The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-03
WOMAN OF FASHION.

New York, Feb. 2-"Oh. you could get
that much cheaper on the other side
I heard one shopper say 10 another.
They were looking at silk petticcats just
then. but they made the same remark
about everything else they looked at. It
seems to be a fad with some women. not
only to insist upon having everything
they own imported, but to 90 the import
ing personally. To go to Europe and load
themselves with clothes for the sole
purpose of getting ahead of Uncle
sam delights heir souls, even though
it empttes their pockets.
The air is fun of preparations to 80
away. Some are going to Europe. to
purchase their spring and summer outfit.
and when they come back they viii have
to go away to wear it. Others are laying
in all sorts of clothes for all sorts of
weather in Florida. For # there is one
place in ali the world where one needs
a varied and versatile wardrobe. that
spot is the sunny land of flowers. of
which its sojourners will say with a
fervor born Of experience. we know not
what day will bring forth"
Others are going to Bermuda and South
America and Cuba, and the other West
Indies. The air fairly rings with good
byes and the cities are full of deserted
husbands. and fathers and. lonely hearts
until one is moved to cry out: IN the
name OF forsallen household gods, of
homeless and heartless men of this glori-
Gus country of ours, why don't somebody
stay at home?"
But echo only answers "Why?" and
the women continue to depart. Tbevd
get dreadfully tired of us if we never
gave them a vacation" says one woman
IN defense Of her Florida trip. and then
she goes out to buy her summer outfit
1t sounds chilly, doesn't it? Even to
think of donning a dotted Swiss or a
figured organdy gives one a creepy feel
ing about the spine. but that is what
scores of women are doing, and without
a SILVER. And when one gets over the
first shock there is something exhila-
rating in the knowledge that one is get
ting first choice of the new things that
are ~ be worn next summer. There
are new Chambrays and batistes. new
dimities and lawns, new organdies. new
challies, new ginghams, new dotted
A1Wloatot anu all OLNeI lfllN ana cool
terlals which are so greatful to the par
boiled summer sufferer 1t is enough TO
make you forget the cold and cherries
world without to handle these flower
bedecked fabrics all flimsy and gauzy and
unsubstantial; and when the brass-but-
toned hlliputian at the door thrusts YOU
out into the bleak February weather
to battle with the elements again. you
experience some Rip Van Wrinkle like SEN
hot No.
began to wish that the long winter with
its SHOWS and its riots and its strikes
was at an end, and bamy, sweet sum
mer were here again
Perhaps this is why so many women
go south. bat the tradesmen saw that
the reason why they exhibit their sum
mer goods so early in the season is be-
cause so many women go away early.
and so they chase one another like his
majesty and the other fellow round the
stump. Meanwhile the mercantile bust
ness goes merrily on both thinking they
are gamers by the operation, and one
of them is.
However, it is not merely the summer
goods which attract the shopper this sea-
son, but that all-enticing, irresistible de-
vice-the bargain counter Now is the time
to buy your $50 gloves for IS cents, and
your hosiery at the rate of three pairs for
dollar. The felt hat for which you paid
$3.50 at the beginning of winter fairly
bushes with shame at sight of its twin.
which has sunk to the 50 cent counter
These are days of reckoning with those
things, whose only merit was novelty. The
lace tichues and collarettes are all marked
down.
So much for the accessories. But when
it comes TO dress goods. and one sees the
values that can be had for so little money.
1t Is easy to convince ones self that
new gown is absolutely indispensable.
When covert cloth can be had for 60
cents yard. and serge and cheviot for so.
one doesn't stop TO consider whether these
goods will be fashionable next year. Trim
mings are so absolutely the main consid-
Grafton in ones gown that It matters very
little what foundation one uses.
For woman who desires to have a
pretty spring gown at the lowest possible
figure, one of the remnants on a bargain
counter IS as desirable as anything she
will be likely to find There are two
things to be remembered in deciding upon
the style. First. and of course, the skirt
must flare. That will remain the rule all
summer, and as an evidence of it the
manufacturers are making white hair
cloth To know that hair cloth has come
to stay. one has but to examine the diff
ferent varieties. There is heavy hair-cloth
with the hairs woven close together: me
dunn weight with hairs a sixteenth of an
inch apart; very light weight coarse can
vas with hairs at intervals Of half an inch
A certain wholesale dealer advertises
hair cloth in all colors," and one has
visions of red and blue and green equines
sacrificing their caudal appendages for
the benefit of commerce. At any rate if
all goes to show that skirts will continue
to flare for considerable time to come.
Hence my advice to the fashioner of a
new spring gown is-make it flare. what
ever you do, and after that, see that Won
studlously conceal all dart seams, and all
fastenings You will have to get into your
dress, of course, but there must be no Wis
ible indication of how you do it, Buttons
there are, to be sure. and plenty of them.
but they are for ornament and not for
use. The blouse waist answers this re-
quirement better than any other. and for
that reason nearly everything has a
blouse effect. If the waist proper is not
blouse. there is a loose front put on to
stimulate one
Trimmings of jet and jewels are to be