Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-20

I Ostrich down is used for lining nantes
! Scotch caps are much worn by little
girls.
Ribbon has superseded birds and feath-
ers to a great degree.
Gold lace is still used in millinery espe-
cially on brown and black velvet.
Large fancy buttons are worn on the
wraps OF even very small children.
White crepe de chine dresses are
trimmed with Oriental or Italian lace.
Ivory-velvet evening NANTES. trimmed
with white fox, are lined with pink or
blue satin.
Plain and brocaded, striped, ribbed,
rise, frappe, elsie and tufted Yelyets are
all la mode.
Crowns of jet strung on wire in net
fashion are placed over black and colored
velvet tOnnets.
Panels for null dresses are formed of
clusters OF tucks with rows OF lace be-
tween the clusters.
Otter, although beautiful. is said to be
a perlshable fur, sometimes dropping to
pieces when laid away.
Braided felt bonnets, to be made with
talIoT-made costumes, have line OF gold
cord TO brighten them.
Velvet will be in high vogue for elegant
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fashionable use being almost unlimited.
In several new ball dresses a spray OF
twelve large roses finishes the costume at
the left sid dropping into velvet panel.
The Beatrice is a deep fur collar with
a wide fur plastron, the ends OF which
reach below the waist. On the plastron
is small mutt.
Sable-trimmed deep-red velvet jackets,
resembling those that were so dear to the
Russian heart In years gone by, are worn
again this season.
seal plush visites, fitting the figure ac-
curately, are bordered with Alaska sable.
The plush is Of English manufacture and
is OF superb quality and fine color.
Novelty cloth cloaks for children from
two to six years of age are wadded and
lined with quilted satin, and have satin
lined hoods. They are made in white and
cOlOred cloth.
Chinchila, natural beaver, gray kim
mer and Russian squirrel are the furs for
little children's muffs and collarettes,
but white cODy, white curly China dog
and sealskin are also utilized for them.
Black and white are favorite Partisan
combination for evening dress. The effect
is exceedingly soft, and not in the least
suggestive of the maybe. Dresses of
black tulle over white tulle are delicate
and cloud-like.
A walking costume of seal-brown vel
vet is made in redlngote fashion with
princesse back. The front is trimmed with
wide bands of brown brOcaded velvet.
The collar and wide sleeves are edged
with bands of sealskin.
Plush is worn by old, young and mid
dleaged women, and to excess by chill
dren. 1t forms wraps, long and short;
caps, bOnnets. hats, dresses and PARTS of
the same, and trims bonnets, hats, cos
tunes and wraps when Of other mate
rials.
Cashmere dresses for little children
have full skirts and plain waists, with
triangular pieces Of velvet SCI in the
front, and are worn over muslin guimpes.
Ii a cashmere or fine flannel underWaist
he worn, these pretty guimpes may be
worn even by delicate children.
Pretty jersey dresses for children have
jersey bOdices with pieated skirts, sach
covering the union Of the jersey with the
skirt. IF the skirt be plaid or checked
material, the jersey corresponds TO the
darkest color in the skirt. The sash is
always like the skirt. These frocks are
much worn in Paris.
A turban has the crown of cardinal red
velvet, and the brim is covered with black
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drapery of black velvet. The trimming
consists OF an upright bow of black vel
vet. The trimming consists of an upright
bow Of black velvet ribbon kept in posi-
ton by two wings Of Jet.
A dress of salmon-pink satin and bro
cade has the train of the brocadc, with q
breadth of satin, covered with black lace
in the centre. Tue front of the skirt is OF
satin. covered with jerted flowers and jet
beads. The bodice is pointed, and is made
up OF brOcade and lace-eovered satin. On
either shoulder is an epaulet OF the lace.
A costume OF striped green and gray
velvet and gray cloth has the bodice and
drapery of the cloth, The skirt is Of the
striped velvet, and the bodice has a plas-
iron of the velvet. The jacket to be worn
with this dress is of the cloth with q small
pointed hood. The hood is lined with
gray astrakhan, and the jacket is Dor.
dered with the fur. The high hat is also
made of the cloth and the brim bound
with astrakhan. The trimming consists
Of folds Of the velvet like the skirt and
pigeons wings.