Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-08
SUMNER FASHIONS.
Summer aching and
Lawn and Garden PaTtIes-Dress
at Bathing Costumes.

NEW YORK, June SO.-Lawn parties have De.
come charming feature with the residents u
pretty suburban localities ana Ng h,,,, aofa :
dozen miles from its centre-IeLnlhss VINO oc-
cupy the lovely places on the rlVer nave line
opportunity for getting Up t6es 1ae,,e ana PIC
tables are set on the shaded piazzas, and $50
under the trees. and are further protected by
the new lawn" umbrellas, which can be set
in the ground, are OF large size. and are shaped
like the Japanese parasOls Low dishes or
glass trcuehs, or small china boats filed with
flowers, are used for decorations, while about
the GROUNDS very natural looking dog or
other animal meekly couchant or ready to
spring upon an intruder. appear among the
rhododendrons the feather trees. the flower
beds, the shaded walks By the river and She
rich shruboery. Lawn tennis, croQuet and
other games furnish amusement. a9Q there is
usu ally lemonade" tent or awning. where
claret cup ard emonade eau be procured by
thirsty individuals, who are always in a ma
jority.
The gentlemen affect very light but conven.
tioual costumes on these occasions-white
flannel with blue silk tie, or very delicate
tweed with crimson silk tie, or Of it is a gen
tleman Of more quiet tastel ficele silk tie and
ficele silk lining TO the tweed coat The ma
lority of the young ladies are in whte-white
null lace trimmed or white linen grenadine
(often called cheese CLOTH trimmed with Flor
entine lace. There is, Of course. variety in the
adOrnments but the more refined girls chose
that their costumes shall be ali ivory white, OF
they will drape soft Roman sash, pale pink
and blue, about their skirts, which are very
little draped
But there are other more striking toilets
one occasionally, for example. OF ruoy surah,
with large hat and parasOl all trimmed with
white lace, and dress hat and paraSOl adorned
with bunch of large, natural field daisies
with yellow hearts
The chiniz satines are also in high favor on
these occasions, and are usually made with
hip psnier bodice, very much punched up,
short killed SKIRT and much pleated lace
trimming Long pale, pink, blue or flesh
colored mitts, a chintz parasol, and straw
Gypsy, or large open nat, trimmed with null,
and cluster OF field flowers. completes the
costume.
Lace is usually considered an evidence of re-
finement, and very charming accessory to any
costume, but its present popui arity is vulgariz
ing IL 10 such an extent as 70 render much OF
what is called lace and sold for ornamentation
almost brutal in its ugliness. There is an enor-
nous risk about any kind Of colOred lace
black and white seem to be the only kind that
win stand the test of yesrs, and still remain a
satisfaction to the eye and mind There are
soft shades OF cream and ecru that are becom-
ing to brunettes. but the copper colors, the
brick reds the dark grisly blues. and the coarse
cotton fabrics of all kinds-black, white and
cOlored-are an abomination. and not to be
tolerated. Any kind of dress, thick or thin,
silk, wool or cotton, is better without such
de Grafton Girls especially should not coarsen
and vulgariZ9 their fairness and sweetness by
contact with such stuff. So many are lovely in
the simplest dresses who are spoiled by coarse
high colored hnery. that for their own sakes
and for the moral effect of gentleness and beau
ty upon the world at large, one fees like beg
ging them to restrain the immature desire for
such questionable adornment
Not that they are not to love lace and desire
it, and obtain possession of it when it comes to
them or they can get it rightfully. But they
are to get ONLY that which is fine ard de-
sirable, though it is in smaller quantities, and
have nothing to do with the coarse colors or
the coarse cotton threaded lace.
SUMNER WEDDING TonETTEs
The month Of June has become one of the
most fashionable for weddings partly perhaps
because the season" proper is so crowded;
partly because-who knows it has the repu-
tation of being a lucky month; for oven in
not above a shade OF superstition June of old
was considered a fortunate month for mar
riages, but there was time IN New York when
every one who could rushed out of town by the
first OF June. and those who remained were at
least some of them ashamed or afraid to let
the fact be known so that it was difficult to
get respectable gathering togF Their FOR any
social purpose. But OF late 1t is different. The
Jerome Park race, the coaching season, and
other attractions have given new interest to
early summer ia town, and by experience it is
found that June in w York is fully as pleas
ant so far as temperature, brightness, and
even gavety is concerned although il is not so
crowded with events, " and is rather supple
mentary than regular as a season But the
more en- IOyable. The roses are in full bloom
and roses of every hue and variety
cultivated and natural, are employed in
profusion for decorative purposes. Then by an
apparently simultaneous stinct all artificial
flowers for ornamental dress purposes disap-
pear. The dresses are short. simple (com-
paratively), diaphonous, and rimmed oGly with
lace and ribbons. IF a t0aR trained, fussv
Catherine de Aiedici, Marie Antoinette, and-all-
the-rest. of it or. IS is seen it looks like relic
of last winters gas light and Weariness. and
every body pities the wearer. Bridesmaids are
not obligatory. and little girls may act in that
capacity and form lively GreenaWav group
about the bride. who from motives Il economy
or others - the aaest conventional ii cure upon
these occasions. Perhaps some pc ople will not
be able to see the economy in a white satin
| dress with long plain train thick ruche for
| border, and a duchesse hounce across the
front. But that ivory satin will not cost much
! more, perhaps no more than very much
| trimmed mgl muslin. 1he lace Yves in the
| family ald the costume will be an elegant one
for the series Of receptions which will be inevi.
| table next fall and winter, when the lace
| trimmed null would be used up-not 20 say
| out of place and inadequate
| Oh, you may be sure that with all the appa-
well thought out There is no economist Ike
| the mother in society with several daughters
| who are to be married one after another and a
husband to grHElble about the bills. Her 20.
| 3ition is no sinecure il he pays them.
There is a revival this season of some fash.
| ions that were in vogue many years ago, and
| one of these is of colored silk embroidery upon
white dresses. Charming designs are executed
| in heliotrope upon white null, with border
under the worked edges of the fiouuces OF
| white oriental lace, the dress accompanied by
a large hat OF the same lace, orn9I9ensed wish
spray OF pansiea
NOVELTIES IN BLACK SUMNER ToILETTKs.
| 1t was not supposed that ingenuity in luxu-
roUs dress could go beyond rich lace over sa lin.
which has been feature for the past summer.
q rinhQr fn Obi lal
| fine Spanish lace beaded with small (reaD gold
| beads, which has recently been emp'oyed in
| the foundation of some otherwise all black
costumes OF course the foundation of the
| dress is satin-a soft satin surah OF fine make.
| which is used for narrow killings, over which
| the la"e is slightly gathered upon the front of
| the skirt. The f1chu worn with it is entirely of
| the lace. and the bodice of the dress end the
sleeves show in addition to the lace rich trim
ming OF passementerie embroidered to match
with gold beads.
With jetted lace and grenadine toilettes are
| worn JeLted lace caps and small bonnets en-.
tirely Of jet, with only blac-, white or coIored
silk pompons at the side; butthe black are the
most elegant.
very small bonnets covered with flowers or let
They are mere colts, or skull caps which set
close to the head, and serve no purpose but to
cover the back hair.
The Burans lace cloths (wooD have appeared
in now designs in some recent importations in
black and white. These show a brocaded tin
figure in the plain part Of the material which
enriches it, and produces an excellent effect
when it is made up with satin. The sudden
falling off in the popular demand for black is
remarkable. and will recall and intensity
mourning, now that it can be differentiated
from ordinary wear. few months ego wo-
men, in the cars, street, or any public place.
were funeral procession, so far as dress was
0oneerned-that is, the better class of workir e
women. Now the rage for blue gray, for olive
and red, has spread to all classes, and produces
some very queer results.
ODDITIES IN THE DRESS OF THE SEASON.
Still the difference is mainly found, especially
in details, among women of superior taste and
intelligence thus confirming the recently pro.
muIgated scientific theories of divers diversity
in the ascending scale Of creation. This is so
in every department OF work and life. Under
wear dresses, collars. bonn is, even chairs and
tables, are turned out by the million for the
million. while among the higher classes no two
will be found alike. In the one case a machine
turns ont thousands from the same pattern; in
the other all that individual art SKILL sn1 taste
can devise is employed to dffferentiate one
thing from another Of the same kind. The
hats are naturally the most striking objects
and allow the most latitude in form and color
So COMMON as hardly to be noticed, are the
large moon-shapes set well back upon the
head, and framing fair faces in a mist OF soft
rs thered null or pleated lace The outside is
trimmed with velvet ribbon, or a twist and
large bow Of null, and fringe Of fair hair
falling over low forehead under this head
dress, makes perfect reproduction of the pic
lures that delighted us so much when they Hrst
appeared as the happy inspiration of young
English artists brain
Girls, 1t may be remarked, are delighted
with these hats. because with a yard Of mullS
and fifty cents for the untTimmed straw they
can make themselves bewi ching
But 1t Is not so with the curious black straw
hats, with the high crowns narrowed towards
the top and emphasized by the trimming
which consists partly of two immense pins