The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-12
WOMEN'S F0LLIES.
v.sHroN NOTES GATHERED FROM
DIFFERENT SOURCES.

lanes That Are Attracting Atten-
ton Hats and Gloves and Such
-,inps "A Few Stories That Are
coating About in the Busy World.
O,a English custom. says the New York
-.-,b,,ns. which is sometimes an embarrass-
1T 70 Americans who for the first time
sit London during the season well equip
"a vrith letters Of introduction is the great
eth Of time invitations are given in ad-
~.oca of the entertainment-pa particularly
=. raoard to dinner. This very often en-
Il certain amount of awkwardness and
.L.rge of plans, for most Of our country
-, and women go over with the idea Of
ing a certain amount of time to each
Iocs and fancy that two or three weeks of
Io,don in the hight of the season would be
-. the least attractive part Of the pro-
aremme. On arriving, therefore, they
ssastan 10 present their letters, and in a few
| go come many and cordial invitations,
~ ali or nearly all as much as three weeks
abead The next question then is whether
- rsfuse the proposed Inequalities and lose
ne chance of seeing London society, or to
sccent and make a complete change of
rGsns One lady who has had a high social
20 official place in this country lost de-
ii,btful opportunity of seeing the best En-
ni;sb neople because she chose to consider it
hc,ynhenu upon her self-respect to keep her
n-;e-inel plans, and believed that a change
~ Trogramme entailed loss of dignity.
Her petulance simply cost her an agreeable
experience.
Tbare Law the other day in jewelers.
.tow case. an oval brooch decked with
clear. vellowish-green stones, says the Phil
odeInhia Record. They were very beauti-
hi and had pale. unfamiliar CLEAN.
small brilliants so set as to divide the face
of the brooch into diamonds threw out
yvbite light that played freakishlY over
everything around.
tsTEhat are those odd stonesp asked wo-
man who hung over the glass fascinated.
ssChrvsoberyl," said the jeweler.
"Chrysoberyl?" repeated the woman,
little doubtfully.
ives. Brazilian chrysoberyl. That tint is
| very rare We were two years getting to-
ret6er a sufficient number of stones to make
q brooch of that size. "
ut is unique, thenT
"0uite sc"
And the price~
The figures named made the woman lift
her eyebrows. odd / understand you corr
rectlyW
ave are not in haste to sell it; it is abso-
lutey unique, as told you, and is of spe-
cial interest because it is in every respect an
American production. The stones were cut
as we'll as Joined on this continent. Cues
tons are asked about it every day. nave
seen London jewellers and jewellers from
Il Paris puzzled by it. They look, and they
look a second time; then they ask, just as
YOU did lust now, What are those curious
jewesp When they are told that the gems,
diamonds and all, are purely American,
and especially when they come to under
stand that a wonderful variety OF stones,
precious and semi~precious, equally beautl-
full and to them equally unknown and Gu
rious are found on this side of the water,
they are invariably interested"
Some of the most attractive ornaments
seen at the present time are set with Amer
lean gems. Women who care for that
which is beautiful and characteristic are
beginning to take a certain pride In wear
ing at their threats the blue green turGuois
from New Mexico and the lemon and straw
yellow sapphires from Montana and the
HOMEGROWN garnets from Virginia, and in
fastening their draperies with shoulder
buckles and waist clasps Of moss agate from
Wyoming, and canoes cut from the conch
shells of Florida.
Tortoise shell ornaments, says Clara
. Belle, remain very modish, and when comb
shape should be as Enthusiastically placed as
possible Fancy pins in gold, old silver and
steel are very much used with the toques
now in vogue, and stars ana crescents of
rhines. ones and little shell combs with
ieweed borders serve as hair ornaments for
evenings at home For bail costumes there
is more pomp; bands of jewels encrcle the
head, one or more with a star IN front.
White feathers with heron aigrette are af-
fected by ladies no longer young. Some of
these ornaments look as if they had been
unclasped from the wrist and fastened in
the hair, and resemble the porte-bonheurs
They are very aristocraulc looking. In
fact, your whole study should be to give
your head this aristocratic air, and, to this
end your pins, combs, bands and the like
should seem to have belonged to your great
grandmother Make no mistake. Nothing
modern in your hair, and, above all, no
flowers there! But a careful uptown
mother informed me that she didn't permit
her daughters to wear corsage bouquets.
Pray why not!" was my answer.
Whereupon this anxious mother informed
me that the young men of the day who
called upon her daughters were-so she had
observed-always on the lookout for ex-
cuses to get near her girls, and she assured
me that whenever one of them wore bunch
of violetS at her throat there we're sure
/ to be requests on the part Of those young
sters to be allowed to smell them.
1T brings heads altogether too close to-
gether.n said this careful mother.
The new wraps. particularly the capes,
rays the New York Times, are hardly con-
sidered complete without bonnet or hat to
match. Thus delightful wrap of gray
passementerie over gray silk, literally
studded with turquoises set in gold, has a
dear little capote of the same tinseled passe-
nenterie, with gray aigrette and cluster OF
pink buds. 1t is found convenient to have
spring costumes made with cape, as it not
only gives graceful air to the gown, but
the cape serves as a separate wrap to be
worn with any dress. For these cape suits
Jaunty toques are prepared of the same
goods. Therefore, in buying material for a
spring toilet, it is advisable to choose goods
which will be suitable for hat and cape and
Will associate we'll with different colors and
textures, in order that the cape may be of
general service
Bedford cord is much used for jackets and
Tor the long mantillas One of the latter,
almost three-quarter length, was in Bedford
cord of a rich dark brown; forming the
haring collar, and passing down each front
70 the foot was a wide passementerie of
heavily nassed, finely cut jet. A jacket of
putty colored Bedford cord had the loose
fronts eaboratelY braided in gold over their
entire surface; the tight-ftting vest was
pam; the sleeves braided to the elbow from
tne bottom. A long, loose cape of smooth
laced tan cloth was studded with jet nail