The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-24
OUR MODERN CLOTHES.
PICTURESQUE COSTUMES ARE
BEING ABANDONED.
Peop'e Every where necomlng More and
More like Each other-Some OF
the NattoaAl Dresse, Now
EVcinct

onh NooNNhhNo MhANn hAF' u''h Npih
from time immemorlal fade away 20
gradually that the period OF their final
disappearance is imperceptible. says
the London Telegraph. The most
experienced and the acutest OF observ-
ers would be puzzled 10 fix the pre-
else date when the nobility and gontry
ceased to retain black footmen; or
when butchers left OF top boots such
as we behold in Sir Edwin Landseers
picture OF High Life and Low
Liie;n or when London servant maids
repudiatod the use OF pattens. There
have been, IL is true. exceptions TO
the rule Old editions OF the Stat
utes at Large" contain the act OF
parliament passed after the rebellion
OF l7i5. solemnly prohibiting the
assumption OF the Highland dress In
Scotland; while IL Is notorious that
yellow starch went OUT because
Mrs. Turner. poisoner in the roign
OF james J., WAS hanged in run
stiifcned with starch OF tho hue in
question. Similar squeamishness in
1919 condemned black satin as u ma
ter.al for ladies' dresses 10 more than
twenty years prescription. IL having
been in black satin dress that the
murdcress Maria Manning was hanged
nj Horsemonger lane Jail
To the instances In which certain
fabric. or mode. orcolor in apparel has
for definite reason ceased AT an as
] -. 4 A. l.. 4.
added the proximate demise az Rouen
OF particular kind OF cheap blue cot
ton handkerchisfs printed in four var
ieties OF tint by the very old-fashion-
cd wooden block process These
kerchiefs from period 10 which the
mind OF man rdnneth not 10 the con-
trary, formed distinctive feature Of
the picturesque costume worn by the
women OF Plougastc near Brest one
OF the last remaining strongholds OF
the ancient costume OF Brittany
The death OF the manufacturer has put
an end to the production Of the cheap
block.printed handkerchiefs, rs the
sons are unwilling 10 carry on the fab
rication with the present Anticipated
plant and are possibly intent on turn
ing out tasteful cretonnes or Japanese
designs printed in colors by steam
from engraved steel rollers. Futher-
more. the demand for these special
handlScrchiefs has been growing OF
late years small and unproitably less.
Already tho male Bretons have taken
10 having their hair cut and nc the
Pardon dc TPloerme!' nowadays
there are as many closely clipped
rustics in wide-awakes and suits dit
toes" as there are peasants with the
Traditional flowing locks, and clad In
The traditional broad brimmed casters
and voluminous galligaskins of the
antique province.
The plain Truth is that picturesque
costume is rapidly dying out the whole
world over Take the 'Nierlandor
Madchen'-a docaying race, by the
way-who sells bouquets under the por-
ticoes of the theatres al Hamburg; take
the Roman 'contadina. with her kir-
lie OF ounningly contrasted hues, and
the snowy "falzoletto' OF white linen
which she wears as n headdress; take
the Venetian .noraja' and the "por-
tatrico d'acqua. or water carrier, ana
contrast any one OF these types with
tho London flower girl.
The pity OF 1t is that all these Con.
tinental costumes are drifting into OK
tinction. In Rome the "fazzoletton
and the many-hued kirtle are rarely
worn save by professional models for
artists; and the Nenetion flower girls
who poster the tourists at Florian's or
tho Speech TO buy their posies and
often thrust them unlimited into the
travellers buttonholes. are rapidly re-
linquishing their distinctive garh.
aud dressing themselves nfter the fash
ions prescribed In the plates OF the
cheap fashion periodicals. As for the
gondoliors, they have abandoned the
wearing Of striking costume as com
plctely rs they have discontinued their
citations from Tasso
There are still Swiss cantons In
which the strongly marked and OK
tremely picturesque Helvetic costume
Is adhered To. and In certain parts OF
Norway. Such as tho Hardanger and
Telcmnrken districts. the peasantry
still wear their characteristic native
dresses; but in both countries the
"widcawake" hat and the suit OF
dittocs" for mon and the cheap and
Unlocking parodles Of the Paris
fashions for women. are steadily max
ing their ignoble and depressing way.
store clothes have even invaded the
Tyrol and the provinces OF Austria
while in European Turkey the upper