| Show WOMAN AND HER DRESS A terribly cynical view of the for the coming no question but woman is a variable animal and her patron saint be other and whither having achieved a certain measure of elegance oh whither will she hurry us toward what slough what of ugliness will it please her to turn our all too willing feet will she revive the old horrors of pannier and draped skirt and the bated birdcage who can tell her irresponsibility is devoid of sequence as of reason intractable as a mule and aa flighty as miss Brough tons heroines old style at the present moment there is much to rejoice in the long foundationless foundation lesa skirts with their graceful fanlike folds are both attractive and comfortable and no petticoats were ever much prettier this rifle of eden built in many colored brocaded brocades bro cades after the same slim fashion aa ahe skirts above them frilled with lace r flounced with their own silken fabric lined too sometimes but imperceptibly with the finest of fine woolens albeit most they are worthy of immortal verse unhappily the tartan abominations most odious of patter ninga are always well nigh irrepressible especially in of undershirts underskirts under skirts and stockings for there is nothing BO tasteless as woman ave only man man whom she avers the lives to please both petticoat and should carry out the anhar of whatever color chord caay be struck in the outer toilet in vest garni ure or headgear if the costume be ua black why then its brocaded supplement must shine intrinsically fair ia black and white or black and cream one such radiant example parades a woven desigio of conventionalized elder flowers and berries and is bordered with several rows of foamy lace ag nn with chestnut brown gown broidered broi dered in eucalyptus green and faint pink which colors haunt the bonnet and therewith the lapels collar and cuffs of the louis XVI mantle the petticoat ia with pale pink chestnut blossoms and leaves upon a delicate cream with coffee ground hers the shoes sufficiently stout for outdoor wear are in dark brown leather with plain gold buckles while the silk hose ina little thicker bilk than are broidered broi dered in dim green and pink again you may ruffle it in violet hemmed and violet vested black your broad velvet hat shall be a parterre of pale violets black ostrich and em purpled bows your flowing mantle in black velvet shot with dim gleams of violet shall be ostrich bordered the long straight falling folda of your skirt gathered in your left hand shall give but a glimpse of your pale klac petticoat liberally strewn with dark violets and violet bails when the crowning satisfaction the mens constia shall be yours for you will fonow that the completeness of your toilet is as grundrich grund lich as all real works of art dinst be and are for walking wear 0 mornings there are fabrics agreeably rough touched with aa it were a pleasing affectation of inva gery soft fuzzy surfaced claths cloths patterned or plain plain for choice yet bot objectionable though patterned in 1 nil browns fabus heathers grays etc but here too is the trail of the tartan you would alakl it were not so forever and forever 1 of the claths cloths a gull gray own very and hrire with n long lah coat worn over a frilled aaili ebirt mistily printed with japanese ane mu ea in gray amber and white this we say is charming aa is another a binl of dull roan shifted in likewise with an ashe of roses silk bearing a dim device of scattered purple violets both have hat down pointing girdles clasping invisibly to left the first of old flemish silver work the second of hammered copper for the freakes freaked woolens arabesques neither too large nor too distinct are the only possible decoration flowers or loaf shapes are obviously inappropriate stripes are a weariness spots an irritation while delight not any human thing the ideal is vague in outline harmonious of tone and in faize avoiding bed on toe one hanal and any impression of poverty en the other national observer |
