The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-09
THE WOMAN OF FASHION.
The ATt0 Looking Cool and Feeling
Comfortable

Summer Girl Should Act-The Cool
est OF All White Fabrios-How TO
Make It Representatives, of the Del
icate organdies.
Copyright
New York, July S.-The main object in
| life, at present, is TO keep cool. Men have,
| for the nonce. abandoned their efforts to
make money, and are almost content to
lie under the shade of some great tree, or
| on the shining sands, clad in their COM
| Portable summer garments. and they
are successfully keep cool and look
| quite comfortable.
| But let the summer girl put on her
! thinnest garmets, and dress herself in
| most deliberate manner, to avoid over
! heating, and, in spite of all, she will sud
| denly spoil the work of hours by entering
| into animated Conversations most heat
! ing occupation-by waving her fan vigor-
| ously, or, perhaps, by dropping her book
! where there is no one around TO pick il
| up for her These actions are reckless,
! and you may have noticed that the sum
| mer man is never so foolish as to be
! caught at any of them His replies 10
! your conversation are vague or dreamy or
! ac0uiescent. He never dreams of con
! tradicting YOU while the sun shines
| Under the evening stars it is different
| there is more air then. But when the
thermometer is above 80, you can make
! any sort of remark to him without being
| challenged.
Now why should the comfort be all on
one side? Why cannot the girl keep cool
as well2
She can, certainly, if she will go about
! it in the right way.
Before she starts to dress she will, of
! course, take her morning rub, making ev-
! cry part of her body Jingle with the smart
application of her Turkish tOweling nit
tens or hair mlttenS. The latter are far
the better-after the warm sponge bath,
which is more cooling in its effects than
the cold bath-and imparts lovely,
| healthy glow to the skin, which is quick
ly followed by delightfully."- cool sensa-
tion.
Then the arms and neck will be delight
| fully f1ecked with harmless powder, and
the close-fitting under garment dOnned
If this is of wool, as it should be, both
summer and winter, scarcely any under
wear will need to be added. That is the
beauty of the wool. It keeps your skin
perfectly sheltered from chill or draught
and enables you to be very lightly clad
1t is not the warm wool that yOu will find
| heating, but the number and weight of
| garm ents that would need to be worm
were the wool omitted. Then, when you
have donned your thin corset and pretty,
lace-trimmed corset cover and your one
skirt, you are all ready for cool, white
gown.
If this is of dotted Swiss, made in loose
gathered fashion, do not believe you will
have mnch trouble in looking fresh and
comfortable. even if the sun does beat
fercely down upon the earth.
How will you make your dotted muslin2
A full skirt of four widths will narrow
slightly at the waist, and will be simply
hemmed deeply. OF course it will not be
lined The waist will be gathered at the
neck and yoke, and the skirt button up
over il. You may have girdle of white
satin ribbon. narrow ribbons may tie
around the armholes in a bow on each
shoulder, and ruffie or ruche of fine lace
may trim the neck and run down the
front. Very fine lawns are also beautiful
in white and are perhaps even cooler
than the sheerer muslins.
White lawn, embroidered in deep Dor
ders Of dark blue, or in the pale colors,
make fresh morning gowns, trimmed with
ribbons that match the embroidery.
White China silk leaves nothing to be
desired for afternoon and evening gowns,
made with very full, fancily trimmed
skirts, all rufies and puffs and tucks, and
with fuller waists that are mass of lace
gatherings.
The organizes are coolest of all, if you
desire a gown in ColOrs. The prettiest of
E
sprays of many-colored flowers, with
leaves or with big flower patterns. Made
over silk of the prominent shade in the
sprays, and trimmed with like cOlOred
ribbons, they are charming. If you can
not afford silk, line with sateen or batiste.
Organizes are prettiest trimmed with
lace, with deep hOuncings or possibly fine
insertion.
Even when trimmed only with ruf1es
and fiounces of the same material, they
are very pretty. OF course their chief
charm lies in their fullness and puffness
The waist is shirred or gathered, bretelles
go over the shoulder, ribbons tie on the
shoulders also, and In front as well, over
| the bust, and the belt is made of ribbon.
A pretty gown that has just left for
| Newport, is made over pale lavender,
! and has a a bar of lavender, running
through the material, with the stripes
between tiecked with a tiny black design.
The skirt is edged with three ruffles, each
ruffle again edged with heliotrope ribbon
of trif1e deeper tint. The waist has a
broad point inserted, of sheer white null,
| gathered, down each side of which fall
| the full bretelles, pointed at the waist
! and separated from the front by broad
rever of lavender. The sleeves are lego
| mutton.
Another very delightful gown is made
| of three deep ruffies-the lowest of pale
y
| guipure, sharply pointed, and the third of
the organdie. The waist is but slightly
gathered, and is almost covered by the
fiouncing of lace that falls over the
shoulders, and meets in point in front a
little above the belt line.
A number of the prettiest of these
gowns have yokes made separately from
the bodice, so that they can be worn
evenings without They thus make suita-
BILE gowns for summer ballroom. Others
have number of guimpes made for the
same gown of different colors and differ
! ent materials. With a limited wardrobe
such changes work wonders OF course
there must be in each case a set of rib
! bOns to match each guimpe, and an effect
! i've change is thus wrought in a gown
| that might otherwise have grown tire
some, where necessity for constant wear
exists.
OF course none of the gowns show the
! slightest attempt at stifening. In Paris
the reaction has fully set in against the
ungainly harshness of the crinoline. All
gowns look very much as they did last
! summer, in front, for there is but little
| fullness there. At the back the gather
! ings spread out more, and at the feet, as
well, there is more protuberance. But
| the coming of q new season will doubtless