Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-14
POINTS ON DRESSING.
WHAT YOU SHOULD WEAR AND HOW
TO WEAR IT.
Gowns That May lie Worn at the spriugs
Garments for tho Worlds Fair--The
Weeks Society Events.


Oar of May are reminders of summer re-
sorts and summer adornmcnts. June
tender, delightful, dewy June-comes
smilingly casting her lovely glances at us
from across the short weeks that divide
us and we greet her with good cheer since
she brings with her balmy SKIES
and leafy bowers and tho subtle
fragrance of the jessamine and the rose.
What TO wear and whore to wear 1t are
questions that will seitate the feminine
mind for tho ensuing weeks to the eX-
clusion Of many other vital subjects. Just
OF this time as the roses bloom we THINK
of daintier materials and lighter styles.
And not only fabrics, but tho way 70 make
them up is a matter OF grave consideIa-
giving one word OF advice TO women,
young and old. Don't adhere too strictly
TO the dictations of Dame Fashion. Robe
yourselves dantily. sttractIyely. and be-
cominglv, but not IN STYLE OF gown or
wrap which does not suit your height
weight, or colOring. because 1t is the
style"
To the slender woman. whether tall Tor
OF medium height. the present style IL not
only becoming. but is best adapted, whist
the extensive use of crinolne. hounces.
and turbelows will make the stout. short
woman appear rs perfect fright among
her sister creatures. There never
was time whom thin wash goods
were so attractive IN style anu
cheap IN price. Taste ana lngehutsl cr
will devise innumorable fashions Tor
evolving lovely costumes nj very small
cost. which will make the springs glri. as
ercr, the centre of attraction or the home
Crrt the freshest creature IN the worlo.
Those who ore thinking of Chicago as the
end and ann Of their desires for the APP
preaching season are planning theIr
wardrobos accordingly, and the IRA.
yellers will want something nEht
in weight pretty, and attractive. An eA-
tensive wardrobe will only crowd yonr
limited hotel accommodations, so YOU
will need only two nice dresses one TOT
travelling and one for motel wear. serge
EtOn, or blazer suit, with SILK ana laWn
shirt-waists and handsome satin-Strlpeh
black grenadine, with TWO waists VIII
be ample OUTFIT tor mp 10
the Worlds Fair. new fabric. which ~
Shown "a black waterproof silk. Is espe-
c,ally ADAPTED 20 a stylish travelling gown
To- the exposition. Ii Is % light weight
and is said 10 be ImperVous to mois-
tute. Southern women make great
mistake IN thinking elaborate dress
ing az essential at summer resorts.
I0y wears past the idea has been
fostoTed and INDUCED until II Is regarded
necessity. To one who watches THESE
things carefully season alter season ai
fashionable resorts u II evident that there
ls y Iack OF ndcperd"rce IN lt-Greatly
interior TO that exhibited at north
crn and foreign resorts. People 81
moderate means can AHoid 10 70
10 the most agreeable and cOmior'hbic
places. where they may have all the adV@n-
tacc4 az rest and change, mineral waters
ard baths charming society ana Tecrca-
ton. If they will only be Edepenneht
en0uph 10 wear simple dresses IN moderate
numbers. A. IS DOM al SARATOGA, al New
pof:. at Halen-Baleu, and at BuGhlon;
Why not az the White sulphur ana al ga
Point:
The same simple. fresh morn'nG-gowns
WIN on the streets of Richmond or a.
home. with sN,or-hgt and umbrella, are
as perfectly adm ,-lblc @ni more sulta"ie
uD1n the green lawn ot tie White sulphur
thau the elaborate 'DI.,'tS OF emroi1crles.
leces. and silks. with tie furbelowed
rlresol aud white lid gloves. worn by
some at the moro favored oi J OF
time. II Is time there was a reform.
There viii ever be some people VINO can 90
these thing. and some who cannot. ara
tho only way 70 bridge the dlincultf IS Tor
those WHO eau To indulge tIclI tiSt" anu
i-c'tr.,ioNs. and for those vino cannot TO
enjoy ali tha benefits and advantages not
bounded bv the limits ot millinery
and .e happy III rational way, y
ladv well known III Richmond So
cietv for beauty and VII reminds her
attractive daughter That she met ner late,
which has proved most lropltious nj the
Wnite Sulphur twenty-five Years AGO. wheh
two white muslin dresses constituted Her
list of ball gowns and bunch OF maple
leaves ulucked from one OF the pretty trees
near the poItico was her only other adorn-
ment. WIZ should not those days return
DO our daughters require so much more 10
render them attractive than tneir mothers
did: DO men demand more IN that paIti-
calar than the men OF the generation be-
fore We think not Mcn IKE to see
women dressed carefully. neatly, becoming
". THIS ~ "a general way most women
can and DO accomplish, Uut there are few
men who are not rather rePelled than at
tracted by hrocades, point lace. and d.a-
monds. tor unless they are fOrtune-hunt-
ers they know how hopeless Is the condi-
mon IF the man OF moderate means who
Inarr.es "A woman TO whom these are essen
Nais.
Men of most limited incomes. however,