The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-24

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got copied, for an Englishwoman, with
her big feet. looks a perfect fright in
short skirt, compared with the
American woman of trim and dainty
figure.
1t was at the American woman that
la belle Parisienne stared with envious
eyes and with the greatest surprise
that any good thing in dress should
have come from anywhere that wasn't
Paris. But looking until she was con-
WINGED, she saw that the short skirt
was, in the word which only her lam
guage possesses, chic! That was
enough. She must have it for her
own. Straightaway in Paris newspa-
pers took up the short skirt question,
and recommended the new garment as
sensible. Now the Paris fashion COR
respondents are writing: There mas
been no end of talk here about the
length of the gowns worn in the street,
and much uncertainty as to which
would be adopted: but it is beyond dis
pute that all really smart people wear
their walking gowns we'll off the
ground"
NJ Uzanni, the well-known critic of
Partisan life, even goes so far as to
declare that before ten years have
elapsed rigidly short skirts will have
become the fashion on all occasions,
while corsets will be long abandoned,
and the custom of wearing wells long
prohibited by the health department.
This critic points out especially the
abuses of the long travelling skirts,
which gather microbes and disease.
Dress reform, in the past left for wo-
men, has advanced so slowly, he in
sists, that 1t is time for the health
boards to take the matter UP and make
laws to enforce the changes which wo-
mems pride and love of the aesthetic
have rendered them dilatory in adopt
ing.
1t Is the white gown that has been
most in evidence for some months past
and it is variously made of point d.
esprit, nnousseline chiffon, wolfe crepo
de chine Louisine. silk, satin Oriental
and taffeta silk. Ecru lace is often used
for trimming, especially on the satin
and silk gowns, and with this trim
ming a gold belt is very effective.
Large black hats are worn with the
white gowns, and another pretty fancy
is large hat of violet mirror velvet,
with feathers of the same color in
lighter tint.
Occasionally a bit of color is intro
duced in the white gown in a fichu of
mousseline which may be blue or pink,
and the nat matches this. For an all
white costume the hats are very pref
ty made of cloth trimmed with chif-
fon and feathers.
At one autumn wedding large red
hats were worn with gowns of white
point d'esprit. Large white beaver
hats trimmed with flowers are also
pretty and youthful with the white
gown. H.
For the bride, satin, poult de sole
and satin Crepe de chine are the pop
ular materials. Duchesse satin is first
favorite, and although many expert
ments with other fabrics have been
worked out to the finish nothing as yet
has ever supplanted the popular satin
Two pretty wedding gowns are
shown in the illustration, one of white
satin trimmed with tucked and ac-
cordeon- plated chiffon and Carrick-
macross lace. The bodice of chiffon
mas a lace bolero. The frillings are OF
chiffon and the court train of satin.
The other gown is crepe de chine
with train of chiffon and lace.
Simple tulle wells are still in vogue
for the brides who cannot afford any
thing better, but fashionable ele-
sance in wedding wells is a fine flow
cred net in a very small pattern with
a real lace edging. Some of the dotted
nets are used for this purpose, and the
edging must be at least three inches
wide.
once in a while you meet hotel
clerk with soul and heart. For ex-
ample. says the New York Press.
Charles jackson Davidson walked up
to the desk at the Pfister on Wednes-
day morning and INDUCED in a heart
to heart talk with the clerks. saws the
Milwaukee Sentinel. Mr., Davidson
conf1ded that he wanted a suite of
rooms reserved for himself and wife.
He also admitted that he expected to
be married at high noon.
And say" continued the blushing
bridegroom, Il wish you would keep
the number and location of these rooms
a secret. for we have a lot of friends
who may try to play a practical joke
on US"
The sympathetic clerk told Mr..
Davidson not to worry, and then re-
served the bridal suite on the parlor
floor.
Nothing happened after that until
about o'clock in the evening, when
six pretty young women and one SOL
emn faced young man entered the re-
ception room of the hotel and sent for
the sympathetic clerk. They told him
they were friends of the bride and
bridegroom, and they wanted TO treat
the bridal pair to pleasant surprise
by decorating their suite of rooms
The clerk was alike affable and dis
Greet. He gave the bellboy a bunch of
keys and told him to usher the party
to fine suite of apartments on the
first floor. The six young women were
escorted to the supposed bril-
dal suite. In twenty minutes they re-
turned to the reception room, laughing
and chatting. They told the affable
clerk that the bridal suite had been
appropriately decorated. and thanked
him for his courtesy. Then the young
women made their exit.
An hour later by the clock the bride
and bridegroom arrived. The sympa-
thetic clerk called Mr. Davidson and
told him that the six young women
had adorned the wrong suite OF rooms
Mr.. Davidson was alike grateful and
curious. He realized that the Joke had
been turned on the jokers, but he want
ed 10 see what the decorations were
like. Guided by the clerk, he and his
bride found and entered "A luxuriousIy
furnished suite OF rooms which had
been converted into fairly accurate
imitation Of q Chinese rice warehouse.
II would be a good joke n these
are really our rooms" said the bride
groom, but I think all things con-
sidsred. my wife and I would pre-
fer
Don't worry" interrupted the hotel
clerk with the heart your rooms are
~ me opposite end ~ me corridor"
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