The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-12

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cameo ring. Til v say tna- Mrs. Henry
CleWs, the wife Of e great banker and
7 broker, SCI the fashion, or rat Ter her hIs-
band set il by adopting, the cameo le~e.ry.
I However it originated che nObOy has gained
a fo0Jhold and is dri ing o. despair the
pretty, piquant creatures whose noses are
| tlp-tIl Cd and w.Oss features are not. at
least to partial eyes, lsss attractive that
| they wolld j., look vel 10 the cold immOr-
tality Of stone. Every girl has taken TO
I studying her side fac5 IN cOmbluati MS II
mirrors, and when he visits the pho-og
rapher's she is sure, Just for experiments
/ sake, to ask for proofs OF two or three pro-
file views, ITO see, you know, If J1ere's the
least chance that 1t would d."
They were speaking the other day of a
romantic marriage. To an odd defini ion
| OF romance have we come in, this last
/ decade of the nineteenth century, for |
| should call 10 rather in many resp cts the
( most sensible marriage Of which / have IN
some time helrd. When the would be
! bridegroom put tho usual question to papa,
| that fine sOldierly gentleman gaZad a few
| seconds into vacancy, then he turLei his
| eyes on the expectant lover and spoke as
/ follows; There's plenty of roo in the
| house, come and i've with US for six
months: at the expiration If that time, if
! you wish t. marry my daughter and she
| wishes to marry you, we will order
/ wedding breakfast" The breakfast has
been ordered and eaten, but If all engaged
! couples were put on that sort of probation
there might be fewer maria yes, while very
! certainly the divorce courts would lose
half their business.
In the beauty show of the society seas on
when the points of women are discussed as
if they were horses or pOodles, any falling
off in the charms Of this one or addition to
the attractions of a other is noted instantly,
and variously commented on. The belle
once in harness dsyotes all her energies to
keeping, wi hoIt intermissioD, in good
form. Each costume is considered, not
only with regard TO this afternoons (
o'clock or Tomorrow nights ball, but as
bringing out a curve Of the arm not before
noticed, acc inting dlmple or iudicati z
al effect OF certain tint on the complex
ion; thus is accumulated a magazine Of in
formation to be drGwa upon in all future
dress campaigns Not only do confirmed
society women make their own toilets thus
educational, but il is from the same point
Of view that they often discuss past, pres
ent, and prospective costumes Of otler
women.
1t is pretty generally agreed among such
connOisseurs, for Instance, that the gown
which Mrs. William Aston wore to the
great costume ball last February was the
most perfect in which that lady has ever
appeared. 1t was sixteenth century dress
SAID one IN Renaissance Yesterday, in royal
purple velvet, embroidered with asters in
solid gold bullion The petticoat II white
satin was seen through the meshas Of woven
pearls, and the ruff, the dad M, and the
stomacher famed with rubies and dia-
monds. 1t is a comparatively common
thlng nowadays for rich woman to wear
jewels enough for queens ransom, but
TINS was gown in which to look the queen,
Miss Sallle Hargous, VINO is we'll launched
IN her second season in society, is a beauti-
full and vivacious girl, but it is we'll under
stood among women that she owes the
pre-eminence of her belledom to the
cleverness with which she favors her
somewhat Spanish type of lowell
ness by dressing in a markedly
picturesque way. A CLEAN of c1artreuse
green in mist Of black lace, with a single
dark rose in her hair. a scarf thrown about
her head mantilla fashion, and wonderful
black and green fan are still spoken of with
admiration, as having done at Newport
much execution.
Miss Mary Letter, who is cutting this
winter such wide swath in society. is a
tall and slender girl who dresses with more
taste than some young women whose fathers
could better her fathers S., 00O. 600 She is
dances. This with pearls and gold sandals
was recent toilet which attracted much
attention.
Miss Julia Schreiner, who is receiving SO
much attention at present at the hands of
society writer's and society men, is a tall
and stately beauty who never loses an inch
of her height on a line with her statuesoue
dignity by any failure TO consider tae fall
of the least important bit of drapery. She
has been consi Tered to look even better than
III her ball gowns in a princesse robe of
white silk, embroidered with gold, in which
she appeared at a o'clock tea
The beauty of Mrs. Henry Clews has
been celebrated by photographers for six or
seven years, and her portrait was a chief
attraction at one of the exhibitions of the
Academy of Design. Her study of her own
good points in dressing is quite as notice
aole as the richness of her gowns. One of
her opera toilets last month was a mousse
line de sole of a pale soft yellow, exquSitely
embroidered In silk of a deeper shade, with
a sash of crepe de chine decorated in an
plique with tie same rich colors seen IN the
ne sdlework garniture
Miss Marion La gdon is widely acknowl-
edged TO he conspicuous example of Ameri-
can loneliness, Miss Hargous being the only
one who approaches her among the dark
haired bellies. Sle has had many cayaliers
and If she has passed more than the allotted
three seasons in society without MARRYING if
Is not because they have not found her
beautiful in pale pink gauze, for example.
sprlnkled with tiny roSebuds and draped
over white satin.
Miss Flora Davis, who is one of the pref
test of the blonde debutantes, looks Ii 1e n
daisy and enhances the reese nblance bv her
gowcs. Another point as much considered
in the toilet of the woman of to-day as the
bringing out of the grace of her own figure
Is the keeping of her toilet in harmony with
her surroundings. TIE society leader. for
instance, will never furnish her drawing
room la Louis Qlinze, unless she is assured
that costume of the sa ne epoch to the
mlnutest details will become her when the
gas is lighted and the guests are hockInp
IN. To fail to dress in accordance with
ones furni shings is anterior not to be toler-
ated
A fashionable woman of the present has
much to think of. She must know the
mystery of Sapphos classic drapery. the
charm Of TullIa's severe simplicity, the
possibilities of Hypatia's gown, and all
the weird destinations of col n and fabric
which make the delight of artists in ori-
entail women. She goes to the storehouses
of history and the world for ideas on the
ever interesting subject of how to make
herself charming.
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