Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-04-12

YOU wrote and asked him to send you
a black dinner dress. And there arIlN-
ed a black satin, elaborate with roseIles
and trimmings, that shaded from rose
pink to deep magenta. And you wepI,
And wept bitterly And wore Jhe lIOoh
but once, and felt the night you wore
il that. if it had been a ripping stream
near some town. you would nave Oeeu
damned by all those who had 10 en-
dure it. Then YOU did a very wise
thing. You had all the trimming upon
off. and cast the bodice, gaIlsh WIN
crimson. to one side. There was mace
for you a black broadcloth tram "nIcn
contrasted magniicently with lhe sd III
sides and front, and 10 go WIN Oul9
there was bodice partly Of broadcIolh
and partly OF satin. with sleeves OF sat
in. crossed by bands Of jet; just such
a sleeve as Marguerite Of Valols wore.
There Worth made one OF his MISTAKES
Black is becoming to some women, put
unfortunately. early in his WORKING
DAYS. this artist in dressmaklnS saw
what is known as the best black SILK
Of an American woman, ana ne shuu-
ed. 1t was coarse of grain, ana sCduC
of skirt it was fitted so that the back OF
bust was conspicuous, and the sleeves
were so tight that an easy movement
of either arm was impossible. lie lolu
me this himself. so / never blamed MIN
for not wanting to send black dresses
TO American women But, remember al
ways what l say, that, whether you are
--,,,rrr On. old e1auEav OT stout
THERE ARE WONDERFUL POSI-
BILITIES
in black. provided always YOU choose
the right fabric and then dispose Oh
your material properly l remember
once when L was in a fashionaDie
tailor shop I met Mrs. EmOonpoln.'
who is a great friend OF mine; she salu .
"Oh. my dear, aren't these tailor-maue
gowns fine. These perfectly slint PIE
gowns mean so much TO the women VINO
are inclined to be stout And / looked
al her i'm dismay. The woman VINO had
made her stays pulled her in at the
waist and so forced the extra flesh TO
go above and below the waist line III
wav that was not artistic. and, al
though the tailor did not want TO 40
fl. she insisted ON having a plain, close
fitting skirt and an equally pam DO
dice And the result? Wen. the result
was that all the fat was brought out
to advantage. to doubtful advantage,
where a few folds OF the material might
have hid it. and between staymaker ana
her own lack of dressing, Mrs. Emoon-
point looked more like the minute glass
with which ] time my eggs at break
fast than a Well-shaped woman Anu
nv dear. with this she was going TO
wear one of those new hats Wreathed
with roses! And nature gave her long
nCsei-
You know one of those poke-over
hats. worn by a woman with long
nose. makes her look like the essence
of curiosity i'm feminine form. A hat
tilted way over the face has reason
for existence; but it is for the girl with
The over-high forehead, or the up-llted
nose. and every type should let 1t Sc
yerely alone.
/ was determined to interrupt her.
She had been talking entirely too long,
so L thought | would snub her by say
ing. Did YOU see that, in The eNcava-
tons about The sphinx; they think they
have found q cap that was originally
intended to be on her head?'
She simply answered, Nonsense!
The Sphinx is entirely TOO feminine to
have worn such thing as that descrlO-
ed. 1 have often wondered myself.
ABOUT THE EGYPTIAN WOMEN.
I'VE hear about the sacred bird anc
the sacred flower as worn on thell
heads. but never about hats. Now
what did they do? Did each one 60 ou
i'm the burning sun under an umbrella
or did she stay at home and have every
thing come to- her? The women must
have had something i'm the way of head
gear. for with this summers fashions
i'm view. | am more than ever cOnVnc'
ed that Eve made herself bonnet oil
viole;s and lied it ON with ribbon grass
so that it was quite i'm harmony VIII
her costume of draFed fig leaves fringec
with delicate ferns. How heavy tht
wreaths are this year, They quite
come up to the ones that our grand
mothers used to talk about. Ultra
fashionable girls are assuming for eve
ming wear the historical and pOetlca
wreath of roses. but don't advise it
| If, by some mischance, it gels a littl'
one side, the wearer has the most de-
/ praved look imaginable. Here, on Dec
Grafton Day, they invariably put
wreath on George Washington, and ar
ter seeing how George looks i'm wreath
! I believe all thoSe dreadful stories tina
are told about him down in Virginia
and am quite certain George used, oc
casionally, 10 go on little tear. But
speaking of the coming t4ipgs-ther
are two things here concerning wOmeI
that struck Yyeue Guilbert One was
the lack of care given TO the shoes worn
I by the American woman: their unpOl
ished look and the other was he
crushed or ragged veil and her lack O
taste i'm choosing IT, Yvette being az
artist i'm dress. failed to see the beaut.
CD. even in Brussels net. of a spider OF
the tip of a Woman's nose; and she ais,
| failed to see the beauty of very thin
veil, put on before the bonnet, and fiat
tenrng the hair down, SO that it had ;
plaStered look
ON THE WEARING OF Wells.
Cur women are not dainty abou
wells. They wear ragged ones only to'
often, and when they possess dainty
ones they don't arrange them well
The veil is essentially an expression o
coquetry-half concealing, half reveal
ing.
IF one has passed the age when one
neck is round, and white. and firm, lik
a pillar, then a veil is a great friend
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