The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-07
For the 7 & NJ. Household.
New York Fashions--J uary
votes.

Paned out like tie ballet Girl goes the
society young lady. Unlike the ballet
GIRL. not her stockings but her slippers
only on exhibition. The same piling of
tulle on tulIe till tulle is lost in tulle and
all is a may mist Of tulle. Both take
equal delight in spaDgles and at times
therefore as an extra effort bespangled
grows that tulle. Embroidered in
touches likewise or again we find tulles
between with small single artificial
flowers and imported at the modest sum
Of three hundred and fifty dollars good
for but one wearing. The simmer of
silk or satin through a yelling Of float
inc tulle is another element Of beauty
and one largely made use of but at the
same time the effect of lightness is i'm
paired while in case of. panylement,
many object to a foundation, the glisten.
of which distracts the eye from what
should be a chief point Of effect. The
making of the corsage depends or should
depend on the degree of beauty bestow-
ed by nature on the neck and arm. The
unlucky ballet girl must exhibit hers or
lose her salary, but strange 1t seems
that the young lady who should have
marked from her box, the dismal result
of display of bones, should go and do
likewise Yet she often does although
| it is quite allowable in her case to draw
friendly veil over a deficiency of avor-
dupois. No more striking inattention to
such an important point could have been
shown than was done by Mile Nevada,
when in a sleep walking scene she ap-
pears in dress cut low in the neck,
| bony arms, unsymetrical ankles. She
| is supposed to be asleep and costume
concealng these deficiencies would have
been only much more becoming but far
more appropriate. The consequence of
such negligence seriously impairs the
effect of pretty face and artistic singing.
Miss kellogg never exhibited more taste
in her Younger years, than when she
sedulously drew some friendly covering
over her neck. Now she is plump enough
to look pretty in low neck and doubtles.
avails herself of the privilege. Evable
indeed is handsome neck and arm and
this winter; for all possible opportunity Is
given for showing them. Tulle dresses
have the low round neck pointed back
and front. or the square low neck with
point in the back and square front, or
the square low neck with narrow straps
over the shoulder. More Of a paraliello-
gram than a square since it reaches from
shoulder to shoulder. Sleeves are very
short and made usually of the lace,
tulle or Grape which trims plentifully the
low bodice With the tulle dress, the
waist is round, but where tie low round
neck is employed for heavier material,
the waist is usually sharp pointed back
and front with lacing at the back. The
Grcciau bodice is very pretty revival
and here the light trimming is crossed
over the bodice of rich goods, or an ex-
ample may be given of tulle waist
where the material was put on in folds
and crossed to the waist in surplice style.
| Those who cannot wear low neck. take
refuge in heart or square shaped, the
latter filled 10 if necessary the former
with full ruching around it or with
plain fold or narrow lace according to
the desired degree of exhibition. Elbow
sleeves are generally seen with these
costumes and with all evening toilettes.
| The ways OF finishing the waist are so
numerous that we cannot number them
RoSALIND MAY.