New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-10
SPEECH, MANNERS, CLOTHES.
RELATIONSHIP THAT SHOULD NOT b
OVERLOOKED
THE BEAUTY OF WEARING APPAREL NOT ID.

THE BEAUTY OF WEARING APPAREL NOT Do
PENDENT ON EITHER THE COST OR THE
CoLoR-oTHER HARMONY NECESSARY.
One OF our best fashion writer's without per.
haps meaning to soar above frivolty has just put
the relationship between speech, manners and
clothes pertnently before the public. and her view
OF things is we'll worth consideration
Between language and clothes" she says. there
exists "A legitimate and perfect relation. well
as. on the other hand repugnant and distasteful
discord. Fine language. fine manners and hns
clothes beautiful harmony but cannot be
separated without producing disastrous effects and
a sorry spectacle"
The beauty OF clothes Is not always either their
cost or their color though good things always look
better than common ones II is the style ana
suitability OF the robes that make them elegant.
For instance. young girl OF the threshold OF life
always looks well in white, or in a delicate shade
OF color: and a woman who knows how TO srow
old gracefully black and white. a soft gray
rich violet
Cultured society recognizes the fitness Of Quaker
tnts. relieved here and there by brilliant touch.
As for emuatng those lilies OF the field that out.
shine Solomon in all his glory. modern arts and
crafts have made some progress toward II, for the
Oriental silks and gauges and the shot fabrics,
with ther sil!ery CLEAN. are copies OF nature as
close a human hand and cunning devise. and
the best artist in dress IL he she who most
1atnfully roiloWS the grand OLD mother.
Refined talk should certainly go hand In hand
with refined md elegant dress. What can be uger
than TO hear strident tones and harsh sounds from
the lips OF a sylph In white silk or muslin The
low sweet voice that is such an excellent thing In
woman Is worth cutlvatIng. clever modiste who
created elegan. combinations OF dress for danes OF
the hghes, degree once refused persistenty TO give
any details &c a woman journalist who thought her
descriptive powers second to none. When
pressed by third person for the reason. the ar
fist In dress said she did not like TO have her love-
y coorngs ompared TO raw eatables. Why"
she said should a ribbon be des ribbed as salmon
pink when pale coral conveyed a better idea. OF
why should color take the place OF ivory
whi,e''
Sang de boeuf and pea green were also forbidden
expressions and 1t Is certain that more elegant
sImllitudes can be found among flowers and birds
and precious stones than in the butchers and fish,
nongers yoca bularies. And the third refinement.
he charm of manner. that makes trinity Of
harmony with beauty OF dress and delicacy OF
speech, Is well classed with them by the New-York
writer. Why should a woman be brusque and
uncouth In her manner. and thereby violate every
canon OF that best OF good breeding. which consists
OF doing she would be done by? Does she like
other people to accost and answer her roughly, or
to jostle her aside. to block up her views OF what
she wishes, and, perhaps. has paid to see? OF
course she does not; and why. then. SHOULD she
practise these methods on her neighbors? II man.
more pronounced degree Every woman can be
lady In gentleness OF speech and manner; II she
she be beggar maid she need be no less. Take
the gentewOman who has come down in the world.
make any difficulty about doing the work that
comes nearest her. congenia or otherwise: but.
to quote our fashion writer once more. III IL sell
dom one sees a gently bred man woman be they
cruelty pinched for means to dress. but that
they manage never 10 lose that outward sign 81
birth and education which bespeaks itself In subtle
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