Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-01
THE sUPERFLUITIEs OF ToyEy.

inc superhuous woman mas received a great
.a ueaI oI aItehllen, nut the rapid rate at which
WoneP arc getting rid of their superfuities
scarcely eXcites remark. The reason Is he
cause 1t is the interest of the dealers To seIl
theLn, ana newspapers are habltuated to writ
ing up Ine IOIiles and eXtrayaQancies of
womens not their economies or restrictions in
the matter OF expenditure, 1t is probable
however, general tendency that onerates IN
TINS instance rather than an effort with a
dellherAte purpose to inspire it and furnish
the motive, The veil Is remnant of monas-
TIC and feudal seclusiOn. and has been disap-
pearlng bit by bit for the last half century Fifty
years ago II was very bong and wide, and
the thick double Grape veil of the WidovT
reached nearly~Viown to the ground. since
then 1t has, year by year, gr0StR smaller Nv
degrees and beautifully less, until ladies,
instead OF buying tne Regularly made article
found > substitute ia any little strin Of lac,
ItaI would mask the eyes and nose and this
being found detrimental by pIiysicians and
a5nsura 5y themselves the cherished veil has
disappeared altogether, except in gauze fnp
tourist purposes. The veil of the widow dies
naTd, but It Is greatly curtaied 10Th in length.
width ana thickness. Il has begun TO dawn
!aCg Upon te Ieinals rind that killing women with
Iack lac q Nplst and air behind folds of double
Engilsh Grape is not far from the folly and
cruelty which offers widows as q saSrifiee
upon funeral pyre, and therefore Grape wells
are gradually Disappearing altogether and
have ceased to be obligatory: In faet, have
gone to tho bourne from which the widov,,s
cap never returned.
Dut "iO hSil ls not the only sUpSFhuifv that
seems TO have become Gpperfuous, Where
are the lace and linen cuffs. the SPREADING
ties, the eaITa at she throat, the scarfs. the
nntterlng ends here, and the roSettes. buckles.
an4 ofnamentat1ons there which formerly
mace any assemhlage of women look more or
less IKE rag Sairg GOne-very largely. The
best dressed and best bred young women are
Ao9els OF neatness; slightly ng-mannish
IN Vnelr Wen hitting Newmarket coats or red
lngotes, the close Derby hats and thtek vFsIk
ing boots and undressed kid or esogsk IN Glove
houna tne neck Is a narrow RIM Of collar held
Dy gold or pearl huston; IN front of this IL a
craVat or six tie7 ITS knot or small bow faster
ed wlth AoFee shoe pin. The dress is sirnnler
nan Ihat OF young men, and only the skirts
PrSVelt ~ from being more convenient and ss
wen wen auapteu 70 all emergencies. In the draw
my Iooln lhe uressmaker still maintains her
~ sssPrenlacy,so there is as much useiess frippeyE
e onere as ever, but in the ztreet the tailor has
come 70 tne 'front.', ana when he is true to his
enects salntary changes, or at least
: neaQgear mas recently been at q standstin
SSAcept IA mere matters OF detail. There has
peen notnlng picturesque TO fall back upan-
9lstorlca1y, art and royalty have been alike
siraN9 HpeA until they are exhausted Gains
borough and Rembrandt, Van DYKE and Sir
Joshua Reynolds, ValasqueE and Titan R1-
bens and Raphael, Henri Quatre and Marie
Antoinette, Josephine and Mary Stuart have We
stood with many others foz sscreatians,s - J
hldeonsly unlike the originals as Touss~
wax h3ures IKE the persons ihs~ -saud,s
ana eays ss9 gsEiv.s each .esspp reppese1ill ss9il