The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-04

often executed directly upon the garment,
except upon sucl as are designed as well as
made to rider. There Is tendency toward
the shortening of the waist, because the
empire modes are in the ascendant, or, at
least, strongly contest the place OF honor
with the directoire designs But bodices are
generally cut somewhat shorter in Paris
than in England or America, French
women being usually short and rather
stout, with shorter waists and necks than
American and English women.
The lace boa which has been worn III
England for two or three seasons, and been
replaced this year by the wide and long
lace scarf in cream and black, have just
found their way to Paris, and are TO- be seen
in profusion at the Bon Marche ard all the
large shops 1t is singular that they have
not found their way to America; but they
would never have been success, for boa
in summer, even of lace, would hardly be
bearable with the Thermometer at 90.
Cotton dresses are an English speciality.
Nowhere else do they make them at once so
simply and so charmingly. In Paris, they
are either ncgligeS, fused up with lace and
ribbons, or too formal. This season, for
the fils time, the Partisan dressmakers have
endea> ored to follow English models and
produce French version OF the full bodice,
the belted waist and the full sleeve. The
last has been difficult pill to swallow; and
they would not have come TO 1t if Worth
had not set the example. As it is, they lay
the sleeves in fine folds or pleats, leaving it
full only over the elbow, and they shape a
yoke by fine folds also. The bodice is not
straight, but deepens at the back to point,
and the skirt is laid in full, fine, side-pIait-
ings and attached to its edge, ii the moyea
age STYLE the belt worn above, or started
from the side seams to hook over, with sash
ends at the left of the front.
There is not much fashion in Paris just
now. The world of Paris is taking its pleas
ure elsewhere; but there are crowds daily at
the Bon MGrche, buying gloves for l
franc, 95 confines (39 cents that
are buttonless and very 'swel,"
or regular SUICIDES in six or. eight button
lengths. This, Of course, is an occasion" ;
and an Occasion" at the Bon Mdrche is an
event to all Paris. A short time since, this
house, which is more remarkable in its in
tcrnal system than even in its external size
and complexity, held an Occasion" ex-
clusyely for the sale Of white goods and
garments. The one days sale netted
l,S00,000 francs and took 100 vans eight
days to deliver.
The Bon Marche feeds its own emplyes,
5000, every day. Its kitchens are awonder,
and its staff of cooks equal to those of sew
eral hotels. The whole region is a miracle
of cleanliness and order and the most perfect
system. A hundred men are empl yed in
washing dishes, and a second staff exclu-
sively in cleaning knives. The food is of
the best quality and is cooked deliciously.
The pots are huge, copper cauldrons, the
baking pans larger than the top of an ordi-
nary stove. Everything shines; and
the glass, silver ana china would
compare with any ordinary hotel. One
hundred girls are lodged in tue house. They
each have a room to themselves, of good
size and very nicely furnished. They are
those who have no parents or relatives liv-
ing in Paris, and Nine. Boucicault took
the space from her own dwelling to provide
for them, when the problem Of their proper
protection presented itself Their wages,
over and above their living, are obtained
from percentage on their sales, and they
often save enough to provide themselves
with ''dot" or marriage portion.
The system of the Bon Mdrche is unique
and the results a marvel. By the death of
the founders, the enormous business has
passed into the hands of directors, chosen
by the founders from old employees. who in
turn choose a council, from which directors
will be taken to supply the place of such
directors as reach the age of so, at which
period they retire, by the terms of the will
from active dictatorship, but with abund-
ant means In this way the interests are
carried on precisely the old line of giving
the best possible thing for the least possible
money, and the employe share in the re-
wards. JENNIE JUNE.