The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-17
THE CRAZE FOR RIBBONS.

In All Colors and Combinations of
Colors They Bedeck Lovely Woman.
From the NetO York Graphic
From the feminine standpoint the feature
of the age is ribbons. Ribbons used to be
supposed to be material especially
for personal adornment. Girls tiedup their
hair with them, and the heroine of the mag
azine story frequently wore one at her
throat, which was very kind of her, consid-
ering what a useful property it made when
the hero treasured it next his heart through
shipwreck, a savage war and an attack of
pneumonia.
The girls no longer tie their hair with rib
bons, and the heroine rarely wears bow at
her throat, but if the hero of modern realism
wants ribbons to expend his passion on he
ought to be able to supply himself with
| enough to set up shop. Not only is the
properly -attired belle of the day hung all
over with them, except on her hair and at
her throat, but all her possessions and apart
ments are tied up with them.
Ribbons of all materials, patterns and
sizes were never so much used in toilets
For house, dinner and ball dresses they are
frequently of contrasting colors. The
com binations that the fancy furnishing
shops first introduced in sofa pillows and
mantel scarfs are now audaciously attempt
ed in gowns, and | saw yesterday at very
swell dressmaker's red and pink tea gown
trimmed all over with bows of light moss
green ribbon. 1t was as well done as it
could be, but it had rather a harlequin ef-
feet. A more successful effort of the same
sort was on mauve tulle ball dress, which
was adorned with bows as varied In hue as
Joseph's coat, and all made of the narrow
est ribbons not as wide as your little fin&r
nail The colors were admirably chosen,
blue, pink, straw, moss green, apricot, and
the effect was very delicate and pretty.
The same idea will be carried out in many
summer afternoon dresses, and none such
will be complete without from twenty to
hundred yards Of ribbon, according to
width.
On hats the latest thing is shot and
changeable ribbons, and straw hats are
made in two colors to go with them, the
crown being the one shade and the brim the
other.
But all this is but drop in the bucket.
The way ribbon really is consumed is in
home decorations, and more especially still
in the ingeniously elaborate entertainments
that modern luxury invents.
No high tea, or D o'clock tea, or kettle
drum tea, is up to the mark Of true respec-
liability without each tea cup having bow
of ribbon on its handle. At dinner, If the
favors are flowers, each bouquet has two to
five yards of ribbon upon it. If the favors
are not flowers, it is ninety-nine chances
out of hundred that they are baskets Of
bon-bons, or hand-screens, or little vases, or
little cases Of photographs, or something
else that can be and is tied up with rib
bons. The ribbons can pretty surely be
counted upon.
There are other ribbons, too, on the table.
Probably there is one big scarf, magni-
fed and magnificent ribbon down the cen
ter. Then il it is really anything worthy
to be called a dinner, it must be Of some
particular hue, n pink dinner or q green
dinner or yellow dinner. In that case it
will be illuminated by wax candles Of the
prevailing tint, each covered by its own
silk shade Of the same tint, Of course, aud
the candeIabra adorned with the all-prevail-
ingribbons.
At recent very particular magnificent
dinner--a red dinner-the ice cream was
frozen III sulips. real sure enough tulips.