The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-12
NOW TIE CITY IS ApLooM
With May Flowers of Bcnnets and
fright Petalled Gowns.
(COpyrigit Securely


our faces, and the great pyramids OF the
horse ch stnu flowers are banked in tropic
decoratio out where ie air lie clear and
the wind is Il of ra flied freshne S, out
ia the beautiful lengthening days when
Nay is tnrusting b1ck with b tn hands the
shadows Of the eve / & md the m rnfng,
out 10 the spri z carnival, when he big
ci US heart Is filed wi rio GUS joy in Its
own bi mess and ric IN IS and power to
! dress itself gaily, a I'd its eyes filled with
gzng OF tie D geant of its stree and the
Kaleidoscope iciurA of Its avenues thr nged
with freshly attired wo en- more pictur-
esQTe aorsrel than women have been IL
an hundred years.
1t l. Cn5 ena.ssince of the year, and we
give Ourselves over to it with glad, almost
childis ly ad abandon.
Morning and afternoon we look out on
Or ces.i u brilliant Tough to welc me in
c@sar, sweeping on in giea ming splendor, ed
dying b ok in dazzling radiance. All the c)!-
r. of fare bright and sof laughing aud ten
4 r; all the shapes Of / are quaint. biZirre, a
daring mixture Of the nineteenth, Gig tenth
,hi seve tee th centuries. e fashion
awful and nome ltous word-bas been
slowly evolving for US one OF tho 9 greaI
a d entire changes from its Al0h to its
Omeg to which, perhaps, once In &c era
ii n 1t treats us. 1t Is no of the tricky
ale'S caprices of a season, TIE lengthe ing
or the shortening Of a petticoat, an errup-
non of Jet or fringe or b TT ms, a new shape
o tho DO met, a finttening of tue hat crown.
1t is eat ebouLnlent of eacl and every
le,iartment. From head TO foot the mod
n devotee of style mas been revolutioniz d.
{ classic revival in dress has been de-
dnitely and fly ACCOMPLISHED, and t g
result is mingling Of modern and ancient
Ly es bewild III * 70 ses.
The country girl who came to the centen-
ial to get IN idea of the fashio s has been
alking Broadway or Fifth avenue with
Ter eyes dazsd with CO fused visions of
L uis XIV. schoo girls in Jackets of scarlet
With walstcoats Of white, braided with go d,
nd heavy. broad-brimned black straw
bats dropping owe bright eyes, tangled
ba gs and cleaning viii Q threats shielded
~ no lace or bad of linen, skipping past
tall, square sIoulde sd, elegant Directory
lanes, melted into all t. serpentinc Gu yes
Il exquisite q Iwered co8,s straight in the
Jack, very short waist,d nd full ia front,
With broad revers faced WITH CO trash
Xix silver buttons and pulled sleeves; while
lender and distinguished ladies drift grace
'ully by in TIE palest of pink, blue, green or
lavender Empire gowns of summer silk,
vIereol are repro luced delicate grasses
md the branches of you Ig Leaves. tn scaat
'kirts hanging straight a. ID even, the C Iri-
ecu lar, ripping wrink el, the black Goth
urnes-moder lied versions of the CLASSIC
,uskin--tapping the paveme t, the diapha-
ious gau2e hats crowned by tangleS of
lowers and encircled by laos wells with fig
ured edges, winch do not tie in bags like tue
inter abo linaUions but fall in full, loose
folds just to the tip of nose.
Against these jostle the true daughters of
Gotham, real nInetesn century New
Workers, in shirred peasant cloaks of black,
ONE lines Of cream cnantillv lace unli ed
Weighted in front by ba IDS of eami jet
n pearls, all tied with sssnes of silk at the
hroat and dropping / full, soft lines to
jne ground. While the country gi Is ewes
md mouth, too, are wide open at these au-
aritions, there comes alOng a maid fro N the
ID of the tus whose gown of thin est
lack silk, sans hustle, sans reeds, sa 5 pet
5icoat, is hung with silk net, acc )rdioa
lated, and from whose ms depend long,
quare oversleeves of the same material al
most touching the 81 lewalk, wit al effecs
nghly Elusive and remi isce 1t of Cleopatra.
Arm in arm with Egyptian ces girl
S.In has not gone back nine re centuries
ior one century tor he go vn, but has on
ented herself with copviug he great au e.,
her graudm the S, or some )odv elsa's
;reat aunts or grandm theirs apparel
Ter skirt Of spriggel cal is har.ly two
inch ruttle OF the same ma erial about the
Iottom OF it and a narrow pima ribboa tied
uSt under ms wnere the 81 TT aist
,nis, and hanging down behi I'd. There ia
| be icling scarf mads of five yards Of
bite Cashmere or Indil TX, edged wit
fringe and tied over the b m, quaint
/ 1tation Of a pok, bon ct in lace raw
nd lladed with flowers on the head, old
Trey BLACK six mits drawn up the a ms,
md low-cut shoes on the feet, which might
re tempted by a puff of y ind TO disclose
Viii e o0enwork silk stock lgs
Ought ore, as this dress, to revive the
lays of 1920, or ought me rather to wear a
lxtesntn cen ury bodi'e e, witt slas Ell
sleeves and Medici collni Or egain is
nv spanish To-sador jacket 10 dark green
TX preferable. with DO dor OF six ball
fringe and ra<row ba d Of god q ,ss EN-.
.rcideryf Just ~ tbs country air. Is de-
iding for ths pieturesq aeness Of the bull
lighters p iradise, her glance is caught by a
igure worthy o. Bcucher's most fr Jlicsome
: elchest whim, "a thing pal u au
,atches," In = b hou .ced lace skirt with a
argr6gured saseen 0 erdress sprinkle
With punches OF flowers, With broai paniers
III the hips, pointed bodice Tor ed wi b
line OF 6 adua ell b g, slee es no; reac =
Y far utlow the elbows and undarsleeves
t lace, falling 10 'sely to the wrist 4, a bit
{ ribbon tied 10 q blw abou the throat a
a Pompadour, AMI the h .ir draw acx
rom tbs face under nue. adorned Lsg-
orn fat, the complexion beIug fu. uher
s>aded by paras j brocaded in 1t and
~ n y IT chow. and an OIL
sword-hilt Il liver, richly engra ed and o ice
the property OF some old French aeld una
-. "a VI naIdls. If the l.
uire. is of vacI'la ing fra e OF min she
i'll tIuggle h p'leSsly bet cen allure
ents of ese charm ng freaks OF fashion,
, c one of which is equally cDrrec
Jud ling by the exa Yles which she will
zee she can let her artist C taste run riot in
q cost mes of all nations and ages. For
Instance she can be dgu Q a Ia Was Ing.
- In coat of dark blue silk with big gilt
'uttons and large revers openi x over a
Ai,,coIt of cham is leather witn skirt of
ed ani white serge, I'D ! accordio lat-
lSs. She will wear high waking boots Of
chamois, gloves with gau d Us an cooked
at 81 da blue silK viva Ji.set girnttlre.
men in the midst of her elthusias for the
RI reTnbi" be1nl Jlpa esq dam 81
TIE 81 nple Young Gi l. This Ia er per-
mage, w.o q mp rita Ics is oaly TO b. des-
snapel by capi.ais, eirs rou ID skirt,
ct too full, shlrred saw thl teen inches be-
wv the waist in front aud on one d ,, with
~ err eide am the back hanging PLATA:
n with the fro acc dion plated IA I'd
both sides shirred, or with tue skirt tucked
&c ~ LIE Cas- ue.rIug boned, or
tn BALI q rows Of RIB n run in I'd
ut through tie fabric of tue gown. Tae
dice Of such gown has uplice folds or
NV one OF II hundrtd f lpi devic