Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-03-10

lie found equally becoming to almost
nny style of couture. Tho second tot
let is still drcssier, and is such as very
fashionable women in large cities are
apt to wear in making formal calls, or
going to afternoon receptions. The
bonnet is deemed Indispensable, rather
wrap is silk plush, trimmed with Eus-
sian sable, with mutf to match.
Who says that stylish clothes are al
ways essential to feminine comfort =?
An elderly gentleman, rural but solid,
both in character and finance, was III
town. yesterday with his wife and
daughter. The woman wore a shawl
that had been fashionable a quarter Of
a.century ago, and was still a bcauti-
full sample of Oriental manufacture.
1t had once been costly. and why
shouldn't it remain valuable? AS
sensible woman, able to buy newer
tinery if she chose, why should she
give way to new tangled notions? So
there she was in her India shawl, well
satisfied with herself, and asking no
ODDS of the directions given in such
articles as this, in which her portrait
affords such contrast to that OF the
other women depicted. The girl was
modernized, bus not much. Her az,
tempts at fashiOnableness were crude
enough, and her aspect altogether
was hardly a success, Judged b, city
methods of toilet. Her hair hung
down in curls behind, and in front OF
each ear was what she probably calls
beau cat cher, for that is the country
name of it. Changes in hair-dressing
are not closely fol owed by our fam
ers' daughters. If they will look at
the nine heads of modish b.lles in this
article, they will sec a number of new
coilures, ranging from the stately
hirsutc pile of woman at the opera
to the artfully uncol fin Il tresses Of
the debutante at a la1. The no
stylish dress c uld not make stvlish
girl of one who persists in spit locks
and waterfall curl. They are past
and gone.
Suppose two girls are ready to go
to ball, and ii their ages are hero
mentioned as soy cntccn end twenty it is
lecause the difference in the 7 wears is
very carefully observed in their toilets.
The elder sister, alt ough still young,
IS not new to the gaycties of society,
fnd her dress is such as might be worn
by any woman uHder thirty. / he train
and bodice are of la blue ii DIRE an
tlGue, with broad DDmpadolr strincr.
The front of the skirt, veIlcd with blue
trare, and edged with stu I pleatiugs,
is of satin like the pulling round the
training breadths. 4 ilounce twenty.
EnnhnG Of 'nL /,
cred slightly and set on to the skirt. 4
second gives finish to the pannier-lke
de drapery of Grape. The low bodice,
laced at the back. s trimmed with a
fichu of Grape and narrow point. The
younger girl is to make her first APP
peararce at public ball, and her
gown, free from decollctc scarcity OF
material, is essen ial,y juvenile. 1t is
made of clear white muslin, aud has an
elegant, airy appearance. The fonda
tion SKIRT is veilcd first with a i.ounce
gathered slightly, over which falls also
from the skirt band fine pleatcd one.
White serge ribbon twelve nclcs wido
may be replaced by silk if preferred.
The sash is arranged loose y in front
and tied in q bow at the back. A tne
pleated lace floun,e trims the edge of
the bodice, for which the muslin is laid
in folds beside the pointed reck open
ing.
People who go to New York to see
the sights are Lot apt to pay six dollars
for any one sight. As that sum is the
price of an orchestra scat at the Metro
politan Op, RI House, the cost of view
ing the swell women in their boxes is