The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-30

pink dress" "How would an all white
costume suit you! A striped silk gauze
over an ivory satin surah, with exquisite
punches of white lilac, SO fresh, look as if
just gathered, with some wide French rib
bon bows for decorate M "How much
would it costs" II could make you a lovely
dress OF this kind, upon silk lni e, interior
plaitiugs of silk and tulle for $l75; very
cheap" YES that is not high, and like
| all white; but do you know, one
might as we'll throw money in the
gutter, as wear a nice, white dress in an
ordinary, furnace-heated drawing-room, at
this seasonP You don't say SO; why?'
Because they are so dirty. The smoke and
dust b We sa urated the carpets. | wore a
white Worth dress to a dinner the other
evening, one of those elegant pedH de soies,
| covered with long fringes, don't you know.
and brought it home ruined, absolutely
ruined" well, suppose you have a black
fish net dress, wade up with one Of the new
| black roken ring brocad and pale hello
| trope faille under the 'fisn net How
would that dos" 81 think should like that
very we'll What is fish nett" II have
just received some; | will show it to
you" The fish net was exhibited.
Don't you think it looks n
good deal like black mosquito nettingN
| "Oh, madam, it is of silk, woven on hand
looms, and is the greatest novelty in Paris.
1t cannot be obtained here at all. Made up
with black like this gray, and bodice
like the red and black have shown YOU,
it would look lovely" "Well, | think it
would be pretty, and it is the newest thi1 g.
How much would it cost ~ 81 could not
| make this 10 as you would want it under
S.25." Can you have it for me by Thurs
days" Eyes, madame" "Then YOU NAV
g to work upon it."
The fish-ne6 fashion may be said to have
been invented by Ellen Terry. She re-
quired some kind of netted fabric for classic
draperv aud could find nothing that suited
her purpose. She experimental, or induced
some one to experiment, wit silk and
metal threads, and produced a silver fish
netting that made a son .ation, when dis
played in public. Now we have "fsh nett
in silk, woven, but upon hand looms, and
therefore expe sive; and we shall shortly
be Hooded with limitations ia wool, linen
and co ton, in patterns that will be called
by the name, tut will bear very little re-
semblance to the original fish net design.
AFTER THE INAUGURATION.
A great many dinners and receptions In
New York followed the inaugural festivi-
ties in Washington, given to distinguished
visitors from various parts of the country,
at which the dress g prepared for Was ing
ton ere displayed. One of these as en-
broideried upon the satin petticoat and
upon one side of the bodice with j0nquls,
French poppies, tall grasses and da sizes,
tied with hlue rit bon through which "a
silver thread The train was a sage green
velvet lined with satin, and the dra ned
effects upon the 1dice and side of skirt
were executed with exquisite Honiton lace,
used also to tie in the groups of feather or
namentatiol a d veil the diamond leaves
and sprays which taste ed them.
Another DIRE which attracted attention,
was quite original. 1t consisted Of train of
rich, lusterless, black satin, covered with
an irregular water design in gold lines, that
looked like embroide y. In reality it was
done with brush and pure, japan esq
preparation of gold decorative dust in solu-
ton, which cannot correctly be called
paint. The front was of draped tulle tied
with fine, gold beads, except the front of
the low bodice, where the beads we're ar
ranged as tiny flower pendants. Long,
open sleeves of the tuile reached nearly to
the foot of the side of the train.
A costume ordered by one Of the visitors
is combination of delicate, fawn-cOlored
cloth EN- roidered with silver and darker
shade of velvet and small velvet mantle,
very short on the back, and with dire ctoire
front. A spring ulster, made for the same
lady, is in a dull shade of copper-colored
cloth, with two capes, the upper one split
on the shoulder and forming wide, sharp v
pointed revers in front, the under one reacn-
lux Oill1 W LuC ilcI Stain VI JIl0 dTLl, ana
giving the effect of epaulettes
They are, i'll fact, a precise reproduction
Of the military cape of t 'drectoire"
period, d should be accompanied by the
three-co nered hat. The edge is outlined
with black and gold braid, which empha-
sizes the novelty of the form.
A great many spring cos umes are made
in two shades of gray, heiotrope, fawn,
copper or green. The last named is very
delicate tone, like the darker and lighter
shades of spring lettuce; and the lighter
shade does not enter into the ground of the
material, but is used in the embroidery or
in the paneling or vest or mounting.
The embroidered pattern dresses in these
different shades sell really for less thai
would seem to be their value, but it is be-
cause the designs are conventionalized and
afford little scope for original OF arts ic
treat nent. Machi Q embroidsries are rarely
seen upo French imported dresses, except
in hne. white or colored cottons for summer
morning wear.
The finest French cas1meres are made I'D
in two or three shades of the plain ma
terial, with small Crochet buttons and
strap over very narrow panels of striped
silk or Bengalile laid in minute folds The
buttons and straps of silk cord or braid
match the cashmere in color; the glimpse Of
contrast is only afforded by the folds of
silk, which are barely visible at the top
but widen slightly as they approach the
bottom of the skirt, three of these panels
occupying a breadth upon one side Of the
skirt while the other is draped or laid in
fat folds.
Women who study economy as a neces-
81 y, yet like to be well dressed, should
beware of having wraps made to match
costumes. They greatly increase the ex-
pense Of a street dress, and in our Northern
climate can rarely be made available for
more than few weeks in the late spring or
early fall, while they cannot be utilized for
general wear. A jacket or wrap for be-
tween seasons in black, tau or ia wn shades,
will be found much more serviceable and
more likely to be satisfactory in cut and fit
than a mantle en- suite, fitted by a dress
maker.
The lace cloak will be the novelty of the
coming summer. 1t is a Connemara in
black lace, unlined, which envelops without
concealing the figure or the dress. 1t is
made without hood, but with double
ruffie at the throat, where 1t is gathered
into the neck, and is tied with black ribbon
--faille or satin-unless worn over a black
MORE and lacs dress, and then of course tho
ribbons would be watered. In hands) ne
lace, over a pretty, well-made toilet, these
cloaks will be very elegant.
Underwear increases in fineness and deli
cacy. The upper part Of some robes de
mutt and batiste chemises, are composed
al most wholly of exquisite lace Insertions,
very narrow and only separated by dainty
headings, through which the narrow satin
i a.