Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-28

Nluudl Thought ana expression Iudb Iuo
worker becomes an artist as truly as the
painter. Etching is quite new process
as applied to silver in our day, but some
! excellent work is done in it, work so deli
cate that it is applied only to small
| articles, such as spoon handles, pencil
cases, match boxes, tea holders and glove
| perfumers, Some Of the fin..stI OF this
! work has Seen done by a gentleman still
/ young, who inherited a large fortune
| from his father, but has true genius for
| this art. He tried the work for ''fun"
| upon some little possessions of his own
| and succeeded so admirably that he took
| an order, for which he was paid at the
| usual rates. The money was the first he
| had ever received for work and he was
| very proud of it. Since then he has exc
| cuted the designs upon number Ofspecial
| pieces.
NEW YORK TWO INCHES AHEAD.
The run, in gifts for ladies', has been
| upon scent bottles and ''pungents' of the
| exaggerated size, which is the latest
| craze, the end forming an elongated point.
| A lady WHO has recently returned from
| Paris brought with her bottle eighteen
| inches long, and rejoiced in possession
which she believed could not be matched
in New York. Her disgust can be i'm
agined when her sister triumphantly dis
played one of GOrham manufacture that
! was tWenty inches from end to end, and
with an etched top much finer than her
own. The cut glass bottles with silver
| tops range from So for the small sizes uD
to $25, and even more when the silver topis
hand-wrought. But cut glass does not
compare IN beauty, in my opinion, with
the cameo glass, in which the designs are
executed in cream white. in relief, upon
tinted grounds, green or a deeper yellow.
Some of these have solid gold tops, and
are sold as high as $50. Small and very
dainty gifts consist of long, slender, leaf
shaped f1acon of hammered silver, which
are slipped on the gloves, and are
delightful accompaniment to a box
of these ever welcome articles. The cost
is only So. Gentlemen as well as ladies
have been made happy by being presented
with hair and clothes brushes with solid
silver blackstone hammered, some
deliberately wrought in repousse. Whisk-
broom handles are also made in solid sill
yer, artistically wrought, the top, of
course, being removable, as are, also,
the backs of the brushes, so that they are
coed for lifetime. A feature introduced
by the silver house alluded TO, some years
ago and since aGGnted by others, is to in
close all small articles IN silk plush bags
of corresponding size aud OF a shape
-" than suitable f0F ladies 10
which maAvo .----
carry as receptacles for fan, purse, opera
glass or handkerchief. The finest art
shapes are selected. A rich India stuff in
small pattern and blended cOlOrs used as
lining, and silk cord in two cOlors-One,
that of the plush, employed as drawing
string. 1t may be imagined that the bag
is sometimes as much priced as the gift
COSTUMES AND COLORs AT RECENT EN-
TERTAINMENTs.
Quite a sensation in some circles has
been created recently by the appearance
of ladies. well known in English society
as the wives of artists or as poets and
authors on their own account, in indie
pendent, more or less picturesque, but
perfectly unconventional costumes. Mrs.
Pfeiffer's stay here was brief, and her
state of health prevented the acceptance
of invitations, but at the few entertain
ments where she was seen she attracted
great attention by the graceful adaptation
of her costume from the Greek idea which
she attempted to revive by letter and by
illustrations in the English Queen some
years ago. Unlike most physicians, she
has strictly taken and adhered to her own
medicine, and has certainly obtained
dress which is at once convenient and be-
coming. The basis of it is the Chiffon,
perfectly plain, simple aud straight under
| dress, high at the neck (where it is
finished by narrow standing band and
and with long sleeves. The upper dress
is a square of any soft material which
| forms princesse overdress falling nearly
| to the bottom of the first skirt. This is
drawn plain across the front, is draped
up at the side, falls in Arab folds at the
back from the waist and is clasped with
stone canoes on the shoulders, The
round neck half low and the edge all
around is braided in the Greek key pat
tern. The underdress in this case was
| of white brown velvet, the upper dress of
| wool in lighter shade. Another dress
worn by the same lady was of Liberty
silk, combination of Rumchunder and
| Myso-e, the latter gold embroidered. The
! draping and style of making was the
same as in the preceding, and the effect
not unlike that of an ordinary closely
| draped gold embroidered evening dress.
On the same occasion a dress was worn
| by lady past middle age-at least her
brown hair begins to show grey and white
| lights in (which deserves to be noted
| because it was so exactly suited to her
! years and style. 1t was of a rich wood
brown velvet, very deep, and with white
| lights in it which seemed to reproduce
| those in her hair. 1t was softly draped at
the neck and upon the sleeves with cream
| (burans) lace, and her Ornaments-deli-
| cate stones cut intaglio and framed in the
| lightest knife setting of gOld-made her a
charming study in soft half tints that
suited well to brown eyes, the pale, clear
| complexion, and thoughtful, expressive
face.
1t is often a difficult thing for ladies
who must 90 into society, yet have passed
! into what is usually considered an unfn-
! teresting age, to dress so as to fulfill all
the requirements. Two dresses worn re-
Gently seemed to do this. One was a very
! fine dark shade of prune cOlOred satin de
| Lyon, ruffied and draped at the
V-shaped neck and upon the sleeves with
fine gold embroidered cream tinted lace,
| and dark wine coloree satin merVeil-
| leuX, trimmed with beautifully beaded,
| lace, in iridescent colOrs-garnet, ruby
bronze, amber and sapphire. Some old
lace-softened by age to the required tint
was worn with this; but nothing looks
worse with modern art color in fabric
| than hard, crude, white lace. This is
fully understood by French modistes,
who use this season what are known
as art colOrs almost exclusively,
and always put cream-gold embroidered
or co1fee-tinted laces in conjunction with
them. Among others may be mentioned
| in this connection dinner dress of shrimp
| pink satin brOcaded with cream. lined
with pale gold satin, and draped in a
| deep point at the back of the throat with
hand run Spanish lace-the front open
and arranged as a fchu. The leaf-shaped
basque of this dress was cut in huge rings
surrounded with thick cords in the two
colOrs OF the satin. and draped sash ends
finished with pale gold tassels drawn
through. Another elegant dress was bro
caded in small clover-leaf pattern in dull
currant red velvet (frise) upon a bottle
green ground of satin de lyon. The skirt
was straight, the front plain, the back
full; both of plain velvet in a still darker
shade of red. The sides were composed of
| the brOcade. The upper dress was long
gown with basque effect at the back, form
ing double gown, exactly like the style
have mentioned in previous letters as
worn by Ellen Terry.
A prune colored satin and velvet ex-
hibited decoration which has never been
seen before the present season. 1t is a
silver embroidery upon the velvet which
has all the effect of etching and is used
for the panels, the collar cut in points
and vest. The pretty curved design, the
incIsed effect, were very artistic aud
would look as well on the same Leaf
shades Of brown and green as a prune
A velvet walking suit worn at EEtea,"
with bonnet to match, was trimmed with
feather bordering in all the shades of the
dark smoke shade of the velvet. This
color is talked about great deal. but it
is impossible almost to find it. Dealers
sell iron greys and blue greys for ''smoke,"
but even these are scarce, while the new
stone shades, mushroom browns, smoke.
and mouse colors, which possess a depth