The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-17

French people. They are great, wide,
tiaring revers; double ones; that make
the woman who hasn't much bust look
broad and well shaped, and, without
drawing lace of her stays. give the
waist very small look This she de-
cided she wanted Then after that she
put on gown that made her look as if
she might have been Anne Hathaway
making love to the gentle William, and
discussing with him The Tanning of the
Shrew." 1t was dark blue cloth trimmed
with black satin about the neck was the
Shakespearean ruff, and about the waist
at least below it-a full martingale,
such as Elizabeth wore, to hide her lack
OF hips. 1t is unnecessary to state that
Elizabeth was not an American woman.
Somehow, l seemed to go back ever, ever
so far. forgot it was New York; for
got 1t was Fifth avenue forgot every
thing but the gentle writer of plays, the
court romauCeS and all the picturesque
surroundings Of the fifteenth century.
THE HARMONY OF CoLoRs.
Then l was reused up. / heard Red
fern say, There is a difference between
black and white and white and black :"
and all | could think of was George
Sands white black bird. But it dawned
upon me that after all it was frivolous. l
| listened. "Black with a touch of white
| that is where two Colors are used-the
| colors alone, is becoming: stripes of
| black and white or black and white plaids
! are abominable, A black gown with
! Robespierre revers of white satin, with
! black ones under it, with fans of white
| satin let in at the skirt, would be what
| the average dressmaker would consider
! proper. 1t is not. A cloth gown is a
| walking gown; consequently white satin
| is as much out Of place on it as a bridal
! veil would be- Instead the white used
, upon it should be the finest white broad
: cloth, outlined either with very narrow
braid or very fine jet beading.
! This all came before me like a picture,
I and saw how absolutely correct from
, the artistic as well as from the dress
, makers standpoint this was. Then l
| heard mo we never make a walking
| Skirt that trained Ladies' dresses are
not hired by the city TO clean the streets,
| and the people who make dresses with
/ trains to be worn in the streets when
| walking were people who had never been
in carriages" almost wept with Joy at
| this, for 1t there is anything | abominate
! and anything which l think ought 10
damn woman here and hereafter, 1t is
! the wearing Of a lOngtailed gown outside
/ Of her house or her carriage. | had
! picked up bit of stuff and was uncon.
! sciously looking at it, when the man tailor
! said 10 me, That's pOtter's blue" The
| new COlOt. IL Is between NLdZdrln and
the light blue, and funnily enough it gets
its name from the stockings that the pot
ters wore. Their costumes consist OF
black breeches, blue stockings, and a
sort of black blouse. ut did seem that
in troCks, we were going ever so far back.
and ] wondered if we would not go back
a little DIT TO the day Of good manners
70 the day when slang wasn't known: to
the day when women didn't smoke cigar
! ettes-no, | don't approve of it, ! think
it is horrid. l don't care whether Rus
sian women or Spanish women do it. !
| don't think American women ought to do
it. The lips that holds a cigarette will
certainly give birth to words that had
better be left msaid, and actions very
ickly follow the words
/ My handsome girl said to me
"YoU HAVE wOMEN FRIENDS WHO sMoKE2"
and I say, Eyes, but believe if my grand
mother could arise from her grave and
see me with a cigarette in my mouth, she
/ would beat me, and the rule in my family
has always been, Never do anything
/ that isn't gentle 10 a girl.'n like girls.
l like their clothes and their belongings,