The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-30

who has tired Of the follies OF this world.
No more fashions for me. I shall dress
in the plainest Of plain black gowns. I
suppose-yes, / am sure l shall have to
wear crinolined skirts, and sleeves, and
and perhaps a crush collar, but that
is ALL Not a rever. nor lace front, nor
let OF fur or purple or cerise, will you
see on me this coming year. I'm tired
of looking swell and gorgeous, and Of
attracting attention"
Il" said another, "snau practice no
more economy. 1t doesn't pay to buy
bargains. and get things up cheaply. No.
everything hereafter is going TO be of
the best quality, if / have 10 wear only
one dress all the year round. Il shall
have the SWEETEST cut and be Of the best
cloth, if 1t takes every cent ! have. Then
III feel satisfied with myself, and won't
care who walks beside me-"
L have resolved on one thing said
number three, in unconscious contradic-
tion Of her predecessor; land that is that
il isn't worth while buying good material
for ones clothes. There's that heavy
cloth dress 1 had made up late last vim
ter; and il cost me something like $50
Now I'd like to know what good it is
10 me. The skirt isn't half full enough,
and hasn't the correct curve. It's i'm
possible to make it over. The sleeves
stand out in altogether the wrong spot;
and all 1 can do with it is to present it
10 one Of my poor relatives. But it has
taught me a good lesson. Hereafter my
dresses shall be made to last only sea
son, at the most and the material shall
not be of the kind that never wear out.
The making is all / shall bother with.
DO you know what l shall do next
vear2 Well, just this, I shall not buy one
single dress. No, you needn't smile.
mean it. The fashions are so crazy now
that I know they can't last for many
frnar -
der a lot of dresses that win be of no
earthly use in a little while. | shall just
have my old dresses fixed over the best
way possible and save real hard for
twelve months. BY that time L eX-
poet we shall all be more sensible, and
then III come out in the Emancipated
Woman's costumes.
Another had a still more brilliant idea.
Il intend to trim all of my own hats.
have learned how, and can do it well.
Every time l do one / shall put away
the money 1 would have spent on it. and
then see how much I'll have by next New
Years day. / know it'll be a small for
tune"
NO, I am not going to turn over any
new leaves except in just one little thing.
I shall give up curling my hair. All the
life is getting frizzed out of it and must
have it in some sort of condition before
-before-before" and she hesitated and
looked down
And so they all go on. Bless their hearts
may they cling to their resolutions. But
I fear that the evils of Satan will prove
too much for them, and that he'll slyly
blow on the freshly turned leaf until it
flutters back and reveals the well worn,
much bescrawled one of former days.
There's no reform about the afternoon
dress parade, that is certain. 1t hasn't
occurred to any Of them to turn over
leaves or retrench. They are all out to
H.. r,T a. tot, .l.-N-
we know. With all the styles, every one
is allowed to wear very much what she
pleases, in very much her own way. Aud
St makes us expect startling and unique
combinations.
Alas! the result is nothing but a tire
some caricature of all that is rich and
beautiful. The afternoon dress parade is
gorgeous and magnificent, and brilliant
and snowy and all the other impressive
adjectves. We look at each one in silent
ave. and admire the bit of bright color
flung IN the dark spot, and the bit of fur
there, and the great velvet rosstte here.
And we say: Oil and are immediately
taken with another that is even more
striking. Half a dozen of them pass in
swift succession, and nearly all of the
establishment and admiration has been
extracted from the ordinary gazer. After
that it is a queer, dulled sensation, sort
of mild suffocation, which presently turns
into something like utter WEAKNESS. What
are they all after? Why. originality, of
course. And when the dress parade has
passed, you decide that they're all won
derfully alike You remember three or
four of the several hundred you have
gazed at. Perhaps the creature in green
and black deserved some credit. You sin
eled her out in all that throng. Her
spreading black skirt was half covered
with rich directoire of green velvet slit
upen up the back to show the organ folds
of the skirt. Two deep square collars fell
over the directoire, one in black MORE,
the other in green velvet, both edged with
jet beading. The big sleeves were of green
velvet. Her hat was perched away at the
back of her head, and was a iyaway thing
with a black wing outstretched at each of
its four corners. and between, falling down
over the low couture bunch of big green
velvet choux that served for a crown Her
directoire tails foated in the wind, and
she looked like a rather substantial bird
ready for flight.
The girl in brown and white had aimed
at effect, and had been rather success
full. Her plain costume was of soft BAN
ana-brown cloth, and at her neck was
clasped pretty collet of pure ernine,
falling rather long in the back, and in
fancy tails in front. Her brown hat was
heavy with rich cream tips with velvet of
the same color and of brown. The gloves
were white.
the gown a ia Russo. It's dull blue skirt
was overhung with a blouse of duh plum
edged with dull gold passementerie. 1t
was cut away at the neck to show the blue
yoke, and the curve of the tight-fitting
corsage was sharply outlined by the gol-
den braid. The long skirt of the blouse
slanted at the left side, in graceful fash
ion; and gold-edged epaulettes of the plum
fell over the blue sleeves. Her hair was
dull gold and her eyes were of the deep,
softened blue of the skirt. Yes, You liked
her, liked her very we'll
You weren't so sure about the demois-
ellie in black velveteen, who swept by To
be sure. the scrolls that We're outlined in
silver upon her fun skirt. were delicate
and beautiful. But the purple Of her point
ed yoke was very bright; and so was the
gold that faced the broad, square revers
that come over each shoulder, and ended
in an abrupt point in front. Then the
black hat was too closely submerged with
violets and purple plumes to altogether
please you.
After all, you decided in favor of the
girl all in dark blue. She, with plain,
stitched skirt, and long coat OF the same