The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-05-03

IAhtoJ anu tlo'o lOlib WIN BHI lHItdub
in tapestry designs, are especially hand
some. Antique lacos combined with
white muslin are used over colored silk
Innings for bed-spreads, with pillow
spreads to match. A border Of red
plush, upon which the lace edge falls, is
pretty finish when not lined, these
lace spreads are used over down COM
fortables that are covered with rose,
blue or red silk.-BoSton advertiser.
Partisan Hall Costumes.
A wonderful amount of invention is
expended in devising original costumes
for Partisan fancy balls. A lovely
Countess, who is noted equally in Paris
for wit and beauty, gave one recently in
which her guests represented n fruit
garden. The ladies appeared as vines,
cherry trees, currant bushes, strawberry
plants, etc, and the gentlemen as apple
and pear trees, One lovely young lady,
1t is said, won murmurs Of admiration as
q strawberry. At another ball kitchen
garden was represented. The ladies
wore white and red turnips, caulihowcrs
and radishes the sweet.smelling onion
and the suggestive carrot were neglect
cd), and the gentlemen appeared as
cabbages, beet root and celery. Some
amusement was created at another fancy
ball given by Nine. GIchard by the
appearance Of newly-married couple "a
cock and hen, the cock being arrayed
III golden brown feathers, with comb
and spurs complete, and the hen in
white satin and swansdown, with little
whitefeather tail and small basket of
golden eggs.
Long Trains.
What Emperor William thinks of the
long trains Of ladies' bal-dresses may
be CLEANED from conversation he had
Mt the recent court ball with the young
and charming wife of n foreign military
attache, who appeared with one Of those
long trains prescribed by the etiquette
OF her own country, and also worn ut
Berlin by the non-dancing ladies' Of ripper
youth" The Emperor, noticing that
the aforesaid young lady had not joined
the dancers, inquired, in his most afla.
Bile way, the reason why, and received
the frank reply For the simple rea-
son, your Majesty, that nobody asked
me to dance" "Then let me tell YOU"
said the Emperor, with smiling glance
Mt her enormous train, "that my officers
are evidently afraid Of playing sad havoc
with your lovely Dress" iestingly add
ing e: eff ] had had tho slightest power
in matters of fashion, should never
have tolerated those cumbersome trains
at balls. Unfortunately / have been
utterly powerless i'll this respect thus
far. but | sincerely rejoice ut the pros
pect OF Dame Fashion speedily and sym
pathetically coming round to my views
once more"
American women the Rest Dressed.
American women are unqucstionably
the best dressed nowadays. Why il
should be 30 is n question too profound
to enter on here. Much and subtle anal
ysis would have to DO expended ON that
problem. One explanation which seems |
to he on tho surface may be that, while
deciding with authority on questions OF
taste, and fully competent to Judge
them, they bring to the business a cor
taln originality of conception and ma
tlonal freshness of idea which pervades
the result, making it not only charming
III itself but exactl y suitable TO the wear.
or. American women-thosc nj least.
who visit Europo-have generally tho
pull over English women in money mat
tors, and, as we have said before, they |
not only have the money to spend, but |
IKE spending it on dress. But, beside
that, there is discernment of the 1T
ting, happiness of choice, which they
bring to, rather than find in, the studios
OF high art in dress. High art, by tho
way, is wofully wanted Just now to ward
OIL certain deformities tho feminine part
Df the human raco is threatened with.
Tight laclng, vice always lying in wait,
Is now openly advocated and enjoined.
Inc waist Is to resemble in roundncss
and harshness the mainmast OF a ship.
only 1t must not be thicker than spar.
High square shoulders are "in;" and
ladies' whose graceful sloping lines were
once tho admiration of the world now
insert hoops OF whalebone in their
sleeves topreserve unbroken the straight
line from the neck to the top OF the arm.
London Daily Ncws.
Iho WOmcn's BOARD of Trade nj Chi
cngO.
The principal business transacted on
the Ladies' Board of Trade at Chicago is
bartering for nickels worth of pea
nuts, knitting silk stockings of the old
gold and banana patterns, tearing to
pieces new dresses, not literally with the
myers, but with the tongue, and tele-
'honing their dear fathers and brothers
cross the way to learn if they'd better
enture deal this morning or wait till
ONE other morning. With m enthus-
ISM worthy Of Oscar Wilde they have
schewed the uncouth terms of "bull"
nd BEAR, and address each other by "
no endearing names of "long" and IL
short" The polite form is care you I'll
hort this morning ?" and not "Hello,
Ihorty !" as the uninitiated might infer. OF
he scene presented on entering the
DOM occupied by the board, in tile
op story of metropolitan block. ia
nough to make the bravest heart pal. d
itate. In the waiting-room may be n fc
roup OF ladies before the mirror. critic
lily examining each others new cloalss o,
resses or toilets. A few will be found
ewing and fixing over articles Of wear dl
ng apparel, while others are discussing p
lshions, arranging their hair, compar,
ng shoes and counting buttons thereon.
nd having q jolly good time generally "
tne main room liz desk, presided al
yer by gentleman and lady. who RIM n
ne institution. On one side are sever a
. tlckers," ticker which gives il