The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-11
THE WOMAN OF FASHION.
Then Sing Ho! For the Brides of the
Summer Time.

Then Sing Ho! For the Brides of the
Summer Time.
Copyright. 1897
o. my loves like red. red rose,
That's newly sprung in June.
O. my love s like the melodies
That's sweetly played in tune
New York, June 1910 sang Robbie
Burns in the gladness of his heart as he
dreamed of the charms of his ruddy Scot
tish witch. And if he married her, or
if her forgot her before the melody was
finished, or the first petal had fallen,
he has at least told us in a
ballad that the maiden brides of 1893 are
in very truth twin sisters Of his love.
Easter brides are lovely; they are eXotics.
But the summertime brides are lovelier,
for they are born in the midst of the most
beautiful things of the year They are
like red, red rOses-roSes are blooming all
about them; they are like the melody be-
cause birds and flowers and sweet, mani
mate loves are singing everywhere But,
alas, unlike the maidens whom Burns
celebrated, they can't step forth in freshly
starched lawn under their Sunday kirtle
to be married by a parSOn in the kirk.
They hire the florist, and tell the organ
ist what to play, and they moan over
French fashion plates for many weary
months before their rosy faces shine
above the creations wrought from their
studies of the tyrant modes. Very often
they are married in a supposedly sylvan
style from the country house of their
parents or the quaint little church in the
village near by Then the preparations
are, If possible more elaborate than for
the town church wedding, for whole car
pets of wild flowers must be woven, cater
ers must be imported and arrange
ments must be made for the enter
tainment of visiting friends. But / can
not take upon my shoulders all the bur
dens of the day of Joy. | have only to
tell how dark girls, and light, grave girls
and gay girls who have campaigned
through brilliant seasons, and girls who
are this winters buds, unfold their petals
in silk and satin, and the other
wonderful fabrics of this mad
epoch in dress. Don't look for sensation
alism to-day, please. Wedding dresses
change less than the prevailing styles in
other gowns. There are a few rules which
admit of no deviation and they are so
closely drawn that concessions to La
Mode must necessarily be conservative.
Wedding gowns may be emplre-they
were last winter-or princesse, which is
a standard privilege, or as at the present
instant, $780, and here we have with
most grave and weighty details as to
garniture, the sum total of my calcula-
tions. Bridesmaids gowns, travelling
dresses--in these the fancy of the hour
runs near riot, and so much might be
said that shall barely skirt the subject.
The fashionable June weddings will take
place in New York, and they will be
typical of the summer bevy Picturesque
effects will be the chief aim of bride
and dressmaker, and they will
be obtained by cunning combinations of
colors No longer do the bridesmaids
dress in gowns of one pattern and hue.
They are delicatcly designed for the
tableaux about the altar, and for the
march up the aisle. A girl in mauye
crepon win walk with another in white
grcnadine, a second pair may be apple
gray and misty red, while among the
warm, happy tints comes the pure white
bride There will be three such brightly
colored weddings this month.
One bride, the first on the list, has red
hair and cheeks. The eyes are brown and
the face is fair. Her bridesmaids will
wear pale ambers, clear yellOws, and
honest blues. Her own gown, which NAV
be of less moment to her than her maids
costumes, is of white duchesse satin with
an immensely long train. The straight
skirt Is trimmed with a single fiounce of
Brussels lace and a rope of orange bios
SONS The closely fitting 1880 bodice is
deliberately deckcd with seed pearls hung
about the neck and falling over the
quaint collarette of lace. She will
wear a tulle veil turned back from her
face, and caught with a pearl pin. Her
bouquet Is the shower bOuque: we have
borrowed from our English cousins of
orchids and orange blossoms. The brides
maids-there are four-are dressed in
blending shades of yellow chiffon and
blue silk tulle Their hats are alike, four
huge, white leghorns. They are trimmed
with brown plumes and gaudy orchids
Is it not an artistic picturel
The second bride is stately and dark
She will have but one bridesmaid her
sister. Her marriage gown will be dead
white engaline-surely trying choice
And it will succumb only TO the issued
edict in its sleeves. There will be
three caps from shoulder 10 elbow,
weighted at each edge by q narrow
band of exquisite Indian embroidery. The
heavy vatican train is artfully hung free
from the middle point of the shoulders TO
the ground. The front of the skirt is al
most startlingly tight according to our
recently remodeled ideas The
skirt trimming is but lengths of embroid-
cry down the front and cascaded about
the foot. The bodice fits closely and FAST
ems behind. A band of embroidery
across the bust defines plain, tight yoke
relieved by round collar Of old lace.
From the bust line more embroidery
which looks like pearls sewed upon a half
inch ribbon-are gathered unto the
slightly pointed girdle. This brides veil
is also turned back from her face after
the English fashion. She is a pretty
girl, but she will look bit chilly in her
half tailor wedding dress.
Her bridesmaid will do her best to atone,
however, in a fiippant, pulled up pink
frock all ruffles and lace and unexpected
turns of color. 1t is pink taffeta, with
Quaker gray, but where one expects a
glimpse of gray, pink appears until one is
quite upset and uncertain of the next
move. A double skirt is pink tulle, and a
fiounce of gray, stampedin a lace pattern,
trims the double skirt. There is q. broad
belt of mingled gray and pink, a demure
surplice front, splashing big
collar and befrilled, bewildering
sleeves which quite destroy ones belief
in its goodness.
The brides going away dress is shot
green aud brown crepon, made en- prin-
cesse, and trimmed with velvet. The hat