The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-18

not incur their disapproval. She NAV select
/ what she will from the many prevailing
/ fashions and combine them TO suit herself in
| a Quieter, less obtrusive way, and the
result will be at once original and pleasing.
! Strange to say, Immediately thing goes
/ out Of style it becames dIstasteful TO US aud
| we insuinctively turn away from it; but no
| sooner does new mode appear than we
! give it all our admiration. affection and re-
/ gard, no matter how scornfully we may
/ have repudiated il few years ago, when its
glory faded before that Of the new star
arose. For striking illustration of this
truth turn to the present unique and won
| erful fashions.
! But no matter what we thought OF them
last year or the year before. we welcome
| them now and take them all without word
| OF questioning. For instance, what would
you have thought last year of such a dress
as thisl-vigogne, pale-colored, falling over
a black velvet skirt. The vigogne flares
we'll is embroidered with Jet all around,
and ID cut no in great round scallops at
the edge. Extraordinary breadth Of
shoulder is formed 10y cream lace
founcing falling over immense pulled
| sleeves; the houucing meets in point at
the waist. and inside it run black velvet
revers up even to the back of the collar,
| where they meet. Inside the revers
pretty lace tichu is mOdestly crossed and
| caught with an old-fashioned brooch, and
OutoluS bhb ioNcES ldlIS . ohOAS AuA OOHs
| The flare at the shoulders and the flare at
the bottom of the skirt are brought out
| more strongly by the close olasping velvet
belt. Quaintl Yes, it is indeed. And
prstty9 think so. Do not you?
Here's tasteful visiting gown, IL you are
in need Of one. Dull gray cheviot is the
| material for the front part of the dress; but
the entire back. skirt and bodice, are all
velvet, of a rich red brown shade. The
| corsage Is plated in front into a point, and
i has velvet hounce in big waves falling
over each shoulder, and then continuing
down the bodice, widening out as it de-
sends. and falling after it passes the belt in
| long points over the skirt. AT the foot OF
| the skirt there are two bias folds of the
/ same dark velvet. The sleeves are very
pretty first plated down from the shoulder
! quite fatty, and at the elbow starting out
in great loose puffs, which are Immediately
drawn in again, however, beneath tight
cuffs.
Don't you want to make lovely evening
bodice all yourself, one that you can wear
| with plain skirts! Well, then, take a piece
of fine guipure lace and make deep square
| yoke for both the back and the front of
! your bodice. Then take delicately colored
| chiffon, the shade your complexion is
| pleased with, of course, and full it
on TO your yoke, leaving a big
heading standing up. Then gather
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| belt Make your sleeves very short, just
big puffs, and your bodice is done. 1t will
| give you an infantile, bewitching appear
ance, it is so exceedingly babyish. Or, il
| you have a bodice that needs freshening,
make chiffon cape to slip over it. The
! cape doesn't fasten at the neck, but slips
| down and fastens at the top of the low corr
sage. These are very soft aud pretty and
| quite inexpensive.
o, such beautiful dresses have been gaZ-
| ing at of late. They're all coming out very
soon, and I've been permitted a peep at
them. Society is in full swing, and every
| great dressmaker is turning out some ex-
| qusite gowns. They must never offend by
/ making two alike, and it is no easy task to
create for so large number of exacting
women. But it looks as though they would
| not fail. | had not the slightest doubt of
their success as touched with almost rev.
erend fingers those exquisite garments.
There was one Of pink gauze, lightly en-
broidered with silk dots. The skirt was
draped to some little extent, and bordered
| at the foot with two broad bands of roses,
separated by a fine plating of pink chiffon.
| The bodice was the pretty part OF it, how
ever, for over a plating of chiffon
which formed berthe were laid
two thick rows of the same pink roses.
One lay right against the low-out neck, the
other a little below, but curvtng up on each
side, finally touched the upper one on the
shoulder, so that the plating could fall
loosely. Then over the roses, starting at
the top band and running down to the waist,
we're two full rolls OF plain chiffon, which
| widened as they fell, and eventually disap-
peared under the arms, melting into the
fullness of the waist itself. This little oorse-
let was the chief charm Of the dress, and
added the youthful appearance necessary,
for very young girl was to wear it.
Blossoms seem to grow In popularity on
both gowns and bonnets. We discarded
them for little while at the beginning of
the season. but have discovered that there is
nothing that can replace them. The lovely
grace into just the right spot We need
never arrange them. as we must do with
ribbon or lace or velvet; they simply fall
into their places of their own accord. So
that all Of the latest evening hats and q
great many others, too, for dress occasions,
are plentifully adorned with blossoms,
Velvet ones, OF course, are the favorites,
for their colorings are so rich, and the pet.
ais are so soft and natural
| But l must finish about my dresses. The
next one that excited my admiration was OF
palest green silk white chiffon, white velvet
ribbon and pale green ribbon; black lace
black velvet and jet, and all these various
materials were combined in most pleasing
fashion. The pale green silk predominated
of course. The black lace was observed in
three little founces at the feet, in deer
founces below the shoulder puffs, and il
another deep 1ounce around the decollett
oorsage. The white chiffon formed a ruche
above the black ruffles on the skirt, finely
gathered bodice and big sleeve-puffs. The
jet united the white puffs and the lace
sleeve ruffles headed the full slanting black
velvet ceinture that started under the right
arm and ended at the waist line on the left
and hung IN deep fringe on the lower edge
of the same ceinture. The white ribbon
joined the green ribbon, and together they
stood out in a small bow on each shoulder
, in another on the right arm. in still ont
more on the right side of the bodice, and
. finally in one of great length at the left side
falling from the velvet Is your imagins-
ton equal to the task Of adjusting these de-
tails and constructing a beautiful gowr
, therefrom9 If not, gaze upon the pictured
whole.
One more gown, and-as the minister says
, and as the people often hear with a sigh o.
/ relief-I am done.
This one Is for a stately matron, and i
made of velvet of rich ruby hue. Tn,
gown, of princesse cut. opens wide to ad-
NIT a black lace front, cut very low, anC
/ filled in above by a flchu of rare, creamy
lace. Little puffs of the same lace are OF
the shoulders. The full sleeves are caugh