The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-20
For the Farmer and Mechanic.
New York Fashions for North
Carolina Girls

Carolina Girls
She who desires Ia amaze, eau 10 70
and yet IN no wise depart trom tue letter
Of the law. High dressed iar, hign
\ shoulders, high necks. high hats aud
4 heels, render startling possibilities Ios-
sIble, 10 >ay nothing OF the tournure
/ which I stood on end, would be equally
\ high, but which laid lengthwise, is in an
opposite direction, most OF amazing. Let
u consider these various heights and
| draw from them Information II not coiu
itsu Nature surrey never mean that
4 the hair should 90 NJ instead Of down.
( Her verdict enforced By the Iaw Of gran
4 fatlon, perpetually pulls it down while
t fashionable people a. perpetually pull i
\ NJ As far UP as it can possibly 70 and
I there they dispoSe it IN twlstings called
I stylish while gravitation is at work on all
stragglers in the rear and keeps them
1 falling, to the great discomfort Of the
4 wearer who must spend half her time
/ plastering or as compromise, have the
\ loose hairs bestowed in short curls at the
nape Of the neck But as we all know, a
curl that nature did not curl, is a vexa
tous affair Painfully precarious is It's
lite and the discounted fair one often
eXtinguishes the last spark and betakes
/ to Eandoline. The high ruff is brought
I in 20 conceal the ugiiness of an expause
Of plastercd back hair but a little rcfcc
\ ton shows US that this ally becomes
easily an eGemy, helping by friction to
\ pull down loose hairs while blottei out
thereby is the delicate existence Of arti
4 ticially made curla Life might become
undesirable but for some determined peo
I pie who wear their hair dressed low aud
have their followers. Neck dressing is
ve.y, very high, but even here there arc
! degrees and the ears are not always IN
convenient appendages undergoing saw
Ing oft process
HIGH SHOULDERS,
though no novelties, have the highest
place in fashionable esteem. From them,
escaI e Is not possible and one must be
high shouldered indeed as if one were
now to appear wearing a hat lacking the
due degree Of height. Stared at and de-
cidely 'lueer would such an one be.
Trimmings are massed above crowns but
even modest capotes are robbed of mod
esty by bunchings, bows or flowers ar
ranged with bristhing effect over the
brow. These flowers are made rich by
/ ing ionquils, daffodils, various gold dus
ted flowers, wheat, oats, etc, with velvet
leaves while delicate Grape blossoms af-
ford lovely contrast. Dew bespangled
nuts, velvet buried chestnuts, mush,
rooms, ferns and grasses are likewise in
favor Notable too, are the pins of to-
day, not only the little, swarming, round
h5 .ded ones, but those which in direc
contrast, are extremely long and large
and thrust through hat or bonnet, give
that look Of agressiyeness thought sty-
hsh. Harmless aud harmful insects form
a tribe They buzz with outstretched
wiz gs or nestle and crawl, many very
small and used with proportionate free
! dom; others 30 ,largc as almost to equal
I the little hummlng bird placed in a rose.
Bach day however, reveals to Us what a
varied world we live il and numerous are
the hats and bonnets where novelties are
quite dispensed with and except in in
creased height brought about by trim
ming and that not always very markedly
we find nothing new. Even the
INDUSTRIOUS ToURNURES
are not altogether new but a renewal OF
last year barbaricues. Retecting Indl
vidualS Will have at watering places, the
same mental pabuIum as formerly and the
arithmetcal genius can again find protil
table exercise in calculating how many
inches of horizontal extension should
c0unterba lance so much of increased
height Authority tells US that mod
istes and manufacturers are III state
bordering on despair And again, ''thc
new styles from Paris show even greater
extremes in tins direction than our own
lldles are as vet willing TO adopt but from
present indications, it cannot be long be
fore we shall wear as fully developed
tOuruures as our French neighbOrs
Developed" is good. mild form of put
tipg it and developed probably we shal
be. Results become more striking be
cause the tournure extends IN a direct
projection form the back: little, If any
fuluess is at the sides and to produce
this fullness by draperics and cause tht
abnormaly pushed out costume to de-
( >cend with approved contour, Is work
} that may well bring about desperation or
the part Of the modiste while manutac
turers make frantic cndeavors to accom-
: Dlish the impossible task OF giving Us
: developed, and at the same time, bear
ably light hustle. 1t IS to the un3cvel
: oped class that we turn with hope. Witt
them, the skirt is kept out by springs Q
, some other mild device: a smal bustlt
, may be worn but sufficient putting i
: lttea brOUght about By adroIt dressmak
5 lng Contrasting with these comriIca
, ions, the Tricora relet corset lnaugu
+ rates an rae of comfort. Elegance o
/ shape has been carefully looked alter
Y but the peculiar feature which affords st
: much ease IN wearing, are the elastic sec
4 tons at the upper and lower parts OF tb'
Sides causing adaptation TO the var1ef
7 positions assumed IN stooplng, sitting G
: reclining. The Tric0ra stays used 10
1 boning seem 50 very tough aud pIable a
: to be absolutely unbreakable. This Irl
: cora corset though com paratIyely new
: has made wonderful strides in public IA
e vor, which may be largely due to the fact
, that It's relieving features were conceived
= and lis construction directed by one 0
, New York : most eminent specialists
Dir. Alexander Strong aud this bids tai
to secure for 1t. long continued popular
{ ity. In
HIGH HEELS,
t there is less dogmatism than elsewher
: and although the extremist can be ex
t treme to her heart content, one can b
mOuerate ana not uuu ClestH cast OUT
j the synagogue. As to general outline
: Of the costume, much depends on tn
a fabric \ thin costume would look al
; snrd if falling plainly as might the sty
lsh cloth or Nonpareil velveteen, Q
where the latter is united with silk 0
light wool, as is often the case, it shoul
i drape as support to the lighter good
z which could be twisted fancifully- Niue
i use indeed is made of thin goods owe