The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-13
THE WOMAN OF FASHION.


somewhere: picture hats in black with sill
yer hlagree and plumes in white or black
OF both: picture hats tremulous with lace.
vibrant with cockades. glittering with jet
and steel: picture hats with huge bows Of
watered silk or sheening satin-of all these
| the ostrich plumes and tips are the usual
I and typical adornment
But there are others. The Tam O'Shan-
ter is a high fsvorite TO wear with shoot
ing gowns-of which one woman in a mil
lion or so many feel the need-and the Tam
or Alpine shapes are seen most often upon
/ the bicycle In either case one notes that
{ the left side Is turned up with a couple or
/ bright quilts. or with an upright bow OF
black velvet held with a jet clasp.
There are toques Of jet ana there are
| butterfly bonnets," with wings in ar
rested flight Of ribbon such as were so
| familiar in the recent past, illustratine
how fashions, like conveIancers' descrip-
/ tons, return TO the point or place Of be-
ginning"
And there Is the dice box hat, or steeple
crowned or hourglass crowned, or beef
eater, not TO mention other less poetic cpl
thets; Of these, however. one sees more
within than without the shop windows.
though they may grow in favor.
One looks upon the velvet bow upon a
Tam as rather an oddly at first. but it is
a velvet season.
Velvet and ostrich tips and plumages
90 together with q certain richness Of ef-
| Feet approved by centuries. Nor are the
color possibilities restricted to black and
white. A magnificent hat of royal blue
velvet with huge and many black plumes
above IT'S low crown Is one daring but
successful color scheme; and yellows and
browns and straw colors open 10 view a
! vide range Of chromatic possibilities
/ nave seen combination of black
llumes win petal-pink brOcades, with
mowers in white and green, another pink
Wlth piack plumes and the diamond-and-
pearl buckle that goes everywhere.
one plumeless picture hat, WOOed from
It's maiden home in milliners bandbox by
a golden suitor is in bottle green felt and
black velvet, with a wreath of black pet
alleu roses,s a ruche of black velvet at the
brim's edge, and a huge bow of green
satin ribbon fairly rivalling the width OF
me orlm itself. pretty face justifies
There is considerable call for white hats.
particularly In the Alpine and other soft
felt shapes
IF buttons are good. doubtless two rows
down the bodice front are better than
one reasoned the designer of a walking
goWn-apple-green, hecked irregularly
with much darker tint-whereof the
front comes marching with its flies Of but
tons, Two abreast, quite to the edge of the
run jaunty basque. This gown / saw in a
pride rousseau. The workmanship was
perfect; The skirt might almost be called
plain, but is marked with wide double
seams-the effect can be produced equally
Wen with strappings of the same cloth
d-erossed-near the hem. These
double epaulets. Any woman is well
dressed who wears that gown.
Every autumn the debutantesi
This year. Is It fancy? or are they more
numerous, because times are improving7
Last year many girl was kept at scnool.
Just year longer, dear, because money
At any rate dinner and dancing gowns
Tor young girls are everywhere on the mil
liners lraughting boards. Two young
piatsaE who VIII hunt in couples, the one
dark the other light, will appear next
Ing fsday for the first time. She of the
with quicker beating heart a rather loose
blouse IN white crepe, skirt and bodice
the same. Running along the under side
or the sleeve, outlining the neck opening
and in a Geneva band at the throat are
two-ineh strips of shaped lace dust col
ored and delicate. The skirt is very plain
should nave liked to. see a touch OF
red about II, and can only hope that the
bonny debutante will wear a red red
rose or two, customary or not.
The smaller blonde witch. with a nsr-
iect mass of sunny curls falling all abou.
hsr race, VIII have a blouse of palesr
blue, lined twice upon the sleeve and four
times down the bodice front with white
embroidery; and the white bands gather
the elbows are odd narrow white bsnis
| with queer fan-shapped fiuted ends H,biet
suck SICK, o s9; at right angles. Rather an or
one use OF green is general way is
almost discovery of the last ten wears
tinseling and sometimes In eom 9jp E ffo,i
| with yellow In moderation, is much usesi
/ on rough black cloths.
! Green velvet, in two shades very darn,
/ and very light, or all in the dark Goes
| wen with black plumes and the inevits9
Die gnnting buckles of steel or paste
/ HEAVY cloths
! light, are predominant in the out-of-door
! costumes, recalling Robin Hood and his
Dark green velvet goes this wear with
whlte or black FUR in all manner Of com
And combination that seemed no,,a,
and daring even five years ago very ny
| green SILK with pale pink silk for EVENING
wear Is quite as popular as the brown
! strawberry ice in the one case. ehoco-
| late and cocoanut in the other. There q re
colors in the cuisine well worth copving
Paris is leading the world in its davo-
/ ton to the knickerbocker-is abead oe
the world, at any rate. if one doubts the
In the Bots one hears of black silk tights
! with short Jackets of the bolero fyne.
| coats overlapping lSnickerbockers of all
| manner of bright colors, so tieht that
they rip IN the seams;" and of looser
knickerbocker whose fuilness is taken yp.
| in pleats in the waist And both in De ~
and in quickly responsive New w WILLS OILS
there is a plan for tightening bicvnle
wear and reducing. the bulk about the
| waist, by sewing the bloomer legs ana
the skirt, when there is one, to the SANE
| band so that they go together. and The
| wearer can never yield to the temptation
| to get rid of the one that's outermost
The bicycle skirt is always scant bnt
| it's scantiness of appearance is modis
fed in fact by wide pleats And the cloth
| is always, always of the lightest tayt
ure- compatible with firmness; smooth
surfaces are preferred to dust-catchine
| rough ones, and light grays and crea M
tints hold their favor Cream with brown
facings, or vice versa, a brown Tam with
| bright quilts at the left, buff leggines
| and brown or tan shoes will be in order
| until further notice. Alice Amory
SAID SHE WAS MRS. ANYBODY.