The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24
Numbered lining to ones silk shirts, and
save them from soiling.

Numbered lining to ones silk shirts, and
save them from soiling.
Women of taste and refinement have
many ingenious ways of seeming their
wearing apparel besides the use of liquid
perfume. Sachets filled with powder are
sewn in bodices, muffs and hats and, in
the case of a fur coat or cape, sweet
smelling powder is laid under the lining
or between folds Of wadding. jewelers.
have recently invented a cleverly de-
signed charm to hang on watch chain,
bracelet or chatelaine. This is in the
form Of small gold ball perforated with
tiny holes, having a top to screw on and
off Inside is a sponge saturated with
scent or else second smaller bail, which
contains a strongly perfumed powder
The lady wearing this ornament carries
about special atmosphere Of scent,
which Is soon recognized wherever she
goes, says the Mail and Express.
Scented wells are worn and gloves, rib
bons scraps of lace and so on are kept
in silken sachets, carefully scented. Some
ultra smart women use scent fountains,
which are kept c instantly playing in their
rooms and are often used to perfume the
hair.
Some women identify themselves with
one special perfume, and with this ia
vorite essence they scent their handker-
chiefs, their hair gowns, lingerie, fans
and writing paper; in fact, all their pos
sessions. The last note of smartness is
to choose a favorite flower, with which
their scent corresponds Say, for exam
Pile, the violet; in that case a perfume
of violetS would permeate the whole cos
tune.
Even the apartments of fashionable
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by some, while others use eau de cologne
set alight in an iron spoon, and a few
employ incense, such as is used in
churches. so that the drawing room seems
to acquire a faint, mysterious sweetness
which, when the perfume is judiciously
managed, the guests find it difficult to
account for.
A writer in Paris journal OF fashion
declares that the tailor-made gown has
degraded the art of dressmaking until
there is no longer ambition enough left
in its high priests to inspire them to no
BILE efforts. The great men of the past,
such as Worth, Felix and the first Dou-
Get, in the opinion of this discoura ged
observer. will find no successors. For
one of the conditions precedent to a sue
cessful tailormade is that it be the handi-
work of a man and usually of one who
mas had experience in making the Cloth 9
of his own sex. Earlier masters of the
craft never had to impart the slightest
suggestion of masculinity to the gowns
they made. The writer attributes this
state of affairs as much to the moral in
1uence of the tailor-made as to its pres
ent vogue all over the world. 1t is a
cheaper kind of gown than welldressed
woman ever wore before and it has made
them economical in their expenditures. 1t
can be worn almost anywhere Outside of
a ballroom and women have become in
different as to the little propreties of
dress which they formerly observed so
carefully.
Nowadays they may take their after
noon drive in a tailor-made and in the
same attire pay formal calls. The elab-
crate costumes for afternoon wear have,
therefore, disappeared almost entirely be-
fore the triumphant march of this new
garment. which is crushing out by it's
utility all the graces and beauty of dress
that used to interest women and inspire
the dressmakers to designing Gowns that
really entitled them to be ranked among
the artists of their day. Duchesses ami
shop girls look alike nowadays to a de-
gree they never did before, as the tailor
made can be brought within the reach
of almost any purse, whereas the gowns
made by the former masters in the pro-
fession could not. It's influence, declares
this French writer, has reduced to half a
dozen the number of women in Paris who
spend $4,000 a year on their dressing and
that is crime enough in the eyes of the
great dressmakers to put the tailor-made
under a ban forever.