The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-02
FFBRUARY'S FASHIONS.
TIE PERFECTION OF MODERN
DRESS FABRICS.

+ian and Russian influences IN heConC
1daas-Studies in Black-Theater Par
+ies-A Pink Dinner-An Old Lady's
Bonnet.
New YoRK, Feb. livery one to-day is
;,,terasted in costume The talk about it,
40 consideration of it, the anticipation of
the effect that it will produce and the prep
.rotion for the special occasions upon which
4 is 10 be produced, occupy three-fourths
~ the time of the fashionable woman. Nor
does simplicity" help the matter much
rot the kind of simplicity that is in vogue
in fashionable circles--for it only means
or+ful ccncealment, instead OF the display
of art
The drawbacks TO the entire beauty of
the costume effects Of today lie only in the
makers and wearers. The loneliness of
materials is beyond the power of words to
convey. but they seem to require some
thing finer than fingers to fashion them,
something more delicate than flesh aud
blood to wear them. Beauty Of form, face,
color. may we'll be at a premium. for they
are essential to the grandeur of the pageant
of our vanity fair, and are applauded as
clOlc9sb
cially valuable of possessions. Our age is
rapidly nearing that apotheosis of the
sansuous. which was reached at the apex of
the French revolution, for we do every
thing for our goddesses but fall down on
our knees and worship them.
The other, and better side Of this picture
ia the personal care and control needed and
exerted to preserve this beauty and this as
tendency. Pr baby there never was
country or period, in which there were so
many beautiful women, as in A merica to-
day A life of freedom, filed with pleasant
excitements, with outdoor air and with
leisure and means for the cultivation of
every charm, is giving US a race OF women
of Incompatible sweetness and attraction.
The rev ards of these are power, wealth, in
fuence, high place, dominant position, ia
short, to which mere rank is a satel-
lite 1t is an object, therefore. to
sonaI attraction and ascendancy,
bv every means known to science and art
The time OF the beauty, not given to cos
tune and its display, is reserved tor the
care and cultivation of itself. The delicate
skin must be kept soft and pure, hair
bright and free from corroding dandruff,
nails clean, pinky and polished, teeth firm
and white, eyes clear and blood in active
and healthy circulation.
Inand tor an army of young women who
are body beautifiers, who devote them
selves to its treatment as m0 nicures, ma
nipulators, bathsrs, chirop ,dists, ha ir
cleaners and dressers, perfumers aud the
like Meu are usually groOmed into condi-
ton by their Wallets, but few ladies' m'ids
have received tie special training necessary
for the expert performance Of the manifold
duties demanded by modern civilization /;
and, indeed an amount or physical strength
is required rarely found in the hot-house
combination of dressnaker with personal
attendant, known as ladies maid"
Charles Dickens used to shut himself up
during he LAY preceding the evening upon
which be gave ID reading, and devote hIm-
self to preparation for the event. So also q
beauty, who has a social occasion of i'm
porapce in pros ect, spends too short hours
of her winters day in the summer atmos-
phere Of her own room, going through, by
short aud easy sta les the prCcesses neceS-
sary to the perfection Of her evening radi-
ance
A BEAUTY AT HER TOILET.
tits probably eleven of the clock, If she
has been out tue night before, before the
announcement is made that her perfumed
bath is ready, and she walks-her feet
thrust into wadded mule" slippers and her
lace and ribbon night dress, covered by
blue and White-tiled room, heated to some
thing warmer than summer tempe -ature,
and at E: dlSrobing, plunges into Jrce-
lain tub, Is quickly, yet thoroughly soused,
dried, indicted INTO underwear Of soft fine
Wo1l and again into her dressing gown.
Over which By few strokes of the comb,
her hair is allowed to flow the sides only
hed back by large silver pin, which holds
than lightly together. Ia this coalition
she proceeds to her bouioir, where her
breakfast by this time has been served. 1t
consists OF fruit, broiled chicken, a roll
tnln sice or two of toast, a soft boiled egg
ana CHOCOLATE or coffee
Beauty has healthy appetite. but is not
d large or coarse eater. Her breakf st lasts
q long "nlle, however for she has her mail
10 look over, and she gives directions to
ner maid to reply o certain notes and invi-
ta'!ons from lady frienIs, while she reserves
I,egentsmen for herself. After breakfast
que seats herself at her pretty, inl4id desk
W reply 70 THESE, and at 2 O'clock is ready
tor le, manicure, who is also her chirop J.
r@' Inns woman IS an artist. She car
i ,les Tue implements OF her profession in a
Iea'her case, velvet-lined and divided into
Compartments which open with a spring
ments AD''A
p7auVY reclines upon a couch and takes a
rpA al tue la'est and most talked of novel.
a''o e1crescences, if there are any, are
80 : IemoVed and nails trimmed and pol
So LUIS woman is succeeded by another
,r uo Ine specimen Of physical develop
on' one hes previously bean taken into
I NAL ahteroom, where she has removed
WA upper clothing aid appears in elastic
" "luef wear like an athlete. She then pr0-
10 give the massage treatment ac-
e. ii'"S " Tue Swedish system She rubs
d'ii'e'u Us sue works the Joints she applies
30 g." uuguents, and ends by a series Of
Il s,hjaa.E manlpulations which leave the
faI@S. tranquil and drowsy. A little nap
msy ana then slight repast. which
f5 DC luncheon or o'clock tea After
Tia i t serious business of tie day begins.
and t ean dressing, the dressing for dinner
wb,ci ,neh lor the evening, or for an event
CALI. may Include both. All day long
b9yo.9 nave RUG, flowers have been sent
a an ooh-bons have made their appear
81 Nor' out Beauty has not been visible
n INTO Hae toe night-blooming cereus. she
n and S1e herself, dazzlinglv bright. blooming
ara in.AuuIIl III Women are enchanted. rnen
co cost. H. The result is worth ali IL
not az money and Beauty knows that IL il
O Ono s',nt without labor and sac ifce.
but SLa.o0u Noman is a spectacle in herself
ID sstsL you ma congregation OF them
Of a va,. '''lhht opera or an occasional event
e''As miles to see. - WA -
tbi,. EVENING DRESSES
Fl thew son enhance every personal charm.
Fl Tbev 'p not kind TO per onal dafacts
the . MI more or less modi6catiors ~