The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-02

white satin, with a covering of heavy
cream dentelle Full pieces of the grass
cloth start at the bust line with a heal
ing OF the ribbon, and are crossed and
gathered down into a girdle of ribbon.
The chic little sailor hat had facing of
bright green satin, and stif bows or
taffeta ribbon were placed at the back
and stood straight.
The chaperon at all Of the American
functions are always very much in eVi-
dence and il is often whispered that the
chaperon custom Is done to death ana
run into the ground over here. But then
there are a number of interesting viva
cious young married women in the
American colony and they play the role
with such ease and tact that they have
become the necessary adjuncts at the
social gatherings. The cQuturieres vince
when they see much bechaperoned
young woman come into their shops for
they know then that they must cater to
many minds, and that they will be
pinned down to prices and facts.
A gown worn by one of these we'll
groomed matrOns was of soft cream cam
els hair Around the bottom of the skirt
there was full ruche of black mousse
line de sole, headed by spiraly black jet
discs. The bodice had a broad vest OF
black chiffon, with cascades of white
satin ON each side bordered with felled
lace.
The sleeves Of the camers hair were
embroidered with the jetted discs and
lney We're remarkably snort. Long black
sude gloves reaching to the elbow We're
worn with this black and white toilette.
A dainty primrose hat was of rough
pale green straw mounted on long
straw buckle. The crown was covered
with primroses and yellow taffeta bows
and three black plumes nodded at the
back. Full strings of white tulle We're
brought around and tied under the chin
At lawn parties 1 have noticed that
gold is the faVOrite color This is strange
as you would look for green but fashion
must go nature one shade brighter.
One of the prettiest lawn dresses
have seen was a white canvas cloth en-
broidered in bright gold thread of I'M
mistakable merit There was a glisten
of the real in the thread, l believe it
was. The little fan that was carried had
gold sticks and the hat was woven with
threads of gold. The design of the dress
was one Of the exaggerated ones so much
in vogue now at lawn parties.
Another gold" dress was white cloth
with gold threads run through it, like
red through tweed. This was very
snowy and looked well upon the young
matron who wore IT. Her bodice was
snug one of the same cloth. down the
front OF which was a narrow vest Of
cloth of gold.
These gold dresses are all very costly.
for the manufacture of the material is
expensive. Where you buy a cheap gold
dress you get one that furnishes imme-
diately, almost before it is made
There is a rumor that Americans are
going to revolt from the chaperonage
before referred to. 1t certainly is ridicu-
lous that young girl should require
from one to four matrons to watch her
at a lawn party, and the American girls
are firing of il. One suggested that a
sudden movement be made to affect a
change. Cycling unaccOmpanied through
the streets TO social gathering would
do this quicker than any other way but
after meditation ii was decided not to
do anything as radical as this
The yellows and greens of summer. are
wavering towards reds and crimsons
Fashions viii follow nature, or I'm no
fashion prophecies. Nina Goodwin