Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-17

tops the figure with pork pie hat and the
closest possible brim. If she talks, If she
gets off the stiffness and reserve which
limits her conversation to the two responses
-'Indeed" and "Fawncy"-the expert
ment is apt to make American society rather
nervous inside of ten minutes.
Her calling a spade spade is bad enough
sometimes, if she would only stick to spades
and not wander off into terrible recitsls of
hunting mishaps which involve getting
begged" or narratives of seasickness, or
the last divorce case with naivete which
puts the gentlemen to flight in five minutes.
THE MODEL THEY FOLLOW.
A middling middle-class English woman
must be of all creatures on earth the most
trying to live with, if her companion has
spark of originality or taste. The better
class English woman unconsciously models
herself on the high-bred ladies she meets
abroad-and travel is forcible educator.
The colonization of French dressmakers in
London has done everything for her dress,
so that q really elegant Londoner might
pass for Viennese as far as toilet is con-
cerned.
The instructed American has o natural
eye for dress, and will by and by be among
the best dressed women on the earth when
she learns the artistic virtue and value of
simplicity-not to gouge out q scallop here
or cash and goint there for the mere sake
of slashing and gouging, or to insist on hav-
ing her skirt arran ged in plests one side and
]ooped the other for fear of uniformity
Uniformity and rest for the eye is what we
want, not mere variety for the sake OF va
riety.
A PREVALENT FORM OF INSANITY,
There is certain insanity in this de-
mand for constant change in shapes and
trimmings, the inability to restore any idea
which marks the Eighty demented. Among
the most approvable of the late designs from
abroad is walking dress which might be
worn by young grand duchess at Ger
hat Of the Mousselire de sole, with futed
brim, graceful, frilled fehu and moderate
sleeve, close enough on the forearm for the
long Tyrol glove to protect it, the plain full
skirt with beading at the wide hem.
It is q pretty model for fine cambric or
soft-printed linen. The huge rush chair
which screens from the wind shows how
completely our continental friends study
comfort Another figure in crepon and silk
10 q study for early fall dress. The skirt,
alternately Of plain wool and knife pleated
silk, reyerts to the accordion idea, which 10
pretty in spite of its vulgsrizstion. The
sleeves NAV be of damask, in embossed
figures or in the fine cutwork done by hand,
which is as different from the coarse ma
chine work seen as valenciennes is from
crochet.
FINE COSTUMES FOB FINE DANES.
DamaGk silks in old italian patterns Of
peacock feathers, plumes, palms and
heraldic figures, are In high vogue abroad
with the inner circles of fashion. Newer pat
terms are distinct ferns and papyrus or rich
diaper, made up with Iustrous soft gros
grain. Long polonaise effects will be seen
in autumn dresses, with wide vests of en-
broidery or seeded jet. Very rich plain
princess gowns of damask or plain silk have
elose-ftting skeleton yisite, outlining the
shoulders and extending in long points on
the skirt
This beaded attachment is fastened by
hooks and eyelets to the waist so as to be de-
tached when desired. Cloth gowns will be
simple, with embroidered or beaded neck
\ band and waists, large velvet pockets and
%EsSs whose fullness is held by two large
foISs each side the front Belts are not
worn yf,r the new dresses.
sReoTIxe DRESSES.
The shooting dressss 0ser good model, for
mountain climbing and potsnlzing WAiks,
or amateur gardening, for Fn,cn sners ; are
some excellent examples su11g soIie'y
women. A neighbor of Mrs. aaieHs .oru
speaks of seeing that lady busysn net tslr sa.
den mornings with trowel and pla.S ~ ~ \,
actually digging in the flower beds with y
own banda And why mott II 10 sovereign
for beauty and good spirits and demands Q
dress aecordinglys A plain skirt Of home