The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-15
THE WOMAN OF FASHION
LOOKS INTO TIE MAzES OF THE
RIBBON QUESTION.

She Finds That They Are Decidedly
"the ThinR"-some Striking and
Novel AArrsngements-Two Garden
Hats-Plumes and Summer Head
gear.
Copyright
New YORK, May 40, dear, what a
flutter Of ribbons! What flying, and
tossing, and waving, and wild confusion Of
ribbonsl What does 1t all mean, this mass
! of streamers that flies in every ones face,
that mixes itself contusedly with other
streamers as they passl 1t means, for one
thing. that the ribbon trade is prosperous.
| Men may talk about the extravaganza and
utter uselessness Of this inconvenient ap-
| pendix to a woman's toilet, but there is q
large class of people who are devoutly
thankful for IL; for the silk trade has ad-
vanced immensely since we have taken to
| floating three yards OF ribbons from our
bonnets and another five or six here and
| there from our gowns.
So we're not so very foolish after all.
Even our extravagances work good instead
of mischief, although perhaps, only incl
| dentaly.
The summer girl must captivate, and how
can she captivate il she is not bewitching!
and how can she be bewitching il there is
nothing about her that attracts, that
catches and holds the eye, some little oddly
or innovation that pleases and charmsl And
in ribbons she finds such a broad field of
labor; there IS no end to the variety of
arrangement. And the summer girl, know
ing full well the thrill Of pleasure that every
true man feels when a bit Of his lady loves
ribbon fiutters around his ears or caresses
his cheek. or touches gently his hand
welcomes the ribbon fad with open arms.
How many quaint arrangements of
ribbon have / seen this last week. One
started back under the right arm and ran
across both back and front In a long diagonal
un il it reached the bottom of the skirt at
the other side and knotted loosely. Another
came from under each arm and was brought
around to the back of the bodice, in the
center of each side, down to the edge of the
waist. Then it was carried up almost to
the neck and tied In q bow with very long
ends. Another went around the waist
simply and tied in the old-fashioned way in
a great long bow.
Another arrangement was on a dainty
dress OF violet crepe and lace. The violet
ribbon was laid in three bands over the full
lace ruffie at the bottom of the skirt. 1t
edged the bodice also and formed the divid,
ing line between the corsage and the lace
yoke, adorned in the center with a bow.
Around each arm it was tied with bow at
the top and it formed three loose puffs in
the sleeve by combining the lace at intervals.
Even the high collar had a tiny edge of il
and small bow at one side.
A tall and stately dame was adorned in
truly regal fashion. The ribbon she had Sc
lected was soft and wide and changeabe.
1t started at each shoulder with a small
bow, and out from each small bow came a
long, imposing bow, the ends Of which, cut
in deep VS.. fell to the lady's feet. The
loops came down only two-thirds of the
way. They were caught at the waist under
broad belt.
Then 1 saw pretty house dress all
adorned with ribbons. Fastened at each
shoulder, the narrow bands slanted until
they met in V just above the waist, where
they crossed and fell in a long bow at the
back. Then two long ends hung from the
waist in front-one on each side-and were
knotted third way down into four small
loops. These loops were on the bands that
crossed the bodice. also fastened on near the
shoulder. Bows with long fiuttering ends
hung from each cuff. The little lady who
wore 1t, as she fitted about in her fiat
parlor. made the room all warm with color
and life, for the ribbons were o deep rich
crimson.
Still another had two wide ribbon bands
from shoulder TO bottom of skirt, with a
large bow on shoulder and larger one at
the bottom. fastening it to the lace ruffle of
the gown.
But when saw the one am going to de-.
scribe now, the others faded from my mind
and left this one in full possession of all my
admiration and delight; for 1t was SO very
dainty. The dress was almost concealed by
the long lace polonaise which covered 1t.
The ribbon arrangement was the same
both back and front Four long loops fell
from each shoulder, two back and
two front and from under these
loops came two bands on each side that
ran down to the waist, narrowing off as
they went until they were only points The
lace was rather full at the waist and hips
and was caught down at regular intervals
all the way round by long, graceful bows
cut at the ends into very deep scallops. The
sleeves, which were simply big puffs Of laco,
were gathered up in two places by bands of
the ribbon, and two long loops hanging
therefrcm; there were no ends. Her little
lace hat was also we'll adorned with these
small loops.
One more arrangement must describe to
you on costume i'll soft gold brown. The
ribbons were a creamy yellow and melted
tremendously into the brown. The bands
were quite broad and ran straight up and
down the entire front of the dress about
two inches apart. The effect was very
striking; small pointed passementerie
belt saved it from being unbecoming, and
the sides of the princesse back came over 1t
we'll at the hips and then swept away as
they neared the bottom, leaving a wide dis
play Of the ribbon stripes A lace yoke
softened the effect at the neck.
The hat worn with the gown went with IL
well. The straw was of the same soft gold
brown as the dress, and around the brim
was laid a scarf of yellow chiffon to match
the dress trimming. IL was knotted loosely
In the back aud fell down about a yard and
half. Tbs front of the hat was covered
with china asters in lavender ann white.
As the season advances more surely aud
the warm days nearly overpower us even in
May, we turn gladly to the light plumes
for the adornment of our hats. We look SO
much cooler under thsm, and they, in their
turn, look 30 pretty in the delicate colors-
white, pale green, pink, lavender, faint
blue-gray and real blue. On q white har
particularly there is nothing prettier than a
mass Of them.
To-day l saw an exquisite hat to be worn
at garden party. Il was covered. first of
all. with heavy lace; then for a finish it had
three edges Of fine straw. one above the
other The one next to the face was a very
pale clear green, the next a very dark
shade OF the same color, and the top a light
green again. The little under crown was
also trimmed with the dark green straw.
1t was trimmed with wings OF lace, long
wide wings-and one had an edge Of the
pale straw. The wide MORE streamers
were of the same pale shade.