Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-31

The dainty nuns veilIngs and trauspar-
enU bareges, the cream surahs, dress iian-
nels and white wool cloths, have all been
added of late years to swell! the resources
tor which gowns and costumes, which
excepting for tennis and other ont door
games-are prepared without any vulgar
1zing mixture Of color.
HATS AND BoNNETs.
There is very little choice in shade hats
or shade bonnets this season, the SHAPES
running all to crown and little to brim;
but the lew there are show almost nothing
in the way OF ornamentation but white
null, white gauze and white daisles or
Crysanthemums. One large show win
dow in New York is filed with these tinted,
white materials arranged in every con-
Ceiyable way for ornamenting hats and
bonnets.
One does not realize how absurd it is for
American women to cOniine themselves
to one particular style or school Of hats or
bonnets, until one leaves the large city
with its conventional ways, and lind
little varied experience in Wind-tossed
country, where the thermometer never
gets above a reasonable point, and dis
tances have TO be covered by riding through
rain and gusty spaces which have little
respect for fashions in head gear. In the
country it Is, in fact, always sun, wind or
rain that have to be encountered; and
nothing could be more senseless-as pro-
lection from these-than the high crowned
hats and small bOnnets, which are all
there is at present to choose from; at
least all that is seen in country resorts
and neighborhoods as worn by country
people.
The influx of New York life varies the
conditions somewhat. Pretty girls wear
sailor hats with straight brims and striped
trimming to match the suit, and baby
faces shine out from the depth of Gran
ny" bonnets and great "Wide'awake'
hats.
The blue spotted cotton dress comes to
the front, and handkerchiefs of red silk or
white null play an important part. With
one of each, black nuns yelling and
holiday blue Saline (not satin) the New
York woman is equal to every occasion.
The red silk can be knotted loosely round
the neck or made to form an effective shirt
vest. The null is a 1ichu, a plasron,
full vest or a neckerchicf at pleasure.
Ladies living in the country obtain
many suggestive ideas from city visitors;
but they are quite as capable of furnishing
them, if they were more courageous and
independent; and would set sucn fashions
as are adapted to their wants, instead OF
strictly following those which have been
wrought out under entirely different con-
ditiOns Flannel is, above all others, the
material for the majority of the summer
days in Berkshire, and the country hat
should always form some sort of shade for
the face. II straw hat manufacturers
supply nothing suitable, there is always
white null and gray gauZe, out of which
lovely, large hats can be easily manu-
featured at home.
THE NEWEST DESIGNS
in millinery, received from Paris, show no
reduction III the height of crowns; but
many striking novelties in the way of
pretty, striped, spgCkled and wide
stranded straw, which is smoothly
| finished On the surface and often trans
! parent. Birds and feathers have disap-
| peared entirely. The trimming Is gauze
or tulle arranged in upright forms and
covering the clusters or branches OF fruit
| or flowers. The latter, are fine, creamy,
| chestnut blossoms, dropping sprays of
/ pink tinted sweet peas, beatnery sprays,
! feather grasses with mustard or cowsllps
and the like; all yelled with misty tulle,
which preserves the flowers and sottens
| their effect.
Fruit Is even more fashiOnably en-
! plOyed than flowers. Luscious looking
| cherries, three small peaches on single
| stem, strawberries and raspberries, black
| ferries and currants are also pressed into
! the service; and grapes, both the small
| German and larger varieties, the imita-
| ton closely following nature.
A word must he said in regard to the
important part which pins now play in
millinery and dressing generally. The
common black and white pins are prOba-
bly, used as lavlshly as ever to torture
and stick into children; but the pins for
the toilet, the pins which every lady uses
and carries about with her, are specially
made with small. round, black, White or
| colOred heads, and ego through" lace,
gauze or null without hurting them. In
more costly styles, the tiny sword hilt,
horse shoe and small fly diamond pin are
used tOfasteu ribbons, flowers. lace, upon
both dresses and bOnnets. When the dia-
mOnds are real, the effect is that Of pins
with electric points.
JENNIE JUNE.