Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-02-06

New nounces are gathered.
Paniers grow more boufant.


New nources are gathered.
Paniers grow more boufant.
Ra~ silk underwear Is much in use.
Scotch einghams are now offered for sale.
Levsntine satins are superseding surah
silks.
A tiny silver teapot is the new watch
charm.
India foulards are imported for ladies in
mourning.
Virgin gold is pale shade that is to re-
place old gold.
Greek and madiavsl costumes are appear
ing at receptions.
Drab and violet combinations will be
popular for spring.
Moire is the chief element of the latest
imported costumes.
Shoes Of satin, same shade as the dress,
are used for dancing.
No wardrobe is complete during Lent
without a severe black dress.
A gold sunflower is the aesthetic design
for breastpins aud finger rings.
White brocaded petiicoats have corssge
aud train Of myrtle green velvet.
Surah silk still remains 8 favorite tissue
for Young ladies' dancing dresses.
A single piece Of Russian lace Is made to
cover the front Of satin dress skirts.
Ras Terue escape the ground) skirts are
more fashionable than very short ones.
Strips OF white and black aud white and
color are features In new spring goods.
Black velvet costumes trimmed with
shrimp pink feathers are fashionable in
Paris.
Young ladies in general show a great
preference for white toilets for dancing
parties.
The lighter shades of ebamois gloves
with loose wrists are appropriate for the
street.
The most effective costumes are those
which are fashioned with q view to the re-
Quirements OF the face and figure.
Independent bssques, house jackets and
polOnaises are established favorites, and are
worn with black or well contrasting skirts.
Some OF the latest gloves of Danish kid
are decorated with tiny butterflies made of
gold or silver tinsel and chenille in raised
work.
Very elegsnt visiting toilets are Of
chachemire, embroidered in different shades
Of one color, or in open work in Richelieu
guipure style.
A superb wedding dress of American bro
cade is exquisitely interviewer with silver
threads g)inting through its creamy white
f)ri2ted groundwork.
The screw earring OF solitaire diamonds
and the hoop earring, made Of pearls or fill
gree work In hne gold, are the only bOlse}es
d'Orsllls just now in vogue,
ArtidciarfOwers, except for debu antics,
seem to have had their day, as the married
ladies all wear corsage trimmings, as well
as head dresses Of ostrich tips or plumes.
Collars, fichus, cravats, collarettes and
wide collars are made of the most costly
materials, such as delicate tints OF satin
covered with richest lace in different styles
Among the new machine-msde laces one
of the dain,iest Of silk is the Point d'Amil-
lac. There are besides the Moresque and
Marguerite, in addition to those above men
toned.
good test Of the purity Of silk is to burn
a small quantity Of the threads. Pure silk
will instantly crisp, leaving only charcoal:
heavily dyed silk will shoulder to yellow
greasy ash.
White toilets are still extensively trimmed
with pearl beads. White, ivory and cream
colored silks are always favored BY bru-
nettes, as they are more becoming than
other light colors.
A last years princess dress or polonaise
may be made to look new and stylish by
adding a tablier or plastron and collar and
cuffs Of Oriental su-sh or Turkish cashmere
in suodued colors.
Maize and lemon, even orange, are fash
ionable colors, and their eff ct Is greatly
enhanced when peeping out discreetly from
beneath banks Of snowy clouds OF tulle or
finest, sOftest null
Breakfast caps are as fashionable as ever,
and are made in countless variety. a new
style is called Castilisn, and is composed Of
gold lace and manila grass netting, fastened
Cd by long gold-headed pins.
a dainty walking dress for little girl Of
twelve is made Of peacock blue cashmere,
the skirt trimmed with two deep killings of
the cashmere, and double ssshes and bala-
yeuse Of Oriental striped satin.
1t is said that large shapes will appear in
the spring importations of ladies' hats; but
designs are also shown 10 Of charming little
bOnBe;s and hats, pOkes and hOrseshoes,
simply covering the wearer's head.
Many dinner dresses are in two shades
The breast-piece or Valois point OF the
waist is in the same shade as the apron.
Such combinations are seen as Russia
lea'her-colored trains, with vest and apron
Of blue satin or plush.
Very charming evening dresses are Of
grenadine frosted with silver. They are
mos suitable for young ladies' wear, in
which case they are only drsped here and
there under punches of flowers, neither lsee
nor beads being employed for this purpose.
pretty evening dress for a yonng girl
shows skirt and chemisette OF corn colored
Indian silk. The pointed bodice, with
paniers, and the robings on the skirt are of
white Indian silk. The whole is trimmed
with lace and hoops and corn colored rib
bOns.
Starch Is entirely discarded 10 ladies' lsun
dries. Skirts are ironed after the trough
dry" and the former extension when desir
ed, is gained by multiplying the usual mum
Der. Laces and embroidery lingerles are
pulled dry before the fire, and linen is rare
ly used.