The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-16
WOMAN OF FASHION.
TIE GAY PANORAMA SEEJ ON
MAT NEE DAY.

/ Wh7t SOrs OF Gowns Women are
WearinR-Some Quee- Combinat!o g
in CJlor- rs Prevailing Nodes and
some Adv.ce to Puzzled Woman
XII d.
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New YORK, Oct. 15.-Have you ever
sto an watched the brilliant throng Of
Inatinee-goers 0 a bright October after
noon. Nos Have you never seen the gay
procession passing Broadway and Madison
square? You may come, then, and take
| your stand right here, where it's trif1e se-
cluded and where nobody will suspect we're
! taking notes. Now, isn't it prettyl
10 be sure, a cultivated taste might
be offended by some of the outre
combinations; but then, If one does not par
| Clcularlze, but is content to survey the pam
Drama as whole, one is pretty sure TO be
| charmed, to be interested, to be almost fas-
cinated by the sight. l know that it is one
| We women never tire on and one which, /
| believe, the men take still more delight in
judging from the appearance Of club win
dows-in spite Of their protestations against
| the present ridiculous styles. Even a
| fashion writer who never does anything or
goes anywhere without giving two-thirds of
| her attention to what the women are wear.
ing. and only the remaining third to what
may be going on, is still able to view
throng Of brightly dressed women without
| WEAKNESS.
But We are letting all the peapls pass
without looking at them. This will never
do This fair lady, for instance, in the
striped black and white satin is worthy of
mention. The stripes are fine and hang
| straight, and she has three little satin ruff
fes at the edge ofthe skirt-two black and
white one between. Her bodice mas a
pretty yoke OF satin that has a much broader
| stripe, which runs across instead of
down. The little friend that walks beside
her wears long Russian blouse of darkest
| purple-not quite the royal shade, a little
darker. She is SO short, and the blouse is so
long, that the skirt beneath Is scarcely seen.
The royal effect of the purple is heightened
by massive gold belt, which sparkles
where the sunlight catches it. The edge of
the blouse and the neck are profusely
| adorned with gold and silver passementeries
The girl might look queenly if she were only
tall, but alas I'm afraid she only looks a
| trif1e ridiculous.
What do you think of this woman Just
behinda Surely she is regal enough In her
black velvet bodice, with that yoke all set
in rhinestones. Let me see; how many are
theres Twelve rows across both back and
front, ten in each line. That makes 240.
Then there are few more on each shoulder
| No wonder she scintillates and sort Of daz-
zles one. Does she look pretty9 Well, not
exactly; only startling.
Here's a girl that really does look well.
| heE uEoss Is Vi some very sou ma
terial-we're too far away to see
what-of a pale gray shade. 1t
cllngs, and very closely. There's dainty
puff of pure white velvet at the skirts
edge; the bodice Of gray turns back in i'm
mense revers of white velvet, and has a
narrow white chiffon front. Her big hat of
white beaver Is all plumes and aigrettes aud
velvet-everything the one spotless color,
not even touch of gray OF Of gold
her companion is robed all in green-no,
not quite all, there are a few touches Of
black about her. The green skirt is velours,
and opens in front over green satin of the
same dark shade, trimmed with black pas
sementerie bands. Her bodice also turns
back from vest of green satin, in revers
of the same. Her empire belt is of black
velvet, and the very short and full CAPE
with deep turned down collar, is almost
covered with black passementerles
| But, o! just look at this next gay figure
Isn't she bright, thought Her gown-or all
there is to be seen of it's quiet enough,
with Its more ana satin stripe in black and
its three tiny ruftles at the edge. But Just
look at her long cape, in the brightest of
scarlets one ever saw. It's most pretty at
the neck, too, quite unique, with its high
black lace collar that meets the lace ruffie
laid around the neck and falling over the
shoulders. In the front, you see, this lace
Is brought all the way down 10 the edge of
the cape in fancy gathers, but in the back,
now that she has passed. we see that it Is
only laid around once and that the collar
and the ruffle are united by f1ue Jet orna-
mentation. The back OF the wrap has also
two wide bands of jet which stand out we'll
on the bright scarlet.
Here comes pretty blonde in turquois
blue and dark green. Have you seen the
new green and blue combinations9 There
are great many OF them, and they strike
you first as being rather queer; but after
you've looked at them while you begin to
feel recouciled, and to think that perhaps
after all they may be pretty. But this girl
hasn't any OF these new shades; her gown is
pale turquois, and is richly trimmed
ostrich feathersA There is a
good deal of the ribbon arrangement on the
waist, very much after the summer style,
and a vatican back of the blue trailing
only slightly, and almost covered up by the
dark edges of dark green ribbon bow
Her hat Is very tiny, all made up of forget
me-nots. Her costume isn't quite the thing
for Broadway in the afternoon, but she
seems oblivious of this, and saunters care
lessIy along, letting her train drag whatso-
ever it will.
Another violet costume. What's the mat
ter! Has purple suddenly become the style
without any one knowing it, It's in a red
ingote directoire, this one, all in velvet, and
opens in the back over a bengaline of faint
Nile green. We can catch a glimpse of a
small ruffle at the bottom, caught with a
fine rol off green crepe. The front, too, is
the same delicate shade, and has q bodice
that seems to be all crepe, confined at one
side In a great gold buckle. The
redingote has a short pelerine, that
stands very high at the shoulders, in conse-
Cuence Of the full velvet sleeves beneath.
How the people do stare at her! No wonder
she gets impatient at the little dog who re-
fuses to keep pace with her quick, rather
re itless step, and no wonder the color
mounts to her cheek as she gives his chain
an angry pull. Who could be calm and
unfurried should ike to know, robed
thus on crowded horouEhfarea Even her
hat is dark violet with pale green tips and
gold ornaments
All here comes two bright-looking maid
ems. They're sisters, one can tell by look.
ing at them; both dark, both warmly
tinted. The one nearest us is the more at
tractive. She is robed in a stone-colored
gown lightly dotted with dull pink, and
touches of pink come out all over her.
There's a dull pink ruffis on her skirt; there
are great dull pink and stone colored bows
on her shoulders; there's pointed bodice
OF dull pink and stoue-stripped ribbon, and
her hat has one touch of pink velvet trifle
brighter, set in a mass Of stone color. In
her hand she carries an immense bunch of
pink roses. How fair aud fresh she looks
don't you think sol