The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-12
THE WOMAN OF FASHION.
Daring Departures Mark the Fashion,
able Maiden Of To-day.

Types of the Latest-A Thronging of
Brilliant Figures and Glimpses at
Some of Them Materials and Com
binations That are Novel.
Copyright, 1899
New York, Nov. 11.-Your fashionable
girl is not one of kind this winter. She
presents herself in so many phases that
you are amazed when you come to think
of it and you wonder how it is that such
strikingly opposite effects as YOU have
just seen, can, both of them, be so strictly
fashionable You meet, first of all, your
true 1880 girl, with her broad, dropping
shoulder puffs, and broader revers that
fall helplessly over; with her correspond
ingly dropping hat, and with widening
effects at hip and skirts edge. She APP
peals to you, somehow, and you feel as if
she is in need of something, you can
scarcely tell what, You hover about her
in a sort of uncertain fashion, until she
lifts her eyebrows in surprise; then You
fall back like a fool, and remind yourself
that this is simply fashionable type
You turn from her to find different
sort Of a girl. This girl has big sleeves
with big droOpS, too; and yet her revers
have way of standing more erect. Then
straight, without a fold. her bodice slopes
down to the waist line, and from there on
takes such pretty, full plaits into itself,
standing out bravely aud jauutily all
about her Such dainty figure she
presents! Perhaps it is the satin bands
and the braids that encirCle her figure so
protectingly that make you think that
she, at least needs no further assistance.
Her step is so Sprlngy and elastic, the
slenderuess of her form is so intensified
by the pretty fulness of her basuue's
skirt, that she delights your eye, and you
stand oil a little to watch her as She
passes swiftly away.
Then you meet your taiormade girl,
always Immaculate and charming in her
severe simplicity. But even the tailor
made girl has a fascination this year that
she never had before. Perhaps il is the
Quaintness of rever and sleeve that give
it 10 her Certain il Is that she satisfies
that craving for perfection which makes
itself felt in the human breast.
But, after all, thought /, my second girl
belongs first. This clinging, beseeChing
apparel is very touching but the daring
basques are more suited TO the latter-day
girl. How quickly this fact dawned upon
her! The Russian blouse effects of so few
seasons ago, SO graceful in line, that were
superseded by the short loose bodice.
have quickly renewed their youth
and improved themselves in the renewal
What can be jauuticr than the long BASQUE
of the new season 1t is 50 like the Amer
lean girl, who could not long endure the
helplessness that the 1880 imposed upon
her. She didn't dare do anything for
herself in her queer, old fashioned cos
tune; and, therefore. could not do aught
but throw it off Now she is more like
herself, all hail to herl
To-day | made up my mind would call
on no arbiter of fashion-what a misnO-
mer the title has come to be-but would
view Ia mode as she is worn on our fash
iOnable streets. No long dissertation do
| care for this day, thought ; let me be-
take myself to sunlit thoroughfares,
where the women throng, and see for my
self what they are choosing.
But found it no easy task. Color fol-
lowed color, and fancy, fancy, in such be
wildering rapidity that my senses found
themselves all too sloEv. / managed to
single out, from a great many others, an
emlnence purple, whose skirt was all
shining with tiny silvered dots that COW
cred it, The long basque was a plain
eminence, and its edge was all cut into
inverted scallODs. These were edged
with fine lace. The basque was cut
away at the neck, too, to let in a yoke
bespangled like the skirt; here the lace
edged scallops were also brought in with
good effect Two fiat shoulder rulfies
We're similarly edged with white
Among an amazing quantity of bright
costumes my eye rested on a dark dark
blue, made very simply. a plain black
satin band finished the skirt and the edge
of the long, full-skirted basque Then
four satin bands encircled the bodice, one.
of course, at the waist line. Tiny gath
cred straps went over each shoulder, to
join the topmOst band at back and front.
and were finished with small choux. She
was one OF those slender wasted figures
that sank into oblivion when the empire
came back, and which since then. have
had but little reason for existing. So
that her tapering waist excited all the
more comment particularly because the
skirt of her basque was more than ordi-
narily full.
Then Ii grayish fawn clamored for at
tention. The shade was little removed
from white, and is color one sees little
of nowadays Each of the skirt seams
was hidden beneath green velvet piping.
and a green velvet bertha looked start
hng!y prominent against the pale tint Of
the gown
A pale chocolate stripe Of two light
shades, with the stripe slantinc. had a
series of small rounding tabs of plain
cloth over each skirt seam Each tab
was buttoned TO the one Just above.
A neat black had black and white
trimming that was most unassuming. A
putting Of the black and white silk fin
ished the skirt and the revers OF the
bodice. 1t also, in narrower line. con
cealed the hooking Of the basque in front:
and then it encircled the throat
Then ] saw, oh, such q pretty dress :
that had groundwork of red, so lined
and irregularly worked with black vel
ours, that you could scarcely find any
traces Of the bright color A narrow
band of black astrachan formed a rich
finish TO the skirt. The bodice was loose
~ gathered together at the bust, with
apparent carelessness, and the folds
caught with a chOux Of black satin. Two
fiat, black satin revers lay well over the
sleeves, edged with an insertion laid over
brilliant red satin.
Some dresses went past so quickly that
all ! could catch was the material. A
soft, dark-red attracted me. The ma
ter!al was raised in small squares. very
open, OF mohair, although the ground was
wool.
A rich terra Gotta was plentifully and
closely lined with black and a pattern Of
clocks in a lighter terra Gotta, was thrown
over, worked in silk
A fine dark-blue saclling was squared
over with tiny silk dotsof the same shade.
then dashed with brilliant orange.
A pFetfV trimming algo cu1trrlf ~, e.tre,