Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-11
FASHION NEWS AND NOTES.
Written for The Herald By "Leone."
DRESS REFORM.

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Every once in awhile some woman has
an attack of the dress reform mania, and
invents some absurdity as the late. Hab-
berton garb I've seen its facsimile, and
! Ito say the best that can be said of it.
| it looks as if it had been struck with
hermaphroditeism. An affair. in com
parison with which the mother Hubbard
is thing of beauty, and the Bloomer
costume decent.
/ haye a very vived recollection of
the advent of the latter into the sedate
community in which was born. The
simple folks considered the plain waist
: well enough, and even the skirt tho
worn rather short of the regulation
lengthy might have been condoned, but
the baggy trousers were condemned az
. scandalous; - and the days of that es-
peeial " Bloomer was like the candi-
dates of Martinsburg- and full Of
trouble.
DIR. Mary Walker wore Boomers, but
of late years has adopted the entire cos
tune of gentleman-cane inclusive
However far she may be "off, - she is
only one in advance of the girl who keeps
wishing she was a man; and there are
plenty of women who envy men the sim
plicity of their garments. and the little
time the fixing upn requires. But
girls, did you never stop to think of some
of the infections they suffer from which
we escape. There is the never-ceasing
shaving TALL men are not so wise about
that as is the editor of THE HERALD TO
be endured.
Fashion has never yet decreed that
women must walk about in muslin
starched as stiff as armor, but If a mans
shirt front is not starched until ii is as
stiff as board, he is so unhappy that he
is moved to swear words. And yet men
are not martyrs to fashion, not at all.
FRESH GOODS.
Other than the plaids, the new goods
come in slowly. In the imported French
costumes the presence OF red and the new
bronze greens, is marked feature. All
shades Of red are used, but are most u.s.
ed in combinations with darker colors,
and is only used in the panels, pleats and
trimming. When red skirt is worn it
is with an overdress of red plaid. Entire
costumes Of red are no longer worn.
BRETELLEs.
Old fashioned bretelles are again COM
ing into favor as they give the appearance
of the long slender waist which is now in
favor. In some instances they are sim
front, cross the shoulders, and 20 down
the back, where they taper to a point at
the waist line. Sometimes there is but
one, fastened in ON the right shoulder
seam. crossing oyer the waist line where
it is finished with ribbon fastening.
GLOVES.
Tan colored undressed kid gloves will
remain in fashion. both for the street
and for full dress occasions. All match
ing the gloves with the color of the dress
is done away. and most ladies wear lar
ger gloves than they did two or three
years ago, it being considered bad taste
to have them fit snugly. The tan shades
are the favorites, the effort to introduce
grey having been failure.
THE LATEST DOTS.
Dark red and blue is to be the fashion,
able combination in dress and millinery
this fall
A novelty in bonnet trimming is the
curled feather, shot with mother-of-pear
tints in all shades.
A new material is called suede. II is
fine velvet resembling in color and
appearance the kid bearing that name.
among novelties are stockings edged
with lace frills at the top.
The luxury for fancy carriers is at its
height. Satin elastics are lace trimmed
and fastened with buckets as costly as
you may desire or can afford to buy.
Kid waistcoats have proved a success.
Silver jeweIry keeps apace with the
demand for its richer neighbor. and In
some cases IS preferred to gold.