Telegram-herald., 1888-08-26
THEDUSTLING WORLD
.EsslE NAYs LETTER on FASHIONS
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TIE inlntssls Jessie Asy addresses have
q ~ays Interested reassrs Of tAs Ns- Nefk
500. sad isll9ss i ons on TIE sssless
of those thinss that whsa y0u ladies fAii
"a lAsza t1sy prove - - spFl8K K-bacss.
We.l my dear slrls. have ssea proais-
lng s0u ior sooie uns that I -oald write
yoa iaily regarding the busils 4Gs1ons 80
Fol e14ld Il Esoeszsryl COLLAPSE IA sd-
vance Oh foer female friends. Tor q coufss
yoa aust mziutzln even a a. = s3efiaos oi
some personal comfort aAd taste yoAf
position a. fashion leader Ia your eel. for
as = vel knOan tact nat your compsn-
ions pay more sttentiOn 10 your sshsss o.
stalning get opsl than - any fsshlon
magazine plates or articles
/ Lsse often noticed when visiting you
that y0u could wear a bonnet or lat.
through cspries OF Tor cOassnlence. Ia some
novel wsy 0T poiss, and that tss "roslies
would Immediately come out with theirs
nxsd tie same Way / remember the day
whea se wen % the village Ia the deg
cart. ssd you tilted your lovely h-< far over
The face. iast 20 hide the curl papers. and
that sel TIE local fashion. Aud how We
laughed neIt DAY 10 see H.
Well. a. yOar request / visited the
N4UgA-tc VINO Lao Otucfrl Al1. j. / i4ott--
sean from Worth, and every dress was
m sds 70 wear with just the same amount OF
tOurnuFs which you are now using. Be
sides this. have been 10 the principal
stores and seen some of their Fall impor-
tal.ons think Of nay being able 10 see the
fashions weeks ahead OF you wesierners.l
aud all their handsome dresses ere fully
a. bouiant ss ihsy were this Spring. IL
Is absurd To think for one moment OF
our fashionable women giving 40 the onstle.
There isn't one woman IN hVe hundred
who is cut 10 90 without some hustle.
Possibly Mrs Cleveland may be one OF
these rare eceptions, for, as / told you ~hen
| saw her in Washington a lew weeks ago
alter you had seen the account Of her hav-
ing discarded IT.. she apparently had the
regulation amount ION board. aud looked
and was Just the same fascinating lovely
Frances a. ever So none OF your gowns
need any alteration. and you may have the
new one Tor the wedding made just the
same way. | shan't attempt TO describe
Jennettc's trOuseau or even the lovely
bridal robe IN this letter. Besides you will
soon see them. and that will be much more
satisfactory.
To 20 on with the hustle question | must
tell you that the other day | was showed
the proof sheets of Buttericks Delineator
for October, and / iotted down. for your
benefit. the following sentence: "Bustles
aud other adjustable tournures will con-
tinue IN fashion this Autumn and through
out the Winter. The reports TO the con-
trary have doubtless been exaggerated, and
the superiority of the goods recently placed
upon the market by the manufacturers will
greatly aid the favor in which bustles are
held"
As soon as have time am going to visit
Of Il nit nsf .
manufacturers and hear what they say on
the hustle question. lmsgine how we
would look without one, anyhow For
myself think that the institution has come
TO stay. The modern affair is very different
| from the hustle of olden times. | have
been looking over the fashion plates, and
they make an interesting study. Fifty
| years ago the hustle was q heavy concern,
| like a pillow, and for long time after that
all the changes seemed TO be simply IN size;
| they were all not, hideous and heavy. Then
the hoop-skirt calue in; but il could not
fold itself up silently and steal away as can
the hustle of today, and all OF sudden
spread itself out in all its magnihcence. IL
was bothersome thing. and tits no wonder
| that its place was taken by the folding
| hustle which Is really the most ingenious,
| graceful, compact and becoming addition
| that was ever devised for woman's dress.
| OF course the old-fsshioned kind that
| grandmother wore WAS a nuisance. There is
no wonder that people made fun of 1t; no
| one could sit down with comfort nor arise
with ease if wearing one. Ii gave the
wssrer backache and was unhealthful be-
| cause OF the heat and weight which II
| necessarily made q woman carry upon her
| back; whereas. the light wire hustle relieve
us fIom the weight of clothing, and at the
same time keeps the back cool, ss 1t lifts all
these thick folds of cloth and muslin a
number Of inches from the spine. Several
| physicians with whom | have spoken coin
! eide with my opinion shat these wire
busties are healthful In addition, you
know how much more comfortable we are
while wearing them than when we used to
| pack on several copies of the daily papers,
| which were ruinous 10 our health. And
| when We followed the paper tied on with q
string. with hair and feather pads, while il
| was in some respects, and improvement, il
still had both the weigh and heat. But you
and ! and all women are delighted with the
| modern tournure and would be foolish to
1 give II no.
So much for comfort now a. to the
style side OF the question.
Who are they, anyway, who say that the
hustle is about to 20 out of fashion?
They
who are "tbeyl" Evidently not the
ladies who throng our streets and avenues
on any bright afternoon and on Sundays.
for all Of these who have any style about
| them have bustles They" cannot be the
storekeepers, for the shops are full of them
and new styles come In every month. And
they cannot be the people who get Ut
the fashion-p plates. for the latest ones that
come over from London, Paris and Berlin
show larger bustles than before. And, as
| these fashion plates are based upon what
| Is worn bg the leaders of fashion in those
! cities. they cannot be the royal and
other fashion leaders upon the other side OF
| the great wetnsss"
When asked one dealer if he though,
the hustle was going out he said that he
should think that IL was going out-soi :
/ Out II a rate that would make your head
sNim II you could see The stock coming in
81 one door Of our establishment and the
/ quantity OF bnstles. all bored going out 81
tbs other. IF you mean going out o
! style said BE-. mot by several long shots
| People have found ont that az nov m ade i,
Is not only pretty and grzcsful hat con.
/ tributes % the health Of the wesre~ bv res.
son of relieving The spine and the bsos
/ from the drag. heat and weight of ths
/ heavy skirts I eel about FIVE or SIX hua.
/ drsd day for my share of tho trade snd,l
/ think that shows that the ladies' are stil
/ wearing bnssles." JEssrE Nay.