Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-02-19
Simplicity i'm Dress.

our young girls In America do not seem to
pave the sense OF the beauty OF simplicity IN
lovely In heavy yelyets and loaded trimmings
as In simple muslins and soft. clinging ma
terials They detract from their own fresh
charms by calling attention to their adorn-
ment l should be inclined to say that no
Jewels unless a single row OF pearls about the
throat 40 lace but simple Valenciennes, should
a dress perfectly fresh light Ia color where the
complexion permits, Beautifully cut, aud
almost entirely untrimmed, can not be i'm
proved upon for young girl. 1t 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 silks are worn. they
s SonS hof oe OF heavy quality but SOFT our
futile waste OF money; no beauty is attained.
the DERBY hat appears TO me 10 have no eX-
cuse. IL Is unbecomlng even TO man, and ab-
soiutely hide0uS upon woman. IC is SurprlS-
1Bg to see them adopted by well bred ladies'
They have had great countenance, TO be sure
but we think that IL We should hand over ali
the younger generation 10 an exclusive costume
OF the Derby hat, the ulster. the Jersey ana the
short skirt, IL would not take more than one
generation to make US lose all grace OF manner
The snort skirt deserves to oe commended for
the street, but in the house 1t has neither
beauty nor elegance. Even to shorten a long
skirt Ia front for the better display of a pretty
foot is great mistake. II is neither becoming
TO the foot nor the figure. Ii gives an inten.
tional look OF display, which Is unrefned: and
surely the dress that leaves something TO the
nitied.
The scarf for a married woman is fashion
that should never die To wear it well Is a
proof OF grace, and it imparts an elegance es-
peclally 10 tall woman, that is very desirable
In the old portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds
and Gatnsborough, by stewart and Copley. the
scarf has been very elegantly used-the long
straight scarf drawn tightly 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 sees them occasionally worn by
ladies who have relatives In the East, who send
them scarfs OF Grape or caInels -hsir: and occa-
slonally the French approach the scarf In the
autumn. i think that it would only require
half dozen ladies, whose reputation for good
dress Is high, 10 perStsfently adopt the scarf
for others to recognize its grace and elegance.
The wearing OF Jewels Is not orten we'll I'M
derstood. One does not see many handsome
Jewels worn In America, with the exception OF
0lamondS. II Is said that the value OF the
diamond luctuates less than that OF any other
precious stone, and that they therefore recon-
mend themselves to the practical masculine
mind as an investment, and that this is the real
reason that our women wear diamonds so
exclusively. This is TO be regretted, as the dia-
mond. from Its excessive brilliancy and hard
To the blueeyed, the sapphire. or even the
inexpensive turquoise is often far more harmo-
NOUS and decorative. A little pale woman In
flushing diamonds is absurd: the silent pearl
the dull, soft turquoise the eyaSiye mysterious
opal, even the little moon-stone, green chal-
cedony, the topaz an amethyst with velvet
even amber. or pale tea colored coral--al these
as ornaments are becoming TO ninety-nine
women where the diamond is becoming to the
one-hundredth. Let US emancipate ourselves
from imagining thing beautiful because it is
costly, Or beautiful as al ornament because It
is beautiful In Itself, or ornamental in the dress
OF one person because 1t is so in the dress of an
other.
We knew once a charming little lady who,
being In very moderate circumstances. dressed
In such simple materials as she could easily
In summer In light colored muslins. with a
white scarf, straw bonnet. with the plainest
plexion was Ike 6 wild rose, and with her soft
fair hair and blue eyes, her figure delicate even
to the point OF fragtlity, no dress could have
been more coquettish and exQuisitely appro-
pirate. Later her husband came into for
tune. She eagerly adopted heavy velvets, be-
meath whose weight she seemed to totter dla-
monds OF great size and brilliancy. They made
her al once plain woman; and as her fresh
ness began to fade, We wondered how we could
ever have thought her exquisitely pretty; and
tender dullness of pearls, with grapes of gray
or white as material for her gowns, even faded
she would have been charming. ~ r.
1NPLAMMABLR LANDs.-One serious trouble
Everglades and Lake oSechoDee viii b. f 2. t inc
nammability. 1t viii be simply the residuum
from the crops OF successive ages OF de-
composed apl grasses and has none OF the density
keys surrounding the. peninsula of Florida.
topped with mold formed 10 this way upon
smell OF limestone Substratum, that fire lighted
upon them VIII burn TO the basis and reduce
THIS mold TO light ashes, which viii blow away
with the first breeze. The drained EyerpIadcs
VIII need heavy intermiXture with sand or
lre insurance Mobile {AIdJ Register.
Dill mas been introduced In the legislature
OIL Pennsyr ana which provides that employees
OF rallroads, canals steamboats,. mining COM
panfeS. and all other corporations Shall have a
prior lien on the franchise, gross earnings and
the real and personal property OF the company
or corporation to the extent OF the wages con-
tracted to be paid them.
The Columbus ga Enquirer makes note Of