The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-01-20
WOMAN AND HER DRESS.

WOMAN AND HER DRESS.
A Terribly Cynical View Of the Fashions
for the Coming Spring.
No question but woman is variable
animal. and how should her patron saint
be other: And whittier, having achieved
certain measure of elegance, Oh
whittier will she hurry us? Toward
what slough. what quag of ugliness will
1t please her to turn our all too willing
feei Will she revive the old horrors of
:, pannier and ''draped' skirt and the
hated blrdcage: Who can telll Her
responsibility is devoid Of sequence as
of reason. tls lntractable as mule and
as Eighty rs Miss Broughton's heroines
(o4d style>
At the present moment there is much
to fe]olce IN. The long. foundationless
skirts. with their graceful. fanlike folds,
are \DOth attractive and comfortable: and
no betticuats were ever much prettier
this ts,de of Eden. Built IN many colored
brochades after the same slim fashion as
the skirts above them: frilled with lace
or 4ounced with their own silken fabric
Iin$d. too. sometimes (but inperceptibly)
with the finest of fine woolens: albeit
MOST unteinpestuous they are worthy of
I'M mortal verse.
fUnhapplly. the tartan denominations.
Host odlous of patternings. are always
We'll nigh lrrepressi BILE. especially in
respect of understands and stockings: for
fhora ia nothing GU tasfals,ss ~ xuo,non
cave only mailman. whom tshe avers)
she lives to please Both pettlcoat and
stockings should carry out the enhar-
monies Ut whatever color chord may be
struck In the outer toilet. in vest. garnl-
ture or neadgear Ii the costume be I'M
mitlgate'i black. why. then It's DrOca1ie.i
supplement must shine lntrlnslcally fair
in black and white or black and cream
One such radiant example parades Il
woven design Of eoHvent,onal,zea elder
flowers and berries and IL bordere.i with
several rows OF foamy lace. Again with
a chestnut brown gown. broidered III
eucalyptus green and faint pink (Which
c0lors haunt the tx,nnet. and Herewith
the lapels. collar AMI cuffs OF the Louis
XVI mantle) the lettlcOat is overclus-
tered with pale pink chestnut blossoms
and leaves upon a delicate cream with
coffee ground.
Here the Shoes sufficiently stout for
outdoor wear. are In dark chestnut brown
leather with plain gold buckles while
the silk hose. in a little thicker silk than
common. are broidere.i III dim green and
pink. Again. you may ruft1e 1t in violet
heMmed and violet vested black; your
broad velvet hat shall be parterre of
pale vioIets. black ostrich and empurpled
bows; your flowing mantle. IN black vel
vet shot with dim CLEANS of violet. shall
be 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
gtrewn with dark v1OletS and violet buds:
when the GROWING satisfaction. the mems
conscia rectl. shall be yours. for you will
know that the completeness of your tot
let is a. grundlich rs all real works of art
must be and are
For walking wear o mornings there
are fabrics agreeably rough touched
with. rs 1t were. Il pleasing atfectatlon of
savagery. Soft. fuzzy surfaced cloths.
patterned or plain plaln for choice, yet
not objectionable though patterned) in
dull browns. fawns, heathers, grays, etc.
But here. too. Is tho trail of the tartan;
howbeit you would, alas! It were not so
forever and forever"
VI the unpatterned cloths. Il gull gray
gown. very plain and trim. with long
"a fill cd hin IL
shirt. nllstily printed with Japanese ane-
mones IN gray. amber and white-this,
we say. IL charming, as is another, kind
Of dull roam. shirted in likewise with an
ashes Of roses silk, bearing dim device
Of scattered purple vlolets. Both have
flat, down pointing girdles clasping in
visibly to left the first of old Flemish
silver work. the second of hammered COD
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- :.
ton. while chequers delight not any hu-
man thing. The ideal enlightenment 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 u small scheme for the higher 4,
education Of women and Glasgow uni
versity most generously gave the move
ment its full sympathy. After some vi !
cisEitudes helped by the personal kind !
ness Of most of the professors, the scheme
grew till. in 1883, the association became