Fashions | AdventAI

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 15, 1869

Fashions.

“Be clothed with humility,” and have “the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.”

This is the most graceful, becoming, and at the same time, useful, costume that has ever solicited public attention. The mantle is of the most exquisite hue and delicate texture; tastefully decorated with the above-mentioned brilliants; and will be found to unite every advantage of utility and elegance. This dress is suitable to all seasons, and is considered equally becoming in the young and the old. It possesses extraordinary durability, is less liable to take a soil than any other material, and retains its freshness and novelty to the last. It falls over the person in the most graceful folds, and is so adjusted as to veil every blemish, and set off the least favorable figure to the best possible advantage. The color usually preferred for this costume is invisible green, which casts the most delicate shade upon the whole form, and produces an effect indescribably agreeable and possessing. Nothing can be more tastefully imagined, than the ornament with which this mantle is finished, and although this jewel is pronounced by the best judges to be of immense value, it may be obtained upon very reasonable terms. It is so delicate in its hue, and so chaste and simple in its workmanship, that it has been mistaken by unskilful observers, for an ordinary pebble, but connoisseurs instantly recognize it and allow it to be “more precious than rubies.” Notwithstanding the recommendation it possesses, this dress has never become common although universally approved. It was once worn as a royal robe, and has ever since been held in the high estimation and general use amongst the subjects of the great Prince who first introduced it.—Tract Magazine, 1826.