Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-26
LADIES' COLUMN.
June's Days Make Meditation
Easy and Divert Thought.
Modern Science Fails When Applied tc
Woman's Costuming-How to Solve
it-Some of the Style for Tots.
An Inadequate Tribute to the Uncrowned Who
Brighten Life by Deeds Heroic.
Fashion NOtes-Recipes.

,acuring a hat and dress adapted to her
are calculated to make her doubt any
theory science enunciates about the
rsnrvival of the fttest. - This catch
nbrase, that IS in the mouth of the many
and is applied to all kinds of things as
well rs creatures, is meaningless in q
mllliuer shop or a dressmaker's fitting
room.
The frat thing calculated to stagger
faith is the miIliner herself. Why she is
2 maker and vender of bonnets is by no
means clear. She advances smilIngly to
her victim, who, if short, or of small
face, is told that n broad-brimmed
feather laden mGnstrosity is just the
thing for her, and that it is so stylish,
the weight of accent Oh the $50. -
should the waiting customer be tall, with
large hend and face OF the full moon VA
rety, she is apt TO insist that there is
nothing quite so utterly utterly as
dainty creation of Lace and flowers that
has the semblance and size of q
baby cap. The would-be purchaser
begins then to doubt if she is not
one of NATURES freaks 10 which nothing
alaDIGu. IL lHb NlSiL dtGS Iu6
modiste's apartments the last vestige of
flttest survival faith is swept away with
the pins and other debris of the shop.
why il is that of all those who sell,
milhners and dressmnkers alone seem TO
feel that the customer is only a plastic
figure IN their hands and that any ex-
preston of indivi ual preference is met
bv the whitening ait Is not worn now -
- al &c
women viii agree that sn expression of
individual preference Is almost invari-
ably met by au ill-concealed contempt on
the part of the bonnet and dress builder.
The continued call in articles on dress is
for Individuality, but there seems to ex-
ist in almost every feminine heart long
felt want for courage to be assertive III
the domain of dress. Exceptions there
are and when found how delightful are
they! A little woman in modest apart
nents, living in ladyIike way, owes
her success TO suavity of
manner which nothing appears to ruffle.
patron is invited into cosy reception
room the furnishings are tasteful show
ing more the work of skillful fingers than
an expenditure of money. The owner ii
busy asks to be excused, and that your
latest fashion papers telling you TO select
some costume that pleases you. When
she returns you have found one you
think would be "perfectly beautiful. -
Itmay be a style best suited to you and to
the material, but should it be otherwise
her manner is suggestive mot dictatorial.
She remembers il is your dress quite as
much as her business in deciding the
question as TO how it is to be made. If
tight, short sleeves are fashionable and
your arms are long, with bones obstru-
sive, she is willing that the sleeves be
comfortably loose, and wrist that is
not pretty should be covered. If as a
woman of taste she sees that you have
selected mode that in some
particular would be inappropri-
ate she convinces rather than
DULLES you into a change, and you leave
her rooms III a good humor with yourself
and the world at large. Your visit to
the milliner is not likely to be US salts
factory, for after choosing a hat be-
cause it is picturesque and u bonnet be-
cause it is the prevailing style you are
likely TO be in doubt whether your ideas
OF what is becoming do violence to good
taste, or whether the innocent looking
little woman is not an enemy in disguise.
Bless the dear children, for a time at
least they have no Rmxieties on bonnet
and dress, only so far as they are not re-
strained in the free exercise of their
limbs by tight fitting garments, or by
The dread of spelling their clothes. For
good service the mother of romping
girl finds nothing quite as serviceabls as
q substantial gingham, and now that the
first rush is over in larger places than
Fort Worth bargains are to be had in
ready made frocks. These are pic
turesque and fanciful in design. For little
girls there seem TO be two extremes, the
short waist and long scant skirt, and the
long waist and the short much ruffled
skirt. Large plaids have the waist and
skirt cut bias and rows of narrow ilser-
ton forming "N's' for waist trimming.
another fashion is a skirt of the plaid
and white tucked waist of India linen
with square cut jacket fronts held
together across the breast with a large
fiat bow of ginGham feather stitched
around the edge.
pretty way to make sursh for
girl from ten TO fourteen Is TO have
plain full skirt with bodice made for q
guimpe. a roll of velvet to match the
predominant shade in plaid finishes the
neck round Euimpe. A fullness of the
SurRh coming from under the arms is
held in the middle of the waist by long
harrow buckle. The short puff sleeve is
catered into band of velvet.
The Vatican is new style this season
for girls, and Is made In cashmere or silk
for dressy occasions. II has a low round
neck with the skirt cut in one piece with
the waist, which hangs perfectly loose in
front. There are two varieties of this
style; one having yoke in the back; the
other having the back and under arms a
round waist. White dresses are elaoor-
ately trimmed with ribbons, streamers of
which hang from waist to the foot OF
skirt all around and only a small dis
lance apart. silk guimpes ara made
with ribbons slauting from the neck
down. Shoulders and sleeves are pro-
iusely trimmed with bows. Sleeves are
high and full at top. Sashes are made
of silk twenty -four inches wide, halved,
hemmed and frInged on the ends. The |
REFER is the only jacket allowable for |
girls under SIX. From six TO nine the |
blazer, in fancy check cheviots and even |
10 Tartan plaid, Is worn. A very stylish |
REFER is of white broancloth with trim |
nings of gilt braid, small buttons and |
anchors on cuffs and collar in yellow |
silk. For girls over nine nearly all the |
styles of ladies' jackets are worn, A /
tine blue diagonal serge has hip pockets, |
cutawav fronts and meets at neck with /
two buttons " hile auother has roll coflar /