The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-16
THE WOMAN OF FASHION.
The Question OF the OId-Style Skirt
Is Most Serious One.


NEW YORK, April l5.-The question be-
fore the house, ladies' is this, What shall
we do with our old gownsl Shall we bring
them sadly forth. one by one. aud gaze ten
derby and lovingly upon our favorites, re-
calling the happy hour we enjoyed when we
last wore this one, or the awful misery we
smilingly endured while the boots we al
ways wore with that one pinched us so
dreadfully; or the GOODNESS with which all
the girls received US the evening we wore
that other beautiful onel
And shall we. when sad reflection shall
have thus taken hold upon lis, regretfully
bid good-by to them all, because they are so
far behind tue timesl
Or, supposing that the thought OF their
loss is TOO painful to be borne, shall we de-
eide to bravely wear them out, disregard
ing the scorn OF our neighbors and friendsl
Nay, let US do none Of these; for lol
show you a more expedient way. Make
your skirt over, IL you have little mate
rial left from its first making. With this in
hand, take your tght-htting bell skirt and
cut it ofRsat the knees. Then make deep
flounce for the lower half OF your dress, the
founce to be from four to six yards around,
and lined with silk or thin crinoline lawn.
From Paris come more vigorous protests
against ctinoline. The best modistes there
and in England as well, will not even use
the haircloth which is so commonly in
serted In skirts this side the water. and they
recommend soft silk as the most desirable
material for lining. A good way to cut a
skirt is TO make the upper part half circle
about three yards and a half wide at the
edge, and the lower part q whole circle,
about five and half yards wide. OF
course the popular skirt over here is Just
circle, with the hole cut for the waist
But maybe you haven't any extra mate
rial with which to make your big founce.
Then the only thing you can do is to give a
sloping appearance to your old skirt by
multitudinous small, full ruffies, made OF
pretty silk that will go with your gown.
These spring days belong, OF course, to
the young maiden; ii is in this season that
her thoughts may rove whereso'er they
will and it ID at this season that the balmy
air seems to bring out ell the .coquettishness
in her. She plays and fuses with her locks,
trying ell sorts of new aud extravaganza
styles; she gowns herself in soft, cool dra-
peries, and takes charming attitudes before
tall mirrors to get the effects. l know just
such one, and she has beautiful, wavy
tresses of a pretty, rich brown. Every time
/ have dropped Ia upon her Of late she has
been coiling and twisting them into fantas-
tic shape. She has had such a worried look
for SO long that it was a great re-
lief TO find her, only yesterday, plaeidly
seated in a great chair, with the beautiful
hair all neatly arranged, and contented
look upon her countenence. "Well, what
has it turned out to beF / asked. "Dear
me,n she said, latter all this trouble, I've
come back TO the very same old style"
And, sure enough, there It was; the hair all
caught at tho crown Of the head, as here
totore, and then neatly coiled in one great,
soft twist, with the one big pin through the
center, and eli the tiny gold pins sticking
out around, just as had seen 1t a hundred
times before. There were also the pretty
curls lying all around her face, waved only