The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-03-01
SIMPLICITY IN DRESS.
Opportunities for Pretty Effects
Which Young Ladies' Ignore.
Harper's Bazaar.

which Young Ladies' Ignore.
Harper's Bazaar.
Our young girls 10 America do not
seem to have the. sense OF the beauty OF
simplicity in dress No young girl looks
as young or as lovely in heavy velvets
or loaded trimmings, as in simple mus
lins and soft clinging materials. They
detract from their own fresh. charms by
calling attention to the adornment. ]
shoufdqbe inclined TO say that no jewels,
unless a single row Of pearls around the
Throat no lace but simple Yslenciennes,
should be worn BY any girl younger than
ltwenty,one. \ A dress perfectly fresh,
tbright in. color, where the complexion
permits, beautifully cut and almost ena
ttrely nnttimfned,o caungt be improved
upon for yonng GIRL 1t is the soft,
rounded forms, the dewy bloom Of the
tcheeks, the clear young eyes, that We
want to see Where silks are worn they
should not he o. heavy iquslity, but soft.
Our young girls wear dresses like dowa-
tgers. lt,is futile waste of money; no
Ibeautysis attained 5 ssio - rztb
We would like to call attention tolthe
fact that the style Of dress Influences the
manners, the carriage, Of the woman.
The masculine stple Of dress has this Oh
ljection II is lutte difficult to say what
we would. substitute 70, the ulster that
we have all adopted ,-Isis surely avery
convenient garment forsour streets, and
for rain and mud and suow;'bit there is
a difference in the cut Of ulstets, and
they, should be .as little like 3 bad over
coat as possible, Where a young girl
has side pockets she IS apt to put her
hands in them, and where she adds a
Derby hat. how often the 5 swa9ger fol-
lowe.
The DefbS hat appears to me to have
no excuse. i is nnbecomiug even to a
man, and absolutely hideous upon wo-
man. 1t is surprising to see them adop-
ed by welI.hred ladies' They have had
grent countenance, to. be. cure, but We
think that if we sAould hand over all the
younger generation to an exclusive Cos.
tune of the Derby hat, the ulster, the
Jersey and the short skirt, itswould not
take more than one generation to make
as lose, all grace OF manner. ,gn pino
The short skirtI deservessto be COM
mended for the street, but in fhe house
/ it has neither beauty nor elegance. Even
to shorten long skirt in front forthe
better display Of . pretty foot, is great
mistake, It is neither becoming to the
foot nor the figure. 1t gives an inten-
tional look OF display which isunre6ued,
and surely the dress that leaves some
thing to the imagination is more coquet-
tish and dignl6ed s q .tsres r.s g,sv I.
The scarf for married woman is q
fashion thst should never die. To wear
lit well is a proof Of grace, and it inn
parts an elegance, especially to q tall
woman, that is very desirable In the
old portraits bv Sir Joshua Reynolds
and Gainsborough, by Stewart and Cop
ley, the scarf has been very elegantly
used-,he long, straight scarf, drawn
tightly across the small of the back.
passed over the elbows and dropping
down in front as low as the knees or
lower. Nowadays one sees them occa-
sionally worn by ladies who live in the
East, who send Them scarfs Of Grape or
camers hair aud occasionally the French
approach The scarf In the style OF their
Hight outer wraps Tor spring or autumn.
/ think thet it would only require half q
dozen ladies', whose reputation for good
dress Is high, TO persistently adopt the
! scarf, for. others toTecognize its grace
and elegance N =. s.gsf sst ssssto3
The. wearing Of jewels is not often
we'll understood. One does not see many
handsome jewels worn in America, with
the exception Of diamonds tits said
that The value OF the diamond fluctuates
less than that of any other precious
STONE, and that they therefore recon.
mend themselves to the practical mascu-
line mind as an Investment, and that this
is the real reason our womeE4wesr dia-
monds 80 exclusively. This is to be re.
GREETED. a. the diam nd, from ifs excess
sive brilliaucy nnd hardness Of light, is
not becoming to many women. To the
blue.eyed, the sapphire, or even the in
expensive turquoise. ! is often far more
harmonious aud decorative. A little
pale woman in, flashing diamonds is alb
surd; the silent pearl. the dull, soft tur-
quoise, the evssive, mysterious opal even
little moonstone. green chalcsdony,
the topaz. an amethyst with velvet sur
face for finish, what the French call dp.
facee, even amber. or pale tea. color. d
coral--all these as asornaments are becom-
ing to ninety-nine women fwhere the dia.
mond is becoming 20 the one hundredth
Let US emancipate ourselves from imag.
ining q thing beautiful because II is cost.
", or f,eautif,h as an ornament becaast
III il heautifui in itself. orornamental Ii
lths dress OF one person because i is So
in the dress OF another, -. /,
We once knew a charming little lady
who, being in very medera ate cilcams,an
ces. dressed, in such simple materials a.
she could essily pt ptocure-in winter otter
in soft gray .woolens, in summer in lgh
colored muslins, with e white scarf,
straw bonnet, with the plainest pale rib
bon neatly tying'itdown.e Her complex
| ion was like the wild rose, and with be
soft fair hair and blue eyes, her fgur
delicate even to- the point OF frasilitv, N
dress could have been more cpqnettisl
and, exquisitely appropriate Later he
/ husband came into a.fortune. She ca
Z gerly adopted heavy veivets, beneat
:. whose weight she seemed to totter, an
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