Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-02-22
SIMPLICITY IN DRESS.
Opportunities for Pretty Effects
Which Young Ladies L.

Which Young Ladies L.
more.
Harper's BeEar
Our young girls in America do not
seem to have the sense OF the beauty oil
simplicity in dress. No young giri looks
as young or as lovely in heavy yelvets
and loaded trimmings, as IN simple mus
Inns and soft clinging materials lhsy
detraet from their own fresh charms oy
calling attention TO the adornment- L
should be inclined to shy that no levels,
unless a single row OF pearls around the
throat, no lace but simple Nalenciennes,
should be worn BY any girl younger
than tvrnty-one. A dress perfectly
fresh, bright in color, where the COM
plexion permits, beautifully cut and al
most entirely un:rimmed, cannot be inn
proved upon for a young girl. IL IS the
soft rounded forms, the dewy bloom OF
the cheeks, the clear young eyes, the
soft tender lips, that We want TO see
Where silks are worn they should not
be OF heavy quality, but sOit. Our
Young girls wear dresses like doEsgers.
II is futile waste OF money; no beauty
is attained.
We would Ike TO call attention to the
fact that the style OF dress influences the
manners, the carriage, OF the woman.
The masculine STYLE OF dress has this oo-
j-ction. Il is little GitIcu,: 10 say
what We would substitute iOr the ulster
that We have all adopted. IL Is surely
4 very convenient garment Tor our
streets, and for rain and mud and snow;
but there is a difference in the cut OF ul-
sters. and they should be as little Ike a
very bad overcost as possible. Where a
young girl has side pockets, she IS apt
TO put her hands IN them, and where she
adds Derby hat, how often the swagger
follows.
The Derby hat appears TO me 10 have
no excuse. Ii is unbecoming even TO
man, and absolutely hideous upon a
woman. II is surprising TO see them
adopted by xell-brea ladies' They have
had great countenance, 10 be sure, but
we think that If We should hand over all
the Younger generation 10 an exclusive
costume Of the Derby hat, the ulster,
the Jersey anu the short skirt, II would
not take more than one generation 10
make US lose all grace OF manner.
The short skirt deserves 10 be CON-
mended Tor the street, bnt IN the house
1t has neither beauty nor elegancs.
Even 10 shorten a long skirt IN front Tor
the better display Of pretty foot, Is
great mistake. IL is neither becoming
10 the foot nor the figure. 1t gives an
intentional look OF display which is ur-
refined, and surely the dress that leaves
something 10 the Imagination Is more
eOQuettish and dignihed.
The scarf for married woman IS
fashion that should never die. Ie wear
il vel is a proof OF grace, and Il imparts
an elegance, especiailyto atali woman,
that Is very desirable. In the old por-
traits by Sir Joshua Reynolds and Gains-
borough, by Stewart and Cop!ey, the
scarf has been very elegantly used-the
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 occasionally worn by Ia
dies who have relatives in the East, who
send them scarfs OF Grape or camels
hair; and occasionally the French 2p-
proach the scarf in the style Of their
light outer wraps for spung or autumn.
! think that il would only require hall a
dozen ladies, whose reputation for good
dress is high, 20 persis,ently adopt the
scarf, Tor others 10 recognize Its grace
and elegance.
The wearing OF Jewels is not often well
understood. One does not see many
handsome Jewels worn in America, with
the exception Of diamonds. IL IS said
that the value OF the diamond fiuctuates
less than that Of any other precious
stone. and that they therefore recon-
mend themselves TO tue practical mas
culine mind a. an investment, and that
this is the real reason that our women
wear diamonds so exclusively. This Is
20 De re GREETED, as the diamond, from lis
excessive brilliGncy and hardness oil
light, is not becoming 10 many women.
To the blue-eyed, the sapphire, or even
the inexpensive turquoise, IS often lar
more harmonious and decorative a
little pale woman in flashing diamonds
is absurd; the silent pearl, the dull, SOFT
TURQUOISE, the evasivs, mysterious opal,
even the httle nOCnstone, q green chai'
cedony, the topaz, an amethyst with
velvet surface for finish, what the
French call deiacee, even amber or pale
tea. colored coral-all these as ornaments
are becoming 10 nine.y-nine women
where the diamond is becoming 10 the
oue-hundredth. Let Us ansipGte
ourselves from imagining thing beau
tiiul because il is costly. or beautiful as
an ornament because II 10 beautiful IN
itself. or Ornamental IN the dress OF one
person because 1t is 50 IN the dress oil
another.
We knew once charming little lady
who. being in very moderate circum-
stances. dressed in such simple materials
as she could easily proCure-in winter
often IN soft gray NOO!eEs, II summer
in light colorsd muslins, With q white
scarf, a straw bonnet, With the plsinest
male ribbon neatly tying II down. her
COMPLEXION was ike the wild rose, and
with her soft fair hair and blue eyes.
ber figure delicate even 10 the point Ct
fragiliiV. no dress could have been more
coGuei;Ish and sxquisliely Appropriate.
Ls;er her husband came INTO 2 fortune
She eagerly adopted heavy velyets, be
meath whose weight she seemed 10 TOT
ter. and diamonds OF great size and bril-
llanCy.
Thomas Carlyle, the Husband
Attwenty-three, Thomas Carlyle, then
\ rising author, was married 10 Jennie
WEIGH. And this amiable and clever
women-to whom he was cevotedly at