The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-03

OF a cnefry with her plate OF nlue
points and engulfng them in horseradish
and pepper.
"Oh, mol dislike them excessively"
replied the other. "but have been learn
ing 10 eat them so as 10 have something
to give up during Lent"
They were well dressed women who had
been out shopping, and had dropped into
this fashionable lunch room to refresh
themselves after a hard days work Did
anyone smile at the suggestion that they
had been working2 II so, let him spend
day going about Just looking'-that I'M
pardonable sin in the salesman's eyes.
1t is small wonder that the salesman
loses his patience. however. There are
two classes Of people who have every eX-
cuse for betaking themselves to a Iunatic
asylum out OF preference. one is the
much abused motorman. who is in con-
slant dread Of the small boy whose life
is apparently of small amount 70 the
possessor Of it. The other includes sales
men of all descriptions who have to deal
with women. OF these. the dealers in ma
terials for womens adornment have the
most to bear. While standing beside the
crepOn counter for five minutes, in one
of the big New York houses. heard the
salesman answer the same question thirty
five times. He answered in the same
even tone each time. and showed the same
interest in each possible buyer. 1t seems
a pity that some automatic arrangement
could not be made by which idle inquirers
could press a button and get a phonO-
graphic reply, instead Of requiring a
man to make parrot Of himself for the
benefit of inveterate shoppers.
The particular piece Of goods which at
tracted so much attention, was a new i'm
portation of fine silk and wool crepon
1t came in four colors only, two Of which
were exhibited on the counter. one of
these was a light blue. There was an
underweave Of light blue wool, and over
this the crepon was crumpled into fine
little wrinkles until it looked like foam
A little black star was worked in at
intervals of about two inches Another
shade looked like the foam on a straw
berry iee-cream soda, or like the pale
pink of a watermelon The other two
shades were pale yellow and Nile green.
The saleman called it novelty crepon.
but 1 should call it foam crepon," as
II LOOKS like nothing else so much. 1t
was 81 a yard, and forty-hve inches wide.
Another entirely different variety was
a fine golden brown silk crepOn with an
open work stfipe through which was
drawn a tiny pale green thread. This
was 1896 per yard.
A peculiar green on the sage tint was
a little nearer the ordinary mortaPs
purse being 1896 a yard. AT the same
price was a mauve ana a blue-striped in
hair stripes with black This last was
the most desirable of any of the varieties
for spring and summer wear.
Silk crepOns, however, are not for all
Of us. any more than are woods for that
matter. But the wool crepon is a little
less unattainable than the silk, and is
consequently more generally worn.
At the wool erepon counter was lady
who already possessed a black crepon
skirt, buying material for another, which
showed that she was pleased with It,
Her skirt had a band of mink fur around
the bottom, and she wore a lambs wool
Jacket with fiaring chinehilla collar that
turned away at the neck to reveal a
stock and chemisette of buff-colored lace
The variety she was looking at sold for
49, % a yard, but there is a very nice quail
ity II late importation which can behad
for 81 So per yard. One needs about four
yards for a skirt and this would bring
the price of material up to $40 Still,
cheaper varieties may be bought, and,
of course, will be- but these are more
closely crumpled in good sized welts and
blisters, especially in the new blacks.
Among eolored crepons, old blues and
dull greens are the more noticeable shades.
They can be bought for 9S cents and on
the bargain counter there are some very
pretty varieties for 60 cents. These will
be made into street dresses, with passe-
mentere trimmings. The new passemen-
terle, by the way, is nearly all jetted or
spangled ribbon of some kind. White satin
ribbon is used as a background for the
delicate varieties over this are set Sc
quins and paillettes in different shades
green being the faVOrite. Steel embroidery
or dull blue ribbon is also novelty.
This trimming will be used to border
panels up and down the skirts, and as
a finish to Jokes and the like. Passemen-
terie with a scalloped or pointed edge
will also be used on street dresses. A
gown of nickle gray cloth has trimming
OF fine black passementerie. 1t is made
with a short jacket, for which women of
short stature should be de-
voutly thankful. Those long jackets,
with so little of the skirt showing be-
low. made dwarfs of half the women who
wore them. This jacket has embryo godets
in the back, but they are, of course, not
long enough to develop into full fledged
pleats 1t is trimmed around the edge with
the passementerie. A wide marine collar
of white bengaline Is trimmed with passe-
menterie and edged with feather trim
ming Underneath the jacket is a vest Of
gray sural laid in pleats and brought un-
der a crush belt and collar of the same
material. The skirt IS round and trimmed
with the passementerie that appears on
the Jacket.
new variety of vest is coming in. 1t
| suggests the full dress vest that men
wear but 1t is not so low. A spring dress
with this vest is made of a beige serge.
The jacket is cut zouave fashion, revealing
a waist-coat of red cloth, which is but
/ toned with small brass buttons. The waist
coat is cut oval shapS and a chemisette
and collar of white batiste is inserted.
I The revers are ornamented with fancy
buttons. Buttons are sufficient trimming
for the handsomest gown if they are only
handsome buttons. Those set with bril-
| Iiants and enamelled are the most costly.
/ Others are very finely cut steel, and some
are fancy pearl
Spring hats are so covered with flow
ers that the straw beneath is scarcely
visible. The flowers used are of the ag-
/ gressive type-such as peoples and
/ daisies and immense roses. A black
lace hat was almost concealed beneath
two immense red popies the size of peo-