The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-11
DRESS FOR FANCY BALLS.
GETTING ONES SELF UP QUANTITY
IN GOWNS OF OTHER DAYS.
AQuadrille ofHuntresses of the Times

! AQuadrillS of HuntreSSeS of the Tim es
of Louis XVI.-Pretty Girls in TIE
Costumes of ttired as
Violets and Roses-W What the Gay
World VIII Do at Powdered Balls.
(Copyri0ht 1897
NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-The slumbrous quiet
of the reading room was broken by the
tumultuous entrance of quartette of young
women in ostrich-plumed hats and Hading
wells
why not the Russian skaterN"
"Oh dear, no; the Verestchagin craze
is all very well, but for an evening dress l
couldn't endure SO much fur
well, the 'Perdita' dress them
Worse and worse; would you have me,
lay myself openito comparison with Mary
| Anderson
You'd make lovely Elaine"
"'Elaiue,' Elaine let me see L could wear
my hair down, and, if do say it, I've got
nice hair
Wouldn't be at all suggestive, would
itl Some folks might say you were griev-
ing over"
"Pshaw as if l cared for him. But |
don't believe the Lily Maid OF Astolat's at
all my style Have you seen any of the
new flower dressesf Suppose | were to go as
| pink rose!n
There are women here every dav and all
day long" said one of the reading room
attendants studying up the history of COS
tune. 1t must be that there are a great
| number of fancy balls in the wind for there is
nothing which interests women so much as
Georgian dresses and Vandyke dresses, Louis
| XIII, XIV, XIV. and XVI. dresses. and
| plates of Gainsb0rough and Sir Joshua
Reynolds gowns"
| Il could have it made, you know, with a
skirt of pink tuIle, with a trail of rosebuds
and blossoms and green leaves catching the
| draperles. Then | would have a garland of
roses for girdle and above that dark
| green velvet bodice like a calyx, with an
| Edge OF rose petals at the top. Then for
sleeves would have tiny green hoods with
| pink tulle peeping out, and of course
/ would wear roses and leaves in my hair
| You can get lovely roses now, perfumed
| till you wouldn't know them from nature
| and with butterflies and bees and beetles
| In gold and enamel for pins to faSten the
| flowers
The reading room, attendant was right.
| Fancy balls, not necessarily masked balls
| have sprung into sudden favor and femin-
| inc invention is being racked to the utmost
to devise new cOncets IN fancy dress. As
| all the more select entertainments of this
| order now planned viii take place at pri-
| vate houses and the costumes win not be
| written up in the newspapers q description
of some Of the preUtiest in preparation may
be taken as exclusive Information for read
| ers of the News.
The rose gown, the planning of which so
| excited one of the trio in HadIng wells that
| she united the bag of dotted net and dis
| closed the striking face of a blonde belle. is
| new dress and one which will be well
| liked. Still more novel and likely to be
voted the post Of honor is tie Louis Qua
| torze hunting dress, which will be worn at
a delightful tete dance to be given to please
the eye OF dear glrl just approaching her
| seventeenth birthday Young girls only
| have been bidden, and they will make a
charming beyy dancing the hunting quad
| rifle, wearing every one, with color varia-
| tons, the pictu 'sqne hunting dress of the
| picturesque grand steele days.
| Petticoat of pale blue satin, made full and
! gathered at the waist, IS the fashion in
| which tbs l7-year-old, whose hair Is reddish
| brown and whose eyes are Irish blue, inter
| prets the attire. Deep satin waistcoat, also
IN pale blue, heavily embroidered with gold
| Square pockets in the waistcoat and over it
a iong-talled coat Of pink satin, gold ON
| broidered and made with mousuuetaire
| cults and ruftle, pockets and cuffs to be
fastened with diamond buttons. A lace tie
at tue throat. Hair powdered and covered
| by velvet hat, three-c Jrnered, and with
| feathers and diamond aigrette.
A group of young people who spent the
| holidays III good old fashion at a substan-
| tlal country house wound up their weeks
| festivities with dance Of shepherds and
| shephe desses, melted thereto very probably
| by the Vatican revival. A gracious lme
whose hairs are as white as her heart is
| youthful arranged the graceful mterlude.
inf
| TUNES of family ret3iners of the early days
| OF the eighteenth century and the women
| were dressed as old-time waiting maids
Even the band which supplied the music
submitted to powder and fancy dress
| Inc dance. prettlly arranged minuet,
was performed by young ladies and gentle
| men in equal numbers, who stepped the
| slow, stately measures with an air worthy
of the smiles and Shippers, thu frills and
| burrows, the coquetry and tine pink and
white charm of the beings deineated by
| Vatican.
They powdered, of course, and the pretty
| girls added tiny patch or two to mark the
! dimples. The prettiest maid Of all wore
| shoes coming well up on the instep, made Of
| blue satin, with pink rosette and g lded
| heels. Short skirt oil white tulle, founced
| from the waist to the hem, and vered
| with butterfly bows. Tulic of blue silk
embroidered with pink and gold. Bodice
! of blue, pointed in front and trimmed with
| lace. Rutiied sleeves coming to the elbows
Narrow black velvet ribbon about throat
and wrists. Hair ha lging in long loose
| plaits. Flat hats covered with roses and
pink ribbons. Gilded crook tied with rib
| bons.
White silk stockings were universal and
the jewelry was limited to coral and amber
! The shepherds who matched these dainty
maids wore white and gold satin, with short
| coats of brown.
KS
CGSSSA,