Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-02-19
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4 btauty Of simplicity Ia dress. so
young girl lomks as Young Og ~
I iOvelS IN heavy velvelts and sOsdpsl
+ trialHiings as In simple nuslins and
sUfr, clinging materials, They de-.
/ tract from their own fresh cilarms
/ by calling attention 10 their adorn~
ment. l sboald be Inclined Ia saw
that no Jewels, unless a single row
] of pearls about the throat, no lato
but simple ValencienneE, should bel
worn by any girl younger than
4 twenty-one. a dress perfectly fresh,
light in color (where the eCOmpieXl0fl
permits), beautifully cut, aud nl-
most entirely untrimmed, cannot be
Improved upon for a young girl. II
IS the sweet rounded forms, the
dewy bloom of the cheek, the clear
young eyes, the soft tender lips, that
we want to see. Where silksRre
worn, they should not be of heavy
quality, but soft. Our young girls
wear dresses like dowagers. Its al
futile waste Of money no beauty Is
attained. M
We would like to call attention 10
the fact that the style 5f dress inilu-
ences the manners, the carriage, OF
the woman. The masculine stvle'
of dress has this 0blecti0n.. II N 4
little diffieClt to say what we could
substitute for the Ulster that we
have all adopted. 1t IL surely very
convenient garment for our streets.
and Tor rain and mud and snow, but
there is difference In the cut III
Ulsters, and they should be as little
like a very bad overcoat as possible.
When 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 fOllciwsl
The Derby hat appears 10 the TO
have no excuse. IL is unbeconlinp
even to a man, and absolutely hid
eous upon woman. It is surpris-
ing to see them adopted by well-bred
ladies. They have had great couu-
tenance, to be sure, but we thf9ik
that If we should hand over all the
younger generation To an exclusive
costume or the Derby hat, the VI
ster, the Jersey, and the short skirt.
1t would not take more than one
generation to make US lose all grace
Of manner.
The snort skirt deserves 10 be
commended for the street, but IN
the house IL has neither beauty nor
elegance, Even to shorten a long
skirt In front for the better display
of a pretty foot Is a great mistake
Ii is neither becoming to the foot
nor the figure. II gives in inteE-
tional look OF display, which Is un-
refined and surely the dress that
leaves something to the Imagination
Is more coquettish and more digEi-
iied.
The scarf for married woman Is
a fashion that should never die.
To wear it we'll Is proof Of grace,
and it imparts an elegance, espe-
cially to a tall woman, that Is very
desirable. In the old portraits by
Sir Joshua Reynolds and Gains
by Stewart and C0pley,
the scarf has been very elegantly
lsed-the long straight scarf drawn
lightly across the small OF the back,
passed over the elbows, and DROP
ping down In front as low as the
knee, or lower. Nowadays one secs
hem occasionally worn by ladies
Who have relatives In the east, who
end them scarfs Of Grape or canelis
lair and occasionally tile French
Ipproach the scarf In the style Of
heir light outer wraps for spring or
Iutumn. 1 think that ii would re-
Iuire half dozen ladies, whose
equation for good dress Is high, t8
adopt the scarf, for 9th.
rs to recognize its grace aud ele.
.ance.
Che wearing Of jewels Is not often
veil understood. One does not see
many handsome jewels worn IA
with the exception OF dim
n0nds. 1T Is said that the value OF
he diamond fiuctuates less than
hat of any other precious stone, and
bat they therefore recommend
hemselves to the practical mnscn-
ne mind az an investment, and
hat this Is the real reason that our
wear diamonds 50 exclus.
sely. This is 90 be regretted, az
le diamond, from its excessive brill
ancy and hardness of light, Is not
ecoming to many women. To the
lue-eyed the sapphire, or even the
turquoise, is often far
lore harmonious aud Decorative,
little pale woman i'm flashing dia-
londS Is absurd the silent pearl,
le dull, soft turquoise, the evasive,
lySterioas opal, even the little
a green chalcedOny, the
'paz, an amethyst with velvet
lriace for finish (what the Frerch
III def0cee), even amber, or pale
a-colOred cOral-all these as Orna-
Ients are becoming to ninety-nin8g
omen, where the diamond is be-
ming to the One-hundredth Let
] emaneipafe ourselves from imag-
ing thing beautiful because IL fs
'stly, or beautiful as an ornament
scause it Is beautiful in itself, or
in the dress Of one per
n il IS so in the dress Of another.
We knew once a charming little
dy who, being in very moderate
dressed In such sim
G materials as she could easily
winter often IN soft gray
Oolens, in summer light-cOlOred
uslins, with a white scarf, a straw
'nnet, with the plainest pale rib
N neatly tying II down. Her
mpiexion was like wild rose,
id with her soft fair hair And'bl
es, her figure delicate even 10 the
mt Of fragility, no dress could
we been more coquettish and ex-
Ilsitelyappropriate. Later her hus- y
nd came into a fortune. She
gerly adopted heavy velvels, be-
ath whose weight she seemed IN
tier, diamonds of great size and
illiancy. They made her at once
plain woman; and as her fresh
- began to fade, we wondered
w we could eger have thought
+ exquisitely pretty; and Il
smed 10 us that with soft lace and
G tender dullness Of pearls, with
ipes of gray or white as materia!
: her gowns, even faded, she
)nld have been charming.
THE Springfield Republican tells
e following good story Of the War
n+s: "a funny story comes from
stern Connecticut, which Is well
uched for. During the war VIM.
iart, the theatrical manager and
tier, was to give dinner party
his house, near the pequOt az
~ LondOn, at which he desired
have okra soup. Finding none
the city, he telegraphed 10 New
'rk to ii firm there TO advise him
lether they could supply him.
'xt day, in the midst Of rush OF
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