The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-30


world but that which has grown old
enough'-could take a shopping tour this
spring what infinite satisfaction she would
find in a woman-lil1e Il told you So
To say that anything in fashion has
come IN narrows down to an affecta-
ton in the light of a little research, says
a writer in the Chicago News. II is n re-
turn, revival, an adoption of a style of
yesterday of which our mothers, or
grandmothers at furthest, grew weary
Robida tells il all In a few words. THE
index of fashion continuously revolves,
like the hands of a clock, within the same
circle, but it is more capricious; it goes
now forward. now backward. with sud
den jumps from one side to the other
What o'clock is it by the time-plece of
fashion? SIX in the morning or s In the
evening, perhaps every hour of the TWEEN
ty-four all a once, as it is at this mo-
ment But that does not matter, 1t is al
ways a charming time of day"
The revival of the pompadour style in
hair dressing Is followed by an array of
ornamental combs of beauty and variety,
as well as others of direct utility, says
the Kansas City Star. The round horn
comb, which played a prominent pare In
the hair dressing of young girls forty
years ago, returns with the same grooved
rim, but with the teeth decidedly curved
to accommodate the very popular roll
from the forehead. The quarter-of-cir-
Gle combs are separated for convenience.
Their bands are bound with dull gold and
they may be worn in pairs or singly.
Side combs, which have been in evidence
in a half apologize way as if they were
an uncertain venture, for the last few
years, have gained a comfortable degree
of self-po possession and consequent graceful
effect They have taken on quite mum,
Der of extra teeth, and indulge in carved
and even jeweled bands The Diana side
combs are among the oldest shown-two
crescent moons mounted on shell and ar
ranged on hinges. They can be clasped
around the knot at the back of the head,
forming a golden circle, or placed far
back in the side hair.
The importer whose taste Is always
good in selection and design, exhibits the
Louis XIV and the empire ornamental
back combs in the most translucent tor
toise shell obtainable from the eastern
archipelago-the finest in the world. The
curves Of the one and the severely plain
lines of the other are followed by a row
of milk-white pearls, set in the shell. which
is itself too rarely rich and beautiful to
allow any further ornamentation. Tor
toise shell, which easily leads in elegant
combs, gives the most magnificent finish
to fun dress. and at all times imparts to
its wearer an increased air of refined dig
nifty
With more elaborate hair dressing comes
a marked increase OF ornamental pins
Shell Mercury wings CLEAN with iridescent
gems. Nothing Is more effective for full
dress than the jeweled butterfly, unless il
is the diamond sunburst, which never dis
appoints its wearer when she particularly
wishes sparkle and fash.
A woman should be as careful in select.
ing her hair ornaments as in the choice OF
her bonnet" says a dealer. "She sees q
comb or pin in the window. it takes hei
fancy and she buys it.. sometimes without
trying it on. She doesn't know the risk
she runs. Combs enhance or detract
| from certain styles Of beauty just as dc
certain ways of dressing the hair" And
that is not a new discovery. Witness the
painstaling care exercised 1000 years agt
by the slave of a Roman lady of high de
gree, who was arraying her mistress e
sit upon a balcony in the via sacra ant
watch the mastering of the Roman