McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-01-10
THE ART OF DRESSING.
A Chat With the Best Attired Lady on the
stage.

"The art of DRESSING" said Mrs.
Florence, the actress, to a St. Louis
Globe Democrat reporter, "may be con-
tanned in o nutshell-corsets- and /
want to tell yeu one thing about them.
Fine fitting corsets will make the poor
est figure good, and without them the
most elegant dress is as nothing and
loses its effect They should be laced
loosely from the top to the bottom.
evenly-perheps little tight at the
waist-what the French call cambre.
Then the underwear should be OF silk,
and if the ladies should dress as wish,
they would only wear one skirt and as
little underclotEling as possible. | have
seen women wear FIVE or six skirts
Above all, no bustle---the draperies OF
the dress can be arranged as tournure,
and do away with that obnoxious arti-
Gle of the dress, go stiff and SO ugly.
Combinations of colors for the street |
don't believe in-blaek is the most dis
tingue dress for that purpose, or else
some rich dark color, with gloves and
hat to { match, and for car
rage wear, shoes also. But let
every woman be- law unto
herself, and decide after studying her
complexion and figure without regard
to others, what gill best suit her pecu-
liar style. Muscovitch is the artist who
makes all nay dresses. He brings me
number of pieces of material, and I
choose the color which best suits me,
leaving the garlture to him, with the
proviso that there shall be no hip trim
ming. Ladies inclined to einbonpoint
| want very little trimming of any kind
either on the skirt Or corsage. The
tight fitting sleeve pulled high on the
shoulder is very becoming to a thin,
scrawny arm, shorteningit and giving
it, a round appearance. For young
girls there is nothing like c.eam and
light blue for ball dresses, and for
elderly ladies, garnet, q pretty shade of
mauve, etc. have seen beautiful toll
cts ruined by apoor walk and q want
of art in carrying a train gracefully.
The hair should be simply arranged,
but flowers and feathers | think aboul-
Unable in the couture of young girls. L,
like plumes on ladies of uncertain age,
| fastened by a diamond aigrette, but for
young girls. no; they wear cr-wn of
glory in their own hair and nothing
else. Unless shoes and stockings are
in unison with the rest of the dress It
is spoiled. 1 have seen elegantly
dressed ladies stick out their
feet, showing rough, badly
made shoes, and the beauty
! of their costumes Fanishes
Immediately, like A}laddin's pal
ace in the right. A cream satin
| slipper and stockings are the prettiest
for evening wear, the hose run through
with beads Black slippers and hose
should be beaded if worn in the even
ing. An essential point is where a lady
is going to o reception, ball or dinner,
to prepare her toilet the day before and
not wait until the last moment, when
she will make her appearance haggard
and harrassed By the haste she made.
The fashion OF wearing evening dresses
sleeveless, and cut in deep point back
and front think very pretty, and at
any entertainment for young or old,
the throat should be left open in some
way, in V or square. If you have q
thin arm tie :, knot of ribbon below the
shoulder to fill it out and wear long
gloves. If the elbow is round and
/ dimpled it should be left bare. 1 should
suggest to every one with a yellow skin
to use oriental cream with velontine
powder; they are both harmless and
beautify the complexion. put on very
little paint as l dislike it, and 1 gener-
ally use Les feuvs DIES Indes,' a pale
tint of rouge and azure for darkening
the eyes, which l get from Fay, in Lon
don.'