Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-07-26
FAIR woMAN's DRESS.
Hints and Observations on the Modes sEd

Hints and Dissertations on the Modes HHa
their Changes
Just low everybody is writing about the
way women should dress Earnest souls
like Kate Field and Miss Cleveland develop
staid and sensible ideas; frivolous creatures
like "Clara Belle" laugh at their weaker
sisters mistakes and follies- JENNIE June"
writes of things as she sees them, With
pen good, when wound up, for three columns.
The average seaside correspondent joins
the hue and cry and writes Of women's I'M
dress. But, after all there is nothing new
or startling to be said. except that women's
dless doesn't and won't reform" Fash
loua5!e women is decorating herself as
elaboretely ss ever. She goes in TOR sweet
ness without simplicity, so tar as her ward
role is concerned. The laces that trim and
form entire dresses are e, ceedingly pretty
I'D novel. The figures copy for the mot
osIt the designs of the embroideries so
much worn in ,be early spring. The cslors
# tlese laces are very rich Many Of them
have net grounds in the dark blue, blue
brown ard green shades Of the veiliRgs,
CLEANLINESS and toulards that they trim, and
the thread which forms the design and edge
is in a contrasting color-red on blue, or
green, or brown, or white, or cream on any
made of the dark net. Sometimes gold
bread enhances the richness. Pure white
laces, net and figure both white, are also
assd to trim both white and colored dresses
Of lawn, Saline, foulard, China silk, yelling
and etamine. The rage for tinseIs, the
gold fever in fashions, continues undated,
It is deplorabe to see the misuse and mis-
application Of really beautiful fancy drive
The use OF it entirely from the field OF fash
ion. When gold braid and tensel are
of really fine quality and finely applied, they
are admirable, but when of coarse quality
and badly handled the effect is disgusting.
Hence many really tasteful women will not
wear tiasel at all.
For many seasons there has never been
so pronounced taste for light colors as
this summer The revival OF delicate musliDS
with charming designs and the generally
tasteful manner Of their makeup are very
peasant phases of the present fashions
What can be more appropriate for lawn
parties than white muslin or organdy, plain
or "sprigged," or with some design in color
Grass and trees and summer sky form a
harmonious setting for the changeful fitting
of ''ladyes faire" in robes of gossamer like
tba feecy clouds, or tinted with the hues OF
lender flowers. The dark gounds Of q
season or two ago with contrasting degrees
are quite obsolete, and although meny Of
the thin fabrics have heavy figures or stripes,
ii Sc are rather the exception.
The modes favor the lean this summer.
And Just here it is to be remarked that lean
woman has some great advantages over o
tat enc. She can always find resdY-made
cl, th,s to ft her. Tan walk far aud fast with
olt fatigue, and is not as much in the way
in the pit or balcony Of theatre. 1t is
mistake to suppose that anv woman sp-
0. o., hing 20 can inspire the kind o. passion
eh.th the sight of beauty in It's fresh bloom
II lis forth. She may be jlst as deal" but
is idle for her to hope she may be as
darling The empire of the middle-aged
woman is often absolute, but it is based
u, on soft manners a wide experience Of
life tolerant views and withal hidden
spice of skepticism and humbug. The ster-
Rer sex are never so happy as when they
are being humbugged by the fair sex-a
re sen why benevOlence should prompt the
latter to throw, now and then, dust in the
formers eyes.
The ''housemsid dress" 80 popular in
England, is gaining ground here. 1t is a
FOOD dress, but its chief charm, simplicity,
IS entirely lost when it is worn over crlno-
let'e or artificial protu5erances of any kind,
A woman must have good figure to wear
it, for its plain, straight skirt reveals all
deficiencies, aud to try to conceal them with
crinoline makes the matter much worse.