The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-21
AUTUMN PICTURE GIRLS.

Well Dressed Women Consider the
General Eject of Their Appear
ance-McreIy Fashionable Women
Consider Each Article Separately.
This Is the Difference Which
Counts.
The we'll dressed women is always a
picture. She knows, from the moment
that she purchases the fabric for her
frock to the moment that she stands
before the mirror and takes a last
long. satisfying look at the tout en-
semble, that she is going to be a pic
ture. From the ribbons on her hat
to the buckles on her shoes. she has
worked 'conscientiously to carry out
the one effect which photographed IT.
self upon her mind when first she
planned her costume. 1t is not only
in her ruifled summer frocks and
smart little sunbonnet that she looks
as though she should be framed. but
in every garment she dons, from her
lace trimmed night-robe to her fur
trimmed winter coat. Like the actress,
she considers herself in perspective,
places herself mentally against the
natural and proper background, and
begins to draw in the lines which will
complete the picture.
This means, of course. of the well
dressed woman; not of the woman who
is merely smart, because she knows
what is being worn and has the money
to purchase 1t. who wears a Gainsbor-
O1JOh hat q CxihCnn nd nj
shoes without a pin-prick of pride or
conscience, without one pang of the
artistic soul. The we'll dressed woman
1t like the clever, chic Parisienne who
always "sees herself" as the actress
would express 1T, in a frame, and who
consequently is always charming
never overdressed. Even the nursery
maids in Paris are smart. They study
themselves, as nursery maids, and live
up to the artistic ideal of the nursery
maid, just as we study ourselves as
Gibson girls or Christie girls and work
night and day to Took our parts" The
Partisan shop girls. too. are chic and
attractive looking. They do not aim to
be cheap limitations of the society buds,
but place themselves, mentally. be-
hind the counter and decide first what
will look most appropriate. most
charming and most picturesque in the
environment, which, however, simple,
must be theirs. 1t is art, art, art
with perhaps an exceptionally shapely
corset-which makes the Partisan wo-
man the leader of fashion.
Autumn, and this autumn in partic-
ular. gives the girl who would be
picture the most wonderful oppor.uni-
ties to carry out her ambition. Au-
turnn, with its warmb glowing tints, is
the sort of background against which
to wear poppy wreathed hats, or scar
let shooting jackets and scarlet fedo-
ras. This autumn the importers are
showing robes and skirts and jackets
that look quite as though they had
been cut from an old-time picture
book. One enterprising New York shop
already has several dozen imported
frocks on exhibition. Strolling through
its show rooms one can almost fancy
ones self back in the days of ones
grandmother, SO quaint are the little
brown silk nantes with their brown
velvet bands, the dove colored zibelines
with their grotesque sleeves, and the
black lace evening gowns with their
flowing angels wings. There are glow
ing red tailor suits, too, that remind
one of autumn leaves and yellow silks
and pongees that look like reflections
from the golden rod. Every gown
in which it is only necessary to set the
right girl.
A young woman who returned from
Paris last week brought back a trunk
full of pretty between-season picture
gowns that will without doubt be
copied wherever they are seen. Sep
tember is such an Interrogation point
in the punctuation of the fashions that
any ideas which come floating over the
water are at once snapped up. The
prettiest of this girls frocks was
street suit of wine colored zibeline built
on green silk The skirt was perfect
ly plain, except for three broad bands
stitched about the lower half, and was
cut with the seam down the center q
the front. The Jacket was blouse, with
a vest Of white velvet and a chic collar
smartly appliqued in dead white gut
pure The sleeves were of the now
popular shape, fat at the top, but ride
ulously full below the elbow. With this
distinctly autumnal frock was worn a
fluffy white hat heavily laden with
scarlet cherries. Not every girl could
stand so striking and vivid n costume
but my little friend from Paris Is dark
and chic with soft brown hair AMI she
looked Ike a scarlet poppy. just IN
season.
A very different picture was n little
eandle-ilghf frock Of innocent. pristine
point d'espFit brought over In this same
maeicai trunk. There II nothing agite
80 becoming 20 really young girl az
point d'eFrrlt II reminds one ~ snow
dropa, lilies ~ the valley, innocence
purity graduating exercises. cfinins-
0Bt p8rtiOf. apd az the things We are
woHf ~ associate with unspOlled, beau
hful eiflhood This gown, built over
white elk. with the becoming baby
valet ana the mqdestiY low neck.