New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-19
4 MILLINERY MASSACRE.
From The World, London.

1t used 10 be thought. possibly by simple minded
people. that women understood Two things Inc mon
craft II n eyer eN sled. ha Ions become extinct the
latter is more mysterious subject, less open 10 dog
matsm The only certainty about the art o. dleSsins
Is is absolute uhceslh,h'F; ~ WI "",. H., no. -
ever been found who agreed to describe mira as a
well-dresscd woman, ms MaS p'slDl, az,
the feeling that such an stpic,alo" a.. ~ 49,, ."
the extreme Of praise. No other virtue human OF
divine. Is 50 exalted; 80 rare 80 piulh, VI s,E
the art Of adc ming the feminine i"tsoH 10 'a '
some people fail 10 appreciate thc Oh icy ""-.i,
SETS herself to attain when she cohceh'rs'es ~
adnrnucuf II 1, conceived that she desires 20 atia
and to shine before men Lh's M ,coIC y Tht. il
from the absence OF trained op'c4 ION 80
Mathematical prcc,s on IN evidence OF lNi- hhu' ~
as much as IN decmals and vulgar fractions. iIo
hcst-drc.sed people are married NuthtH- l", t,',
have carly been taught that simplicity COZ drc-- mus
los their role. The insenuc weas WINE mu-l "i NJ
satcrn white anything. pure a. undrNen sapW' M
her own soul No mother who understands her bu'r
ness ever allows her daughter 10 aplear o,1Yr Va,
simplicity Itself man HES WIN a ia'' Erl, oi,.' a
ber a HOY seat on his drag on clubdays, or even a
cigarette IN the bill ard room when the parents "a, ar
tscf - the NC of the dOwager Tho slmplc-Inihoru
r ls The creation Of resolutc and persistent training
with a definite object In dress she wiser! no'' li"
,,r,cte Win The Young married woman, who can
ar lower dresses without any disturbance Of medesy
and diamonds NO married woman, Of course dir -
S a., bnr bnSband II would be too much like hunting
a mind fox She dresses for other women. lnal ~
The reason she does IL 30 well IL Is NOT so n,u -
~ H. ~ drc-e- as preachers and morasts call u,
vhirb ,I,ns 80 macy husbands, bu-weu, not love Oh
'her d' as "a 70 tLese reflections which Of
eueicionv elementary character Is the TACT tnt HV
E,stcr ouwards tine millinery season ], az Us hcl-h
Nature is adjoining herself so too Is woman inc "uis
- II e. the fwo-Nature ana vOman-dihohgh az
rsrentIy sufficiently distinct. have In this mater on
,oefnr interests Woman Il fast rObbing nature OF al
fr Of attractive pumage, and, IN spite % protest i
nr,cfre shows no sign OF abatement ms year thir,
l. an authoritative announcement that biiua arc nu
"a Lc wornD We do not remember single year sihOt
an oucry began 10 be made on the subject, IN wiz.
lie came sflsment hls not appeared bht thr H,ui'
I'm bris shows no corresponding decrease. Inc ohi'
Ling which steadily decreases is the race OF bIa'
m"ai7 TLe winters of late have been hard, out ih'
-,"ncr have been harder. Where. lu country plsc'
bammcrs might be seen by the dozen. ana bull
gnrtes and cbafnches by the score. they are no" -
airs We arc told that even robins are being p geo
r'to the service Formerly superstition pfo..r'e.
Nom Int gain overrdes superstition We canhot sal
L.t ,re have ever yet q woman adorned WIN
roIfn we fancy that such one. even among hcr uW
90 r,ust be a person OF considerable courage. bn
,ro ar even three small birds We have seen I'M, SPIN
inundated on the altar Of single womans ihohEht
i"ssurgs and vanity. II stated short tHo Ak
hat one biri fancier IN inndon supplied TWO mlilio
/ email birds 10 the trade last year. -,
\ nero arc one or Two reflections IN chnnecton WIZ
this subject which might possibly occur ono ~oa
10 thouehf even 10 the most mconsidrrdio. In IN
gTst Mace the end Of this indscrmlnae ana sehs,lt,
! slanebter cannot be far distant When the woods O
Cevlon and tho tropics have been exhausted OF thci
snnny and our own English hedgerows and coI4es ar
| mute what then secondly, there are rev hdusdrc
better worth encouraging than that OF making aftheia
! flowers sklll has marvellousy advanced Oh ia1e