, 1889-09-26
THE FEMALE FORM DIVINE.
Something About Bangs, Bustles,
Hnts, COrsets and Coils.

Hats, Corsets and Coils.
Is there anything new under the sunP
We asked ourselves the question as we
salntercd down Seventh street the other
day in search of novelties when n tall,
dark robed figure attracted our attention
and we recognized the athletic girl. She
walks with the freedom of II boy and
looks into the faces of the pnssers-by
with the franknoss of one, minus the
boldness.
The athletic girls arms and legs keep
pace with her thoughts-she thinks rap
idly and of all subjects but herself. She
has u good stock OF pride, but it docs not
show itself In q mincing, high pitched
voice or short, conventional stcps-slle
talks in a bass voice that is very natural,
n little too natural maybe to be natural
according to nature, and like the charm
ing Portia, she converts two inincing
steps into manly stride"
II is quite fashionable 10 be athletic,
but, alas, like every other fashion it will
soon bc carried to the extremes. 1t is u
noticeable fact that every fashion Is car
ried to both extremes before the "happy
medium" is found.
Talking of the extremes of fashion re-
minds us of the hustle. 1t is going not
rapidly but surely. 1t Is going after
the manner of a balloon with rent in
its side through which the gas is cscap-
ing gradually decreasing In size until
it suddenly collapses and shrivels into
nothingness. The hustle, however, is
possessed of great degree of tenacity;
II refuses to go without Il struggle. 1t Is
difficult to decide whether the woman
clings to the hustle or the hustle to the
woman. 1t is safe to say, however, that
in warm weather the hustle clings TO the
woman, and in cases where the unsafe
i
very, very tightly to the hustle.
Talk about the hustle dying hard, 1t is
nothing compared to the corset. Re-
formers have been trying to kill the cor
set for 10, these many years, and il is not
dead yet. Ii is evidently long-liyed and
cannot be violently disposed of, but will
die natural death. The age of man Is
said to be three score years and ten, like
wise woman, but the age of the corset -
yet undiscovered, Signs of its decline,
however, are beginning to appear i'm the
or the still more humane substitute used
in the East, resembling olir Spanish
belts, but extending down over the hips.
These, of course, can be worn only by
slender women.
Coming back TO skirt extenders, the
reed was q sensible arrangement, but
It, too, is disappearing. Common
sense is at discount in this age
of frivolty, 1t is not apprecl-
ated, In fact, no matter how much it
may be respected in theory, and the
reed which made walking easier, can
be cited as an illustration of the truth OF
this. However, II the shadow of COM
mon sense possessed by the century goes
out in one place II reappcars in another.
The truth of this may be seen in the
style of hairdressing which will be. in
vogue the coming winter. The hair will
he arranged IN pufls and coils ut the
back OF tho head, giving the tops OF our
heads chance TO develop. y new and
leading coiilure is the centennial. 1t Is
really not new, for any one who takes
the trouble to hunt up an old fashion
plate will see the selisame coils and pulls
on the heads of the odd looking figures,
with few braids added, perhaps, and Il
noticeable absence of bangs. There is
nothing new in bange this season, un-
less perhaps new names for old styles.
The new fall hat, by the way, Is n "thing
of beauty and u joy,' not forever, at
least as long as the season lasts.
The masses of flowers worn as head
dresses the past spring and summer are,
of course, dead With the season, and
something moro substantial, as well as
tasteful, is coming ill., The forests are
now being robbed and the iea<horei
songsters sacrificed to grace the heads of
fashions flvoritcs. Very small birds
are not nearly so much used as large
ones. The parrot will be much thought
of the coming winter, and in a short
time one will imagine it to bc quite tie
thing" for Il lady to go out for IL prom
enade with her pet lmrrot perclcd ON
her head. a pretty green hat seen on
tho street q few days ago had Il tropical
bird so daintily fashioned on one side as
to suggest the fancy that the wearcr had
just emerged from Florida forest car
rying with her the bright wee creature
that had taken her head for u cozy nook.
A magnificent thing, seen in i Third
street window, Is q gorgeous gold and
black bird of Paradise, SO natural that
you almost expect 1t to spread its beauti-
fil wings and soar up out of sight in its
natural element. Velvet, lace and feath-
crs will be the chief trimming for hats,
which are almost all either very large or
very small, with but few of medium
size. And of the former the Anderson
was seen made up of terra-cotta velvet,
large black plumes, q jet buckle clusp-
ing the folds of velvet, and the brim
edged with Jet gimp.
Among the hats destined to be popu-
lar arc the Nall, the Vcsta and the low
crowned Princess Louise and the Bran
doletsc. The latter made with IL crown
OF blnck hattcr's plush, Il moleskin brim
and finished with large black parrot. Is
very effective. a splendid imported
treasure, which viii set oil the beauty oi
some 81. Puul belle to advantage daring
the coming season, besides being an at.
traction IN ITSELF Is an extremely large
hat, turned up "a trihc OH the side, OF
mignonette green felt, trimmed wisll
velvet Of tho same color, gold ribbon
and rich black velvet. Another
attractive thing is tnrban OF
some dark color with q
large snow-wliite dove placed over the
crown as the only trimming. Blacl Is
becoming the color for blondes, also
scal-brown. A hat which sets oil deli
cate blonde to perfection Is of scai-brown
velvet within large brim slightly turned
up In the back, a rather low crown, iii-
ishcd with rich plumes and ribbon OF
same color. The neat toque Is very
a. - III. A.