Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-02
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1885

most women ready to accept anything
which is called stylish though it may
be fatal to dignity, modesty and good
taste. Doubtless some sort of tonlng
down process will take place when these
marvellous structures reach individual
owners, but in the mass they seem to be
an outrage on sense as well as taste.
A UNIVERSAL FASHION
in the spring time, and very pretty one,
is of late the wearing of flowers. Not
only women appear with their punches of
roses, Yiolets or datfOdils, but men are not
ashamed to take their daily walk TO store
or office with a geranium leaf and sprig
of forget-me-nOts, a primrose or pansy
in their buttOn-hole. Many were the criti-
cisms passed upon Charles Dickens when
he appeared upon the platform with rose
in his button-hole. Now 1t is the gen.
eral expression Of homage TO the incOm-
ing spring, the beauty of the fruitful sum-
mer, and so much more charming because
spontaneous. 1t gives a touch of iudi-
Viduality, too, to the sober and somewhat
uniform street costume, which does not
render it disagreeably conspicuous, as
does high contrasts associated with street
dress in any permanent way.
The conventional graduating dress is
the white embroidered lawn or cambria
which comes in pattern boxes and is sold
anywhere from $40 to $15 for the dress,
including deep fiounce and trimming
for the bodice and sleeves. For $40, in-
deed, there are three widths of trimming
One between the deep bouncing and the
narrow width for the bodice, which may
beused for apron panels or hip panels, as
may be preferred. White dresses of II less
conventional kind are made of cream
tinted muslin, tucked skirt, belted bodice,
and trimming OF cream satin-ribbOn and
ficelle lace. Fine India muslin is very
delicate and pretty made with hem and
clustered tucks; the belted bodice TRIM
med at the neck and upon the sleeves
with fine imitation of Mecklin
and pale yellow satin sash. The
most useful dress by far for gradual
ton is made of cream-cOlOred surah
with two delicate tucked flounces, an
apron front trimmed with lace and drapcd
back. The lace should be gathered ana
crossed over to the left, and belt made of
folds of cream satin from which would
depend the fan held by loops of satin rib
bon. The bodice, nigh at the back and
with tull lace finish, partly falls on the
silk, partly stands upright about the neck.
The sleeves are high, rather close to the
arm, and finished with lace laid partly
upon, partly below, the edge in the shell or
jabot style adopted for the neck. Long
almond tinted gloves and cream satin or
black shoes complete the toilet.
Yellow muslin over white, trimmed with
white lace and white flowers is very
pretty, and so, also, is the simplest of all
dresses-dOtted white muslin, which, if it
could be made at home, could be gotten
up, ribbon, belt and lace for sleeves and
neck complete, for So or ST. Elaborate
and costly white dresses are out of place
upon such an occasion. White satin
bOdices with thin skirts are admissible,
but they are not to be recommended.
White satin is very trying TO the fairest
skin by daylight, and produces feeling
of cOnstraint. The hest dress for any oc-
cason in which the wearer has to partici-
pate is one in which she can forget,
PARAsOLs.
ParasOls are of a piece with the mil
linerY. They have been growing more
pronounced for the past three years and
have reached the acme. The Saline para
soils for country wear are printed in
brilliant tulip, rose and daff1dil patterns.
The richer styles are not only in high
cOors but embroidered and contrasted
with decorative fancies in a crazy fashion
that suggests the freaks of lunatics rather
than serious intention.
The finest parasOls are the black or
crC am satin, covered with plated gauze
or real Spanish lace, with ivory or ebony
! handles and hammered gold or silver tops.
This year lace is used for cover, or a
full deep border put on fiat, but not as a
ruffle. Sometimes the lace cover falls
over the edge of the foundation silk or
satin. but it does not greatly enlarge it.
Dress fans are Of transparent gauze,
painted, but in these also the black and
cream or delicate tinted ones are alone
worth the purchase money. The reds are
ugly, and the blues must be of peculiar
shades and match the toilet or they are a
horror.
There are the grays and wood colors,
which are lovely when they can be found,
and the decoration is dainty and In small,
fair, Towering designs; but one such Is
rarely seen, while the bold colors and
large striking objects which are supposed
TO ornament them stare one out of coun-
tenance at every turn.
JENNY JUNE.
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