Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-08-13
WHYP OH. WHY

remind the behOlder Of badly cooked
vegetables? Why do pale-faced, brown
haired women wear the deep red and
orange hues which can "go" only with
the olive and pOmegranate tints, and the
bue-black HAIR of the South? Who Is
accountable for the terra-cOtta garments
ems pervade fashionable crowds, inspir-
ing tine observer with wonder, totally I'M
mixed with admiration? ?-slender girls
arrayed IN shapeless clothes, made ap-
parently of slices of the wall Of the new
Natural History Museum at South
Kensington strong minded Young
women in aggressive cloaks, 80 I'M
speakably hideOus that We sigh for the
ulster of last season, which We then be-
lieved could not be surpassed in odious-
ness awful things made of sage green
tweed with blue frills, or gosling woolen
stuff tipped with pink The eel-skin
style has been succeeded by Ing, and,
though the latter is more decent, il is
not much less ugly. A woman with high,
narrow shoulders, and thin, long arms.
might do better than array herself in
black satin bag, with a running string ut
the neck and at the waist a "piping"
ts,,ch, We were assured by sympathetic
friend of the offenders own Sex, is the
correct term by which to describe this
contrivance). from which the skirt hangs
shapelessly to within an inch of the
ankles and she might crown the
edifice more becomingy than with a
bonnet-Or was it hat ?-like
nothing in nature except a crumpled
cabbage. The "cosey," as ali adjunct
to the tea-table, is of dubious elegance,
as we'll as unquestionably fatal to drink
able tea but when adopted as a cape to
the shoulders of blooming girlhood,
forming straight line across the mid
,lle of the back and cutting its sleeves in
two Just above the elbow, it is the very
most unsightly piece Of dress that can be
put on, especially if it is of sickly
color. Salmon pink satin, lining big
bonnet OF crinky crinOline, looking like
half dozen shells joined at the edges,
would be trying to the best complexiOns;
it was cOnsOling to see it applied only
to the worst Why should very pretty
lady wear q fiat gown Of peculiarly re-
pulsive green i'll color, but of rich velvet
in material, and over it hideous camlet
cloak OF another, and if possible more
repulsive, green, with q bunch Of yell
lowish ribbon at the back and plush
bonnet like the visor Of q knights he'll
met? Why should writing people,
painting people, singing people, persons
presumably intelligent, since they all do
something that pleases the public and il
paid for in money, array themselves in
garments, of price -shabbiness
is not the note Of the popular affectation
but which render them distressingly
conspicuous? These questions cannot
fail to occur to men observing the hu-
mOrs of select crowd, and especially as
the dress OF "the conflicting gender"
tends more and more to simplicity. OF
course there will always he affected male
idiots, long haired and short haired,
with neckties that make us stare and
hats that make US wink by their brill
fancy but these are the mere "brats"
of society; they are too Insignificant to
be ofensive.-The Spectator.
yEwsPiPER WRITING Us. MAG.I-
ZINE WORN.
The chief duty Of most newspaper mon
is to burrow around for news, not to
form smooth sentences or enunciate
beautiful thoughts. Many persons can
I've brilliant two or three times a year.
who utterly fail in the treadmill expert
ence of journalistic work. Literary con
tributOrs to newspapers or periodicals
seldom become millionaires. OF course,
one who is already famous can get his
own price for an article, bnt s. pag,.
is a good average compensation for All
article accepted by one Of our magazines.
Suppose it to cover ten pages, the writer
receives $50. If he could write and So
cure publisher for twelve such articles
in a year, which is snpposing what rarely
occurs, his net income would lie $500.
Thus. while it may pay the young be-
ginner in law or medicine to employ his
own abundant leisure and increase his
limited income by writing for the month.
lies, a complete reliance Oh them for
support, even under favorable circum-
stances, is foolish. As for the daily pa
pers, they have little room, under the
constantlyincreasing amount of tele.
graphic and local news, for the mlscel-
laneOus topics, i'll which alone the out
slider can hope to compete with the reg
mlar staff. Thus they offer very little. 10
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