The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-02
SUMNER FASHIONS.
A FEW HINTS AS TO HOW TO
ENJOY THE WARM DAYS.

Poems
vrw YORK, June lit was said the
o,ber day by a man who accomplishes a
..oat deal of work, and does it well, that
sho sirnnle secret was to do it as well as you
can but pay no further attention to it;
hove all, do not let it trouble you This
could be an excellent principle for women
candy to their clothing Dress as well
end reasonably as you can, but do not let it
tronbe YOU. Take il in time. You know
The season that is coming; You know about
'rbat will be needed. Get what you require
ond have il ready, SO that when the warm
Javs come you can rest in your cool room
or on the shaded verandah, enjoy them
vourself. and make others enjoy them.
Part of the hurry and nearly all the
worry that cloud the individual and social
horizon arise from want Of forethought and
everybody wanting the same thing at the
same time. To avoid the crowd and the
rressure YOU must begin early or wait late.
II is better to begin early.
As to fashion, you can follow your own
sweet will, for if your choice is not the
fashion today, it will be tomorrow; and
Won will have the credit with those who do
: ut follow the swift running of the wheel
NJ having anticipated it. One of the fash
ions better honored in the breach than the
observance, is that of leaving a pleasant
CITY home, at its most delightful season, and
migrating to strange if not doubtful quar-
-erS 1t is much better to follow the En-
glish custom, stay at home during the early
fruit season and take an outing later making
a holiday, not a routine, of 1T.
Il should be glad to do this" said one
voung married lady, "if one could have
neighborS and lfue in summer as we do in
winter. But one does not want to stay in
a dead city, and that is what it is, practi-
cally. when you are the only occupant of
your block" 1t is astonishing how little
we do because we really want to do it, how
much because some one else does it. There
are too many charming women, however.
in New York, who this year have resolved
10 act Independently. One Is member of
the Home Club Cooperative Flat Associa-
ton and only recently entered into pos
session of an apartment" This lady
spends her days in ransacking antique"
shops and her money upon brass
candesticks, scraps of old embroidery
and gypsy tables. Dress for the time being
occupies a secondary place in her thoughts.
Il am not going out of town." she asserts,
"till August, till Fred has his vacation. and
then We are going to the White mountains
In the meantime we are just going to enjoy
ourselves, and all the dress | want is a
wrapper and costume for Coney Island,
or day at Tuxedo" This costume, by the
way, is very pretty. 1t is of soft, Chuddah
wool, in two shades, stone color and gray
green with little vest and mounting in
narrow vesting stripe in three colors, gran
ite gray, black and terra Gotta. The hat is
of terra Gotta straw trimmed with a band
OF the stripe, some upright loops and a
single, gray, cocks feather
The second lady is a young and lovely
bride, one who has carried off a bellies
honors in society, but who married a
struggling, professional man. Her trousseau
is simple as BELTS the quiet life they are to
lead; and because, as she saws, they will
need their money in other ways But it is
not for trip to Europe, or q season at the
fashionable watering places. They have
taken cottage for trifle, in suburban
village, where they will keep house, and
take country comfort" the young lady
having developed an extraordinary faculty
for chickens and laying out garden, talents
which excite wondering amazement in her
sophisticated husband, whose rural expe-
rlence has been limited.
These are departures from the eonven-
honal women used to Society" and it
seems pity there are not more of them.
freshness is the most important element
OF summer wear, and it is obtainable this
year, for cotton is queen" But such
cotton. The newest cotton fabrics are fine
as silk gauZe, are embroidered with silk in
sprIgs. leaflets or dots and made over silk,
60 that they cannot be considered econom-
zeal. But these are rare and rarely seen.
even at fine summer fetes and garden
parties. Much more frequent are the pretty
musllns, embroidered with cotton, or printed
IN delicate colorS, and trimmed with rib
oonS, to give them the silken touch which
marks them as modern and ''dressy.n
Much OF the pleasure derived from this
summers fashion, comes from the absence
OF punched up drapery, and the removal of
Sucn horrors as ''tie-backs' and half fast
ened "drapery." The relief of straight skirt
alter years of fears and torture, is sufficient
evidence OF the strain put upon the nerves,
ana ought to guarantee their avoidance in
tne future; should it not do so, it Is time
physicians took the matter in hand. and
asked OF women serious attention to such
principles of dress as are necessary to
ueathful life. No need of howl in regard
10 Decomlngness; ii the woman is there, she
VIII look well in anything; if she is not
there, the gown is better off on Law figure
IN show window. What difference does
IL make a la Ponlpddour, o. phn,ptre had
an equal ascendency. If the woman is not
superior to her dress, she must never go out
wlen II rains; and her clay had better been
put INTO Dresden shepherdess and saved
tnls lifelong risk of unbecomingness of
costume
g.. Modern prettiness is more Unsuitable in
40 qemand for sacrifice than any old
ne9 9 god, for it was only once a year;
o. o.il very small per centage of the women
" ulaioens who were offered on the altar
u lne hungry deity; but "prettinessn de-
Ia tu tne slaughter of all of them, and
"ivnout reason; for women often escape
beauty by striving for prettiness. The
Jason Is, that a new and more natural
standard has been created: new tests are
applied and the pink and white doll, with
we nour glass waist and hands and feet
olueezed into shoes and gloves two sizes too |
, YrSli Is becoming a thing of the past; and |
s "tsn her, will go prettiness, let us hope, as
applied TO women.
Nv omen still accept as authority, how
~ statements made without reservation |
~ ~ re5ard to dress; and many have written |
~ SNOW II the basque is doomed |
UoI amy not 1t is destined to an indefinite |
Rtsoio1Gatlon of an already long and healthy |
ny s. but 1t Is not adapted to cotton or thin |
aaVries, aud we are beginning to discrimin- |
oIt. Inc habit basque is as fashionable for |
) t.Vtu ana WOODEN dresses as ever; and has |
.E SO improved by being curtailed over
LIE nips and by the Insertion of different |
~ AihaS OF vests, as to be certain of renewal
oI .ne lease of popular favor and prestige it |
TT.Joys' Besides, what could take its placer !
-, tno round waists, with skirts draped up on |
t tue pack, are graceful when well managed, |
W., Yuy Vhly suited TO materials very light in |
~ elgnt Heavy woods attached to the bodice |
h. ans il' way drag it out of shape and are