The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-08

herself in Dosition. Away went the
bal, and away went her Glovesl Moth
ing disconnected. she took up ball number
Two, and, as she stopped 10 send it spinning
down the alley crack went one Of her corset
stees ike pl t0l shot. There was a
smothered laugh, but she was there for fun,
and seemed bent upon having it. Ball
number three was picked up and as she
started forward TO deliver it, thers was a
loud burst Of merriment She had dropped
the yellow garter which. like many modish
girls, she wears for luck. Her female CON-
panions quickly closed around her, so that
the horrld men only caught a glimpse of
the symbol Of eternity, and the belle made
a hasty retreat to the dressing-room, where
her damages were patched up.
The ceinture byzantine, says the Paris
editor of the Herald, is one of the best and
latest Of the winters fashions 1t is a sim
pie princeSse dress with the bread belt
hanging in straight panel to the hem.
The ceinture is Of the same material as
the costume, or may be- of velvet, and is
always heavily embroidered with oriental
designs. 1t is fitted to tue figure as accu-
rately as the corsage itself, and here it may
be suggested that 70 none but a
perfect hgure-that is, perfect by dress
makers standard, broad shoulders and slen-
der waist-will it be becoming; other wise
1t may be clumsy, and the thick embroidery
will make the waist too large. The ceinture
is the same width in front and back, proba-
bly, six or seven inches, aud the end which
hangs to the floor is the same width, and
although cut in one piece and fitted to the
figure, together it has the effect of being
crossed in front, but really fastens in the
back with invisible hooks.
A charming dress in this style is of bois de
rose velvet, with the celnture of the same
covered with Jet embroidery. narrow
band of the jet edges the skirt and small
plastron of the same is placed at the throat
under the fulled corsage. Scarlet armure
silk is handsome made in this model for a
dinner dress, and white peau de sole en-
broidered with silver or gold is superb with
the Byzantine effect, Russian embroidery
and jewelry is in great favor.
What next9 Another cherished notion
gone to the winds. When cotton sheets
were first introduced many an American
mother refused to allow them on her beds
says Clara Belle in New York letter.
Why, it was a sacrilege to allow such up
start stuff to displace the fine linen-that
almost royal web-so cold. white and origi-
nal in its nature. But now comes science
and announces, in her usual dictatorial man.
ner, that linen sheets are killing US off faster
than the microbes are; that linen is a per-
feet conductor of heat, and that all night
long. while we lie locked up in the arms of
Morpheus, it is drawing off our strength,
exhausting our vitality and putting us
slowly to death. The SUBSTITUTE Silk.
Washable silk. Nothing but silk. Not
white silk, either, bat In tints that har-
monize with your complexion and your
wall paper.
Already an uptowni lady has introduced
silk sheets into her house, or rather apart
ment When she knows that a guest is to
be brunette the bed is made I'D in yellow.
and when blonde is expected in delicate
shade of blue; or in plush rose, if she be a
young girl.
But worse aud more Of it. Pure white
has received another set ack Upon calls
ing at the parlors of funeral Director
that is modern for undertaker-a man who
had the misfortune to lose his third wife
was asked, in that low and respecta BILE
tone which is so characteristic of the under
taker:
What was the complexion of this oneg'
"Sirg"
beg pardon. we ask that question now
in order to know how to trim the casket.
For instance, if she was a pronounced
brunette. | would recommend something in
bright yellow. The new shades Of beige are
very becoming to chestnut brown hair, and
we have silver gray which goes very we'll
with black hair. For hair of the Titan
shade we usually trim with ciel blue, or
even more watery blue; and we would
also like to know whether you would wish
to have the face vitalized or not"
Vitalized Shades of our Puritan ancest.
ors, what nextg Who not have burial cas-
kets with photographic attachments, SO
that every friend of the deceased who ap-
proaches the coffin may ha re- the satisfac-
ton of hearing last farewell spoken in the
voice of the departeda 1t might be little
startling at first, but we should soon get
accustomed to it, just as we have to rail
ways, telegraphs, electric lights, etc.
A couple of elderly men were engaged in
conversation in front of leading hotel the
other day, says the Philadelphia Press,
when fashionably dressed woman, who,
from the several small articles in her hands,
evidently had been shoppiag, approached.
Suddenly stopping in the midst of his talk,
the taller of the two men bent his head
down as if to catch some sound. whats
the matter| quickly inquired his compan-
ION. "Are you sick?' "No, Sh! listen.'
As the,lady swept past, a soft, low, rust
ling sound was heard, like the crushing Of
soft silks in ones hand. 1t was pleasing
sound
wonder where that noise comes from"
curiously inquired the stout man. hardly
before the fair shopper had passed out Of
earshot.
why" explained his friend, sit came
from that woman's skirt. 1t is woman1s
latest fad-a rustling skirt. This sound is
produced by strip of some sort of silk i'm
portation, and is put on the lower edge of
the underskirt When the feet touch it the
noise is produced. 1t is an European
wrinkle. l was across the water with my
wife last summer and that's how | got to
know about it. In Paris and London it's
all the craze. Why, often over there, |
would watch women walk on quiet spots by
the hour to hear that soft. low, silken
sound.
In wearing apparel comparatively new
claimant for feminine favor is a dainty and
very becoming cape, designed principally
for evening wear. The unique feature of
the cape is a wide, faring collar, composed
entirely of flowers, and equally effective
worn turned up or down. Toe length of
the garment varies it reaches to the waist
line or some inches below. and it is made Of
lace, embroidered mousseline de sole, gauze
or crepe, pleated or gathered to the collar
and fastened 10 front at the neck with ties
of ribbon. Nothing seen in long time en-
hances the beauty of the face more than this
floral surrounding, which ought to be OF a
tint TO harmonic with the general coloring
of the wearer. One of thes3 capes seen
the other day was of pleated black
French face, with a collar of peculiar
buttercups and the fine green grasses. An
other was of white crepon gathered very