The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-14


side every year to order her wardrobe. She
visits frequently at tie PHILADELPHIA home
OF the Postmaster General, and her ways are
as demure and her smile as sweet as one
would fancy ought to accompany the gray
tones and the blush roses Of the costume
described.
Have you ever noticed how odd it is that
women who affect the demure and the staid
IN dress are nevertheless guilty of putting
little finishing touches to their toilet that
you would hardly expect or look fora For
example, one sees the woman who is wear
ing long gray gown or wrap OF subdued
make, and hat far removed from giddi-
ness. carrying. nevertheless, in her hand. a
lorgnette with a very costly and beautiful
handle. One also notices that she wears
mosquetsire gloves with wrinkled tops and
that, though her bonnet strings are tied in
the primmest possible way, her hat is fasten-
ed on with terribly fashionable dagger.
Perhaps her gloves have fancy stitching
upon the back of them, and she may even
be guilty of pinning back the ribbon bows
of her bonnet strings with heart-shaped
stick pins. They are really hard TO under
stand-these women.
With approaching spring the hat becomes
larger. TIE winds of February and
March carry with them a rouglness to fair
compilations, and many people freckle at
the first thought or glimpse Of spring sun
shine. Hats. therefore. increase in sizo, and
they go ON increasing until summer comes
and declares that it is time to wear little
toques.
A very pretty, large hat may be made by
covering one of the fat-brimmed circular
crowned hats which are NO " the latest style
in Paris, with Irish lace.
If the lace is floral design, it is daintily
pretty il wrought out in gold or pale gray
silk, SO that the flowers set out upon the
black background of the hat If the hat ia
merely framework, it should be covered
be put on over it.
A very lovely gown, that was recently
shown me as a sample of what French
dressmRker can do in achieving beautiful
calling costume, had a hat of this sort.
Around the low, full crown, there was
twisted band Of velvet of greenish yellow
hue.
There was a putting of the velvet around
the edge of the hat brim, and feathers of
the same color were punched at the back
The gown that went with the hat was of
green Bedford cord, made in the long coat
fashion. There was a vest of pink crepe
| de chine and the Bedford cord, which was
of deeper shade than the velvet on the
hat, buttoned up sDugly over the vest to
within three inches of the neck.
The skirt was perfectly plain and demi-
| u aLnci dLQ dlOulu lll6 DObbDLl Vi IL. rs wei
as round the toque, there was thick band
of green feather trimming Pink gloves
| stitched with green and a large feather fan
with still larger green bow tied in the
ring, were among the finishing touches
suggested by the tasteful little French
| dressmaker.
Rumor has it that it is coming in style to
| part the hair again, and to band it upon the
| forehead in waves. The fashion is such a
hot IL ~ ha
ally followed. A bang ia too becoming to
be brushed aside in the form Of part.
A bang. properly cut and curled, will take
| anywhere from five to twenty-five years
away from the age of the wearer. Hair
| parted in the middle and banded OH the fore
head will adj from five to twenty-five year;
to her who is bold enough to wear it.
There are few sweet-taced women who
can wear this style Of hair becomingly aud
to advantage And when this hair arrange
ment is possible, it is so very becoming tC
| these few that all the world of women,
| homely or pretty, ugly or plain, snuhbed
nose or Grecian, launch into it without re-
| gard to their natural gifts.
One af ernoon last week a certain beauti-
| full girl who lives up in the quiet, secluded
| part Of Madison avenue, took walk down
| that thoroughfare with her hair parted AND
| drawn down over her ears, with scarcely G
| ripple to show where the hair had once beer
| curled.
The girls cheeks were red. her complexion
was 30 fair, her eyes were 80 bright, and heI
| countenance so sweet that all wno saw her
| looked and marveled TO see such simplicity
| upon so pretty girl.
But. mark you'll And listen to the mora
| of this tale! The next day, there appeared
at the same hour, upon the same avenue, 6
score of girls. particular friends of the
| sweet-faced ones, who had brushed aside
their bangs, and come out to walk with
| parted tresses over their foreheeds, feeling
| sure that they were as beautiful as she whom
they were initiating.
But alasl The first girl was pretty The
score that followed her example were
homely! And TO see them making guys OF
| themselves in this fashion was a warning tC
others not to go and do likewise.
The sweet-faced girl is still wearing her
| hair parted. But her Grecian-faced sister
has discovered that when she parts her hair
| she makes her face look like Ratchet, aud
SO she has given up the idea of discar1inR
| bangs. The other girls who looked re-
| spectivelv like walnut dolls, old maids aid
| dowdies. have gone back to their crimps
and curls, and Madison avenue blooms
again along the squares that were laid
waste Of beauty by the sudden change OF
hair dressing
Have you noticed:
That cravats of the dress material are
used to flush the necks Of the newest
dre5Ses?
That it is the style to tie ribbon around
the neck and let the ends hang down the
back to the bottom of the skirt:
That it is going TO be fashionable to dress
all in one color!
That cotton Bedford cords are going to be
very popul6rs
That an old dress may DE coaxed into ele-
gance by the addition OF large ribbon bow
upon the front, and another upon the back
with long eads!
That silk under wear is worn by those who
formerly wore muslin, because silk is quite
as cheap in the long runl
And finally, have you noticed that every
woman carries big bow of ribbon through
the ring of her fan, aud that the bow
matches her hat, her gloves and the bow
upon the back OF her dress.
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