The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-21

PARAsOLs THAT ARE GEMS.
The JeweIer and the Painter DO
Most of the Work ON Them.
From the Chicago News.

New York-Sunshades are TO the summer
girl in the broad daylight what the be-
witching, seductive fan is in the moon
light or the starlight-or the electric light
for the matter. No part of the girl of '95s
wardrobe receives more attention and II is
very safe TO say that the cost is some
thing to make fashionable mammas sigh
for the old days when an umbrella for
rainy days, dark-blue parasol for morn
ings and a white silk for dress-up was
considered a bountiful supply.
IN these progressive days the belle
changes her parasol with her gown and
one of the seven trunks which is the
allowance for a debutante maiden is filled
with parasols, each securely tucked away.
chiffon, flowers and all, IN their long, mar
row boxes. silk-covered and satin-lined
and further ornamented with the owners
monogram, painted in her chosen colors.
II seemed a little bit wicked to count
up on the pretty, demure young belle but
she has heartaches and weeps real tears If
she has not twelve of the long boxes new
ly filled at a cost Of from 500 to $500 each.
OF course, the great cost is for the wonder
fully carved handle of jewel-iecked nor
celain. coral with a filagree covering of
gold, or for the deep-blue amethyst, gold
en-yellow topaz or blue to match my lady's
eyes, turquoise, set into the gold ball which
forms the handle
These costly things are carefully select
ed, and then go on duty year after year.
SO they are not so very extravagant af-
ter all. The coverings are new. of course
and often the framework has to be chang
ed to suit the prevailing mode, but the
handles, like the brook, go on and on for
ever.
AT the coaching parade, the swell spring
social event in New York, Miss Gertrude
vanderbilt. as the richest heiress in Amer
lea, was well looked over, and every piece
OF her girlish and simple-looking toilet Of
white silk and chiffon thoroughly dis
cussed. Her parasol seemed a quiet-look-
ing AFFAIR OF white, touched with blue
but close inspection of that same dainty
sunshade showed a covering of filmy point
lace over the white satin cover, with here
and there in medallions of delicate lace
manipulated sprays of forget-me-nots,
matched in their tender shading the wealth
of turquoise forget-me-nots which wreath
ed the exquisitely curved ivory handle.
The sticks were enameled delicate blue.
SO there was no lining to the beautiful con-
lection.
Young girls with their wild-rose, COM
plexions can afford to dispensel with the
peauty-giVng Innings, which the dowag-
erS select with the same nicely and care
as they do their very best bonnets.
There are delicious mauves and cool.
sweet grays and greens which tone down
highly colored complexion while the
rosy pinks, bright scarlets and maize col
ors give the requisite brightness and
warmth to the colorless brunette After
the Jeweler has supplied the handle ana
an artist has passed upon the lining
the outer covering is chosen with the
most deliberate care. If a lace covering
is to be used, the satin or silk must be
plain, else the general effect will be
patchy.
Particularly Patching are the silvery H.
lacs, green and rose color If the the lace
cover is white; black, white, yellow ana
scarlet lend themselves well to black lace
The most stylish parasols are of the Ores
den lowered silk, woven Just the re-
CURED shape. On the creamy ground ali
sorts of exquisite flowers are reproduced
in all OF the wonderful standings SO fanil-
lar bits of Dresden china Around the
edges border shows of flowers. massed
into bouquets. Joined by long loops and
lovers knots of silver, gold or pale-blue
ribbons.
Mrs. John Jacob Astor brought over a
dream of parasol from Paris, which she
used for the first time on Decoration dav
Closed it resembles nothing so much as a
long. slim roll of vlolets with a handle of
green enamel, thickly studded with anne
thysts Opened, it proved to be the inev-
liable sunshade, but such . beauty for a
sunshade was never seen before The lin
ing was rose lilac, just the shade so he
coming to Mrs. Aston and which she uslI-
ally wears. 1t was not put on straight
ana plain after the manner of the old
Fashioned Innings. but the soft, silky chif-
fon was folded in and out in an indescrib-
ably pretty fashion, forming such a frame
for her delicate beauty that you almost
forgot to look and see how those violefs
were put on the outside.
The outer covering was of green silk
the color Of violet leaf; down each rib
ran a thick garland of violets and leaves
while all the spaces between were naint,
ed in single blossoms, looking for ali the
world as If they had just fallen from the
thick punches running down on all sides.
Nothing is more fascinating than a
white parasol covered with filmy black
stuff, unless 1t be black parasol covered
with some airy. fairy white stuff. Some
wonderful creations have been evolved iust
in black and white-two colors which can
be made the loudest or the quietest as
the will of the wearer.
A dainty little trihe in the way Of
carriage parasol was one OF the gifts
of Mrs. Fred Vanderbilt brought over
from Paris to her niece, now Mrs James
A. Burden, Jr. The covering was of heavy
white satin, frilled generously with the
deep yellow lace which is so much favored
this summer. The ribs were Of gold al
10y, as was the beautifully carved ham
ule. AS tne Wlde-opened paraSOl was only
about the size of dinner plate, it could
by simple arrangement of the folding
sticks do duty as fan, and the handle
served several purposes, for a dainty lorg-
nette was folded away somewhere, and a
tiny little mirror popped out in a totally
unexpected way If a hidden spring were
touched. This airy little bit Of gold ana
lace and satin had to be paid for at the
custom house on a valuation Of $500.
RACING IN ENGLAND.