The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-07-26
REVIEW or FASHIONS.
fndivldnal Preference seems to Have Fun
Sway This Season.

Sway This season.
The length of the skirt is the most In.
teresting question of the moment re-
lating to fashions. Because skirts touch
ing or resting on tho ground are almost
universal for house wear, and even the
length OF the ''round" skirt has been
somewhat increased, let 1t not be sup
posed that we are, perforce, to abandon
the comfortable and convenient length
escaping the ground, and go about the
streets laboriously holding up the skirt
with one hand while frantically clutch
ing the parasol and various other be-
longings with the other though 1t is re-
luctantly chronicled that this is not an
unusual sight at present, and devices
are already provided for supporting the
skirt when walking.
Skirts of different lengths have their
distinctive uses, and the woman OF taste
and common sense Is not likely to con-
found them. Trained and demi-trained
skirts should be reserved for ceremoni-
Gus uses, and never worn on tho street
excepting in carriage. Skirts intended
exclusively for house wear may be made
Of any length that the wearer may deem
most graceful and becoming; for visit
ing costumes, which are more strictly
house than street dresses and are in
tended for carriage wear, the length
resting an inch or two on the ground is
preferred; but for the distinctive street
costume, to be worn on foot, the service
able round skirt, escaping the ground,
has lost mono of its prestige.
Indeed, fashion in these days is some-
thing more than the blind following of
one idea or style: after certain canons
Of good taste are complied with, indi-
vidual preference may have full sway;
and it is only through ignorance or lack
of observation that the recognized pro-
prieties of dress are outraged.
The height and finish of the neck are
other points that betray ignorance or
knowledge of les eonrenances. While
standing collar may with propriety
finish the corsage OF any costume or
toilet, even for the most ceremonious
occasion if the wearer's preference or any
other reason demand it's use, it can not
with equal propriety be omitted from
all costumes. 1t is the finish dc rtgueur
for tailor-made costume unless the
neck be finished with turned.down
collar and revers leaving pointed
opening in front to display an immacu-
late chemisette with a straight standing
or Piccadilly collar and rather mannish.
looking tie, a style that IL especially
popular at the moment
On costumes for ordinary wear, the
collar may be very narrow and hidden
by falling ruche, or replaced by
turned-over shape, or, for more dressy
uses, omitted altogether and the neck
cut in pointed or rounded shape back
and front, not low, and finished with
tiny fold or narrow frill of lace, or left
entirely plain, the latter, however,
being rather trying unless the throat is
more than pretty. The latter mode is
sometimes adopted, very inappro-
priateiy, with ordinary walking-cos-
tunes. If the dress is to be utilized for
house as we'll as street wear, and the
low-cut neck is preferred, it is in much
better taste to fill in the neck with
of null or soft silk, or
adopt the compromise Of having stand
ing collar half way around the neck,
emitting it from the front, and wearing
q necklace of satin or velvet ribbon
Demorest's Magazine.