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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-08
OPEN CHINA SETS A
BOON TO HOUSEWIVES.

China in open stock sets in one of the
conveniences of the present day. The
increasing prevalence of the course din
ner and the practice of using several
varieties of china for it's service IS
largely responsible for the change. A
woman who some years ago purchased
handsome dinner set now feels that IL
she used it alone she would make a
poor showing before her guests.
Different plates are used for every
course. The service plates are of par
tlcularly fine china. The plates for the
meat course are of simpler and more
substantial designs than those for the
dessert, and the after dinner coffee Is
served in cups as delicate as can be
found. In the larger establishments
dinner Is served from the buffers pan
try. Many of the dishes used in
simpler menage where the roast and its
accomplishments are placed on the ia
BILE are not required in the former case.
The needs of the different housekeepers
are as varied as the houses in which
they live.
1t is no more expensive to have sew
eral different kinds of china than 70
have all the pieces alike. Open sets
have made this possible. Within the
size and number. Now there is practi-
cally no style of china that cannot be
bought in open stock.
A set of china which the merchant
keeps on hand and from which his GUS
toner makes her selections is much
more complete than the one he would
have formerly sold her entire. He IS
prepared to suit all tastes and meet
all needs. He has teapots in all Sizes
chocolate pots equally varied and sugar
bowls and creamers to match. A wom-
an with a large, Small or medium fam
lily finds exactly the set size she re-
quires. If her family increases, she Is
able to increase her number of pieces
and to obtain the larger sizes.
1t is also possible to replace any
piece of china The housekeeper is not,
as in the old days, heart-broken over
the loss of a dish. 1t can easily be
duplicated
There are open sets not only In the
fine china, but in the pottery. In this
less expensive ware are delightful re-
productions of old time dark blue with
quaint little low teapots, sugar bowls
and creamers. The pottery in lighter
colors, in pinlxs and in pinks ana
greens combined, has something OF the
art mouveau designs. They are pleas
ing even If they have not quite ths
charm of the reproductions.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-08

excellence. Those fashioned by private
makers are as beautifying, and in a
single costume as many as half doz-
en- different materials will be seen. Say
a gown is of some sort of wool cloth
in shaggy black and white, or black,
white and color. In either event white
panne velvet dotted with black may be
used in small quantities upon the bod
ice, which may likewise show a touch
CT rich color, lace and passementerie.
A costume Of brown wool, in a soft,
pale shade. was combined with green
kid, coral panne and yellow lace The
kid shaped in a wide crush belt with
triple tongue, a narrow vest edge and
sleeve straps. The coral panne was in
the form of tiny folds. used upon the
lace blouse and undersleeves, and the
result of the combination was some
thing indescribab1y harmonious.
These soft, leathery shades of brown
are, with rich plum tints, among the
choice colors of the season. Some
times a gown in either color will be all
in one tone. for a charming fad is to
have the braids laces and embroideries
used in the tint of the gown material.
One such scheme is displayed by Wis
iting gown in pale brown cloth and
braid lace. This trimming, in deep
pointed entredeuX, is introduced In the
skirt and also forms part of the round
cape collar and puffed sleeves. The wax
beauty who wore the costume-for 1t
was part of a great shop display
sported with it a neck piece and muf
in whole sables. Her fiattish hat was
of brown velvet, trimmed with a white
plume and an under band of white sat
in gardenias.
A second smart shop gown suggest
ed the old Princess models in design.
The skirt was cut to lie without a wrin-
kle over the hips, the French back of
the belted bodice increasing the close
fitted effect An odd feature of the
get-up was a strip of black panne,
which. running from the yoke, extend
ed down the entire back of the cos
tune Over this We're looped black che
mile cords with pendant ends AS
the material of the costume was cham
pagne-colored cloth, this contrast was
superb.
All sorts of fancy buttons with
swinging ends are used upon these
handsome suits. which. as has been
intimated. may grace any occasion.
With them, upon the dresser visiting
toilettes, will sometimes be combined
bits Of brocaded silk, bebe velvets, and
the thin lace nets of the hour. A re-
ception gown of French cloth In a
faint pistache tint-dubbed at one
place Robespierre greenland such a
voluminous and fxy skirt that one was
fain to see that something more then
the trimmings Of the sixties has
come down to us. The ribbon skirt
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-08
BY HARRIET HAWLEY.

ing background for the pastel colored
appliques now so much in vogue. The
embroidered flowers for appliquing
are particularly lovely Indeed, it would
take an expert to distinguish them
from real handworked embroidery.
They can be had in roses of many
shades and in many hued chrysanthe-
NUNS. The new French heiotrope
shade is as delicate as the perfume of
the flower for which it is named.
fetching white gown is appliqued
with chrysanthemums of this fashion
able nuance. There are buds as well
as full rounded flowers, and they are
sprinkled lavishly over the skirt fiounce
and on the smart bolero. These APP
plique flowers are particularly effective
on both lace and chiffon.
Since black velvet has developed into
one of the seasons faVorites, it is be-
ing used for reception dresses not only
by milady, but also by her debutante
daughter. Nothing is more striking
than a Sumptuous velvet made i'll
princess fashion and untrimmed except
for some lace furnishings in the form
of cape collar or bertha.
An effective black velvet gown has
yoke of hand meshed silk netting.
The oddly shaped bertha is edged with
black taffeta ribbon ruchings and fin
ished with deep fringe. The fullness
of the waist is drawn down under a
high girdle of black taffeta. This is
well boned and shaped to the figure.
The sweeping skirt is shirred into the
band. 1t is trimmed in flounce effect
by ribbon ruchings, while a ruching
edged band of black passementerie
forms the hem at the bottom. The
widely flaring sleeve is similarly deco
rated, though its beauty is lost sight
of when its flare reveals the dainty
ruffies of the white chiffon and lace
undersleeVe.
Another striking reception gown is
OF metallic velvet. The corsage and
the upper portion of the skirt are of
the velvet in a spangled design. The
chiffon yoke is also spangled and or
namented with sketches, motifs of
Bruges lace, with pendant pieces Of
modern Italian lace. The sleeve is a
large circular puff of double black chlf-
fon, drawn into a cap of the spangled
chiffon edged with lace. The curve Of
the cap is paralleled two inches farther
down the sleeve by a lace applique.
The circular founce of the skirt is
decorated with double chiffon ruchings,
whose fluffiness relieves the heavy folds
of the velvet.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-08

manner, and made to suit the prevail
ing scheme of her dainty bed room.
She found one to her liking, had car
penter plane off all the rough places,
tighten the nails that held the boards
together, and fit the cover with hinges,
so that after the box was finished they
could be easily screened mp.
To preserve the outside as well as
the inside, and give a smooth founda-
ton to the box, she tackled a gray wool
wadding over the whole. For the in
side a simple sateen of a solid color in
a warm gray was chosen. 1t was
smoothly put on, care beiag taken that
the corners We're closely tackled. TIE
selection for the outside was a heavy
ribbed English chintz n a decidedly
flowery pattern of leaves and pink roses
on a rich cream background These
gay colors suited her pink and Wh. te
bed room. After the Outside was made
fast to the wood by some pretty gilt
nails closely grouped tose"ler, the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-08

One blouse of white Russian crash
a wash material which nearly resem-
bles kitchen toweling in quality-boast-
ed such a collar and cuffs of red Rus
sian embroidery.
Teneriffe wheels and edgings' appear
on waists of the lightest silks, as well
as on a bodice of silk null, whose hand
run tucks and other dainty stitcheries
are not the least of their charms.
No longer does woman wear sombre
colors and burdensome materials be-
cause the calendar tells her that win
ter is here. More white cloth evening
gowns are seen than cloth gowns in
color, and the daintiest negligees are
all in wash materials. AS for hats, so
widespread is the demand for light
weight that many are made of the
most delicate silk and mohair braids.
All tulle and lace winter hats are like
wise seen, and the most charming of
the evening wraps are in white or deli
cate pastel tints. Everything is now
done for the gloriication of woman's
charms, and they must be of an in
ferlor grade, indeed, if they do not re-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-08

So much is a graceful softness now
admired in dress that even gowns for
the hardest service are, SO to speak
furbelowed. The English tailor cos
tune is still in existence, but the
French creation is the thing that fash
ion especially approves, and the ma
1ority of her daughters are obedient to
her commands.
The French creation, which Is some
thing far more ideal than a costume,
when seen in its best shape, is almost
too subtle for analysis. Details are 50
gently and cunningly submerged in the
whole that for long while the be-
holder merely receives an impression
OF completeness. as if the wearer's
fneries were a part of her own pretti-
ness, in fact.
This suitability to individual types
ana absence of hard lines now distin-
guish all shop gowns of any degree of
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-08

tener in made shape than in trimmed
form, velvet cloth of felt being used
in intricate folds and puffings over
buckram frames. At the left side
dropping ornaments of some sort are
much seen, sometimes made cock or
pheasant plumes, and sometimes a
fancy fail Of chenille or jet. Slides
and buckles of jet and steel are other
ornaments for these practical hats,
which accomplish a degree of becom-
ingness rare in ordinary street milli-
merry.
II you must economic on your win
ter get-up, don't let your hat feel the
skimping, for, topped by correct mil
llnery and gloved and booted neatly,
many defect in the rest Of the tot
lette may be hidden. Simple as they
sound and look, the new hats cannot
be turned out by every home milliner.
Experienced fingers are needed to
give them the proper cachet, and es-
pecially is this so with the turbans,
which in homemade shape are some
times anything but pleasing. At many
of the large shops SO is charged for
making a hat, and $3.50 for trimming
a set shape. Among these last are
numbers of high crowned velvet and
beaver hats upon which black ostrich
feathers are much used
Late models in odd blouse waists run
more to elaborate collars than other
trimmings. Upon soft MORE and gros
grain silks, and on other silks which
have a definitely poplin finish, batiste
laces in plain white and cream are
much employed for them. The collars
are frequently placed below the stocks.
with round neck line and tabs run
ming far down upon the sleeves. At
the front similar tabs may form dou-
Bile stoles, but the cuffs of a blouse
so decked are as often of the plain
bodice material as of the trimming
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-08
BY MARY DEAN.

frills edged and put on with the bebe
velvet were recognized as from this
period but why "Robcspierre greene"
oh returned the person who was
showing off the toilette, don't you re-
member that the wretch's complexion
Is always described as green?'
The fragile touches on these visit
ing and reception toilettes are we'll
nigh numberless. The lower portions
of sleeves are frequently of chiffon in
folded tucks, hounces of chiffon or lace
will show under the edge OF skirts,
and into the solidest silk will be in
serted fairy nsets of gauze and lace.
Upon cloth gowns for more practical
service, odd strappings of the same
will frequently be used with stylish
effect. A trig gown of plum colored
cloth shows these strappings on both
the skirt and Elton coat. The band of
the coat is placed low around the
shoulders, to increase the long effect
now admired. The ends of it form the
vest of the jacket which is worn over
a blouse of white poplin and lace.
The headgear which accompanies
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-08

these street toilettes partakes of the
same dressiness. In truth, so fiXy are
the majority of the new hats that the
woman to whom a plainish headpiece
is a necessity finds it difficult to be
suited. Salient features of all millinery
are the marked lifting of crowns and
up-curving brims. Nothing rests upon
the head with the absolute flatness of
recent headgear, and so completely and
so quickly have the times changed that
wearers of such styles produce the inn
preston of being utterly out of date.
Brim hats in the new oval form,
flaring away from the face are liked
by young women of extreme tastes,
whose youth and good looks carry
them off well. But maturer faces re-
quire the sort of thing usually dubbed
sensible. Admired styles for these
types are the stiff box turbans, but the
fancier made turbans lend themselves
to many types, and in Consequence are
more worn. The boat model is more
seen in such headSear than any other,
blunt, stern and pointed front distn-
gushing this. The turban itself is Of
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-08
UTILITY BOXES
FOR EVERY ROOM
I'M THE HOUSE

She was a clever woman who design
ed a utility box. Having a home where
space was limited, and closets few, she
set about to find some cosy fitment for
her extra belongings.
AT first a box presented itself to her
mind where her dressy waist could be
laid out fun length without being
rumpled. 1t must be strong and dura-
BILE of make So a shoe box occurred
to her as just the thing. But it must be
covered in an attractive and pleasing
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-08

sides were finished with handsome gilt
handles, and the covar screwed firmly
on.
As a home-maker's irst attempt, 1t
was a charming success, ana served an
excellent purpose for the disposal &C
dress waists, light weight wraps or
articles of nature needing s!t cial
care.
Utility boxes have now made a stana
for themselves and are looked upon as
being as useful as dressing glaSse; and
bureaus. The most expensive sat are
of leather and have something Of the
appearance of an old-time chest. 9th
ers are made of suede in tones of am
dark rich color and are covered iLsi:e
with suitable cotton textures. 1t is
only when employing a thinner fabric
that they should be padded, because
the rough places in the Dox are sure TO
injure and cut away the cloth.
An artistic utility box is made of
suede leather firmly tackled on all
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-08

spond to the hours tenderness. What
being could seem plain when surround
ed by such things as wreaths and gar
lands, plumes, undersleeves, spangles
and frills?
Some of the house effects designed
for brides and other lucky beings are
strikingly artistic A petticoat and
kimona sacque compose one bewitching
little negligee which is seen in wash
silk and lace, and null and lace. The
petticoats are often killed and made
TO trail somewhat, and the ribbon
drawstrings form sash ends when tied.
More than one of the little jackets
which accompanies these has the point
ed handkerchief fall at the bottom now
in vogue. Frequently the kimona is
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-08

entirely formed by a deep lace at
tached to a round or pointed yoke, the
flowing angel sleeves being made in the
same way. With such jackets, which
are built upon white or colored silk
Innings, a black silk skirt win supply
a costume suitable for an informal
luncheon or tea.
A breakfast toilette for a bride is
made of marigold silk with a brocaded
pattern of white buds and green leaves.
composes the model, whose fiouncing
skirt is cut short enough TO display
high-heeled bronze slippers. Upon this
wide lace is looped in garlands, head
ed by other garlands of narrow white
and green ribbons. Rosettes of the
same hold these at the points.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-08

Nero was busy fiddling while Rome
burned Isn't it enough" remon-
strated one of the victims, that you
are destroying us by inches without
adding to our agony by making us liss
ten to that music?" Tut, tut" replied
the Emperor, Il am letting you down
easy. / haven't played a note of Hi
awatha' yet."-Cincinnatl Commercial
Tribune.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-08
"AT HOME" GOWNS FOR
WINTER AFTERNOONS

The Gowns Which the Hostess Chooses for Her AT Home
Should Set the Keynote of the Affair-Tea Gowns Have
Had Their Day-EngIish Women Use a FiImy Coffee
Iacket-The American Has No Substitute.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1903-06-27
THE HOTEL.

Again we refer to the hotel PROPOSE
ton which is that valuable piece OF
ground fronting Main Street and Pay
on Teche worth ~, 600 90 shall be y
mated unrcservedly to any party who
will erect thereon hotel costing
$50. 600. co. There are men of means
who stand ready to accept this PROPOSE
ton whenever the property is turned
over to them. Here is an opportunity
that seldom presents itself to a commu-
nifty, and We're it offered to such towns
as Crowley, Lake Charles Alexandria
the sun would not be allowed to set
before the full amount would be sub
scribed. Citizens of Iberia awake !!
shake off these drowsy stupors which
seem to possess you, and showsto the
world that you appreciate the great
opportunities that are pressing upon
you. Go at once to the committee
and place your name there for lib
raj amount and the hotel will be an
accomplished fact, one that you will
always be proud of one that will be
a monument to your sagacity and pro-
gress, one that will commend your city
to the travelling public, increase its
business, improve the values of its
give it prestige and dignity
among the towns OF Southwest Louis
lana.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1903-06-27
HON. VIM. II. PRICE.

MANY are the expressions throughout
the State of a favorable nature regard
ing the candidacy of the Hon. VIM.
Fl. Price for Governor. His candida
CIV has been formally announced and
he has expressed himself as being
ready to answer the mandate of the
people, should their voice indicate
that he should be their standard bear
err. We shall endeavor by all the
honorable means i'll our power to COM
pass his nomination by whatever meth
Cd the party may select, either by con-
vention or primaries. That Mr.
Price will give us good administra-
tion is assured by the honorable record
behind him. by the traits of character
that adorn him by the conception of
duties that will devolve on him, a
conception engendcred by brainy,
patriotic and State loving citizen, who
will be found equal to any emergency
that may confront him. We believe
he will make an ideal Governor and
will by his indomitablc energy and
high conception of right bring about
whatever of reform or retrenchment,
OF advancement. or progress, that Lou
isiana may need to keep her in the
onward march of her sister States
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1903-06-27

is disproportionately large. Th'
taste of the people glorifies the vulga
scorns the essence of the finer fibre
of the spiritual world The caus,
for this absurdity, this anomaly is de
ficient and lack of education. TIL,
criminal neglect of the training of the
mind; the development of the coarsel
feelings of mans nature; the un
checked tendency towards animalisn
and filth are mainly responsible fol
our backwardness. The 2 and 1-2 mill
tax proposed is the entering wedge te
better days. Education must be sti
umulated through taxation and de-
sire for better and higher existence
will spring from enlightenment. Our
girls cannot continually vegetate into
womanhood for exhibition purposes
and our boys for the followers of the
turf and diamond. Something more
Of the seriousness, the purport of real
life must be injected into their exist
ence Genius is impossible amid Gull
tivated environments of nOnchal-
ance, complacency and the peace and
contentment and simplicity of wants,
grated on our daily monotonous hum
drum life by ignorance and litter
acy Now if proud Iberia, pride rid
den Iherians hope for terrestrial i'm
they must climb the ladder
of education The real diadem of
authority, the priceless pearls of envy
reside in education, in brains in that
unseen quantity, ability dispensing
and supremacy. The move
ment for better and a better distri bu-
ton and more equitable expansion Of
should appeal to the average
citizen, should receive its stimulus,
its very life from those that are most
sadly in need of the article and have
the greatest difficulty in obtaining the
same. The movement will grow as
The avalanche grows by rolling its dis
lance, but popularity, widespread Ell
Messianic reverence
should follow it's trail. Every home
should hoist its flag of joy and exulta-
ion at the approach of the mental
and the freedom of con-
science. Schools melt the shackles of
superstition and file off the fetter
If prejudice. A new heaven
With a new God will stretch its hori-
on before your mental vision. But |
'ou must unfalteringly embrace the
lew creed. public education. New
'isions and new idols and household |
DDS, but they stand for progress, for
for health and life. The
York embodying the success of the
lovement is laid upon the shoulders
the citizen and failure will regis
er mark of ignominy and despair
hitch will eventually engulf the
hole community. You are on the
orlls of dilemma Only one sensible
purse is left open. Educate your
hid and quieten your conscience.
how yourself worthy of your heritage,
merican citizenzhip, and prove to
le world that you have the courage
nd the grit, the grey matter in your
cad and the iron in your blood of
our forefathers.
JULES DREYFUS.