Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-30
LADIES COLUMN.
Oiscoursings for Woman's DsIactaiion
Wherein the Dress and Doings of
Her Sex are Discussed.
RibbBn Usfd Jxvisiiiy In All Trimming
Downward Tendency IN Aats.
B0Dns;s Skywsrd.
Good rIaunsrs an Open Sesame and an
Eideet Daughs er's Brig htsst Jewel.
Notes, Recipes, Etc.

There are few perhaps who have re
garded dress as belonging TO the doms!
OF art, and vet a province requiring 81
much that pertains to high art % the pro
per adjustment OF styles to figure, CT col
o"s and of shades, tina! by Just comming
ling or contrasting shall give no osens'
to refined taste, deserves to be considered
IS belonging to art by an inalienablt
right. Looking backward at the modes
that prevailed q quarter Of century sgo
the women Of to day must congratulate
themselves On living in period
when modists no longer follow the
dictum OF some metropolis Of fashion bul
consult old pictures and sEatuary OF
clsssic beauty in order 20 design costume
beih tasteful and becoming, and there IL
special cause tor graduation that while
the centuries may jossle each other in
most public assemolAges, women c1u
enjoy individuality In their dress and nc
longer appesr ga almost uniformed corps,
tall and short, fist snd lean, all arTayed in
! garments OF the same cut, ignoring any
sdsptsbilitY to she person wearing them
| The liberty of choice, both IS to style
and msteriel, Is now under SO little re-
strsint that one Is tempted to believe that
fashion has sbdicated and left her votarIes
to pursue any mad freak. This, however,
Is not true. It is not the reign of misrule
but the reign of law, law fxst and
immutsble, the lew of dtness, and it's full
| allment Is being gradually evolved oY
those studies In art thss sre now dill =
! gently pursued and that result In n
marked improvement In the clothing OF
| the human race.
1t Is perhaps true that no part OF femi-
nine gesr admits of quite so much ysria-
ton as the covering of the head, neither
can Is be denied that thus far designs
| have yet fully met the requirements. For
q woman to have her head uncovered w,s
8 shame long before Paul so declared,
and from the veil with which In earliest
days the women of the east enshrouded
their faces until this day OF Babel
like structures, the problem of q
head covering for women that shall be
threefold in its character, q protection
against heat and cold, End yet give sddi-
tional charm, has been the problem.
Silk looms, grain fields, fowls of esrth and
Sea, flowers of every hue and tint. All
have been maze subserviens to this end
and whether the bonnet be not yet mat
ter OF experiment can be more readily
asked than answered. Men think the
perfection Of womsn's headdress Will
be reached when 1t shall SO closely It the
head IS to offer no barrier to
sight, and II that be accepted,
then the Gapcse meets the require
ment. At this season of the yesr
it Is certainly suitable, not only because
it COMFORTS with the cut of the street
dress but that il can be readily made OF
the costume material. Straw and ribbon
distinguish the spring bonnet, the strsus
are unusually light and soft snd come in
all shades OF the new cloths. As many Of
the bonnet8 have sn upwsrd turn trim
ming inside Is necessity, aud this is
generally group Of loops, broad ribbon
Is used, standing straight up from the
side nearing the back and dropping over
and partially covering the crown.
RaIs h.re less aspiring crowns, and
broad, nearly straight brius csug + PIP
the bsck with large ribbon bow, the
loops in every direction, sid flowers ex.
tending q. the back ss they have hereto
fore been seen on the front, while loops
OF the ribbon fell upon the CROWD, o band
eneircling it. The brim Is uniired and
finished near the edge with bias fold CT
velvet.
jackets genuine or simulated enter Into
most OF the fpting cosFumes; same OF
these have loose unconhned front that
give reglige effect to the toilet, but
those that are of semLmilitary
cut are deemed most becoming
and appropriate, and have little or
no trimming, the elegance being
marked by the cut. 6neness OF msterial
and finish. A jscket like this Is cut dou-
BILE breasted, but below the bust line be-
comes diagonal, lcoped cord forms cd
epaulet on one shoulder, while The other
hiss the front fastened 70 it by three but
tons, where simulated jacket is used,
the corsage is pointed, and appears To be
by a short Spanish ticket
showing at the top and bottom Of the
corssge and is caught over the chest by
knot of ri bon IN silver clasp. The |
jacket is o part OF the corssgs and is cut
With It.
Black lace dresses are too useful to be |
easily displaced. This spting they are |
made over princess slips of black satin or |
surah in preference TO colors. Many OF |
these dresses seem to be q network to |
catch ribbons, as 1t Is said that frequently |
fifty yards Of ribbon are used for their |
decorations. The frcnt drapery is often |
INSIDE entirely Of alternate stripes of water
ed ribbon sDd strips of colored embroid- |
erg, or jet psssementerie. Some favor met |
al trimming, but the contrast both in color |
and material would seem to do violence |
to the principles of correct taste.
NOTES.
Tucked panels of china crepe on wed
ding gowns OF MORE are new and very |
stylish.
The old fashion OF cordIug with con-
trasting color, or with the trimming ms
terial, resppears upon children's summer |
frocks.
With Paris gowns there comes home al
ways a pocket bag Of the dress stuff that
Is both useful and Ornamental. /
MORE ribbon is still worn, but thst3
with satin stripes or satin on plush edges1
is more stylish than the sill over MORE.
Jet boInets, with the beads forming an
open cross-bar pattern, are filed in with
tulle OF blsek, poppy red, suede OF apple
green, according to fancy