The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-06
fortnight or month. New York is queer
place where queer Chings are done

fortnight or month. New York is queer
place where queer Chings are done
SOMETHING NEW Is WHAT CATCHES
the pennies every time. That little army
of women who are depending on their skill
III various small decorative arts and handi-
crafts for the better part of their living eat
or starve according as they can or can not
originate an idea. 1t doesn't need to be a
brilliant idea. Startling novelty or daring
conceptions would hardly go down with the
ordinary run of fancy work buyers. The
new thing must be in the line of what people
have already conceived liking for, but it
must have just that little touch of difference,
which shall mark its contriver as a clever
woman able to lead her sex whittier she
will
know a woman who has supported her
self handsomely for some months past on
the fruits of an idea She put upon the
market those toilet sets which gained such
currency during the holidays which relieved
the tedium of handpainted satin by covers
OF chamois skin cut in fancy open work pat
terms and embroidered. The notion of so
utilizing the channels was a new one and it
was enough to make her work sell. She
disposed of the stock she had been busy on
since summer to single house and set ap-
prentices at work making up more. She
won't offer the same thing to the dry goods
her brain for something else, and finding it
will find an income assured The woman
who first went into the drawn work craze,
supplying the dainty openwork napkins
and dollies and towels and sheets and
pillow cases for which housekeepers are
paying such fancy figures found her profit
in it. There are dozens doing the same thing
now, but the originator has quit the field
and gone into fresh pastures, where she can
ont ha fret Of laax
the aftermath. One of the freshest decora-
tive ideas is a screen of woven grasses,
painted in a bold pattern and hung from a
bamboo rod by knots of tow rope, the same
rope partially fringed out making decora-
tive border at the bottom. The screen is
not'especially beautiful, but it is new, and
it means dollars and cents to the woman
who made it first 1t is the same way with
a laundry list for families enclosed in covers
of celluloid and painted with a breezy
picture of Mondays wash hung out to dry.
People do pains-taking work for next to
nothing, and people work less hard for
abundant reward. 1t all depends on whether
the work is done on somebody else'S idea or
your own.
THE COLD WEATHER DOES
not keep women in doors. There are compare
lively few women wl1o drive themselves, at
least in sleighing season, but Miss Moroslnl
in her dark shell-shaped sleigh with spirited
chestnut and noddlng brown plumes, is one
of the sights of the park Miss Jean Turn
ure manages her own horse and flashes past
in small cutter, radiant in crimson plush
C oak edged with heavy black fur Miss
Paget drives also, and the Baroness Blanc
buried in a nest of furs behind her grays,
with their sealskin trapping, is familiar
figure. 1t is years since there has been so
much skating The prettiest skating gown
that l have seen is of q navy blue broad
cloth. The plain skirt is edged about the
bottom with a broad band of Alaska sable.
A full round waist has high collar Of the
fur and the fat muff is trimmed with fur.
A cloth capote matching the gown has fur
band round the face. The sleeves are laid
in tailor's welts from the shoulder to the
elbow, edged by fur band and buttoned
thence to the wrist. The newest toboggan
suits are in pink white, blue or gray blank
citing with moon spots i'll contrasting colors.
Thew are not lined if of the heavier
qualities of blankets and have Capuchir
hood, collar, wide cuffs and Turkish sash oil
soft silk with tasseled ends
The new theater for amateurs opens Feb
IA. Mrs NJ. Appleton Baker has com
posed the overture, and Mrs. Z. Murray
RAYMOND, who is known for her pretty
waltzes has written the orchestral music FOL
the opening night. e. 2. ID.