The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-02
A CARRIAGE OF GENTILIrY.
The Latest Fads in Traps and Liver
les for Smart People.

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Fromthe ST. Louis Post Dispatch
The people who ride in caaises, and who
| have plenty of money to keep the right sort
Of trap, have become conscious within the
| last month that the red aud black, green
and gold and black and yellow that have
| formerly been the colors liked for carriages
| are superannuated, and must give way to
a blue that is not deeply, darkly, beauti-
full, >" but very decidedly light That the
| silver mCuntings are no longer correct, and
| that wherever a piecs of metal is put it
must be brass. The fashionable brOugham
| (never make a mistake and pronounce it
anything else but as if it were spelled
"broomm looks very much like an ideal
sedan chair. The great glass window that
used to be in front, as well as the somewhat
large ones at the sides, have been succeeded
| by very small ones, and the brougham
| itself is much higher than before, thus per-
| hitting my lady to drive in absolute Sc
| clusion, for, once she has leaned back, no
| inquisitive paSser-by can see who the occu-
pant is. The satin-lined coach Of our grand
| fathers is decidedly bal form, and nothing
but leather obtains and makes the inside
| of the travelling residence look like bon
| bonniere. The handsonest trap of the day
| it belongs to the Baroness Blanc-is of
| the favorate blue shade, the received shape
Incl with leather, aud having daintIly
placed in it a box for the hand-glass, an
| ebony case for visiting cards, a crystal
clock so that one may time just how long
one may stay even at the most fascinating
tea, while the horses are very light chest
| nut, closely clipped, and kept in wondrous
| order. The harness is brass-mounted and
| has brass chains, but they are pulled so
| tight that they do not do that most vulgar
of all things-jangle. The flank covers are
of leather, with the monogram and a crest
| in brass upon them, while the coachman
and footman have blue liveries with brass
buttons showing similar decoration.
The etiquette of livery is most carefully
| considered, and smart tailor has told me
| the latest, which is worn, by the by, on
this blue brougham. All winter long the
men will wear their breeches white tops
and white gloves; the top coats, Of course,
hide the rest of their get-up, 50 that it is
necessary for them to be very erect they
are double-breasted, have velvet cuffs, and
the footman's coat is not only much longer
than that worn by the coachman, but it has
| no pocket laps, which are omitted to make
| him look taller. Eighteen buttons are re-
| CURED on each coat, sixteen being down the
| front and two at the back. Only on very
cold days are the furS permissible, but then
they should be Of black bearskin, the capes
having very high collars, while the rug
| must be sufficiently large TO cover
the men very well. A skillet footman can
manage tle furs to perfection, and docs
not need to make the people who are driv-
ing feel that a household is being turned
upside down every time he opens the door
| and arrauges for them to get out. The folly
| OF cockades on servants hats stamps itself
as the result not only of folly, but of igno-
| rance The cockade is permitted to those
holding commissions in the army and navy,
to ministers of state, and, of course, 10 the
President; but on anybody else's turnout it
suggests ignorance and pretense combined.
| A big, single horse may be driven in
brougham, but my lady will insist on hav-
ing two men on the box. and after all one
cannot blame her for this, as pleasing rec
elections of watches and purses stolen
from carriages when no footmen wore
about has made either their existence a
necessity, or the great truth that woman is
always careless needs TO be told a few moro
| times every day