Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-18
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81 Conception of the i ossib lites Pert
ing 70 the Art 30 Dress.
TheAI Latest Gossip Gomez rning Gowns and Mat
tiers OF Like Interest To headers OF
the Feminine Persuasion. 81 MS 5ss q

sz---lhe cold wave LnsiG came the week before
Christmas and the snow storm that followed
it was special providence to the fur dealers,
and helped them to get rid Of a part Of their
surplus stock of costly fur garments, It is
rather q curious fact that If it is not cold be-
fore Christmas the fur season (for Dealers is
failure, an arctic temperature afterward
failing to restore the market activity. This
leaves many fur garments in stock which it
Is risk or certain loss to carry over and
might prove disastrous in case Of an over
supply Of the present long and costly designs
The recent mportatlons in seaIskin are very
long and simple forms, better adapted to driv-
+ ing than walking They consist of Newman
ket coats, close-cut paletots and Russian pei
isses, in place Of the dolmans that have been
worn SO long. They enclose the body III fur,
with the aid of sealskin toque and muf, and
are thoroughly protective against snow or
wind Fashion is not allowed to be as ca
PRECIOUS as it is commonly thought. When
it creates an industry it is obliged to sustain
1T Six millions OF skins have been obtained
from Behring's sea since 1871, and one New
York firm alone contracts for 10000 skins
annually. The SEALS very Interesting ami
NAL, and the ladies who fold the soft,
lovely fur about their bodies would do we'll
to learn something Of its curious in
stincts and habits, many Of which ally it
very nearly to the primitive human. Neither
the seal Newmarket nor the long plush cloak
are very convenient for walking, unless the
dresses worn with them are made short
enough to need no lifting in crossing muddy
street or in ascending and descending the
steps Of the elevated roads, 1t is the custom
Of all women in walking, and it is a necessity
in the streets of New York, to grasp the dress
from behind to lift it out of peril at frequent
intervals. The amount of strength expended
upon this performance alone would res
cue from want every needy woman
and child If it were put into
remunerative work; but the feat
becomes difficult and almost impossible
when the fingers have 10 hold within their
grasp the thickness of q heavy coat or cloak
before reaching the folds of the dress
Women who do not walk or ride on the ele-
waited roads have not this problem to consid-
er, and are saved the anxiety; but they lose
the freedom, the fresh air, and the exercise
of muscle. The girls have the best of it
with warm underwear, cloth tailor made
suits, fur capes and muffs, and toQues of
cloth trimmed with q band of fur and wing
to match Natural beaver or otter are the
furs generally preferred Certain shades of
red-dark or soft shades-are very much
used, but not for the street, as formerly
Grays, or gray and brown tints, are better
worn this season.
SOME STAGE DRESSES
1t seemed great pity that the new play,
Duty, should have been removed so soon
from the stage of the Madison Square thea
ter, for the costumes were very handsome,
and some of them worthy of study. Among
these was q princesse dress of gray plush,
with mantle lined with satin and trimmed
| with chinchilla; a walking dress of copper
brown velvet, with toQue, mutf, and mantle
OF plush; short dress Of pearly grey
silk, with long cloak and Mother Hub
bard bonnet trimmed with seal brown plush,
and white cashmere trimmed with white
plush and white satin ribbous. Miss Marie
Burroughs, who is distinguished not only for
her Intelligent acting, but by her good taste
in dress, wears beside the gray plush dress
mentioned very handsome black toilet with
s BLACK lace sleeves a and ;n saq R r nefk
son Square is one of those theaters
| which can usually be relied upon for correct
dressing, and this is really one of the uses OF
the modern stage-one that is understood
only by few actresses in few theaUers
anywhere, but is a most effective, if indirect,
means of cultivating good ideas in regard
to what is suitable to wear at different times
and seasons and also what is always and
forever unsuitable. We have extravagant
d d1sssing on the st stage, the common idea
gard to their expression of ideas or
for education both on and off the stage oo in
this respect, and the stage is SO powerful an
influence in forming public opinion. or
rather in creating a public sentiment in re-
a a AND s1-t t,aj.it
in dress, it established and known to be based
on right principles, would be studied and &C
cepted as unwitten law. AS an example Of
its effect in satirizing osuentatious display
may be d mentioned ne the Mrs gorgeous COS
The Mighty Dollar, an exhibition which
fixes indelibly in the mind of those who
witness the performance the idea Of yul-
garity with display. This it may be sup
posed is so patent lesson that it does not
require learning; but rules which apply to
every other social question are disregarded
where dress is concerned, and if women
could see the folies and outrages
upon good sense and taste as other
see them they would very quickly
drop them. In this same play OF Duty
a young wife wears q snowy red and yellow
dress to please her vulgar and display loving
mother, but takes it off and appears in
white dress to please her husband. But
fortunately the red and yellow mania has
subsi ded; we are beginning to get a glimpse
of the meaning of harmony of tone in cos
tune, and for aid to obtain this insight
women will be largely indebted to MIR.
Irving and Ellen Terry
COMING INTO SOCIETY.
The first season in society, so eagerly antici-
pated by young girls, is a matter frequently
Of great anxiety to nammas who are obliged
to preserve appearances on y limited allow
, ance, or such occasional doles as they CON
succeed in extricating from the pockets of
their husbands; and afew hints as to methods
in such cases may not be out of place. The