The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-28
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to-day if it is wished that the young lady
should be, a professional beauty. Nobody
can deny the beautyyof black hair. 1T has
a gloss that is newer seen Oh blonde LOCKS,
aud it must be rather nice forrthe dark
haired girls to know that, iifithe blondes
are strong mentally, they, the brunettes,
are supposed to know how to love we'll
Speaking of cOlors Did yQu'knoW that
! the English royal family is the only one
! that has scarlet for its household color:
/ The Portuguese, Prussian, and Swedish
! soyereigns, and indeed most of the Ger
! man Princes, wear blue Austria, like
I the papal court. chooses black and yellow.
Russia is in dark green. but England
4 alone flares out in bright scarlet. In
queer old book in the British Museum
there is written out an ordinance Of the
time of Queen Elizabeth, which permitted
the wives of the Aldermen of Cambridge
! to participate in the royal privilege Of
| wearing red The order Itself is rather
funny. 1t reads in this way: 1T was or
dained that every Alderman who has been
made before Christmas next shall buy
for his wife a gown of scarlet; and that
every Mayor before Michaelmas next
after his election buy for his wife scar
let gown, upon forfeiture of f10; e. to the
use of the town; 80 shillings to the poor
mans box, and so shillings to the use OF
the Mayor. And that their wives shall
wear their gowns at the feasts following
Christmas Day, Easter Day, Ascension
Day, Whitsunday, &c. TO forfeit 20 shil-
lings for every default; ; shillings to the
poor's box; 5 shillings TO the Mayor, and
10 shllings to the use of the town" |
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wear their gowns on those special holl-
days? Fancy being commanded by the
Queen TO wear Il red frock. whether Il
red frock were becomsng1to YOU or not .
Nowadays, lovely woman would object
and let her husband pay the fine. Lovely
woman must have been tumher in the
days of Queen Elizabeth thaal she IS now.
though, indeed. even now. when she goes
to make her bow TO the Queen of England
she has -tU dress ACCORDING TO the laws Ibid
down by the Meles aud 4'crsiAns.h And
dome She. nine tiiiiss out of ittn, Dok fkc
his Satanic majesty. With that bunch. Of
feathers cotk9H up On her held and dis
playing every BONG in her neck in the
daytime to- a public that is Inclined TO
jeer at her. The averd &c woman does not
look well in Il low bodice during the. day.
And When the average woman is the aver
age English woman, her neck ,isa little
too apt to be suggestive, Of ppSSaf sold BY
the pound thar. anything else-,7,.y 49,,
It's beautiful to see with what courage
English, women will, wear, old clothes.
What lessons of economyaw we could learn
from them. They Will cling. to- an old
gown as if it were a pearl OF great price,
and fail to see why IL should ever he
given or thrown away. Its queer how
ashamed we are of any economy in which
we indulge. The English woman is the
exact opposite. She is never so well
pleased as when she is telling you that
the dinner dress which she has furnished
up is really several seasons old. AS il
you had any doubt of It'll When big
sleeves came into vogue, about five years
ago, the average American bodice either
had new, big sleeves put in it, or it dis
appeared with other Useless things, into
an ihfiocuous desuetude. But the Eng
lieh woman saw no reason Why she
should either alter or throw ASIDE ii
bodice that might still be worn, and she
was; to be met, travelling Of er the coun-
try. and looking as funny Dis possible in
tight.6ttipg little sleeves, when the ,wo-
men of all other nations were assuming
balloons. She is probably Just beginning
to wear big sleeves now, for if a fashion
strikes her as good she sticks TO. it. II
. you have any doubt about this statement,
just look at the pictures Of the royal
relatives Every blessed one of them
wears one of those abominable fuzzy
pieces that come way, down On her fore
head and doesn't permit her own hair to
show. The Princess of Wales has. to do
this, / am told, because she's bald, but
l have failed to see why all the younger
women need initiate her in this outlandish
: mode Of arranging somebody else's hail
|, on their own, which gives them stupid
. weary look. g5a0sc .1a ~ =" nts ~ /
And how an English woman sticks to a
sailor hat! There is no eoquetry in hel
) manner of assuming it, ITS tilted wei
aoVer her forehead, and. gives her a decid-
eddy hard look But you couldn't con
Tpvihce her, no matter how strong your ar
~ guments' WERE that a sailor hat did mo-
! look we'll ON a woman past thirty, and in
r elhed' to be fedlfaeed. The sailor Hat
= belongs onlysto youth and beauty II
" can iiever be excused on the head OF !.
!. woman who ilooks over eighteen 1t il
T true, the French milliners have trimmed
the sailor hat ALMOST out of all recogni
:, ton, but it's impossible to efface that Sc
: we're line of brim which has made many a
E good -fo6king girl Seem hideops,' We've
h haa. pR Rg3 s Snsf w Ws 4s sSs sse
looks ,yegE pretty with the 8eean Oh tbs
2 mountains as a background, A red bon
:. net NAV be YeFyr becoming, and ned ishoes
! very coquettish, hut there is one thini
limited at against which every woman's
/ hand must be raised ~ and that is1ret
r gloves. TO have ones hand look as il
they. lad been dipped ina, dyer'e vat j:
, not interesting, nor is itoattGaGtiye AND
1. a sensible woman " antslro be, botha Sh'
wants her appearance to attract you, anG
, her mentality to hold you; Imagine max
e ing love TO woman, who presented you
t on departing, with a red-gloved hand t.
1 kiss! That would be an abom.nation
/ And denominations and pretty wome1
5 ought not to be thought of together. Pref
/, ty gowns and flowers, becoming bonnet'
' and fancy shoes CAV parasols and I'm