The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-04
THE WOMAN OF FASHION
WILL BLOSSOM OUT IN A COR
GEOUS EASTER GOWN.


The Length for Coats and Bodices,
The Latest Thing in Girdles.
(Copyri0htl
| New YORK, April 2.-Let me close nv
eyes and dream it all over again! Let me
bring once more before my dszzled vision
all those fair forms and exquisite colors and
soft draperies! For it was such a pleasing
dream that would fain experience it all
over again. 1t was day in my dream, a
beautiful bright sunshiny day. with just
the softest and gentlest OF balmy breezes
that played O little with the little leaves
| just peeping out of the trees. The grass,
too, was bright and fresh. and the CLEAN Of
the river showed silvery through the
trees. For my dream had car
ried me to Claremont, that most
ideally beautiful OF natures fair spots And
beside the fair landscape. there was a group
| OF beautiful women, clad in Easter robeA
could tell that 1t was Easter, somehow, al
though no one told me. And all the gowns
! had a suggestion of freshness aud spring.
ness that is never so universally noticeable
as on Easter day. And these are the dresses
| that saw:
Number one was a pale cream yellow
foulard, with tiny figure printed all over.
| The skirt was plain with very small train.
and 6~inch founce at the bottom OF the
same material The bodice was straight and
plain, and fastened slantingly at the side
| Over it went a golden brown velvet bodice
| from under the left arm, narrowing down
gradually and caught together all In a
bunch under the right arm, where it
stopped. fastened by brown velvet bow.
| The sleeves were plain and close-tittinR but
| a big, loose oversleeve hung plain and full
| 10 al I'd xraIty
hat was sill covered with creamy lace, and
from the back there rose single yellow
| feather, which was caught down again on
the rim. Her fine yellow parasol had a
deep ruffie of lace to match her hat, and
was tied with a yellow bow. Her gloves
were the same shade. She was IN perfect
harmony, every inch OF her.
| Number two was every bit as pretty.
| No, think maybe she was prettier, but
really can't make up my mind. This Cos
| tune was of very fine cloth, OF a delicate
old-rose color. The skirt was severely
plain. not bit OF Adornment anywhere,
unless you cali a train adornment. The
waist wasn't a waist at all. 1t was
mantelet all made of black lace 1t went
down almost to the knees, very graceful
length, and had a pretty deep scallop at the
edge. It was confined at the waist by one
| of those new belts that fall down little
over each hip and adapt themselves TO the
| figure so easily. Have you seen them yet!
They are the very latest thing and
are SO much more graceful than
| the old style, which on most
people has such an ugly, short-waisted
effect. The idea of these belts is TO remove
this, and so they are made to sliu down over
| the hips. They come in a great many
beautiful designs. Some are made OF triple
cords caught together at back, hips and
| front under jet ornament, and long jet
ornaments hanging down in front Others
are made all jet, in daintily cut squares or
circular designs. AS most of the gowns
made nowadays are to be worn with belts,
this style is a boon to womankind
| in general. But TO return to my lace
mantelet, it was fastened with one Of these
girdles, which fell down In front in a silken
bow made of the cords, from which hung a
deep jet fringe. Then over the lace bodice
went another lace draping, in shape a
pelerine. in draping Spanish caught up OF
the left shoulder with an old rose bow. The
sleeves Of the waist were plain. also of old
rose. Her parasol, for she carried one, too,
was Of the same lace as the bodice. Her hat
was very tiny-a little lace -capote, with
| bunch of old rose tips at the front, and
fine bunch Of fancy jet at the back.
November three-O, wasn't 10 pretty.
thought The shade of it was
the most exquisite heliotrope l
ever saw. The material was
the latest, crepon. The skirt OF this was
plain also-what has become, wonder, OF
all those false prophets that predicted the
downfall Of plain draperiesl-and had a
small quilting at the edge. The bodice was
short and full and adorned with two short
ruffles as a heading over yoke of guipure
lace. Narrow velvet ribbons went from the
top OF the bodice on to the shoulder. caught
with bow. The full sash belt was also of
fine velvet. The sleeves were pulled. with
lace cuffs The hat was broad of bri1, all
covered with chiffon, and had big hello
trope bow of numerous loops for trim
ming.
Number four was little palmer in cut,
although extremely rich in effect The
material was faille, the color that beautiful
new shade of green. Do you know 1t? IL
isn't grass and it isn't reseda, aud It isn't
lily, and it isn't lotus. 1t is something be-
tween the lily and the lotus-a little duller
than the latter. And If you can at all stand
the shade, by all means get a gown Of IL;
for assure you. upon the word of an
eminent authority, that ii is the coming
color. And it can be made up becomingly
with so many different shades. 1t looks
well combined with green several shades
lighter with cream, with old rose, with
pale yellow And this last is what
her gown. No, it wasn't pale yellow. either.
1t was different from that. The very
nearest thing can liken it to is the color OF
the inside of the skin of an orange. Just
put this with the new green and you'll get
some idea Of the beauty of the combination.
The bodice was cut long and coat-shaped;
not SO long. however, as we have been cut
ting our bodices all winter. They are a
trifie shorter now, even the longest of them,
and a great many are quite short. Coats
also are either longer or shorter as one
pleases. The old three-quarter length,
which was unbecoming to SO many, has
had its day. and many a woman will no
doubt breathe sigh Of relief at learning
Of it.
But let me see. was describing green
faille costume before l wandered. Well, this
coat-shaped bodice had front of lace
down as far as the waist, aud over this was
a deep facing of velvet Of that peculiar
yellow shade. Il was a collar originally,
but didn't stop at the neck. Instead it ran
down each side, narrowing gradually until
IL reached the waist, where Il was nothing
more than point. The cuffs, too, which
were very wide, had a trimming of the
velvet
Do you know that ornaments In crochet
are coming widely into favori They have
such a rich effect and then you can always
have them the exact shade Of your gown
matched and designed to SUIT yourself.
Entire Rirdles are crooheted In
beautiful fine designs, and those big
ornaments also that are used 80 much
to trim the sides Of the skirt. Now that
buttops are being used at the hips, the
crocheted ones are very popular. There is
so much opportunity given for originality,