable. II has the rare faculty OF
naking bright, piquant, pretty woman
or girl rather-Jook prettler than she ever
did before OF making short plain girl
| LOOK squattier and palmer than she
ever dreamed she could look.
| and OF making last woman LOOK, oh,
most dreadtully fast L never shall forget
the first Tam O'Shanter' cap ever saw
worn, for 1t was perched on the blonde
cutls of woman whom l saw i'll London,
six weeks ago, and who was the live
embodiment OF some OF Oneldas quss-
/ tionabie herolnes. She was ut the
aquarium place of about as doubtful
a reputation rs the heroines above
mentioned, and which visited in the hrm
determination to see something of more
than one phase of London life, If possible.
This woman seemed TO be the most
interesting character and we followed her
about for an hour, making material of her
for future use, and only regretted that the
frightening hours and our own unpro-
tected condition obliged us to retire from
the scene before the curtain fell upon
the actors. We have always remembered
her as 'the woman in red, and her com
paniOu--for she was not alone-as 1.-THE
little woman in black The latter re-
minded one of the miliiner in "Camilla, y
aud her rate, | found it hard TO discover.
She Wa, Of nearly middle age Very quietly
and plainly attired, and proper appearing,
though evidently on most confidential
terms with the young woman, rs shown
by their whispered combinations; whether
she acted lis chaperone, servant, or com,
panion, | diiM't make out, but she wa.
evidently not there ON her own account
The woman 10 red was attired IN com.
plete suit OF bright wine-coored velvet
and the jaunty cap was made of the same
My prejudice against these caps was
strong for while, but, CHANGING one day
10 glance into Is pii!liner's window. OF
Ok ord street and seeing very simpl,
one OF black wet the whinl seiz ri III,
to 90 in, md When Arahnlm tried il on. i
proved so wonderfully becoming that
, fairly cogx-d her 10 buy il. just a plaiI
littie can il IL with the full large crown
gathered into the inch wide band, and OF
The side is Il single gilt quill. Ii is TIA,
prettiest CUP of the kind that
nnye seen on the yery accom-
. of its simplicity, though
r siugle. long, curliug black ostrich plume
falling from the lett side upon the hair. /
1 a very handsome addition. The cap i
a not to be worn square and flat on the head
{ mt must be nut ON slightly to one side
5 and the soft crown made to stand up u
Il the left side aud to fall iiltly over the RICH
f ear In fact it is very difficult thing t
It put on right, which Is enc reason why tn
u majority of women will look like fool
+ II they try to wear il. Thong
l. rugged up with all sorts OF trimming, til
way our nilliners show them, they retail
!, little of their own style, and none of thel
o beauty and coquettshness.
There .are lovely rould hats for tn
y young girl of the period, all meant to i
f worn back on the head and having sue
At pretty rolling brims, but almost nothin
for the older sister. The. favorite ha
" that | saw in Paris and London were
If Two styles. One, the little round turbai
If entirely covered with faathers-usual
III the pheasant, peacock or other straight
ut Hat plummGge--is shown here. II
al other, which was very popular there,
We have not seen here 1t was a moditcetiC
70 Of the English walking hat, worn slight
Ill back on the head and invariably trimmt
" vita two long, thick ostrich plumes, star
re ing from the front, surrounding both sid
oe of the crown and falling upon the ha
Sd behind 1t il pretty style and ve
We generally becoming.
ne AS to bonnets, the small ones are deci
lie od,, +b. favorites o,5 tbav ton ora mo
as ouita far hack Fnr mo MN, or hroids
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