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FASHIONS A MUCH SEEDED HE RE norn ronn THE question of woman dresa dress la Is a 4 t h alad arad d troublesome one in gen gens oration previous to our every influence hlat hiat that could be bb used was as brought to bear against tibe the monstrous fashions which fram from time to time prevailed but though they were denounced ridiculed and abused the thebes theses sex bex regardless of everything but the dictates of fashions clung to them with singular tenacity fashion fas h on then as now was a tyrant which none dared to dispute the sorceress to whose influence all succumbed it mattered not then any more than it does now where she led she was all right and her dictates were submitted to with resignation and pleasure under the influence of fashion the most unseemly hideous and ridiculous practices bave have been viewed as the ultimate perfection of beauty and one devotee has vied with another to see which could carry them to the most extravagant lengths we need not refer to the practices which were fashionable in tt the le waye daye of our fore mothers to illustrate the fashions of our own days plainly exhibit what absurdities a vitiated taste and restless re stess deb des desiro desire iro lre ire for novelty can produce yge we yve presume it ia a not more than forty years ago that huge bows trained over overl wire wille foundations were worn on the tops of the f the ladies of fa fashion 84 to accomplish these marvels of hairdressing hair hain dressing much labor was required and the results which followed were not always the most desirable or pleasant then there were the corkscrew ringlets which cost so much pains to make and which the damp spoiled and reduced to the appearance of tallow candies candles then there was puffing the hair by means of masses of false hair or some other sub aub stance ingeniously inserted under the natural hair after that there was a very pretty and simple fashion of braid not last long it was ta thrust out of fd fashion ablon and of course out of sight by the chignon which even fashion could not redeem from its vulgarity and ugliness the chignon was supplanted by a style closely allied to itself of a big birds nest on the crown of the head bead with a fringe of short hair about the face sometimes curled at other times straight what fashion has 19 obtained dominion since this last we cannot say unless it be that of coloring the hair to a tawny brown and letting it fall in a frizzled unkempt condition over the shoulders these fashions have not been strictly followed in every particular by the ladies of this territory the prevalent fashion of late among the young ladies here is iq the wearing of shore short hair many of the girls have submitted cheerfully to be despoiled despoil eq of their beautiful looks lochs womans comans crown ring glory to conform to a miserable ridiculous fashion which to every person of good taste is simply abominable Mat matrona rona roua too have been smitten with a 4 desire to conform to the prevalent style and they have had their heads shorn until they look as much like the opposite site sex aa as they can without changing their attire alid and the excuse for this folly is that preserves and strengthens ens the hair of af bonnets that known A as the spoon anet bonnet was all ail the rage a few years since now there are the three straws and the bunch of flowers aud and the ribbons little van vanishing lehing trifles of lace bound round the forepart fore part of the head bead leaving the whole face jace neck ears and i throat protected unprotected if hats are worn they are aro little littie bits of things that do not noi protect or even cover the bead and leave the forehead eyes aud and face exposed to the com COW or the dazzling brilliance of the bung buni this tuis bummer summer we notice an extremely large bat but has been introduced and is wid ly worn when tied down over to look at the face of the wearer reminds one of look I 1 rig low n a railroad tunnel yet yel the id the most sensible we have seen in the way ot headdress head dress for cormany man many y a dw anar we only hope t bat that 11 m 1 ay not noi norbort bon bont bonn bod bort be discarded these changes froni the tho spoon bonnet to the present plesent style have all boon accomplished within seven or eight years during that period the fashions have passed from on enormous ormus crinolines crino lines which made their bearers wearers look like huge bells to the long trains which spread out like a peacocks tail to the present fashion of lank skirts shirts the short walking costume the grecian bend and the panier our attention has been called to this i subject by the resolutions wh which ich ieh ap appeared appear edin odin in our yesterdays issue which sor SOK some neof of the young ladies of this city ae adopted on the subjects of fi fashion abion been much pleased 1 eased to fo hearod hean hear of the sensible steps whre which h they are taking to effect a reform in this direction there isono good reason why our ladies should be the blavos slaves of the absurd fashions which prevail in to the world why should the ladies of this country aalok large manufacturers manufacture ra and the proprietors of millinery establishments many if of them in england andi france to prescribe the fashion of their clothes or the coverings for their heads or the women of the demimonde deml demi monde in plain english lewd women to dictate them as to the style in which they shall wear their hair have they not the taste to tell what is becoming for themselves ves though not in favor of strict uniformity in dress we would much in uch proter prefer thu thy adoption of a national costume to the ridiculous vagaries of modern fashion As long as ladies are constituted as at present if they are left free there will bo be a sufficient variety in dress to be pleasing it is necessary this should be forso for so long a as s women differ in age size figure and complexion their own natural taste will suggest the adoption of styles that will harmonize with their peculiarities cullari ties if foreign fashions bo be Ecar discarded alb dib carded ded and a complete emancipation from their thra thralldom idom be bu affa affected acted we shall look for a costume to oe do devised hat bat shall unite arth itic grace w with ith workaday work a day convenience nothing short of this will suit and add there is no necessity to invent anything new nety and startling there ha have havo been beautiful fashions in vogue that have passed away but they can be revived and if they bult bluit why forsake them we augur better results from this movement having been commenced among the young ladies than if it had originated with the matrona matrons mat rons they have their the irown own ideas of what is beautiful and will bs be better suited with them than if they were required to submit to the behesta behests ts of a co lerie jerie of elderly ladies ladles soma some of whom bro pro probably bably babiy have forgotten the feelings and tastes they had in their thein girlhood A style sty ie of dress that might be very suitable in theeres of a woman of ripe years might not please the girls yel yet we feel confident that upon the youba ladies ladles who have entered into this thia reform the experienced counsels andi andl and deas ideas of their elders will not be lost with all our heart we feel to eay success to the great and long needed reform the vagaries and follies of fashion which men observe we have not alluded to though there is plenty of room for criticism the ladies have taken the initiative their example is worthy of imitation and it will not b be e lost upon the opposite sex sei |
