Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-06
JENNIE JUNE.
Righteous Indignation Over Female
e. Attire.
CONFUSION AND WANT OF SENSE
"clreus" Fashions-A Blending Of the Sub
lime and the GrOtesque-Deludsd xo-
men-New Spring Designs
Dazzling Costumes.


affairs OF women than the growing failur
to differentiate the seasons and associate
with each one something OF the special
charm which distinguishes il in nature,
In the spring, delicacy OF tint, soft gentle
fabrics and early flowers. For the SUMMER
cool blues and white or bun in diaPhanous
materials; straw bonnets trimmed with
lace or muslin and wild roses.
For example, A lady who does her own
thinking decided that for spring dress
she would havea
FaWn COl0red satin sarah
with interior facing of soft shade OF
strawberry or apricot. Fawn IS one oil
those fine neutral Iints that are supposed
10 be always in stock and strawberry and
spricot are the colors most fashionable THIS
season.
There iSonly one cons olation for the mad
ness that seems TO possess the manutac'
tUrers and wesrers OF wUmen's clothing,
and that is this: il cannot last. The laws
that govern supply and demand torbid II
All thinking women are sickened Oh tue
irrational methods by which their dress l.
cove rned, and though they have not ar
rived at a point OF open rebellion, and do
net know how far and in what way they
would like To be PmanCjpated from bon
dage that is not 80 muchOne OF fashion as
OF trade, vet the time will come when they
will know what they want, will demand
il, aud will lave their requirements
met.
Circus styles.
The STYLES for the present season may
we'll bc denominated circus fashions.
They make big show and they range from
the sublime 10 the grOtesque. They revive
the hump and fastcn il in the middle OF the
back with sleeves TO the outer garment thai
look like expanded wings. y much dressed
woman used TO be likened 10 peacock, but
q peacock is q dignited and solemn bird,
nowadays, beside the female InCkdaw or
parCquet with green and gold or many col
ored plumaCn COCke,i up there and swollen
out here, and with patches OF bright red
and yellow all over.
BOnnets and ParasOIs
are ola piece with the rest Of the "utHt.
The colors which were formerly put into
the trimmings Of the bOanets, aud sparing
Is 81 that, arc now dyed in tue straw, anu
ilariNg moons or inverted scoops aud the
like crown the wonderful superstruCtureN
of color and form.
Trade in great cities * last becoming d
demon, a jUggernaut, that the pu5:!r, and
women especially. aIc SarriuCeI To-. Last
wear parasOls exhibited monstrpsities in
the share of bunche, OF cOrdons OF artificial
flowers Artificial ilOwers have been de
cl;uin. fer several years. lsitan evidence
OF the crow tn Of good taste Sometimes
Que hOIc> that il is Anyhow the fact IT..
mains and naturally they haye acCumu'
lated.
Thousands OF women We're DcIndesI
il "a paving high price Tor paraso!s dee
Grated N this tawdy way, and were SO
struck hv the bad taste and folly of such
an exhibition that they tore the things oil
almost before they had been seen. This
season we have the highest and most pro
nOunCed COlOrN which have heretofore been
used Singly, put into alternate stripes,
blocked off in large checks, or combined III
huge figures. These are the novelties. II
is true ladies' are not obliged to buy them,
They can fall back on the black Surah
trimmed with Spanish lace, and by looking
they can find some pretty styles in Chene
silk, in spotted ioulards in pOngee lined
with shrimp pink. or strawberry cihtS, and
some in small pin CHECKED silks, which are
intended 10 match summer costumes.
Taking = General Look
over the whole ground, one can find aoth
ing good that i new and nothing new that
is good. OF Course there are exceptions, 80
ia. 81 technical qualities IN the color and
design OF fabrics Sue concerned; but even
in these cases they are rarely adapted as
well 10 form and the special purposes o.
dress for women. They might rs well, ol
better, be hargings or furniture coverings
or used q, models Tor wall paper, al
thoueh even for these purposes bold
| detached figures, which bear no relation
| ship 10 the material they decorate or the
| object II covers, but simply pit it, q It
| were, With small pON, cannot he consider
| ed desirable or as possessed Of artistic
value. The one good thing in this mass Of
| inCOngIuities and defOrmities is the Won
derfui blending of tints, the technical per
| lection Of design in some oil tue summer
| silks. These are marvellous examples Of
| the high excellence 70 which mechanical
| production has been brought. Soon all
! hand labor will be- Of the past, but whether
| the world will really he richer, or its inhab
| itants hapy Ter. is doubtful question.
Somehow Spring Designs.
Electric blue in silk and also in line
! shawl cloth is in great demand for COS
TUNES which must be made complete, ioI
| there is so little IN the way Of contrast
that looks well with this peculiar but at
| tractiyC tint which i exceedingly beCOm
| ing TO chestnut haired blondes. \ short
| ~ ess of electric blue silk is made with 8
| skirt plated at the back, rUtied at the
sides. and draI ell in front. The edge OF
| the skirt j. finished with number OF mar
row tine plait;ngS. The bodice fits smoothly
over tie hips, il very deeply pointed back
| and front, but not sharply cut, is open in
front and finished with narrow plaitinc>
| which slant up from the neck, and are in
| ished interiorly with others Of hne lace.
| The tiChu which accompanies this is OF the
same fabric and forms pieated cape with
sleeves which are set high at the shoulder
The sleeves are more in effect than IN
realIty-are not pleated, aud do not COntine
tine arms which show the
Pretty Finish OF the Dress Sleeve
below them. The tiCin is not lined and II
the plestings are fine TO match those upon
the shirt the effect i very good and the
whole COSTUME exceedingly light and del,
icate. With such dress the bonnet, and
in fact every detail Of the dress becomes
q matter OF inpOrtanCs. White and black
strsws are too bold and crude. A straw 10
match faced with electric blue velvet and
trimmed with feathers OF the same shade
is suitable. or the bonnet may b. OF six,
matching the Costume-RiIh shrred crown
and pufItd brim, the garniturc ribbon OF
the Silk itsel: made into bows, and one OF
the large strawberry sprays which com
bine delicate foliage with the white bios
som and the green and ripe fruit. This, il
of fine natural tints, furnishes a good
little touch OF contrasting color.
widows Oui6t.
Some dresses Of extraordinary beauty
were made recently for a widow OF 80, who
is about to enter The matrimonial state a
second time. One was of ivory satin With
long plain train embroidered in rich
sc.oli pattern with pearls, white jet, and
heavy silk down the sides and round the
bottom, which was edged with narrow
triple pleating liued interiorly with dou-
bic pleatiug OF lace. The front was cut out
in leaves, in a triple series, embroidered
and laid over founCes of POmPsdoar lace,
the width diminishing toward the bodies
which formed very deep point, and the
hollows of which upon the hips were Fl led
in with embroidered leaves below which
were deep paniers Of the lace. The bodice
was cut SQUARE, en- embroidered in front, and
surrounded with standing fraise OF ex.,
ouisite lace. The sleeves were formed OF
a single puff of satin and double fall OF
l,rar IaSSaniinV the