The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-14
COOL SUNNI DRESSES.
Nothing More Acceptable Than, India
Silk.


Silk.
BROOKLYN, N. Y, june 1a-To the
scores OF questions in regard 60 tho coolest,
most stylish, and most economical dress
for very hot weather the answer must be,
India silk by all means. This seems at first
glance a somewhat unwarranted statement,
but experience has proved it to be correct.
Some of these silks have gray or pale cream
grounds and are decorated with dots and
| Grecian squares and cubes. Some come in
stripes and checks. and some have dark
grounds and light figures. Every taste
however exacting can be met in these beau
tiful goods. The prettiest and most sty lish
travelling suits are made Of light twilled In
dia silks in the natural ulbleached shades.
L Art de Ia Node tells us that these are
manufactured from the India cocoons of
natural grow h that are found intbe forests
and are more durable than cultivated
coceons. This material will also be In de-
mand for hotel and cottage piazza cos
tunes. The bodice can open at the throat
over tucked chemisette and deep Byron
collar OF triar-stitched nainsook. This neck
wear is almost uni versally becoming. A very
long ne needs, OF course to be especially
considered.
There never were so many artistic ways
of making dresses as at present. Even a
gingham, batiste, chambray, or plain
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eclipse an expensive silk or lace dress indif-
ferently constructed. The sleeves to some of
these costumes are the full bishop shape
and are gathered into wristbands which
button up the back of the arm with white
pearl buttons to the elbow.
To "Semi-Invalid" who writes that she
has only 1850 to spend in summer dresses
and hasn't a rag to start with" would say
invest in dark India silk a flannel challie
and rorhane a chamhrau Enurtaarn nr AZ
teen yards of India at sixty cents per yard
makes an inexpensive gown. Very little
trimming is necessary Unless these cos
| TUNES are made at home, and without ex-
pense, $50 will not 60 very far, though it is
| an ample sum for the materials. II "Semf
lnvaldh intends summering at the seashore,
one thin dress with couple of round
waists to be worn with different skirts will
be sufficient. These fashionable and mex
pensive garments are made OF almost any
material from changeable China aud India
silks to India muslin and French batiste
Tea gowns hold their own and are pref
tier than ever. These are admissible for
afternoon piazza toilets although the lead
ers of fashion are endeavoring to restrict
their use to the morning.
The following straightforward, indie
pendent and inspirational communication
speaks for itself. l wonder how the aver
age southern reader would reply to it:
MY father is a southern gentleman with
all the pride, distinction, aud culture that
the term implies. My mother is exactly
Ike my father. and the most loyaole crea-
ture on earth. We have just money
| enough, by the most careful and economi-
cal management, to keep US alive and
decenJly clothed. There is absolutely no
margin for books, pictures. or travel.
| Now l am starving to death-in spirit |
mean-and from my point of view there is
| no necessity for it. l have a talent and
though L shall DO set down as a natural ple-
bian for confessing it, 1t seems just as
much God-given talent to me as as any
other. can make dresses; IL can make
| them beautifully. 1 can almost make some.
thing out of nothing. j never learned the
trade-indeed no-mY poor mamma and
papa would have been burned at the stake
| first 1t just came TO me. l am twenty
Two years cid, and have made all the COS
TUNES that mama and have had since
was sixteen. All our neighbors think they
| come from Baltimore. Every time one
praises special design or trimmlng-aud
that is very often-mamma almost has a
f1t, Der heart will palpitate severely for an
hour afterward. Now this to me is pitt
ful and unworthy, but what can / doi l
would love to say to all who ask Il made
this costume, and IL you wish / will make
yours Why notl l want books and mu-
sic and suitable clothes for mama and my
self. / want papers and magazines and
lovely Gig rs and fine old broadcloth for
my handsome and distinguished father,
and Oh, so want the freedom that comes
from employment aud the throwing off of
these shackles Of pride. may not prick
my dainty fingers except with an embroid-
cry needle, and 30 roam from the parlor
to the flower garden, up the street and
down the street, absolutely wishing the
day done so that may go to sleep and ior-
get it all. Please tell me IL you see any
way Gus of this strange environment, and
oblige one who will remember the kindness
as long as she nves.n
had some experience with strange en-
vironments" as our correspondent naively
describes her situation, but more diffiult
one to deal with certainly never came
under my observation. This girl is the
darling or the home Work to her parents
is degradation. IL the daughter earns
money she is degraded, and domestic har-
mony is at an eud. These parents are
wrong and the daughter is right, but who
would dare advise in such case2 Why,
this letter has taken me into the heart of
this beautiful circle. / know that father
and mother as well as if had lived their
neighbor for years, and am fond of them.
| can smell the honeysuckle and the roses
that Irvine above the trellises, and can see
the daughter of the house as she roams
from room to room, her heart overlooking
with love for her parents and her soul
thirsting for knowledge aud independence.
l do not often advise young women to
write for publication but this is an excep-
tional case, and If she will try her hand at a
story will see what can do for her.
Our southern girls are acquitting them
selves bravely in this direction at the pres
emit, and who knows but this amateur
1ros bar into
She certainly has gift, else why should
see them ali SO plainly and think of them