Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-12-30
New York Fashions.

NEW I0Ik FASHIONS.
ESTHETICs -PROHIBITIONs--VANI
HEALTH GIVING CORSET.
Correspondence of the STAUNToN V1sD1cAroR.]
NEW YORK, Dec. 25th.
The popularity of Patience" means
something more than that certain comic
opera pleases the multitude. 1t means
that aesthetlcism is an accomplished fact;
power in the land. By the letter of the
law, aestheticism is tangled mass of alb
surdities, but the spirit of aestheticism is
mighty for good. 1t has delivered us from
bondage to one or few thoughts in dress;
it has unlocked the doors of Time and
brought from dead recesses and spread be-
fore us all that is cOmmendable in ages
gone. Therefore it is that we do not speak
of the bonnet or the hat of the day, but Of
the bonnets and the hats, for of both there
are many; therefore, it is that there is no
such thing as the fashion IN costumes;
we have numerous fashions all equally
fashionable. And so with cloaks, with
shoes. with gloves, with neck dressing.
with jewelry, with the arrangement of the
hair and such like. Thus perhaps. the
writer on Fashions may seem to contra
dict one moment, what has just before
been asserted. It renders the task more
difficult because we are embarrassed by
our very riches. There is so much to
choose from that we hardly know what to
select, and ours were the easier labor if it
was but to lay down the law-saying sdo
this''-'sdo that -knowing there was
nothing else that could or should be done.
The imperative mood has indeed quite
given way to the subjunctive. Might,
could. would, should or may have usurped
the place of must or shall and milder
form of government prevails The people
! have voice in matters and choose what
they shall wear. Yet mark the word
government" for it means that there is
law in the land The negatives are posi-
| tive and prohibitions are severe. So much
SO that perhaps might do well to write
| something of warning in place Of instruc-
ton.
THINGS PROHIBITED.
Do not wear velvet cloak. Velvet is
restricted to basques or parts Of costumes
where 1t is very fashionable. Do not wear
an old fashioned color, An old fashioned
color means an old fashioned material, for
the new materials are all dyed in new
shades. "Style' is absolute in her de-
mands as to both color and material, while
giving extreme liberty as to making. A
city woman's eye becomes extremely SEN
sltive on these points, and nothing sets a
mark on an individual more quickly than
sins in either one. Do not dress your hair
! high A moderate height is allowable in
| doors, but with hat or bonnet on, the colt
fure must be low. If you have wide
bracelets lay them away. There is i'm
mense variety In bracelets, and in truth .,
this is an era of them, but the changes are
rung on narrow ones. Earrings are not
in 80 much diversity, but they are all in
short patterns. Certain furs, Fashion
| frowns upon persistently. Mink is one of
them, except when lady is elderly enough
| to do what she pleases; ermine is buried in
chscurity. Fold kerchief or tie a lace
| scarf about your neck if you have not a
fur collar. but commit not the enormity
| of wearing boa. 1t would be unpardon-
able. Never wear furs of different kinds
at the same time. If your cloak or dress
| Is trimmed with fur, do not use muff I'M
less it is the same variety, of fur or what
| is cheaper) of the material of cloak or Co.'S
| tune trimmed with fur to match. Fash
ION is unyielding in the cut of the neck in
dresses. II high, let 1t be high. Nothing
more outre than = neck protesting to be
high but coming short of the mark. Your
corsage can be basque in
| ENDLESS VARIETY
of shape, polonaises you can wear In an al
most equal diversity; your costumes may
be cut all in one with round plain and
tight. full or sharp-pointed waist or the
skirt and waist can be separate: your
sleeves can be tight and long, full and cut
short, pulled, anything almost, your skirt
almost anything. but the neck if high
| must he high. Yet in neck dressing, one
can hardly 60 astray. Linen collars are
small and standing; large and lying over,
| white or colored. There are worked mus
| lin collars and collars of lace; of all sizes,
rounded and very large with sharp corners
like many years ago. Then who can re-
count the tribes and families OF ruchings,
| frills and colIarettes white or black; begin
ming with the modest frill and growing
| gradually to the most pronounced dimen-
| sions. Yet even these varieties are scarce
various when placed beside the kerchlefs
and jabots of the day, while as potent ele-
ment in neck dressing, come in scarfs Of
lace either black, white or colored or null
or muslin scarfs trimmed with lace.
Again we have silk kerchiefs and loops
and ends of ribbons-very long and reach
| ing we'll nigh to the waist.
MAGNETIC CORsETS.
| cannot too emphatieally endorse the
new magnetic corsets made by Thomson,
Langdon & Co., one of our best known and
most reliable firms. The only sensation
usually felt from wearing this corset is a
| comfortable glow of warmth, differing
from ordinary heat by being more sustain
| ing aud exhilerating, as we'll as imparting a
soothing influence to the wearer, and Civ
| ing elasticity to the muscles. Before I'M
dertaking its manufacture thorough in
yestigation was made as to the genuineness
of many wonderful cures effected by the
Wilsonia magnetic garments and as re-
suit corset is put upon the market which
at much less cost embodies the desired
elements. Wilsonia garments range in
price from fifty dollars upwards. while the
corset is twelve dollars; abdominal, fifteen.
A constant current of electricity, is OBJ
| tanned and persons who in despair had re-