Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-14

TemDore mutaetur os nos mGtAmur IL
ILLS (fts times are chsnged ard we are
changed with thep) is an old LstiE
phrase, as truthful now as whsn written
no g knows how long ago. In isct, Il
would neem to apply to the present age
Of advanced civil zation and increased re.
laemept rather m IRE than to shy in :hs
past, aud in dress fully IS nue. IS II
any other particular.
Perhsps one of the most marked
changes which has elept imperceptsbly
into existeIcs 10 tie radical reform Ia
feminine attire and the latitude which
custom now gives in the matter OF COS
,ume and Embarrassing to ladies CT all
ages.
This modern reform is demons,ratively
apparent in the fact that an CID lady
Is nowadays the exception and not the
rule.
The swees liberty which al ladies ct
present erjoy in botn dress and coiHlre
has, SO to speak, equsl:zsd their sges.
and cf!entimes 1t is I'll nit for stranger
to determine which Is the mother and
which the daughter, state OF agreeable
uncertainty thst In former years would
hsve caused general uprising Of hande
and an unqualified cry of horror the
young lady cri nps her hnir, wears be-
comicg hat and an e1quislteIy fitting
dress; her mother does the same, so that
nCw ,here are two you,tfui, charm ng
women where during the ancient # gina
there was bus one.
These who sre III their ffties-slbeit,
they look several decades youngeI-csn
readily call to mipd the rigid lines which,
in their chi!dhood's days were drawn be-
tween the attire Of the unmarried end the
married lady, and msny dear old grand.
mother csn tell how. when she turned
from the sltar, she / ): not only her girl.
hood, but her youIhf1l Style Of dress be-
hind her
When the wedding festivities were
over, IL those d.ys, the bride st once
metsmorphosed into the marop; more
eldely form Of costume Was don1ed, the
.mp'e folds Of e white kerchltt crossed
har you hfnl breast, her haIr, how yer
,uzv:lsut, was crushed or cu-led in 4
middle Sged fsssnOn and crowned, not
vita its own "glor7," but with cap
Pnis piece Of headgesr, with tina wealthy
ANA aristOcratic, was OF fle white lace,
tne less sfii lent Contenting themselves
with chespsf material, While those
lower 90 IN for une'5 scale, for "ec01o
mss" sske, wore so CmIustIa substitutes
made Of black lsce, h0rrid, dlsfsurioe
gsinc0, of.en worn as long az they held
snd uptii redo.elt with cdors
be reverse of fragrant.
A blstk lace esp made to cover the ears
as well as the hAlr; wins. W m IN OF a1Y
Glass would to-day appear Ia az article 50
oi5eoua, N taste SO vie?
A wom1r's hair is Der chief orrsment
spd should never be covered except when
upon the street or, 80 Sc. Paul admon-
isnes, when 81 chutc5; neither should she
C n asl it in the guise OF "nomelyn
coiffara, or r any reason other than ssd
uece ssilY, suca as q severe iiluess, par
rnlt Ii to be shingled or Cut close 10 the
hesd.
Dres irg the hair In becoming man
ler hes much TO do vita the setting & Of
: costume; ell TO do with the attractive
ness OF aDy css. of features, and few
there be so divluelv fair that an artistic
coi1ure may be IGNORED; fewer still 20
plain that their appearances may not be
greatly improved BY tasteful acjast
nent Of the hsir. In isct, too much can
scarcely be said against in1iference to
tie care srd arrangement OF the hair, or
enough in 'avor of It's preservation and
/ proper form of dressing It
And now thst new and elegant co'fSures
ere nppes.iDg, aud restrictiors 30 loI ger
xlss ss TO the age when E lsdy may CT
nsy not wear har hair according to her
Owe judgment and tsse, IN re is no rea-
500 why esch snd all should not complete
ler toilet with hesddress in keeping
with her fzure snd mod OF dress.
All the prevailing styles tend towards
.tis'ng the hair in q1eeply fashion on
~ own Of the head, while there is con.
idersble variety In the cola or torssdes
which compose tbe back CO fuce, but all
Troop in q grsoeful wsy TO the rs CT, gith
1ut, however, touchiag or Interfering
With the collar or lace trimming OF the
iress, snd msy be worn WIN sry SHAPE
f Rat or bonnet. The front or bang is
lsusilg Of loose rings or curls, which |
nsy be either OF the wesrar's own hair Or |
u-rished by the hsirdresser. The o.us-
u sDts CT the present season srs fancy
he'll pins and combs.