The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-03

ALLOW and all afiy in the b-eezes. Around
her neck she wears a huge boa tied with
long flowing ends, one Of wlicn flies far be-
hind her aad the other IS permitted TO fall
down and under one Of her fur-clai arms.
All around the skaters cloak there Is q
multiplicity Of tails-let Us not say cas
tails-and her muh Is also decorated with
them.
! Her hat is a mass Of plumes and her hair
IS dressed In the prevailing fashion, which
calls for great number Of little curls and
twirls and curves. The skaters dress IS the
| only gown Of the season which cannot be
I built IN conformity with the rigid tie back
which is la mode. 1t is impossible =
make II this way because the skater must
have freedom ot limb. aud the tie-back does
not permit that The skaters dress must
be very full all the way round, and it can
not drag III the back. Tne best length is
just below the ankles, and it should be Of
the same length all the way round.
To compensate for the sad lack Of STYLE
which the skaters dress musE naturally
have, the fair skater may allow herself a
great deal Of prettiness aud a great deal of
latitude IN the trimming Of the bottom Of
her skirt.
IL is not the style, you know, to wear
Pelticoats; instead II that frills are placed
around the inside Of the dress sklr. IN such
way that petticJat effect Is produced
without any OF the petticoats bulkiness.
Now the skater, who, by the way, is gener-
ally wicked little cheat and a are and a
delusion, wants to make herself as bewitch-
ing as possible about the feet, and 80 she
dresse7 the bottom Of her skirt with a tiny
SIX frIll to match her dress, and Just inside
Of he dress trill she fits q white lace one.
Inc white lace is quite as long AS tie dress
skirt, nnd the first free stroke Of the skate
senos The skirt out upon the breeze, letting
the Trlll get in It's fine work to bring havoc
to the minds OF masculine observers.
Ihe toboggan suit is a pretty one, but the
skatar's is more graceful by far.
Women must look siim-they really
must. Everything possible Is done TO pro-
duce this appearance. Not every woman
who Is stout has the uardih0od q diet She
PREFERS 10 be a little plumper than the
Fashionable law allows rather than deprive
herself Of that which is indeed meat and
drink to her
When the fair Lillian Russell found that
she was becoming less syIphlike than she
desired, she took rigid course Of absti-
nence, but 1t was too wearing fer any one
as peTted and pampered as the lovely Lii
ian, aud she soOl changed her mind about
this course Of treatment and went to work
trying to dress in a simmer fashion.
NO" you know everything is in ones ap-
pearance. Things are seldom what they
seem. Indeed things are never what they
seem. IL is all an optical delusion. II YOU
90 not believe this get glimpse of yourself
IN convex mirror and then look at your
self directly afi ward in a concave mirror
and see II you do not lose all faith in the
actuallty and the reality Of things.
But TO return to the lovely Russell TAX
ing her modiste into her confidence and con-
Sultiug the best artist Of her acquailta
she found that the slim pointed BASQUE,
made her look great deal larger, aud she
also found that any kind OF trimming
round the waists line made that same waist
line much larger than it really was. Ac
cordingly she gave up bAsques and she gave
up waist trimmings. and she likewise gave
up folds and GROSS bands and passementeries
and cords and everything that produced a
round-end-round effect
Next she ordered a gown made which
should DO on straight lines and vet not at
all Mother HUBBARD no loose flowing I'm.
oeited horror did she want, but On &C ual
gown with conventional waist, and vet
neck to feet
And this Is what the modiste achieved.
The modiste drew design for it first and
then faithfully followed out the directions.
There Is a.Nagpore silk vest of yellow silk
and the collar is done in the conventional
Greek pattern Of black braid upon a
groundwork Of yellow. The gown itself is
made of llama wool and the trimming is
a ne In hand embroidery. The gown is of
Dlack and the vest only is of yellow. The
folds run lengthwise and the fullness is
brought under the arms and is wrapped
around the waist. The effect is extremely
pretty. and is so graceful that Lillian is go~
ing to have it recopied for q stage dress in
her next play.
"A very pretty gown was recently turned
OUT Tor dime given by q well-known
oluo In New York. Thu invitations read
Tor ladies' dress informal - and that meant
that the dress was to be neither very decol-
iete nor yet strictly walking dress. 1t is
not an altogether easy thing to make
gown that fultils oil these requirements. 1t
must be full dress, yet not full dress It
must be dressy looking affair, and yet be
quite Informal II its appearance.
The pretty gown that was produced for
this occasion fulfilled all these IDEAS. The
waist was OF lovely kind OF lace net with
large inquired lozenges on it OF gold and sill
yer tinsel. 1t was cut pointed front and
back, the point extending but very little
below the shoulders. The sleeves were of q
net ana terminated at the elbow, large
Silt IN the net revealing the fair skin Of the
wearer. Gloves Of wide suede stitched with
silver met the sleeves above the elbow. and
the neck OF the gown was caught front and
back with large gold clasp. There was
nothing suggestive Of the deoollete in the
dress, aud yet it was most dressy and
pretty. The skirt was a dsmi-train, and
around the hem there was a broad band OF
black velvet, tied at the side in very large
bow. The corsage was finished by a very
deep black girdle, with black pasSementerIe
around the upper edge, and at the front
there was huge black velvet bow There
was also bow at the back of the cor
sage, and the ends hung down to the foot of
the train.
The passion for bows seems TO have
spread about as far as it possibly cal.
Every well-dressed woman has half a dozen
OF them somewhere upon her gown, and she
even adds bow to the side Of her hair and
bands her coiffure with strips Of ribbon.
Very large bows are used for decorating a
gown here and there, aad one need not be
afraid of getting on too many OF these
ornaments.
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