The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-13


the most popular of the hat skewers.
COIOred steel JeweIry.
Last year gun metal was easily the dom
inant novelty In jewelry, and some hand
some effects are sin achieved by sinking
in its polished dark skin on umbrella ham
dies, buckles, buttons etc, tiny colored
jewels or diamonds. Very soon, however,
the public will find a new treasure in col
ored steel.
By some process known to metal work.
ers, steel can, in the furnace, be dyed al
most any color, and marvellous greens,
blues and lilacs, reds, yellows and inter-
mingled tones on steel are displayed by
the thrifty jewelers.. A red steel watch
with in-wrought initials in gold is a new
and lovely triie, or a walrus hide card
case with wonderful steel bindings is the
type of attraction for which women are
forgetting even the precious metals.
Among the other coquetries of the mo-
ment are card cases of leather inlaid with
leather. That is to say fiat cigar brown
leather cases will be fancifully treated with
an inlay of small fruit and vines in
green, blue or red leather. Paris sends
us these. and some Of them are small
masterpieces. A green case, for instance,
will have a decoration of purple grape
clusters, or a wine red cover may show
in miniature the apples of Hesperides
From Paris as well come card cases in the
exact form of correspondence envelopes.
Where the point of the flap fits down
metal disk, bearing the owners coat-of-
arms, forms the catch and locks the cards
in.
Fringe is a species of trimming that
seemed to have been effectually cast aside
but of late considerable decoration of
fancy bodices, etc, has been done with
small of eth adO
raveled for space of half to three-quar-
ters of an inch. This might be safely
called harbinger of fringe just as we see
indications on all sides of the colored en-
broidery regaining its place on handker
chiefs A smart little mouchoir of white
batiste will have its edges cut in points
and the points button-holed with colored
thread. If this is not done then a small
knot of violets in the natural tints is
worked in one corner, and more unique
still is the owners coat-of-arms done in
one corner in colors.
Wells for Winter Bellies.
Rather coarse black nets, with fiat
squares and circles woven in the mesh
seem to be popular at the yelling counters
where women agree to prefer black. Wells
with lace edges are regarded still as the
detail of a modish toilet, though on the
band at the bottom and a series of tiny
velvet balls edging the band, is more of
a "haut nouveaute" than the first men
toned.
Unhappily, this season women elect 10
drag their wells very tight over the face
and pin them twice behind. All the full
ness of the ends is fist gathered into a
small knot at the back of the hat brim
and then lower down on the hair the
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held with an ornamental brooch. This
draws the net tight over nose and chin
and though it gives the head an exceed
iugly neat appearance, it is very trying
on the wearer's eyes and complexion.
The girl who yearns after rosy cheeks
has just discovered that one of the meth
DDS of securing the desired healthy glow
is to avoid the round garter In place
of the circle of elastic she now uses a
smart ribbed stocking that has not only
an elastic top, but gathers snugly about
the leg, just above the knee, without in
juriously COMPRISING the flesh. Into the
top of the stocking two ribbon ends are
caught, and these when tied have all the
ornamental effect of the colored garter
without any of its injurious results. Still
another hygienic contrivance for the wo-
man who is fearful that constant use of
the round garter viii bestow on her a
red nose in later life is an attachment
for making fast the top of the stocking
to the bottom of the drawer leg Two but
tons on the drawers and two loops on the
stockings make a neat attachment and
great comfort is thereby insured.
over in Paris brown is the color now
pushed most vigorously. 1t is not on
the whole a shade that the average wo-
man looks her best in, but a bronze brown
camels hair zibeline with an interviewer
line of plum color and called "toc-toc" is
the handsome cloth that has been design
ed to suit all compilations. Toc-toc or au-
tomobile is the name given, since In the
gay capital women have toilets especial
ly designed for riding in their motor car
riages in the Bots. A genuine toc-toc Co.'S
tune is usually made with smart Goa
tee, the front of which closes very snug
ly and has short fiat cutaway tails on
the hip. American women, who go golfling
and skating and a-Tiding in the parks
have taken kindly to the coatee. lust as
they approve heartily of facing the wide
or narrow brims of their dark felt hats
with light yellow. pale blue, or white
straw.
Illustrations of Fashions
Opera hoods may be the undolng Of ones
fine coiffure, but they have been made in
such becoming shapes and colors this sea-
SUI tildt women wear them wherever tneV
go at night. They are especially priced
by those theater, opera and concert goers
who have not the privilege of a carriage
at night and who deplore the indignity
of having to wear their best hat or bonnet
in their laps all the evening. The hood
protects the head, is becoming, and is no
trouble to put off or on, or hold on ones
knee. Any shreWd damsel or dame can
make their own opera hood out of a bit
of satin and half yard of fur. pale
green, or turquois blue hood usually, as
shown in the picture, has a rolling facing
of white satin edged with fur and ties
under the chin by means of broad satin
ribbons, or long scarfs of chiffon.
Feather boas are so short and so large
i'm girth just now that they are more he
coming than ever. They are made of
ostrich plumage, stripped from the stem
and put as an edging on frills of muslin.
Thus great size is gained at no increase of
value, and the women seem to prefer boas
in mixed colors and with forked ends.
Boas of grey and white pansy purple and
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