Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-03-31
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TISSUE rArER PARTIES AND now THEY ARR
GOTTEN ",

TISSUE PAPER PARTIES AND now THEY Arb
GOTTEN ur.
From the Bostpu Herald
Real society" has nothing to dc
but amuse itself. What could be
more delightful or more easy? To
possess means and leisure, aud to have
nothing to do but enjoy ones self
aud this is the ideal Of happy life,
with millions Of people who are out
side the charmed circle of society.
But in fact these people would be
greatly astonished if they knew how
very difficult society finds it to be con-
stantly amused. The young lady OF
fashion suffers cnnui which her wait
ing maid never knows. The young
swell Of the jeunesse doree often finds
his time hang heavy on his hands.
Above all, the lady who aspires to
lead in fashion, to entertain, to give
the tone-this queen of society is
often, were the truth known, entirely
at her wits end To devise some new
method of entertaining and amusing
the noyelty.loying young ladies aud
the blase young gentlemen whom she
assemblies in her elegant parlor..
To the fashionable world. therefore.
any thing new, any entertainment
which promises to be Mt once novel
and amusing, is eagerly welcomed, and
it, fortunate inventor j. hailed n Il
beneiactor. Some of the devices for
stirring the languid interest of these
triher- have no merit beyond their
novelty, but the latest one of which we
have heard i distinguished Il. being
not only new, but graceful and pretty
a. well, and a. afording opportunity
for the exercise of ingenuity, skill aud
taste without limit.
Some fashionable lady in IN mon.
dc ION s'Gmilse not long since plauncd
and carried out q tI..uc-papcr party.
The public in general has. pcrIap.,
not discovered it; but she had found
that tissue papers are imported OF late
of z most marvellous variety aud beau
- of color. With q happy stroke of
inventive fancy, she determined to
give a party at which tis.uc.papcr
dresses should be do rigcur. The idea
was at once recognized a. a happy one.
aud the result wa- a success 80 com
plete ~ to surprise even the originator
of the idea. In truth. the dresses con.
jurcd up ont of this gauzy material
are extremely beautiful. In the first
place the variety of color., shades aud
tints is practically incxhaustiblc. 50
that every combination and every
kind of effect are possible. Then the
paper can be made to initiate almost
anything in the way of costume and
trimming-ruf., plait,ngs. founces.
fringcs aud all the iudescribable but
highly important furbclows which no
man in the world but Mr.. Worth can
ever hope to undersiand-are all given
exactly 4: important even in the gilded
circles of which we speak, is the fact
that the paper Is unlike the costly
fabrics which it initiates in one respect,
it is not costly. Probably only n
woman can know the full delight of
a dress-looking at it with &C.
stacy--doubting about it. concluding
that it is "horrid''--and then being
able to calmly throw it away. without
a thought of the expense, and make
another as unlike it as possible. The
process of making the costume is very
simple, as described to the writer bv n
young lady herself arrayed in most
Vatican costume, charm.
ing in color and miraculous in cut.
VINO said; "Gou just haste the skirt on
over the skirt. aud then Won cut the
waist out OF piquc' least this is
what it seemed to be. For ourselves,
however, we should say that the max.
ing, the trimming. the basting and cut.
ting might safely be left to the taste
and skillful fingers of the ladies. while
the important thing would seem to be
to get the correct thing" in the mas
terial itself, which is understood TO be
imported by Boston concern. upon
whose wares fashion has set her seal.
The richness, the variety, the wonder
ful delicacy of shade and tint make
paper party" like n glimpse of fairy
land, and that this really charming
form of evening entertainment is be.
coming more aud more fashionable.
and generally speaks well at once for
the taste, the aesthetic perception aud
the good sense of society"