The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-12

no But unfortunately for the rest of the
-r5r1d. she had, in some way or another,
i,berited millions, so that she was not a
s-assrnaker. and could only give her
f-ia,ds advice. Most of them listened,
ND refused to accept it. I am among the
few who appreciate her. So, when said
avbite." she looked at me and answered,
aOn YOU? With your pale face? Never,
unless YOU have it in some soft, wooden
sruff which will seem to drape you, and
make soft folds, forcing the white to
ssano caressing, whereas If it were in silk
or satin. YOU would appear like fright
ened corpse, chasing around in search of
vonr past sins. Women don't consider
fabrics enough; they seem to think that
If they get a color that is becoming, all
is attained; and yet, take a stout woman,
and nut her in black satin-she looks three
times her 1856 pounds. Put her in black
cashmere, or black cloth, properly made,
and YOU speak of her as plump, and Won
der that anybody ever called her fat.
Then there is blue-people have an idea
that every young girl can wear it. 1t
makes the dainty blonde maiden, who
ought to look like one of Watteaus young
women. and they are, always excepting
their waists, perfect representatives of
health look like a frozen lady, lady
who might have been picked up at the
north pole. Here there is no question
of fabric; pale blue belongs exclusively
TO the brunette. 1t has a curious way,
even if the brunette has a sallow skin,
of making the skin look less sallow and
more olive Pink, the veritable sweet rose
color, fades when it is put on brunette.
From the color standpoint, she is too
strong for it, while on the blonde, it re-
tains all its own beauty, makes her
cheeks glow, brings out the gold of her
hair. while the blue of her eyes, by con-
trast, match the June sky. You are the
type that want red-brilliant, glowing
red. Not crimson, not purplish red, but
the clear, bright red that is always the
envy of the Quakeress. A bit of ii in
your hat makes your eyes brighter, makes
YOUR dull hair glossier and sheds, uncon-
sciOusly, a shadow or itself on your paie
cheeks. The average woman doesn'
value red as she should. There ought to
be a set of red rosettes in the. chest OF
drawers in every woman's dressing room,
for there always comes a day when she
"Biack? Black, like white, is the ref
uge of the afflicted, and yet, how smart
a black tailor-made gown Is! How ele-
CANT black velvet dinner dress IS! Ana
how beautiful a black tulle, spangled
with gold becomes when it is worn by the
belle Of the ball! 1 have never been able
TO agree with the elder Worth IN his
dislike of black. He claimed that black
in bringing out beauties also brought
out defects, and that elderly women, who
wore it, simply intensified their lack or
youth and the number of wrinkles.
oh yes; L remember very well when
you wrote and asked him to send you a
black dinner dress. And there arrived a
black satin, elaborate with rosettes and
trimmings, that shaded from rose pink to
deep magenta. And you wept. And wept
bitterly. And wore the trock put once,
and. felt the night you wore 1t that, II IL
had been a ripping stream, near some
town. YOU would have been damned by
all those who had to endure re-, II; "a dh ei1
The trimming taken off, and cast the bod
ice garish with crimson, TO one side
There was made for you a PACK oro 1lia
Gently with the satin sides and 'front.'
and to go with this there was a bod
ice partly of broadcloath and partly or
bands of jet; just such sleeve as Mar, Mar.
guerite of Valois wore There
Worth made one of his mistakes ,s:
unfortunately, early in his working days
this artist in dressmaking saw what IS
known as the best black SIX. OF an Amer
lean woman, and he shuddered. 1t was
coarse of grain, and Scant or skirt; IL was
fitted so that the lack of bust was con-
spicuous, and the sleeves were SO tig IL |
impossible. He told me TINS hlmSeI' SO
never blamed him for wanting to send
black dresses to American women. But
reTnember ALWAYS what l say, that, wheth-
err Won are young or old, slender or stout,
there are wonderful possibilities in black,
provided always you choose the rlgnt Lao1
rio and then dispose OF your material
properly 1 remember once when was IN
a fashionable tailor shop met Mrs. En-
bonpoint, who is great TREND OF NINE me
or-made gowns fine! These perfectly SIM
pie gowns mean so much TO the women
who are inclined to be stout. Ana look
ed at her with dismay. Inc woman VINO
had made her stays pulled her IN at the
waist and so forced the extra flesh TO go
above and below the waist line in way
that was not artistic, and, although the
tailor did not want to do 1t, she insisted
on having a plain, close-httlng SKIRT ana
an equally plain bodice. Ana the result!
Well the result was that all the rat was
brought out to advantage. to douottul ad-
vantage, where a few folds OF the mate
rial might have hid it, and between stay
maker and her own lack of artistic dress
ing Mrs Embonpoint looked more like
the minute glass with which l time my
eggs at breakfast, than Well-shaped Wo-
man. And, my dear, with TINS she was
going to wear one of those new hats
wreathed with roses! And nature gave
her a long nosel
worn by a woman with long nose, makes
her look like the essence of curiosity in
feminine form. A hat tilted way over the
face has reason for existence; but it IS
for the girl with the overnight forehead,
or the tip-tilted nose, and. every type
should let it severely alone!
1 was determined to interrupt her. She
had been talking entirely too long, so |
thought 1 would ssnub her by saying, Did
you see that, in the excavations about the
q Sphinx; they think they have found cap
that was originally intended to be on her
head?''
She simply answered. Nonsense! The
Sphinx is entirely too feminine to have
worn such thing as that described. l
have often wondered myself about the
Egyptian women. We hear about the sa-
cred bird and the sacred flower as worn
on their heads, but never about hats. Now
what did they do? Did each one go out in
the burning sun under an umbrella, or
did she stay at home and have every
thing come to her? The women must have
had something in the way of headgear,
for with this summers fashions in view,
am more than ever convinced that Eve
made herself bonnet of violets and tied
IL on with ribbon grass, so that 1t was
quite in harmony with her costume of
Graped fig leaves fringed with delicate
Terms. How heavy the wreaths are this
year, They quite come UP to the ones
mat our grandmothers used to talk about.
Uitra-fashionable girls are assuming for
evening wear the historical and poetieal