The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-13
FASHIONS FOLLIES.
COME OF THE THINGS WHICH IN
TEREST THE FAIR SEX.

SOME OF THE THINGS WHICH IN
TEREST THE FAIR SEX.
uba Latest Costunes-Sone of the
New Things in Fall Dresses-A Few
anecdotes That Indicate the Char
sctgr of Summer Resort Gossip.
something About High-HeeI Shoes.
Little That Is Novel in Fall Styles.
There will be nothing strikingly novel,
,avs a writer in the Hcayune, to make
record Of during the brief half season
which intervenes between the end Of sum-
,rer and the beginning Of winter; but still,
tssre will be variation enough to justify
the name of fall fashions. In particular
will there be attractive novelties in street
and interior costumes, for the moment 1t
becomes too chilly to enjoy open air festivi-
ties the mind OF the fashionable wo-
man reverts to indoor recreation.
Luncheons and dinner parties are
not postponed nowadays until the ne
turn to town. FOR the occupants of cottages
begin to give the nearly in September, and as
tits often warm enough to throw open doors
and windows, such parties have the charm
of pure 6iT Anu NlSLdS VI green lawn. Dln-
Der gowns for these early events should be
in lignt colors and thin textures straw
coored mousseline de sole makes up ele-
pantIy when set off with white lace fes-
tooned around the skirt and caught up with
fet bows of velvet. The crossed corsage
will be very popular. having loose and
flowing lace garnlCure. Sleeves for such
gowns shouldnt be longer than the
elbow, with lace trimming deep and
IL
affected made up with an apron of lace
consisting of three hounces. The cut-out
of the cor sage must be richly draped with
lace Natural flowers in the hair and at
the waist are absolutely necessary, and they
should harmonic with the tone of the dress.
For instance, with dull pink use pinks;
with delicate shade of green. tea roses
Chrysanthemumsa are charmingly decorative
for dinner costumes, and they possess the
signal virtue Of being non-cdorous a very
great desidaratiou for the dinner party. All
the lace must be white, that's understood,
and shoes, stockings and fan must be in
harmony.
have been spending week at one of the
most fashionable watering places, says
Clara Belle in the Republic, ana | must say
/ blush for my sex, for 1t would never blush
for itself It's bushes would be lost under
BU6 LulCk COuIS VI DOWUcIs paint, skill
washes, lotions and beautifiers. At such q
place you can scarcely recognize the same
lady as she appears to you night and morn
ing. She is two-facsd in the strict sense of
the word. In the bright daylight she is
sallow, wrinkled, hollow eyed, hollow
checked, pale lipped-a mere remnant Of
once fresh and pretty face. In the evening
she is transformed: wrinkles and roughness
all disappear. She steps upon the hotel
fln hiTsr r<f Ina II f-y~
four hours, at least. She seams to have
washed in the spring of Ell Dorado. But
no; it was only a scanty flour of some toilet
preparation, With an arsenic pill to brighten
her eyes. This is bsauty's mask, and must
be kept out of the rain, for, though neither
sugar nor salt, it is extremely soluble.
American women have a strange dread of
wrinkles, although they are the most natu-
raj things in the world. The fact is, we are
old age when it taps at our door, and hence
these prodigious efforts to coax the old man
to go somewhere else for his victims. /
heard a beautiful " oman say:
LET me die when grow wrinkled."
toek close look at her fair face. and
even then could catch a faint glimpse of
lines in her face. No doubt her very anx-
iety to escape them had had The effect to
deepen them But shouldn't do my dear
sisters the injustice 10 hold them up as diff
fering one lot or title from womankind,
sioce the foundations of the world were
laid so firm and strong. The fair Diana of
Poitiers dreaded to see her satiny skin draw
up in wrinkles, and took occasion to expose
herself to the soft pstter of the rain-storm,
with the idea that this gentle douche from
natures own hand would keep her skin soft
and smooth Diana was only little ahead
Of her times. The belle of our day does the
same thing. only she sits indoors and makes
use Of an atomizer filed with distilled water
and perfumed with rose.
An old authority maintains that we
wrinkle our faces by opening our eyes too
wide and keeping them open too long, hence
he advises the fair, frail creature who
breads wrinkles to sit for an hour or so
every day with closed eyes.
We have a thousand recipes to preserve
the brilliancy and clearness of the eyes,
many OF them extremely dangerous.
recommend to my fair readers the daily use
OF az eye-glass to wash the dust and IFn-
purities from the eyes. Use distilled water,
II possible, and dissolve in the water q
minute quantity of boraoic acid 1t IS per-
fectly harmless. Montague counseled the
covering of all reading matter with piece
OF plain window glass to sharpen the letters
and take off the glare Of the dead white
paper. In the matter of teeth too, | note
that the American beauty often fails sadly.
his is the result of hot and rich food to-
gether with the eternal munching of sweets
now SO fashionable at summer watering
places. All day long the women, young and
oId. sit gently swaylng themselves in the
Quaker rockers, while they listlessly turn
over the pages of a novel, all the while con-
Stunning candy.
To those delicate shadows of gracs and
loneliness who so often lack white and per-
feet teeth l have only this 10 say: No
woman can be called beautiful who has
poor teeth. They are the very things need
ful to add the keystone to the arch of
beauty. So take the choice, my dssrs
candy and French rolls, or the Vicar of
Wakefield, oatmeal and a mouth full of
pearls.
This is the faithful sketch Of a BROOKLYN
girl who lives to-day and breathes-with
what little breath remains to her after her
corsets are fastened, says the Now York
Times. Frequent headaches, spells Of dizzy
falnthess, pains and aches from strained
muscles, are rapidly destroying great nat
ural beauty. The broad brow is narrowed
by sunkeB temples, the sweet mouth shows
lines OF wearipess, the fair, fine skin looks
sallow and rough, the whole face haggard
and old. though the girl is scarcely 81. To
an earnest renonstrance she replies with
Irish inconsequence: why, couldh't take
of my corssts; I'd fall to pieces! don't
wear them tight" doubtless she will read
TINS description of herself-and think! Yes.
think it Is some other girl
though the corset shape is seen still
among the athletic girls, yet the outdoor
fun, which the bows are no lon0er rar,oj,.ad