Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-20

injure, and design for yourself dress which
is becoming. And let the elements sham.
you from putting any falsities into it. II
must have purpose and honesty if it will be
in harmony with nature; and these quail
ties are necessary also, if it is to have
| beauty.
Woman's attitude in storm is mostly
| antagonistic. She is the only discord in a
| grand finale rondo of the elements, a DO.
sltion she should not relish. And 1t is all
on account of her clothes. They are perish
able and it makes her unhappy. This is
| all wrong. There is no reason why the rest
of us should look as miserable as fish out OF
water, because the leaders of fashion, who
can wear perishable clothes, do not 60 out
In the rain. 1t is time we devised an am
phibian dress
Plenty Of Nice Materials.
Whatever water will injure is out Of
taste in the rain. This is clear, and it is
the proposition on which our dress must be
built up. Waterproof materials offered by
the shops are English cheviot or storm serge,
English waterproofng and cravenette,
which is waterproof cloth finished by a
special process. These cloths are in light
weights for gowns, and in heavy weights
for cape ulsters.
How shall We make ths storm dress
First impulse replies-with skirt up to
the boot tops. But every woman who
stops to consider will reflect that her
under petticoat, though up to that
height, does not escape mud. No dress that
the ordinary woman will wear can be made
SO short as to escape wetting from the heels.
The idea of making it so may, therefore, as
making it easily cleanable. It should
escape the ground, of course, by some space,
but however short it is it will have to be
held.
The skirt should be without lining, simply
hemmed, and it may have rubber facing in
the back. For the under petticoat pongee
is good substitute for silk, as it washes
well. It may be had in various colors. No
rufle should be on this petticoat.
The Waist Should BE Loose.
The waist should be charming in design.
Why not discard the ugly-ftted basque?
Something more simple is in tone with the
time, a d is unconsciously attained when
one m rovises ones dress for a rain. 1t
reGuir $ more movement of the muscles to
walk in a storm than to walk in dry
weather; the close-ftting corsage is him
drance to free movement, and any Of the
ferred. These will allow grace of move
ment, and SO give the figure more beauty.
A costume is suggested as follows: It is
of waterproof cloth, of gray plaided with
hair lines of brown. The skirt is of the
waterproof The waist is silk shirt of
gray, gathered very full on the shoulders /
and round the neck, and gathered into
band at the bottom, where it falls slightly
over the pointed belt, which is of brown un-
dressed leather, or of brown ribbon fastened
with clasp of oxidized silver set with
cairngorms. Straps of the gray silk are
stitched down each shoulder to cover and
hold the gathers The neglige collar turns.
over and is faced with brown silk. The
cuffs, also, turn over with facing Of
brown, and bias silk tie of brown COM
pletes the waist.
There Should Be Gag.
In the absence ola pocket there should
be bag. 1t should be of gray silk, made
by sewing two pieces together cn three
sides, and running two drawing strings into
the fourth side The strings may be of the
color; that is to say, of brown,
but the bag must not be of brown. Bags |
are not ornaments.
The coat is an Empire jacket of the water
proof A plastron of darker, plain gray |
forms the front, and the coat Is fastened at |
one of its sides. The fronts below the belt |
are lined with the dark gray and turned |
back en- revers. The jauntJ short cape is
'ewed in frcn into the sides of the plastrcn.
It is lined it the dark gray. The whole
IS piped with d brown cord. The belt is of |
he dark gray.
The ce7e ulster is the popular rainy
veatkc- It. 1t is good garment, and
,dmira ct, ordinary morning wear, but
t is question BILE whether long coat is an /