Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-11-22
WHAI Is REALLY WORN
TIE Fashions That Find Favor At
Thanksgiving.
SClE FACTS FOR The FAIR OJES
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who ever read . f~sAion article through
from ssginning 10 snds"
Yea she said. Il know there are
people who read them. because have
az odA times reed - many - half .
dozen myself
Seriously" she went On, you would
bs surprised % know what an amount
Of energy women who live nc distance
from New York expend every season
In anxiety lest they are not getting Just
the right styles.
Now. | myself am an example. Two
years ago | vas living in -" lit
wouldn't be fair of me. woald II, 70 give
the city's name-"and l paid q good
round sum for winter bonnet that
thought was Just about the thing until
I visited = cousin In New York and
found the fashion was just exactly two
seasons old Why. people stared at me
on the streets, znd in three days time
was mortified 70 the point Of giving
Il away.
1T would be On immense satisfaction
20 women all over the country II when
they read . fashion article they could
feel altogether sure that IL was actually
telling them precisely what they ought
70 wear"
My friend was telling Ne truth, pure
and simple. but she truth only illus
trstes . general and al but universal
desire 10 shirk On the part Of women.
They have no business to wish 10 be
told: IL is their business 20 tell them
selves and the one reason why New
York women dress-ss they undoubt-
eddy dress-better than any other
women in this country. h that upon an
average they expect, o. the better
word would be submit 70. less telling.
There are fewer fashions in New York
than anywhere else b America. or, il
you choose to lock - " In another way,
there are = great maay moro fashions,
because 20 large . proportion Of women
have the courage 20 originate their own
fashions, thus Sringfng about every
year . greater and greater variety in
dressing.
Consider for . moment the group Of
hats figured You may like them or
dislike them. but in any case you will
be forced to Adnit there is not = great
deal Of similarity between them. They
represent widely differing idesA bur it
would - impossible 70 say of any one
of them that II h In the fashion or of
any other hat n - sut Of II. They are
three hats which three shrewd New
York girls have chosen without tho
slightest reference to what any body
says is or In not the fashion, but with
very close reference to each girls shape
OF face and cslsriag Of hair and skin
and eye.
openly defied the Audubon society Is .
clear. pale blonde with fuzzy hair and
. pretty mouth Her hat il made of
drawn velvet, dark green in color. and
trimmed with . great white bird,
whose wings and neck shade into
bronxy brown and metallic green.
The xiri whose hat IL turned up on
one side so determinedly Is a very usual
sort Of brown-haired Yankee; bright
and intelligens and attractive. and
quite understanding how 10 mako tho
most of these advantages. Her hat is q
cream-colored felt with twist Of
brown velvet below the brim and touch
Ing her hair. The ostrich plnnacs and
the osprey are mixed, brown and
cream.
The fat hat belongs TO q demure.
large-eyed brunette, whose especial
style IL hts TO perfection. 1t is a tawny
brown felt, with . ruchs Of yellow rib
bon plated about IL and yellow ribbons
hanging behind The feathers which
curl over IL from the back are brown
shading into yellow.
When IL comes to dress talk IL must be
said that the princess gown Is winning
dts way against ell other gowns. and
this In spite Of strenuous opposition on
the part Of the average drcssnaaker who
wont admit its grace because she can't
get the hang of ifs seams IL I were to
establish dress cutting. the closing ex-
animation the passage Of which would
.entitle . pupil TO . graduating degree
should be the cutting of u princess
,Gown ~ give . continuous sweep OF
bcAutiful line from throax to ground.
The lesson On princess gowns should
lncuIcAte these rsints both by precept
and example; il must be fitted over .
'srown FORM or careful nodded lining.
and IL must steer cautiously and skill
fuily between the shoals Of wrapper.
like piainness and the rocks Of too great
elaboration.
The basque Il melancholy. It's en-
pire h departing. A. most II rci@ns
over the tailor gown and even there IL
Is shorter AID Is able to peacock itself
much less extensively thaa last year.
Il was never and could Be never .
graceful article OF clothing. and 50 in
its downfall there are few who cling 10
n In exile. Frem elaborate dress ID has
vanished utterly. uniess Ne long Louis
XIV coat - called basque. when
really Il u noe ea~q.s ~ all
The bell skirt ugly a. IL b. holds is
own. tAouxh dr~~smakers ere sssin-
ming W make n over founassboa skirt,
heserc5ox thoxxn Aa rnaanev Of
mounting be. They aepars from the
true faith for the reason which governs
many ct their vsaarse> ~ via aanely:
The paucisv ef tAsw knowiedx- IN MANY
Instances "a sny sc$ensssc principles Of
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