The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-13
REDFERN FASHIONS.
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Special to THE SUNDAY CALL.

New YORK, Dec. :. 1S91.-Oh, the dress
makers, the dressmakers, what a ruthless,
inconsderate race they are! What absurd
laws they lay down for their victims. With
what strict force do they insist on the full
tiilment of The same. What future punish
ment in that far-off region to which we are
taught the wicked are condemned will be
devised for those relentless women and dog
matte men who held an unreasonable, ex-
aggerated fashion plate before the eyes Of
the feminine representatives of society and
say imperiously: Dress like this or you
will be forever dubbed eccentric "
Women's troubles, women's grievances
and women's wants are growing every day.
They may be said to be quite the fashion
OF the hour. Tie daily papers are full of
them, pamphlets about them abound lee
lures are given thatfaIrlY bristle with them.
There are clubs for the discussion of them,
societies for the prevention of them, and
We begin TO fear that there will soon he
guilds and bands for the formation of them.
The last grievance IS the dressmaker's OBJ
stnaey. 1t Is clearly a case of:
Oh, woman, in our hours of ease
Uncertain, coy. and hard to praSe--
Substitute The word thy" for "our" and
we have the matter explained. It is be-
cause tine society woman has SO many hours
VI cast tlldL sue - 50 udTu 10 pitaSe, anu mas
10 create grievances pour passcr'le temps "
We know there Is tradition that the society
woman works hard. and it appears to be IA
cherished tradition that the world accepts
With the same sweet credulIty that il ac-
cepts the charming fable of George Wash
ington and his untold lie, and that of the
boy who picked up 4 PIN outside a bank
and thereby became 4 President OF the
institution.
The society woman is busy, but it is gen.
HfN~ : 1
pTohieth no man anything. OF course
there are exceptions, but the average speci-
mems she not careful and troubled about
many things, which, without taking a cyni-
cal view, appear worthless to ttOSe who are
not butterflies?
Is not that small organ which she calls
her mind worried uuduly over such minor
troubles as the delay Of 4 gown, the price
OF a bracelet, the absence of an invitation
card? Pshsw, lie Is too short for such
trltlmg
ApropGs of the society woman's griey-
ances, she has this fresh one just now,
which has just a soupcon Of reason in it.
Sne says that the fashion Just now is
made for but one type Of Woman, but one
aged woman. but one shaped woman.
This Is very sal. but as We said there is a
shade Of tIu;h III it You must be tall, you
must be lOng-waisted, you must lie about
%, you must be oval-laced and slim, to wear
successfully the present style of gown and
millinery. Yes, dreSSmakers are an ouin-
donated race, we must confess, and the ideal
dressmaker would be one who made gowns
in more than one style and studied the
physique OF her clients. Redfern is of
opinion that gown should be like the set
ting OF Jewel and made with a strict re-
gard for the charms which it surrounds.
There sh0ud be no hard and fast rule as to
shape. The great originator Of humanity
didn't turn us out in monotnnOus patches all
alike. and we can't improve on the system
OF creation,