The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-05
THE WOMAN OF FASHION.

New York, Jan. 4.-To be inartistically
dressed this year is almost a crime, in
view of the unlimited assortment of beau
tifying accessories that a woman has to
choose from to make herself attractive
And paradoxical as it may seem, the wo-
man herself has very little to do with her
appearance, except so far as her taste
and artistic judgment are concerned. Her
face and figure perform some such office
as the cabbage or lettuce does in a salad
serve as a foundation for something bright
and spicy as a dressing. Indeed, when
she is dressed for the street there is
very little OF her face that shows. The
feathers on her hat have no inclination to
confine themselves to their allotted
places, but peep over the brim and lean
away down as if curious to see what man
ner of creature is this new bird that they
adorn. The feather collar, or the fur boa
conceals the lower part of Der face and
her neck. and her hair covers her ears.
With such a complex screen as this the
young woman seldom wears a veil, else
if she did she would lose her identity en-
tirely, for all the individuality that is left
her is the pair of sparkling eyes that
CLEAN out from the depths of feathers and
fur and velvet which frame her eyes,
nose and mouth in casing that concealS
the other features.
AS women continue to rise in the es-
timation of men, more and more de-
mands are made upon them. In the be-
ginning it was merely expected that a
woman be soft and round and beautiful,
and perhaps amiable. After that men
began to look for wives that could be
useful-they must be good cooks and
housekeepers as well as pretty ornaments.
Then came the emancipated female-the
woman who was brilliant intellectually
and conquered man on his own grounds,
and man looked on her and beheld that
she was good and Immediately Tell down
to worship her.
But now the brilliant woman is an old
story The average woman is bright, and
man demands something more-hence,
the picture woman. The picture woman
is what might be called animated art,
the Niobe that comes to life, the portrait
that walks out of the frame. In many
resnects she is the end of the last CEN
| tury woman remodeled. But in some re-
spects she is like nothing else under the
sun but her own beWitchlng selI-and
that is her chief charm:
The great freedom of choice in the pres
| emf fashions is the secret of the artistic
effects that are reached: Whatever goes
| to make a pretty picture is fashionable. If
| vour face requires a soft, unconventional
| setting, you can wear fluffy lace collarettes
and feather boas. But if you are on the
| priscilla type you can wear stiff collars
| bl,ttoned tight around your neck with de-
mure little cuffs to match. II your hair
| doesn't grow where it ought to around
voIr temples and forehead you can brush
/ it down to where the artist would put
| If if he were painting an ideal head with
| vour eyes and nose and mouth as
io Gronros of hair those girls who didn't
| IooI we'll with the part have adopted
! the pompadour. And there is such temp
| tafion in the form of hair ornaments
| that il is probable some will affect it to
| whom it is not becoming.
| The holidays brought out lot OF &C
cessories to the headgear to allure the
| Christmas shopper. The pompadour
| combs had just reached the hight of
| tbair popularity. They are quite coarse
| and come in pairs or single, as the wear
/ ars nrefers When in pairs they are
! ci,rved and the teeth are longer at one
end than at the other. These are placed
I'm very much the same position as CIR
Gle comb, supposing its teeth turned to-
/ S.lerd the front This makes pun of hair
| iii around the face-giYing decidedly
/ Tnrsnesoue effect. The single pompadour
comh curves also, but is shorter than
| the others and is placed at the top OF the
| baa6 with its teeth turned front, making
u nonnad our over the forehead only.
| IIitherto the hair ornaments have been
| naarIv all suited especially to dark hair.
/ TIC 9oId and silver combs and even the
| aaste diamonds did nat show OF 10 ad-
| YYsntage in golden tresses. Tortoise shell
! Was very pretty, but not startling, and
! the brunette with paste Duttelilies ~ ler
| raven locks had the advantage ~ her
Laaidan haired rival. The newes- thing in
/ 5oir ornaments is jes-sparklinB cut let
| yet brings out the gold in hair as noth-
me else does. There are jeT side combs,
| butterflies, daggers. etc, ana the erect
| is very pretty. 49,. ,.....e..,