The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-03

decollete is considered bad taste for din
ner. These very low necks are to be worn
for strictly evening occasions; for dances,
evening receptions, wedding receptions, IL
they take place in the evening, and for
the duties of chaperon in the evening The
dress on all these occasions must be cut
as decollete as even this season allows.
English women are wearing, and have
always worn, necks that are extremely
low. The Queen demands that at couT
functions the bodice shall be a mere cor
set hight with straps across the shoal-
ders English women who are, the very
acme of modesty in behavior and de-
meanor in decorum are guilty of wearing
these dresse without blush. In America
it is not very good form to cut a dress
so very low except at the presidential re-
ceptions and at Washington occasions,
when the diplomatic corps are invited.
These foreigners judge all formal dresses
on the standard of the Queens drawing
room ana they measure the elegance by
the decollete qualities of the gowns
For the summer holels extremes are in
bad taste always. One gets in a coterie
of friends in a ORA wine- room fun of in
vited guests but at a hotel strangers are
foremost. Here one meets people IN ones
own sphere and people out of it. People
can come with friendly intent and so can
those OF a critical mind; here also one
mingles with the woman swathed in
Grape and she of the plainest garments.
In summer hotel one must join the sum-
mer crowd and 1t is in far better taste 10
dress moderately so as not to be too con-
spicuous among them all.
Beautiful summer shirt waists are made
of silk and mull, of iaffeta and China silk
of japanese and Oriental weaves, of
grenadine and crepon. Any OF the thin
beautiful goods with or without their silk
Innings are in good form These are often
made so that they make ideal evening
waists.
They have puffed sleeves with many a
strapping of velvet, they have shirred
yokes cut low in front, they have silk
vests and velvet lapels, they have most
delicate bead and jewel garnitures and
they are finished up in beautiful style,
and they are in good taste.
Every waist this year. even though it
be an evening waist, is called a shirt
waist. / saw a very delicate white lisse
waist made over a charming shade Of pink
satin. 1t had shoulder straps Of conch
shell pearl upon band of pink satin; yet
it was a shirt waist. Just where the dis
elimination comes in Il is hard to say.
Last year. any waist with which a linen
collar could be worn, was a shirt waist.
but this year the limitation seems TO be
confined 60 the blouse effect. Anything
which is slightly boused IN front becomes
q shirt waist. A bodice, on the other hand,
is generally tight fitting and has "a little
Jacket A shirt waist is never tailor-made.
though the bodice generally is
Young girls should never wear very low
| necks. Most of them prefer he very high
white ribbon with its ruche of chiffon to
set off the face, though 10 a girlish throat
the rounded neck is most becoming. Shr-
ring around the yoke gives an extremely
babylsh effect and sis girish In The ex-
treme. Many women who are little
passe affect these shirrcd yokes because
of their youthful appearance. The shir-
ring is done before the yoke is made. Lit