The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-15
WOMAN AND HER DRESS,
A Terribly Cynical View OF tho Fashions
tor the Coming Spring.


De others And whittier, having achieved
a certain measure OF elegance, oh,
whittier will she hurry usY Toward
what slough what quag OF ugliness will
II please her to turn our all too willing
feets Will she revive the old horrors Of
pannier and 'draped' skirt and the
hated birdcage: Who can tellg Her
responsibility Is devoid OF sequence as
Of reason, tbs intractable as mule and
ne tighty as Mise Broughton's heroines
told stylel
At the present moment there is much
70 rejoice In The long. fonndationless
skirta, with their graceful, fanlike folds,
are both attractive and comfortable. and
no petticoats were ever much prettier
this side Of Eden Built in many colored
brocades after the same slim fashion as
the skirts above them, frilled with lace
or tiounced with their own silken fabric;
lined, too, sometimes (but imperceptibly)
with the finest OF tine woolens. albeit
most untempestuous they are worthy OF
immortal verse
Unhappily. tho tartan denominations
most odious Of patternings. are always
well nigh irrepresslble, especially in
respect OF understands and stockings, for
there Is nothing 80 tasteless as woman
save only ulan man, whom tshe AYERS,
she lives TO please Both petticoat and
stockings should carry out the enhar.
monies ot whatever color chord may be
struck IN the onter toilet IN vest, garni
ture or headgear II the costume be un
Iniugate,l black why then lts nroc,,,ied
supplement- must shine intrinsically far
In black and white or black and cream
One snch radiant example parades a
woven design ot conventlonalized elder
flowers and berries, and If bortiered with
several rows ot foamy lace. Again with
q chestnut brown gown, broidered IN
eucalyptus green and faint PINK (which
colors haunt the bonnet and therewith
The lapels. collar and cuffs ot the Louis
XVI mantlel the petticoat Is overclus-
tered with pale PINK chestnut blossoms
and leaves upon delicate cream with
coffee ground
Here the shoes, sufficiently stout for
outdoor wear are in dark cnestnnt brown
leather with plain gold buckles while
the silk hose In Il little thicker silk than
common, are broidered IN DIM green and
pink, Again. you may ruttle II IN violet
hemmed and violet vested black, Your
broad velvet hat shall be parterre OF
pale ylolets, black ostrich and empurpled
bows your flowing mantle, IN black vel
vet shot with dun CLEANS Of violet. shall
De ostrich bordered, the long, straight
falling folds OF your skirt, gathered in
your left hand, shall give but glimpse
Of your pale lilac petticoat literally
Btrewn with dark vlolets and violet buds.
when the crowning satisfaction, the mems
conscia rectl shall he yours, for you will
know that the completeness Of your toi.
let Is ~ grnndlich NJ all real works of art
must Ue and are
For walking wear mornings there
are tabrirs agreeably rough touched
with, M II We're, u pleasing affectation Of
savagery Soft, fuzzy surfaced cloths,
patterned or plain (plain for choice, yet
not Objectionable though patterned), in
dull browns, fawns, heathers, grays, etc.
But here, too, Is the trail OF the tartan;
howbeit you would, alas! 1t were not SO
forever and forever"
VI the unpatterned cloths. gull gray
gown. very plain and trim, with long
'ish coat worn over frilled China silk
shirt mistily printed with Japanese ane-
mones IN gray, amber and white-this,
we say. is charming, M Is sanother, a kind
Of dull roam, shirted in likewise with an
ashes Of roses silk, bearing dim device
Of scattered purple violets. Both have
Hat, down pointing girdles claspng in
visibly TO left, the first Of old Flemish
silver work. the second OF hammered cop
per
For the freaked woolens, arabesques,
neither too large nor too distinct, are the
only possible decoration, Flowers or
leaf shapes are obviously inappropriate;
stripes are a WEAKNESS spots an irrita-
ZION. while chequers delight not any hu-
man thing The ideal enhgurement is
vague in outline, harmonious Of tone and
In size avoiding bed curtainless on the
one hand and any impression Of poverty
on the other. National Observer
The woman's University In Scotland.
Some fifteen years ago few ladies
started small scheme for the higher
education OF women and Glasgow uni
yersity most generously gave the move
ment its full sympathy After some vi
cissitudes, helped BY the personal kind
ness oi most Of the professors, the scheme
grew till, in 1883. the association became
Incorporated as college under the name
Of Queen Margaret college and Mrs.
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