The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-28

How to Fashion Your Old Gown or
Get Low Priced New One-Enticing
Bargains Now in the Shops-The
Silk Bodice for the Plain skirt-The
Possibilities of the Flat.
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New York, Jan. 27.--Home dressmaking
Is in the air Almost everyone has
tired of her winter gowns; but isn't
quite ready for the new. And many an
ambitious maiden has started to rip up,
with vague and delightful dreams of
Transforming the old into the new, by
means of nothing more than her
clever, deft fingers. Many of
these dreams, alas come to
nought, and the modiste is called in to
help her out of the difficulty. But not all
of our girls are so deficient. Many of
them fashion their gowns altogether. To
these the shops are most tempting just at
this time of the year. Bargains why
they take your breath away When you
pick up an elegant bit of wide cloth,
which the salesman calmly assures you
has been s. a yard all the season, and dis
cover that it is now put at $780, how can
you turn resolutely away from its allur-
ing coloring aud soft touchl And when
you see a great sign, Silks marked
down to fifty cents yard, - and see them
In their dainty shades and really good
quality, how can you convince yourself
that you can actually get along without a
silk bodicel 1t IS hard work; and few
are strong enough to resist.
My search for bargains started in de-
sire to tell others concerning them; but
before was half way through the shops
had succumbed Snore than once to those
aAt lnr,
were first TO command attention. They
were in dull, rich colorings; old reds and
browns, dull olives and blues, were
blended in the small blocks of the ma
terial.
was surprised at the softness of the
cheviots and novelty goods that were but
fifty cents, in goods forty-tive inches
wide, and in all pretty blended shades.
Forty cents advance on this price Sc
cured some beautiful qualities of camels
hair and other woolens. A red and blue.
so subtly woven that three different tones
were given by its folds was put at this
price. A brown and olive, with shaded
ground aud a small palm pattern woven
over, that shaded in opposite fashion,
would make up handsomely with dark
green velvet These wide materials
rarely require more than six yards for
dress; so that the economical girl can get
up the whole thing, Innings, trimmings
and all for less than $40
She viii be quite safe in making her
skirt full, with small ruffies or bands
upon it. For although the overskirts are
pushing their way forward. it is a very
slow process, and it is within the range
of possibility that ere their star has fairly
risen fairer and brighter shall have
hidden their light. Be sure that all your
munies are circular. They are now put
on without fitness, are short, so that
they stand out we'll and add TO the full
appearance of the skirt.
Another refuge of the girl dressmaker
is the silk bodice and basque. All last
summer we remember how the craze for
the silk bodice reigned, and how delight
fully cool they proved. They were laid
away, when autumn came, with real sor-
row; and the substitute had scarcely
been named, when its favor became uni
versal. Everybody proceeded TO get a silk
basque or bodice; or else sets of laces or
velvets To brighten the plain bodice. And
the silks are as cheap as the woods. Such