New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-21

rush OF passion. prayer and wlid oe-
SPAR was lost on me. tor each
change OF posture only brought into
more striking display the tact that
| was looking at a slight and grace
iul woman boxed up in some sort OF
solid BARRE OF prepost-rous size,
over which her skirt was artifcially
spread
Miss Mcclellan. in her "Historic
Dress in America. from 1900 to
1870" describes this obroxious ga'-
ment as usually made OF graduated
rows of steel wire with a woven cot
ton casing held together ~ broad
strips OF tape running leng;hwis-.
She adds that the fact that II was
very easily broken. as well as COL
lapsiblc. added another incon-
venience to It's use.
Il is Miss Mcclellan also who
quotes from the memories OF the
Comtessc De Boisne QSl5-l9) the
following: When the bod.ce was
put on. an enormous hooped skirt
three ellis long was laced 70 ny
waist The skirt was made Of wsxel
calico stretched upon whalebonc.
Cr.roliacs Dangerous to Wear.
Laiy Dorothy Neville IN her d.
hghtlul "reminiscences gives a strik-
ing example Of how dangerous 70
wear they wee, Tor when her skirt
caught fire from the fireplace before
which she vas standing. She ~r'tei
None OF TIC ladies' present could.
of course. come 10 assist ire. tor
their enormous crinolincs rendered
them alro-t completely impotent 10
deal with fire" Lady Dorothy ca
plains that Il Wss to show an etc1-
ing that shc leaned ovc- the h-e. 1t
il had taken pl1cc some decades
earlier. say 1910. &C could well be
hevc It wa for r7uch needed
warmth. for the then scantily clad
figures wee the subject OF many =
satire: it was then a wit said To
eighteen ladies' vino caught fire
STANDS the number eighteen hundred
who caught cold"
The prcsen, fancy CT the dainty
Partisan Tor wearing furs with her
summer hnery seems to have had
historic birth in 1900 for many old
prints of shat period display such
combination. The reverse. too.
seems to hold true in winter. as a
fashion paragraph from the 1903
Port Folio" says: Tire contest be
tween nufs and muslins is at pres
ent very severe among the ladies'.
nest OF whom condescend TO keep
their hands warm-though the cold
and thin clothing should dye parts
Of their sweet persons az imperial
purple
She Had Charitable Outlook.
For the change Of fashion a writ
c. IN 1920 sees only charitable AMI
praiseworthy reasons. and wits
from such a kindly and lcn.ent po.7,
Of view tia: surely sh, deserves our
gratitude IS we'll as attention. |
quote at length: Tire history O:
wo9sn IS the history OF the inprovc
rclts N TIE world. Some twenty
or thirty years ago. wien manual
labor performed all the drudgery.
some ne. SIX o. seven yards OF Sill
or muslin or Bingham would suffice
TO- the f,ting and flirting of tn;
mot gay and volatile Of the sex.
"2ur as soon as the powers II
stem were applied and labor =
changed from physical to intellect
ia the ladies' in their charitable
re- ard for the operative class OF the
community begin to desire means
for their continued employment, and
as the material IS produced with hall
tho labor. the equilibrium must be
sustained by consuming a double
quantity"
Othe- extremes included the o.
denburg bonnet introduced by thc
sister OF the Emperor Of Russia N
1914. Similar bonncts were also
very large and often projecting %
Jar over the face that the weare-
could neither see 70 the right nor 20
the lett.