The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-09
WOMAN OF FASHION.
BRIGHT AND STARTLING COMBIE a.
TONS SEEN III .sB FALL DAYS.

Some Dainty Negligees.
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NEW York, Oct. S.-Oon't you think
you'd look charming in your great grand
mothers gowns A w0nderful black velvet
sweeping out royalty behind you, bodice
cut shockingly low, soft fall of rich old
lace. a general effect Of old-fashioned
womanliness and grace. Dear me, the
thought of il makes us wish that we, too,
had been born in those dear old
days when the danes were such pictures
Of quaint beauty and stateIiaess. But
never mind, perhaps we shall be able soon
TO follow in their footsteps. We are making
great strides IN their direction this fall, at
any rate we have the black velvet, which
has been declared quite the thing for even
! young girls; we have the Empire cut and
We have the rare old laces. To he sure, We
have to almost metamorphose our black
velvets by combining them with bright
silks, but then we have gained some points
at least and may well rest content for a
while. Wen make the pretty silk bodices
20 60 with the black velvet skirts
and the short, high-pufed black velvet
! sleeves, since fashion has so decreed, and
wait future developments.
In the meantime, let US hope there will be
no further advance in colors for street cos
tunes. For the past few weeks both mate
rlals and trimming for street gowns have
steadily assumed more and more radiant
hues. They positively shine in all the col
| ors of the rainbow. Why, saw one gown
that had a bright scarlet skirt, trimmed at
the edge with great slashings of black vel
vet, bodice Of brightly oolored plaid silk,
the most prominent colors Of which were
| blue and green, short over-jacket Of black
velvet, with the corners braided in white
silk, big, black velvet bow fastening the
| jacket fronts together; long, black velvet
| streamers at the back of the dress; a high
black velvet collar adorned with ostrich
feathers, and to tip it all, gold-color5d
| gloves to match a fine stripe in the silk
| Such combination! Could you think OF
any more colors that might be put in there?
Another was degree less glaring. 1t had
plaid skirt, a large plaid with bright
colors, and deep band Of plain gold ct the
| edge Its owner, however, was possibly
startled by the effect, for she had concealed
| a great part of it by a second and overskirt
of plain dark blue, which fered away,
| however, almost entirely in front, being cut
a wide inverted Y. The bodice was of bright
| plaid, and wide gold belt made it more
brilliant still.
| A striking Paris gown just over is made
of fine chamois- colored cloth, aud has its
skirt trimmed with scallops, semi circular
in shape, of cloth of like color with the
dress, finely striped in turquoise blue velvet.
| The bodice is cut off extremely low and
square; opened considerably at the front 10
the waist. The space thus left is filled with
| the same striped velvet material A little
heading of the cloth joins the two prettily.
The sleeves are a combination of the two
materials, and in lieu of puff the heading
of cloth stands up on each shoulder The
belt is peculiarly shaped, perfectly plain all
round, except Immediately in front it runs
about five inches down In a very slender
point.
Here's an extremely pretty dress trife
more subdued than usual. Myrtle green
'corkscrew," striped in velvet a shade or
| two darker. The skirt is hung with the
stripe diagonal, ana is draDed 10 front. At
! one side, also, there's a large box plat. A
deep band of velvet Of an extremely rich
dark green borders the skirt, and black vel-
vet buttons adorn the box plat. The WANT
has first plated deep chemsette and then
below tight-1tting bodice, all of the dress
material, but separated ~ rounded velvet
bands A gathered velvet belt, very high
on the left side, is drawn down at the right
into a cleaning buckle. The puff of The
sleeve 10 cut open to leveal darker green
| velvet one beneath. The hat that accom-
panIes this gown is very pretty-a capote of
black lace with high gathered lace standing
| up in the back with an aigrette; pale pink
roses running around the crown and sim
| gle one peeping out beneath in front.
! Velvet is not the only popular cloak
material black for street and afternoon
wear; black for general wear is quite the
craze. The black and red craze of a short
time ago promises to decline and fall away
| Bat it Is probable that the somber shade
alone will stand among the foremost all
winter. Plain black isn't becoming to every
one, by any means. But these pretty
! materials, fecked with a few dashes Of
bright color, are welcome substitutes. The
Gil dOffad with
and fanciful designs, are good to combine
with plain black. These make serviceable,
economical dresses that may be worn on
many an occasion.
Another magnificent cloak made its wav
out OF fashionable shop on Broadway this
morning and went slowly up the avenue, so
as to give every one plenty of opportunity
to gaze. The heavy dark green cloth was
gathered-alUhough only slightly-at the
neck, aud surmounted by Valois collar In
black velvet. The fullness was again caught
at the waist, under wide ribbons that tied
there. Beautiful white and gold embroidery
adorned the front and back of the mantle
forrHinR corslet, and standing up in high
orests on the shoulders. Deep velvet plat.
ings we're on the velvet cuff also, and at the
bottom OF the cloak.
Here are three OF the daintiest little neg
ligee bodices you ever saw. The first is
pink silk, and is finely tucked at the yoke,
then gathered below close into the waist.
A deep ruffle Of guipure lace edges ruff1e of
silk, and deep berthe of lace falls over the
shoulders A pretty rundown collar is of
lace also.
The second is Of delicate Lavender and
strRw-colored satin-a striped satin, with
tiny line of white joining the other two
colors 1t has a fine Chinese crepe front,
of cream, that doubles up under the belt
and hangs quite low. But the side pieces of
the satin hang lower still, and are Joined.
across the crepe front, by three little lands
that have rosette bows in the center of each.
The crepe front at the neck folds over in
the old fashioned kerchief style, and the
sleeves are very short, with deep ruf1les of
lace.
The third Is, first, blouse of white silk,
finely shirred at the neck; over each thread
of the stirring is a loose rope of pink ribbon.
The cuffs have this same shirred and rope
effect Then over the blouse fall short
jackets Of heavy white satin dotted in sprays
of pink lilies of the valley. From under
the bodice comes a deep ruffie Of heavy lace.
EVA A. SCHUBERT.