Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-04

stood for i've years, and was swept away by
a storm; the second. after life OF 40 years,
was destroyed by fire; the third, built by
Smeaton, in 1856, stood for lzz years, when IL
had to be removed because the rock on which
it was built began to give way; the fourth,
designed by Sir James N. Douglass. was I'm
ished two years ago. Its total height is l1O
feet. exceeding its predecessor by "a feet. In
height indeed. it stands prominent among its
fellows. though the Skerryvore house. eleven
miles from Tyree, small island among the
Outer Hebrides, shows its light at greater
elevation. The Eddystone, which may be
taken to represent the newest ideas OF light
house arrangement, consists OF ten stories,
arranged in the following order: Entrance,
oil rooms, store and coal room, crane ana
store room, living room, low light room, pea
room, service room, the lantern being the
highest of ALL as the water tanks are, on the
other hand, the lowest.
A LONG BRANCH correspondent writes;
''one of the most plainly dressed women in
the room was Lady Exmouth. She wore
black lace dress over a canary -colored silk, cut
very decOllete, and exposing beautiful neck
and sloping shoulders. Loops Of canary col
ored ribbon, diamond ornaments, including
necklace, and huge bouquet of yellow roses,
finished her costume. Lady Exmouth is 52
years old, but she has not the freshness and
bloom of English gIrlhOOd nor the buxOm eX
pansiveness of a British matron. She is rather
thin and pale, and if it were not for her way
of wearing her hair, cropped at the top and IN
a LaDgtry knot at the back, would look more
American than English. Lord EXmouth is
dapDer little man, about the size OF sunset
Cox, with bright eye. During the evening
the noble pair never moved from their chairs;
he sat on one foot, swinging the other, with
an eyeglass in his ocular, watching the dan
GERS, and she alternately partooS of power
full smelling bottle and the fragrance OF her
roses. These emblems of the English aristoc-
racy left last night for Saratoga. with openly
expressed disgust for Americans, though they
have only met two during their stay IN the
| hotel"
THERE is a wondrous beauty at Long
Branch according to several writers. Her
name is Gloria Cespedes. She is daughter of
| Gen. Cespedes, who was killed about IA years
ago in the Cuban revolution. Twins were born
to the widow a few months after her patriot
husbands death, and Miss Gloria is one of
them. She is described as a most beautlful
specimen of the pure Spanish type. Her face,
while characteristic of her nationality. Is
more regular and delicate in its features than
is usual among her cOuntrywOmen. Her HAIR
| is et. her ey es large and lustrously soft, her
complexion rich and clear, and her expression
| bright and amiable. Still more remarkable
| than her perfection OF head is her taultless-
| ness of figure, combining statellness and grace
| 10 both carriage and pose. Whenever she APP
| pears among the dancers in hotel parlor, or
else to be looked at. She dresses in childish
fashion yet. and not with any adherence TO
| Cuban styles; nor are her juvenile manners at
all affected by the coquettishness common to
| tropical tricks, and her eyes seem to know no
| other than honest wltchery.
AMONG English Judges and barristers, says
Notes and Queries, there has always been a
strong prejudice against wearing HAIR on the
face, and until within the last few years it
would have been impossible to find barrister
| with a moustache, and, believe, no English
| Judge for centuries has adopted this natural
| hirsute appendage. No doubt this custom IS
/ a survival of the days when ''the priest all
| shaver and shorn" was the principal lawyer.
| We know the Golf of the Sergeants- at-law
was designed to hide the tonsure. AS an IL
lustration of the judicial dislike to moustaches,
| the following observations, which heard at
/ the Sussex Assizes about six or seven years
| since, when they were held at Brighton, may
| be of interest. Lord Chief Justice COckburn
said to a witness: "Witness, in consequence
/ of your having a mOustache, l cannot hear
| distinctly what you say. don't mean to say
/ that you should cut it off, if you think 1T an
| ornament; but it prevents me from hearing
| you. and you must, therefore, speak more
| loudly" 1t is somewhat singular that the use
/ of the wig is now confined to the Judges and
| the bar, having been abandoned by the rest of
society; possibly, therefore, the artificial use
| of hair on the top of the head may be cOnsid-
| cred to make up for the removal Of the natural
| hair from the face.