THE LADIES COLUMN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6566, 2 December 1882, Page 3 (Supplement)

THE LADIES COLUMN.

is FASHION NOTES. * 3 cloth with tufted surface is re l ? r vived. Shrimp pink, strawberry red and blue vel '*" vet bows are worn at the neck with linen coln< lars. "?' The fashionable linen collar is a standing .'? military band, with a vine of embroidery u l near the edge. Tlie newest contrasts of colour for walkingle dresses are moss green with strawberry red, , a seal brown with cerise, garnet with copper colour, and black with ruby. t0 A rifle-preen velvet costume bordered with cs grey fur, with a small mu.T and a smaller sc j bonnet of the same velvet, edged with fur, is m a Paris design for the coming winter. ,l ~ Plaques of braid made of row after row of ! : r coutache wound round to form a solid spot ':* j three inches across, are placed all round the vl ! skirts of cloth dresses ; also on the collar, !1 " j suffs and edge of the basque. I Hussar jackets of cloth trim-^cd-niia braid ie j or with narrow sontache are ti.; wraps to be D - worn by young girls during tho autumn. e " Shorter cadot basques with high military colr' ] lar will bo worn as parts of house dresses. ls I The ne-.vost cloth suits have a riding-habit lt J basque with :i kilt skirt and long ovcrskirt =s i that is caught up almost to thp waist on the 10 [ left side, beneath a large buckle of dark oxiI dized silver. " Among the handsomest garments for eveuie ing wear aro caiaquins of crepe do chine, or r " silk gauze, trimmed with ten or twelve frills •? of lace and many lone: loops of ribbon. Some'J- times n. hundred yards of lace are required '} for a eapaquin and skirt. z 5 To(]iies. eaps or turbans of what is called 11,I 1 , velvet felt will bo worn with cloth dresses. Th'- !)rima are covered with gathered velvet. c p.nd the crowns arc covered with the head, '' hre.-.st and tail feathers of a bird of colours 0 kindred to that of the velvet. Carrick r\ipes tako away the stiff, plain a / look of clot!) redingoics. They an? made of plush, with a turned-down collar, fastened 11 by a silver brooch, or they may be of the 0 cloth of the garment, with the collar covered s with br.iidiag and a border of braiding ou the j edge. Arrow points, arabesques, lotus leaves, > obelisks, columns with various Egyptian and ' Turkish designs are woven in the new tapestry e woollens that are fashionable for overdresses. * Japanese storks and fan patterns are also ini- ' ported, but havo lost favour, as they have been so long used. ' Flowers are banished from milinery, and feathers of every kind are to be worn. Cock's feathers will bo made to servo in ornamental w.-.ys. both for hats and bonnets, while trop- : ie.il plumage of sea-let yellow and bluish ' gropn will relieve the sombre brown shades 1 of tlic stylish partridge and pheasant feathers.

"WHAT A TINY WAIST!"

1 What do people who say tills know of tho 1 misery, pain, and torture the possessor of that tiny waist is suffering ? What do they know of the struggle the maid has had to eneaso her mistress in that suicidal corset ? Wiiat do they know of the present as well as tho after consequences of this most insensate custom ? By it the liver and stomach aro so compressed that their physiological functions are greatly diminished, and indigestion and consequent mal-nutrition, the beginning of so many evils, is the result. By it the circulation through tho muscles of tho chest and back is checked by reason of the pressure against the ribs and spine, and these musc!c3 become sioft, atrophied, and gradually useless. By it the complete development of all the important internal organs in tho growing girl is arrested, and a life of misery and inaction becomes the inevitable result. By it tho heart is often positively misplaced, and its wonderful, regular, rhythmical pump-action thrown out of gear. By it that important breathing muscle, tho diaphragm, is grea'.ly hampered in it 3 work, and this interference must bo paid for sooner or later; and to it may be traced numerous crooked conditions of the ppino, and to it also mauy poor crippled and deformed children owe the mis?ry of their livc3. All thr.t has boon stated as to the direful results of this habit of tight-lr.cing can be readily proved by incontrovertible facts, and in my own experience I can call to mind more, than one young lifo, with all its cherished hopes and happy prospects, cut short by this custom of distortion—and for what? For the mere v.-.in delusive pleasure, if pleasure it can really be called, of being for tho moment an object of misplaced admiration. When will this folly cease? Whon will every wifo, every mother, every woman wake up to the fouling of righteous indignation at having so long insulted that nature to which she owes her positive and actual existence ? When will the numerous articles that have been, and yet will be, written, showing clearly the evil results of such practice, bo rewarded by being acted upon ? Whon will the united crusades made by medical men and right-minded, common-sensed members of every community, against the continuance of this abuse, be of any avail? I unhesitatingly and emphatically answer, not until men refrain from looking on this "tiny waist" as an object of beauty, but turn from it witli justifiable disgust for anything so absolutely unnatural.—Household Words.

CHIT-CHAT.

A 'wife desired her husband to buy her a new spring bonnet. " Why, my dear," said ! he, "how can I do it when I have no money ?" And she simply exclaimed, " Owe, dear !" Tho Tartars despise prominent nasal appendages, and the woman who has the smallest nose is esteemed the more charming, ' but to outside barbarians she is a perfect ' fright. ' Expanded skirts beinjc fashionable English women are regaining their reputation for ' elegant walking, younger ladies who are reared in tied-back skirts not being able, however, to acquire a free gait so easily as it is recovered by their elders. - A Bi.nple but ver/ stylish dress is of dark red velvet of the terra cotta tint, with } Ottoman silk of the same tint a few shades . lighter. It is made with plain paletot of the velvet, the sides sloping from the belt to the ' edge of the skirt in front, showing a short, , full tablier, with plain skirt of silk beneath. The back of the skirt is arranged in such a manner that it appears like wings attached '. to the skirt. Across the front of the waist arc loops of cord fastened with rosettes. The sleeves are slightly puffed at the ' shoulders. ' For an evening drcs.s the peasant waist has A plaiting* of lace or mull crossed on surplice inside the upper part, and is laced back and ,v front with long tabs at the front and sides. ' The skirt, with court train, is edged with a ' full pinked niching. An overdress is formed c of lace draped across the front diagonally ' over the upper part of the skirt, with a deep l llounce forming tho overdress around the 3 lower part, anil the bad; draperies, which arc ' also of lace, reach nearly to the edge of tiic 9 skirt. The lace sleeves arc puffed from the ' elbow to the shoulder. An Albanian belle of to-day presents a > rather striking appearance. She in, as a rule, 1 gaily coifed with seed pearls and coins and e enveloped in a black serge pelisse. She uses r paint on her face proi'usoly. ami hor taste 1 runs to cherry lips and cheeks and jet black i eyebrows strongly drawn, .'wi Albanian t bride disyirds paint for a while, and if f wealthy wears a suit something like this : I Rose-colcurcd under-robes, with an over robe i of dark gruen velvet, the idea being taken (, from :i rosebud half folded in its leaves. Thus arrayed, the girl of handsome features j is said to look really bewitching. 1 A M.vr::rMoNiAi. idyl. 1 V, Hie.i lmiH.'n " 1. H;ii-k a\"4iii. ' Shmly tref. Maiil.Mi :iUi .. liroi.V. Tliii !u "f :'.vi:r;. Girl in ii.uinin.c'< Wants to μ-i, ln.;k n U-.iilla:; l«it.l: : Too. poor thin-,-. t Col.l.'li Mills, ill. J TLnyfo. t. Hour r.f im.!iii.,-ht. , <Jirl in li:.iiuiiirr!i : ahy rr |ii.ovi;iri-. ' 1..|. I;« UJ Kf!. Man in "',(■!: f.-.-t. 1' Jinn ritli-s -i.-ist.. r.r.-.vely Miiltiny ; l!ii- tii'iii-t:u-lif ; lliil.y yi-ilsoii: Uirl in hainimii-k Nov. tlu-oth-T " Mliki-sil-i.iR.sU." Tiv:!: lii!:::r;!,e.il!H H Mii-sli in im-.tuai, l.ilo-hi= it,,: i,,t : t Day i< r.-t, I'.m-Mtic J.U:i iitul ..i:.i.lrii Uy thu'.ifiltln Ji.-irn'i'il «.:t. i:ir.|-ti.:i! into » ii. Dil.j's throttle. I.lnrrii-iI r.i.w Ninthly tin',; . <)n,-.y,:>rai;.., Vuinu in i; ir. s ll» liiit. i- I!ii-a : I'uot li tea- ; I KiMl-1-.i.t ht.iv.', M'in in siwli foil- • ISccfstPiik frjinL-, Si-c llim-th.Tf ! Chi not iriiuri. .1 ' O, i;ooil Kraduu.i : l Caokiir; tryir.:-. ll.iiir Mm Mvc.ir : Clii!.-k.i nil liumin;-. Ciivitij; rrn.-.y. s Ky.M limkeil rmt; <■>(« his gun, Cirl fc-ot iiitiriit-a lilows his h> ail mf, '. Nearly (k-rnl. Dcail iiml zw.u-. ' Ilisi'-.iit l.nrni-d iij>. IV. ' HiM!fsti\-lli .-h:w, l'mity wi.l..w . Girl cut nmrrkil With u liook A'ifuliorrv. Jn thitliinmmn'k ( Mm cullies hoim\ I'.y tho )irook. ToM.sm.uibt.clif, - - - , Mad as lintU-r, Man riilcn [mst, (;,,tnoh:i.sli. 111k nioilatiuliu : Thinks of hammock li.-e[.s on riding 1 lu ttiu Uno ; N;ir>- muili. <