The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-12

0etail or TWO from the Sumptuous
picture of Danes and Dowagers, and
Paaux, and Maidens all Arrow
Gowns that are set to Music.
Copyright 1881
NEW YORK, Feb. 9.-There is pause in
+bo strains of the "Huguenots." The cur
tain drops. The hight flashes white and
srarkling on the great gem-set casket of an
o,ditorium. Thrilling with life and ablaZe
with color, the gold and crimson curves of
the double horseshoe of boxes sweep round
ord about, throbbing and glowing and
desnening with spendor into view. The
.rmouous lines of rounded arms flash out
in white beauty Young eyes kindle and
beam. Long rays of sunshine and fire
.+or+ from the diamonds. There is a pale
oeam of pearls. The scent of violets is in
tbe air and sound of the frou-frou of silks.
The soft rich tints of dainty toilets simmer
snd blend. Fans begin to stir and feathers
crusted with briliants nod on curly coifed
heads. 1t is a first night at the German
onera the most brilliant fashion spectacle
one may look and enjoy without shame.
The outrageous stripping of last winter is
no longer seen. This years beauties are
most of them-clothed and in their right
minds The decollete dress stops short of
the waist line in its exposure, and it re-
ouires more than a half inch strip of gauze
n make a sleeve You may take your
country cousins to gaze upon the mOdestly
shown throats, the demurely folded bodiceS
clasped in classic lines on satiny oulders.
and they will not start, blush or turn pale.
The harmony of delicate opalescent colors
Tow haxr to- II
the Directory and the Empire. Billows Of
white and cream rise about one, warming
into soft, grayish pink, cooling into pale.
watery green, lighting up with mooulit
RAYS of silver or the first dawn tones of
scarcely defined yellow Slipping from
tint to tint of the color gamut, s1ftening
from tone to tone the notes blend in an ex
ouisite phra ing, with now and then a STAG
cato touch of splendid red from daring
little Russian bonnet or the emphasis of a
black lace or velvet toilet to point the
melody.
Feather boas-brilliant white or deli
cately tinted gray or blue or pinI or auda-
clouS bla nk-are wound close about white
necks or flung impatiently backward, twist
ing themselves in serpentine grace about
slender waists and uncovered arms. A
breath of air lifts half hundred silken las
SOS pinned in yard long ribbon loops upon
as many dimpled shoulders and Haunting in
a momentary rainbow on the sudden breeze.
There are flowers, but not in corsage bou-
quets. Pretty half wreaths of tiny bios
SONS nod from the hair and handfuls of
larger poses fasten the shoulder streamers
of the most chic of the bellies. There are
gloves, but not the gloves of days that are
gone. These reach to the elbows only and
often times leave plainly visible an appre-
ciable stretch of 1.-the young arm. There
are feathers; yes, saucy little aigrettes
nesting IN the bodices and perking them
selves up against w rm neck or shoulders
Feathers; yes, ostrich tips half plumes and
long plumes, outlining the or the Pompa-
dour square of the bodice, curling about to
form the cup Of the short sleeve and lying
prone against the soft flesh of the arms
There are sleeves. Yes, this year there are
on all the gowns real sleeves. Some have
puffs at the shoulders, wrinkling thence to
the elbows where they fit into small lace
rufiie or frill. Some have high, winged
putfs on the shoulders, ending things there
Some are pulled on the shoulders and con-
tinue the putting In short rounded scallops
tied about by ribbons to he bend f the
arm. Some have little frill of lace through
which the fair skin shows. Some have the
dropping angel sleeves falling to the ground,
from under which the arm peeps out its full
length, fashion hitherto appropriated to
tea gowns. Some of the pretty silk dresses
have full tulle sleeves unlined and trans
parent