Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-04

| Striped fabrics are very fashionable.
Strings of bonnsts are short and wide.
New styles Of dress uncover the throat.
Resida is the new shade OF mignonette.
Partisan ladies dance In low-heeled slip
pers.
Tiny combs of gold or steel ornament new
hats.
Dotted Swiss ball dresses will be much
worn.
Cinnamon brown is revived for matronlY
toilets.
Dull Roman red is new color used in
carpets.
Large loose sleeves are worn in spring
cloaks.
Red and yellow hold their place in spring
millinery.
Glittering groups of snail shells are seen
on new hats.
Spanish lace dolmans will be worn the
coming season.
Flowers Of velvet and chenille are used
on French hats.
Open yellow straws figure largely in
spring importations.
Cheese cloth comes in q much improved
form for summer suits.
same length all around.
Detachable trains come with some Of the
new imported costumes.
Menu cards IN the shape Of the obelisk
are among the novelties.
The fashions of the moment favor slender
rather than stout women.
Public taste in Paris runs to the revival of
the Directory styles of dress.
Ladies use gold or jeweled collar buttons
almost as much as gentlemen.
Large white collars of linen batiste will
be much worn in the summer.
Bottle green and cinnamon brown are the
colors for fashionable matrons.
Gloves are worn to reach above the elbow
when the sleeves are very short.
Long, light basques, fitting as snug as
jersey, are worn at the moment.
slashed sleeves, showing gay lining I'M
derneath, are promised novelty.
A leading novelty is the Normandy crown
to Tuscan straw Fanchon bonuets.
American cut-glass is fully as beautiful
and valuable as the imported ware.
The immense collars which come to a
point in front are Anne of Austria collars.
A birds claw with gilt talons replaces the
tigers paw which has been used on winter
hats.
Box-pleated skirts will probably succeed
the kilt skirts which have been worn so
long.
The OWLS head, as a iewelry ornament
and in feathers, stands high In fashionable
favor.
The necks of some OF the new corsages
are cut in deep Vandykes, front and back,
and edged with standing frills Of lace.
Black Spanish lace is not only worn for
trimming and founces, but as complete
tuuics over black, white or colored satin.
Shaded or sombre effects are a decided
feature in spring fashions; shaded feathers,
shaded flowers and shaded ribbons are al
ready plentiful.
Bonnets showing a combination of Jet,
gold and silver are among new spring novel
ties, aud steel lace is one of the new trim
miDgs. Both flowers and feathers are seen
on them.
Many OF the new cloth suits are finished
plainly and depend on handsome buttons
and cord and tassels for the rest of the trim
mings. Nearly all of the spring dresses
have overskirts.
Lace scarfs, cravats and bows, either black
or white, are worn with all toilets, and a
great deal of skill and taste is bestowed
upon the elegant arrangement of the same.
Dainty lace pins in iewelry, joined together
by tiny gold chains, are fastened among
their tastefullY arranged folds.
White enamelled ribs, showing outside of
the lining, are a new feature in parasols.
Innings are as rule white, but very many
psrasols have Innings of colors that contrast
with the outside. The canopy tops are to
| be most fashionable. Very dressy parasols
| for the carriage are of white satin surah COW
cred with narrow frills of fine white Spanish
lace, and lined with pink, white or cream
white silk.
One of Worth's latest was a court dress
in white and silver destined for London.
The petticoat was white satin and the traiu
white and silvered damask. Down the side
were sprays of white hyacinths, the stalks
being powdered with silver; the low bodice
was pointed at the waist, and the satin plas-
iron; as we'll as the skirt, were embroidered
with silver. On the bodice ere three white
bows in the form of a geranium flower.