The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-23

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saiururv az voe.- AOrnamenfnls
u,ozYning would seem to be . very
rreat ronsrzsiSrtisn Of teTms, but stIu
mourning has It's coq1e<Ties- Worth.
"a txinx asked 30 dress . rich Ameri-
can widow. asked to So her photo
rrsr,h, Tor. he said. he wished % So
II <E< were The sort 81 woman TO rel
in 1 becoming black The mockery.
The conversational afsur1ities. the NJ
ferfnfsens which thus lend themselves
10 csrieature what j. The most so3emn
and most terrille thing In life, the CIV
ing back of our beloved 70 God, cannot
be too strongly condemned- There -
. ghoaIlike ghastiiness in talking
about ..ornamental" or becoming
or complimentary mourning
What mourning means with rs. OF
the gloomy Angio-Saxon race, Is thai
Il Il sort Of shed from the world n
the perioi Of our deepest sorrow and
distress. And il has thus become
mark OF our respect for those whom
We have lost. whether . near relative
or q remote friend. Mourning Is very
extensive. and il has been the desire
Of many phiianthroPic persons 70 do
away with IL, In the hope OF thus saw
ing many poor family the expense
Ard trouble at time when the heart
could little bear the burden But II il
feeling too deeply rooted in the hui
man heart. and the poorest woman
wishes to bury her dead decently, and
10 co.er her own person with the
gioomiest black.
Ii is fortunate for all. even for those
who feel the most the death OF friend,
that there are conventional limits 70
the periods Of mourning. for it Ia al
WAYS a most sad and trying expert
enee TO leave II Oh.
DO I love my friend less? Do love
his memory less7 are the painful,
heart-breaking questions which we ask
when VIC take of our mourning.
II Is the English fashion to ignore
feeling and to decide to take of Grape
in six months. and that the duration
mourning shall not exceed a year. A
dense cloud of black bombazine and
Grape, a widows cap, long, thick
black veil, and white transparent CUTS
| At the wrists-such is the English
| widows costume, and it is copied here,
| A very becoming and dignified dress.
MANY widows wear il all their lives, OF
| until they marry again. Grape is q
| very extensive. iisagreeable material.
ruined BY dampness and dust. There
| fore Henrietta cloth, tamise bayonaise,
nuns yelling. grenadine and lustre-
I In. Ia ~ a
lin. For parents, sons and daughters
wear mourning for a. year. During
the first half year q lady wears Henri
eta cloth OF serge trimmed with
Grape, with black tuile at wrist and
neck; deep veil is worn at the back
of the bonnet. but not over the head
or face, like the widows veil. which
should almost cover the entire person.
This fashion is objected to By the ocu-
lists. who declare that it Injuries the
eye. Grape sheds its pernieious dye
into the sensitive nostrils. producing
catarrhal disease as well as blindness
and cataract of the eve. II il thou
sand p;ties that fashion dictates the
Grape veil.
The rule in England is that parents
should wear mourning for children
i less IMAM Il ttdf- ptt ia hhitAasa q
year and half is allowed. The mourn
ing IL less deep than for a husband
but parents must settle this for them
selves. As this is the most awful and
real OF I'LL griefs. we can only suggest
to stricken mothers that they should
for the sake Of the survivors, try t.
Tighten their mourning as soon as they
can.
Il prt. lr..xot. \ 49,, x,x,,ck ,,nra ohao-
full ideas OF what constitutes mourning
than we have. They shock English
and American women. They have
three grades, deep, ordinary and half
mourning. For u husband, black J.
worn one year and six weeks, and The
latter is OF very light half-mourninf
gray and violet; Tor a parent or
Ichiid. six months OF black, and ther
1.-TWO months of very light mourning
for an uncle or aunt, three weeks i,
considered all that is necessary. IL
America, where there is no such fixity
of rule. a woman often remains mon
ument of woe for seven or ten years
a slave to complimentary mourning
and then when real friend dies she
has no power left to show her feeling
by putting on deeper black.
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mourning for those who wish to ex
press conventionaliy their regret fol
the dead. but very broad borders look
like ostentation, and are in bad taste
A narrow border of black tells the
story as well as an inch of coal-blact
gloom.
Friends should call on the bereaved
family within month, not expecting
of course to see them. Kind notes ex.
pressing sympathy are most welcome
TO the afflicted from intimate friends
and gifts of flowers or any testimonial
of sympathy are highly priced. But
those dreadful emblems to put on thu
coffin are out OF fashion. always in bat
taste. and coming, as they do, JUS
after death, they must afilici tht
family more than they console.
/ The period of a mourner's retire
ment from the world has been very
much shortened of late. For one year
however, no formal visiting is under
taken, nor is there any entertaining In
the house.
In half mourning, very elegant
dresses. trimmed with jet and soft
| French Grape, are permissible Neither
lace nor ornaments set in gold are
proper in mourning. All pearls and
diamonds should he in black enamel.
White silk, embroidered with black, j.
used in England for court mourning
Black hid gloves in summer are sc
Objectionable that ladies prefer The
black Suede glove, or silk glove, which
is now made with such neatness that
il does not disfigure the hand
The funeral arrangements are ge3er-
ally left To an undertaken, anu the
dead body. SO dear to US. must bt
taken away with sacred care and re-
ligious ceremony. The coffin is sim
pier than formerly and is covered with
black cloth, With a silver plate for the
name. Ii is lined with white and Ia.
no longer the sad, suggestive shape.
In dressing the remains for the grave
those OF a man are clad in his habit a.
he lived. generally evening dress. or, il
he I've soldier or sailor, in his uni
form. In a woman tastes differ. The
preference Is. however, for white
cashmere robe. and often n delicate
leap. The rohiag OF the dead bodies %;
children and Young people should al
ways he white. But there are no abso.
late rules: the next of kin must de
eide. Indeed, there il no way OF ap
preaching this subject. which IL not
lexqui sitely painful The only thins
which we can urge Is an absence OF o.
tentation.
Wives should wear mourning for
relatives OF their husbands precisely a.
they would for their own. as should
husbands for the relative, of theii
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