The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-27


oaags frlzzed and curled, and her tresss
dressed IN the highest style Of the art. The
/ e'Usho ants started in, and after duly admir-
| lnS the magnificent Inheritance aud fine
siiken quality Of the fair ous's
g1iuea Iocks-and they were beauti-
Iul-proceeded with the shampoolng
process; Then IL was necessary
70 ian the hair and put it into a warm box
! 10 drY It. The customer interruptsd this
! portion OF the performance by saving sud
oenlY: Please hurry up the other part of
tnls business; am TO be married in an
honr. But" exclaimed the startled the
halrdresser, lit will require at all that time
TO dress your hair, aud can't dress 1t until
IL Is dry. Fix IL somehow was the
| reply. Il can't keep the young man, the
minister anu the guests waiting Her
halr was piled up on her head, wet as 1t
! was, and after tbs beng had been arranged
she left, saving, Pm not going away, and
III run In tJ-inorrow and let you finish M
| Inc JOB" II haven't seen that bride since -
S i'd the lady Of tn, establishment in telling
the story, "and l suppose she's too happy to
THINK OF even her hair. She paid me all
rigat, but or some one else will have q
terrible time in putting that young wo-
mans head In order one OF these davs.n
Doucet's dresses this year, says a Paris
letter in the New York World, are more
charming tban ever. Among the ma "
pretty models saw give drawings Of t NO
| Of the newest.
The first is calling dress, made for
very beautiful American who Is soon to
make France her home. The material is
BLACK camePs hair. The skirt is edged With
russian deer; tie same fur trims the waist
in a square-yoke effect. The sleeves and
yoke pieces are of dark heliotrope velvet. a
piece OF rare old Mechlin lace, cascaded
from the right shoulder to tho waist, around
which Is a black satin girdle edged with
jet.
Another dress for the same maiden is an
inexpensive dinner gown-that is to say,
inexpensive for Doucet. 10 is of tho new
MORE silk Nlth mauve satin stripes, The
sR!rt is perfectly plain the waist having a
deep girdle, made Of folds of the silk. A
ruftie Of yellow chiffon is draped around
the neck aud is caught up between the
shoulders with a rosette. which holds the
Wattesu plat in place.
Last week gave but vague idea of the
materials used for evening wear, 50 now |
Will tell you more about these dainty
fabrics For balls the very lighkest ma,
terials are used. The brocades OF the
eighteenth century are .till in favor. There
Is an attempt to revive the styles of Louis
XIV. Fine silks are patterned with gar
lands of fowars in satin or with bunches Of
flowers in brilliant coloring. Fancy tules,
spangles and metallic trimming of all colors
are in vogue. Embroidered tulles, with ap-
pliques Of artificial flowers, tulles of delicate
colors, starred with marguerites, gauzes
with large stripes, Saline embroidered on
each side, and gauzes with big dots of metal
thread brocaded over a changeable fouuda-
ton, are seen on ali sides in the ball rooms
l saw pretty fan the other day. some
thing quite new, With chiffon ruffles on it.
My sketch will give some idea of the effect,
but in tanning it is particularly pretty a.
the gauzy ruffles float out on the breeze.
The little round dots are of velvet basted
on, and the sticks are pearl, inlaid with
silver. The ruffiss are put on full between
tue ribs and fall in soft cascades.
Still another pretty fan, something very
novel, made entirely of ribbons in pale blue
and yellow, inter woven around the ribs in
circular stripes to match corselet upon
ball gown. The strange thing about this
fascinating little affair is that by single
movement of the hand, opening it back
wards 1t falls apart and looks like a total
wreck. A second after. as if by magic, it
appears entirely restored. This, believe
is an idea borrowed from the japanese
Paris Is without doubt the home OF tea
gowns. Some are made of handsome bro
cade, deliberately trimmed, while others are
creations Of crepe and lace. Next week
will devote a letter TO tea-go WINS. One OF
the prettiest have seen so far is pale blue
eider-d5wn flannel, with collar and cuffs of
fine white fur. A white silk cord goe,
around the vail aud ties in 'front.'
Two or thI ee months ago it was quite i'm
possible to fluid the beautiful bead AMI
spangle trimmings that all the best houses
were using; but within the past week
have seen many Of the IDENTICAL things for
sale in the slop' This year there has
been so much nd embroidery upon tho
finest gowns that it has been almost out
OF the question TO initiate them at a COM
paratively small cost Lately passemen-
terie has been almost laid aside as too
ordinary, ard the beading and embroidery
has been made after O special design and en-
broidered on the gown itself. Felix is pre-
eIninently successful and artistic in this
W Jnderful bending. saw a very hand.
some black cloth gown for an elderly We
man, the oolsaSe OF which was almost
entirely OF velvet, cut out over the cloth
and beaded in jet beads. and embroidered in
black silk floss. Another gown for the
house was of corn-hower blue broadcloth,
the waist of which had corseet of cloth
of gold, cut out il an intricate and graceful
design showing the blue cloth beneath. The
pattern was completely outlined with small
steel beads; around the sleeves, neck and
edge of skirt was q band of fur.
Muffs are as small as possible and are
mostly trimmed with rosettes of ribbon.
These dainty atrairs-large enough for one
hand only--are suspended from the neck by
the gold chains with pearls SO much used
last year for lorgnons
A new slipper, reviving OF an old fashion,
is of patent leather. with large gilt buckle
over the instep and red Leaf her heels. Slip
pers Of gold and silver cloth are much worn
nere, and are found to wear better than the
gilded kid.
The poor men, pity them. They have
their hands full, says Clara Belle in the
Cincinnati Enquirer, IN trying to manage
the woman Of to-day. The woman of to-
day is NOS permit me to say, dear friends,
the woman of yesterday. She is something
very different The woman Ct to-day IS
aggressive, salfrehant, sslf-assertive. She
snsps ner pretty fingers at the converse
tionalities: in spite OF st. Paul's prohibit
lion she speaks out in meeting; sue has ideas
on everything; she refuses 60 wear Qua
ker bonnet aud take q BACK seat. she
makes her gowns gored at the hlps TO snow
Ter figure; she cuts her ball dresses N-shAped,
with a deep, deep V; she comes alone. goes
alone and carries ticket for Sioux Falls III
her pocket-book, all ready for a break for
the land Of divorces or land Of the Daco-
tahs. in case her husband DOESN'T mind his
P's and O's. The woman of to-day ID what
IA triteIy known as hummer" no MAJ
fer tn what role she appears. wife, mother,
mother-in.law, sweetheart or society girl.
She has a ''despise" for the average man,
ha ia only good enough to pay for her en-