Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-02

OF COrOS arranged as ldutleTs at LDe blues,
and diagOnally when the pOlOnaise crosses /
over, and is fastened upon one side. The /
small cape is also often laced upon the |
shoulder. The greatest novelty, however, |
Is double dress, the under one of plain |
wool plated its entire length; the upper |
dress a sort of long mantle, which forms |
sleeves, is held in at the waist and de- !
scends to the bottom of the dress. A very
striking costume of this kind shows a
dark red under dress and upper dress or
mantle of smoked gray plaid barred with
lines of red, grey and black.
SUMMER TISSUES.
Nuns veilings appear in all kinds of fine
dark shades of strawberry, terra-cOtta,
brown, mode, cuTrant color, and dregs-0t-
wine. A novelty consists of a small
ouble-checked, open pattern, so minute
that the open part would not reveal what
was beneath-mOre like an open armure,
indeed, than like a check, but distinctly
barred. These are lovely materials, gen.
tie, unpretending, but Of fine and pure
quality, and only 81 per yard, although
the width is f0rty-tive inches. The solid
cOlOrs predominant in the finer woods, and
when there are figures and mixtures they
are so minute and well blended that they
are incOnspicuous.
The surahs have distanced all cOmpe-
titiOn in the way of summer silks, and are
in constant demand because so widely
available. A black surah lace trimmed
is one of the most useful of summer
dresses, and white surah one OF the
prettiest and most economical for even
ing wear either in winter or summer.
Then, for UNDERLYING in the making of
lace dress, satin surah is far superior to
cheap satin, and for handsome lining or
for facings 1t meets every requirement.
The delicate chene silks have Il more dis
tinctiYe character, and are more suitable
for handsome summer visiting or
dinner dresses, when staying at country
houses where certain elegance in dress
is required; but away from the fashion
and style of the wateTing-places and
mansions, a good black surah, well made
and trimmed and a smooth grey or mousse
cOlOred nuns yelling, with a couple of
washing dresses and one for travelling
can carry any one woman beautifully
through the whole summer season. And
this is reminder that only girls can seem
to buy or possess distinctVely summer
dresses. The majority OF middle aged
women seem to use the summer and the
country simply as a means of wearing out
their old winter dresses.
All the soft silks, the foulards ana the
pOngees maintain their prestige, the
tOulards having a permanent clientele
among the very best class, and the pom
gees possessing an art reputation which
induces some ladies to sacrifice some
other coveted good to the acquisition of a
certain number of yards or complete
costume of this always tempting but
usually Disappointing fabric. What to do
with it after one has got it Is the ques-
ton, the fiat, characterless surface pre-
senting so few opportunities for effective
treatment. Embroidery? That seems to
be the principal if not the only re-
source, but the colors should be varied
s4aI fA,ssr, f,1
A SUMMER OUTFIT.
1t is always possible to base what is to
be more or less on what has been, and this
conjectural basis is all the foundation for
June fashions written in February. This
year the auguries are less potent even
than usual, for arrivals from the other
side n,,,c hHen delayed by disasters to
steamers. and merchants =. "a oDllseo 10
scatter the few samples they nave re-
ceived to the best possible advantage and
make as much as they can OF the "lett-
overs' and the always-useful embroidery,
| lace and handkerchief counters. OF nov
elites in design or in distinctiVely sum-
nn;;;"r fabrics there are as yet none, with
the exception o. thin WQQlens ana lew
foulards, some cottons anu U'''''Ah
satlnes. The domestic manufacturers
| vary but little from last year; they are
| pretty minute designs in lace-like
nuns yelling. The little checked
| and striped giace silk reappear, but Will
/ disappear with the production of newer
! summer fabrics. In the meantime they
/ are spread out in a melancholy and halt
apologize way in response to the absurd
| demand for spring before spring comes.
and indeed afford an opportunity to the
thrifty who are not troubled by the strict
| e r. IL
! ed as n novelty, and they are always
! cool and serviceable. OF embroidered
white materials there is also a surieit il
patterns and by the yard; and at the rate
at which they are selling there will be M
lack of them in country boarding houses
and hotels next summer. The patterI
dresses contain four yards and hal
OF deep embroidery, and the same guam
| tity of narrow as trimming for the boGlc
or basque and sleeves. IhSs- nor s-1 en-
bOiGery costs from S2G- this is ,,ssd ~ Ia
ordinary hnen"@nd front of the. skirt on
: form the b Ihese are just as they were
I side last year, and as they will bsye to he
WIN nm thls IN the very nature of the case.
Inc Satines show vars, Lee s..sSs G0Itl
! designs quite unwearable and not at all
so attractive as those that were produced
| two or three years ago, the eXaggeratIons
| having became mOnstrosities. Something
| better, it is hoped, Will develop itself
| later. There are some tulip designs
| which would look well IN curtains or in a
! crazy quilt, and some JapanesY pat
| terms in grey-blue and Old-blue and white,
| that look at least ''tresh but they are too
| suggestive of the China-jar to be quite
satisfactory. The wooden costumes show
two shades of one color. the bodice being
the darker or plain combinations with
invisible stripes and plaids; but these
blue China patterns are used to make up
hn HraEG nd oh hpt Loot uw,TV
enough in plate yet you cannot imagine
a sane woman wearing one on the street.
| There are small patterns in cambrics for
aesthetic little girls which show little
pink Kate Greenaway heads looking out
of blue or pink frames with white vines
trailing over them and kissing hands to
each other only stupidity. Instead of the
boys and. girls alternating and facing
each other they are in separate rows,
and therefore the girls seem to be kissing
their hands to girls and the boys to boys
which is moral but mOnOtOnous.
The only way to get up summer styles
in February is to buy your materials iE the
summer previous or select those that have
a certain fixed and standard quality and
value, and if lady does not acquire the
reputation of always displaying the
--latest novelty" in this way she Will in
time almost inevitably gain the distnc-
ton of being the best dressed woman of
her set.
For summer outfit at this season
lady might select a camePs-hair serge for
use, a black or grey satin finished silk for
church wear; an electric blue surah
trimmed with electric beaded passemen-
terie; tinted chene to be trimmed with
white lace for summer dinner dress: q
cream muslin trimmed with lace, with
strawberry foulard over-dress open in
front so as to show the muslin front; a
fine Indian muslin trimmed with real val
lenciennes or thread lace; an embroidered
pOngee; an embroidered nainsook; a
polOnaise in figured tapestry over a silk
or velvet skirt for cool days; a summer
silk for travelling (lOuisine or foulard);
and nuns yelling for convenience.
That is eleven dresses, and a wrapper
would bring it up to one dozen, which
may be selected any time during the wear
any time, excepting the tapestry cloth
pOlOnalse, during the past i've years; and
any time, it may be ventured within the
next five years, and viii stand compare
son with any other of the same size dur
ing that time.
now TO MAKE AN OUTFIT.
This of course Is the perplexIng part of
the matter. Spring designs have not been
issued, and can only be evolved out of the
inner consciousness Of whoever has the
necessity forced upon them. The pro-