The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-10

NUS OGbn ldukuhDle, LOT INSTANCE, the way
IN which the men have insisted upon being
chaperoned and young women have called
In carriages to accompany gay bachelors
who were carefully protected by their
| mothers, TO the scene of festivities One in
! yeterate joker gave perhaps hint to the
bellies of the sort of ohaperons that would
| be most acceptable, when he came into the
parlor to receive his fair escort, followed by
an elderly aunt who is deaf as n post and
is besides almost blind. This sauna
man was wrapped In a white opera cloak
cut with an absurd resemblance to q dress
suit ulster; he carried bouquet of DO wers
and wore a band Of ribbon and bow on his
hair. When he appeared from the dressing
| room, after laying aside his ambiguous
wrap, 1t was seen that the sleeves OF his
| coat had been taken out and elbow sleeves
Of pink silk and lace substituted which,
met by long pink kid gloves, effsotually
Enlightened" his toilet and added 10 his
| non-desoript appearance.
AT another leap year party. held Just be-
fore Lent began, the young women danced
the cotillon with white crush silk hats I'M
| der their arms. At the same affair a young
| footman in cap and apron did duty in the
mems dressing room, which was besides
beautifully provided with powder and rouge
boxes hairpins, a tray OF bonbons, and ag-
| gressive bottles Of cologne and extracts.
! When the ladies dotted their outside gear
the actual maid wore with her regulation
| petticoats livery jacket and vest and car
| rled whisk broom as a sort of badge OF
office, The room was bereft of it's usual
| feminine fripperies, and In their stead were
suggestively set out tobacco, pipes aud
| cigars with decanters Of cognac aud huge
fancy bowl piled with cloves
81 wish some one would tell me what is
the really correct way of directing an en-
velope TO man In this country" said a
| young English woman who has married an
| American and who entertains "a good deal.
TO the New York Tribune There seems"
she continued, ito be such curious custom
over here of making a distinction between
! business communications and letters which
are sent to my husbands office, and the in
vitations and personal notes which arc sent
| to the house In England, of course, we put
| Esq always on gentleman's envelope AMI
| Mr.. only on that of a tradesman; but here
| 1t appears TO be vice versa if anything. But
1t is all mixed up apparently, with no rule
| whatever, unless it be the distinction be-
| tween office and residence of which have
already spoken. When my brother was
stopping with me this winter oil his invita-
tions came directed Mr.. John s., and
from really smart people too, who in most
things adopt English standards, but it
seemed very odd TO u.s."
The reason probably" said the GENTLE
man to whom she was speaking, who was
one of the old-time New Workers, sis that
we used to follow French fashions instead Of
| English in the old days-especially in all
matters appertaining to society. When /
was young fellow, | will not say how
many years ago, the French were our
models IN all matters of etiquette hence.
| probably the Mr. or Monsieur instead OF the
brusque Esq Of ths English on our notes"
The woman who fails to find this season
hat or bonnet exactly suited both to her
taste and pocket must, indeed, be singularly
| hard to please, says the New York Re.
| corder. From the costliest Partisan con-
colts in gold lace or jot, down to the the
charming and inexpensive little shapes,
which, with yard or so of lace, point
| d'alencon or guipire, a knot of ribbon or
cluster OF blossoms, may be easily trans
formed into a most 5ewitching headgear,
| the range and variety are infinite.
! Not for years has the question. "What
shall | wear" been 80 bewilderingly diff
| cult to answer. For once, Dame Fashion
has relaxed her rigid rule and allows her
votaries most generous latitude. No order
| of shape or trimming seems to prevail.
There are large hats and small canotes, roll
| ing and dropping brims, high crowns and
| low, some fairly laden down with beautiful
| trimming. others with only a huge bow Of
| soft ribbon.
As rule. 1t can only be said that the stiff
| pompons. aigrettes, heavy jet ornaments
| and clearly defined order of trimming,
which marked the winter fashions, are
notably absent; that flowers are seen in
greater profusion than for several years
past; that feathers are rarely used, save as
an article deluxe on the very elaborate
bonnets, aud that carelessness and natural
ness OF effect seem TO DO particularly de-
sired.
One invarlable feature, however, of the
spring fashions Is the broad ribbon strings
which are on all the hats, and may be worn
dangling loosely down the back; or knotted
around the throat.
TIE flowers this year are beautiful be-
You'd word. Every color and shade that
can be found in nature, and out OF it, may
be seen in shop windows. many of which
resemble gorgeous conservatories. The
floral bonnets that have been a feature
at the theatres are still in vogue
Some of the large hats have crowns
composed entirely Of crushed roses, some-
times of a single large fiat rose. Many Of
the flowers come in high montures, re-
| sembling in shape the Prince OF Wales tips.
But large, loose clusters, lying carelessly
on the brim, seem to DO preferred by the
leading modistes. Lace is In great favor,
either alone or to soften the effect of ribbon
or velvet. 1t Is both lighter and more
effective as trimming, and but little moro
expensive, besides being far more easy TO
manipulate for homo millinery.
A charming hat of white French chip has
trimmings OF orange MORE Rros grain RIB
bon gathered at the back, fine yellow rose
monture festooned with folds Of black thread
lace fastened with small jet pins; large
rhinestone buckle on the left side and
Prince OF Wales pompon. There ia fine
jet edging round the brim. An exquisite
hat Of gilt lace has trimming of black
moire loops and lilac sprays; full
brim of black thread lace with Or
naments of rhinestone with anne
thyst centers; an underbrim Of lilac velvet
with narrow wreath of lilacs and broad
streamer of MORE ribbon at the back. A
dainty little Gladys bonnet Of light brown
Milan straw, with lace brim, has a facing
Of brown silk chiffon with narrow piping
Of brown velvet under the brim; with TRIM
mings of velvet and broad striped MORE
ribbon caught with opal and rhinestone
ornaments monture Of beige colored pop
pies aud wide strings Of Havana brown
velvet ribbon.
Furs and all wooden garments, says the
New York Tribune, should be packed
away early in April before the moth mil
Ter and buffalo beetle are ready TO lay their
eggs. When either Of these creatures have
taken up their habitat in either
fur or wool, neither camphor, pepper,
cedar wood or tobacco will drive them