The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-27
Copyright. 1889

a6pest of ia Drlcs-wonderful embroidered
r,ousIins such as were brought years ago
from the mysterious countries beyond the
seas. printed muslins such as Mary WASH
ington wore, wonderful contrasts IN coor
in the dainty cotton materials that seem
to have belonged TO the days OF MARIE
Antoinette and Petit Trlanon. And WIN
~ all they are SO cheap! When our mus
lin gowns were brought by some traVehhg
cousin from China, they were really worm
their weight in gold. When domestic
manufacturers were unknown, COTTON
frock was almost as expensive as WOOL
en- one. But nowadays, when clever
American girls draw the designs, when
wonderful American looms weave the ma
terial the beautiful, artistic fabric is
within the reach even of the woman VINO
has to economic.
She is the wise woman who buys her
cotton frocks while 1t is yet winter why?
Recause she has her choice of designs
and because she can get her material
while it is yet fresh and before IL SHOWS
the effect of passing through many hanos.
Then, getting the material so early the
wise woman can devote plenty OF time TO
choosing her decorations and 10 selecting
the modes in which her gowns shall be.
Perhaps she has chosen dainty white
muslin with little dots thickly emoroio-
ored upon it. She goes to no pattern
house for her design. A month ago
there came to her from Paris some pho-
tographs of famous French beauties In
their summer toilets and it is these she
will initiate. Her dotted muslin Will be
made after the fashion of that worn by
Mile. Yahne as she emerges from be-
tween two velvet curtains. The skirt
Is finished with three tiny rufties, while
the bodice has a tucked yoke and a cor
sage decorated with frills of valenciennes
lace and insertion. The sleeves are glove
fitting. but trimmed with the lace, while
the crush belt and soft collar are of
white silk Chic? Immensely so. Ana
vet while ii is in the style it does not
after a servile fashion initiate the gown
worn by Dorothy, Gwendolen or Cynthia.
Another cotton is made after one OF
Anna TIelds newest frocks This shows
a decoration of the dainty ruifles, edged
with narrow lace. while big white para
sol is made-in the photo, at least-to
seem a special part of the toilet. But
II is her Jacket of which the wise woman
is produest this spring-the jacket over
which all Paris is raving 1t is the
dainty little coat worn by that wonderful
beauty Marsy in her last new play. 1t Is
of bright red cloth, showing lapel faclngs
of white but the coat itself is so cut that,
though it fits the figure there is a certain
ll-, sr~Hf 1h 1g ~
compromise between the bagging of the
ubiquitous blouse and the severity of the
classic Jacket. Surely the wise woman
could not choose three better models than
those pictured, for the French actress,
even on the stage, never goes 10 an eX-
IRENE and always sets the mode. In Eng
land and America the actress initiates the
ladies of the great world. In Paris the
most artistic dressmaker brings all her
genius to bear upon a toilet for the stage,
since she is sure that it win be extensively
copied by the most fashionable women.
AS a natural sequence the French actress
seldom overdresses, and she takes a spec
ial pride in suiting her toilet to the exact
time and place. When she is supposed TO
be the daughter of poor. but honest par
erts, she does not come on the stage wear
ing Felix dinner dress, but she thinks out
what, under such circumstances, would be
proper, ana she dSSuiIGS IL w lAO vi uS
hasn't seen the exact opposite on the Eng
lish speaking stage?
BY the bye. to leave the stage, which
few people are willing to do, do you realize
that Just about now everybody is taking
to Delsarte again, and young women are
black and blue from tumbling up stairs
and tumbling down stairs and learning
how to decompose themselves? That's an
abominable word. But IT'S a received one
Decomposition, you must know is the
ability to become suddenly limp and then
just as quickly to use whatever part OF
your body you wish in the most graceful
way. One of the best Delsarte teacher:
announced before a class the other day
that she could tell Southern woman The
minute she entered a room and sat down
She claims for her that she sits naturally
and her limbs fall in easy poses. 1t seems
unnecessary TO say that after this was
told l blushed. But at the same time
credited it to my natural Incidence. Ac
cording to this teacher, the great troubl,
with the woman of to-day is that she hur
ries Every movement expresses hel
haste, and there is no time for grace. Yol
know you can get TO a place as quickly by
walking well and evenly as by trottins
and stumbling. It's funny how the move
of the day talks about the bearing of tn
women. At the time that Mr.. Henri!
James novels were believed by some PEG
pie to have a certain amount of interes
all the women in them were standing
round" He made them stand and STAND
with occasionally the privilege OF leaning
on mantleshelf until they fell into mat
rmony because they were so tired. Nov
Ouida very complacently and very kindly
too, let's her heroines rest among piles o
cushions, while the heroes bring to then
good things to eat and drink. In reait,
they are thoroughly at their ease. Mis-
Braddon had rather an inclination tha
way, too, though her majestic younl
women occasionally got up and Wake
across the room and served somebody wit
tea and so displayed their well shape
hands and flashing rings" The Duches
Invariably made all her young womel
wave large feather fans, which calls for
certain amount of muscular strength, an
then she used 10 let them SWAY" wher
ever they might be going
This reads delightfully."-, but when evC
bring it down to absolute truth don't yo
think that q swaylng young woman woul
look little bit Ike one who was 10
fun of--enthusiasm? The namby-pamb
young woman who nestles on somebody
shoulder and takes the stlffening out {
his collar went out of vogue with Thack
eray's Amelia, while as for the heroine
of the various so-called religious novel,