The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-08
HOW SIZE CAN CHATTER.
GOSSIP ALLTHE WAY FROM GLE
OPATRA TO MRS STANLEY.

Was It P-The EagHshmen in Heaven
American Women and EngHshmen.
The Latest Things in Carriers.
wonders of q Wonaa-'s Chatelaine.
How a Woman Econonizes-Man's
Idea of Economy The Sunny Side OF
Lire.
tCpyri5ht)
NEW York, Dee 6.-Beauty may not
slwavs draw US b. a single hair, but the
subject of hair is much more to the fore
now than is the subject of beauty. WhoSel
Why. Clsopatra's, of course.
The young woman who belongs to the
classes that are going to cultivate her
physically and mentally is spending hours
in the Astor Library utilizing her French
and German in hsr search to discover Just
what was the cobi of Cleopatra's hair. And
the cause of this excitement is that Sardou
makes Sarah Be-nhardt appear with black
dresses aud a swarthy skin. The men who
write in encyclopedias, being men, devote
exactly one-half acollmn to the woman who
unset the world, and in that half a column
never mention the color of her hair. l
never did take verynuch stock in encyclo-
pce1ias-5hey neverssem to have the things
YOU really want. hoy are too much like
general shops.
WHERE OPINIONS RATHER DIFFER.
One amiable old 5erman, vino had grown
sweet-tempered ami old in the study of the
Egyptians and Their doings, announces that
= CLEOPATRA bad init color hair which is
blonde without gint of gold in it; another
one, VINO was as slGpDy as he was learned,
fatty says she hadbright auburn hair, and
still another evldmtly a bit OF a dreamer,
saws she had the color hair that men love
best. This was delightfully."- vague, AZ it
permits every MAI to give Cleopatra the
sort Of hair that ispossessed by his best girl.
Swinburne tells other hair being the color of
the ocean when it is sun-kissed, and another
poet says that he' hair was of that shade
and of that perfume peculiar to the golden
Ily Gautier describes her hair as falling
in black cascades over her shoulders, but
credits her with having blue eyes. aud talks
about the amber hlondness OF her temples.
confess TO not knowing what amber blond
ness is. And an nhber blonde temple would
be decidedly suggestive TO me of a never
ending need OF sulphur and molassas. |
have had stacks of books beside me. /
have had the assistance of all the
learned hbrarians-the sympathetic as
sistance-and the only thing l do seem
to be able to state positively is that
Cleopatra had hair, and that you can pay
your money and take your choice and make
it any color you want. 1t seems most prob
able that it was blonde, otherwise she would
not have stood out, as she did, conspicu-
Gus figure among all the dark-haired Egyp-
tan women; but, as | before remarked,
opinions differ, so that you can give her
any color of hair you want, and you will
have somebody to back you-a German. a
French or an English Egyptologist t.
'BAB" ON THE HERO OF THE HOUR.
What do you think of the Stanley bus
mess. Don't you think it is rather mean to
pitch into dead man? Personally, it is a
matter of absolute Indifference to me as to
whether the girl was eaten or not-in fact,
wish few cannibals would come to New
York and eat up some women l know.
would have O special artist to sketch the
performance. But, you see, here ir is; this
man is dead and can't get up and defend
himself, and his widow is made to suffer
from ali the horrible tales that are
printed and that exploit Mr.. Stanley.
And will you please tell me why
be should be exploiteds As / understand,
Emin wasn't particularly anxious to be
rescued-ln fact, he was having rather
good time Of it; aud why should we all yell,
Hail, chief to man who has gone around
hunting strange countries Tor to see2 Don't
you think the man that stays at home and
makes the country he's III q better one is the
man who is doing the beat works My sym-
pathies are entirely with the Irishman who
said that the man who planted the north
pole should be the one to go and find it,"
Inank you, no explorers in my evenings
entertainment.
THE ENGLI5HMAN IN HEAVEN.
By the by, one constantly says one won't,
aud then one does l took an oath on
large pile of dictionaries. English, Irish and
protaue, that l would never read a book
about America written by an Englishman;
but like my great-grandmother Eve, was
tempted and | ate. And | got the entire
peck OF dirt due me for the rest OF my life.
ahent go over the book; just want to
say this about the Euglishman: He comes
mere, takes everything he can get, finds
5auit with everything; he goes home, finds
LadIV with everything there, and when he
goes to heaven he finds fault with every
th'ng there, and writes letters to the Angels
Gazette complaining of the dampness of
1n9 clouds, the strings on his lutte, and his
45AI-door neighbor, and he signs this, "a
Loyal Briton."
AMERICAN WOMAN AND ENGLISH MEN.
ny birth and education the Englishman
b a brute. Physically he is tho most beau
Hal specimen. and he wears his clothes in q
L. SAAett iA4A-ASs w ICI uS Las lANGi
ae'e awhile, married and been trained by
AZ american woman, he is the next thing to
asenteman angel; but the Engllshman,
pufe and simple, is without any exception
t tHe greatest combination Of brute and idiot
suay you ever knew. He is willing to learn
mH'ca IS one thing in his favor, but it takes
III. american woman to teach him. He
GIIeSht think his own women know any
rDu;.ug, and this is one Of his thoughts that is
uighty near the truth.
THE LATEST THING IN CARRIERS.
No., Ine latest thing in garters, and, by the
~, safters are question of great impor-
uoe nowadays, has for a clasp 4 barred
sr,I which fastens just in the center; en-
o, 1,ieu on this is small dog, and on the
tr ,-ol SIDE Is the funny inscription, mo
~~S,'passlng allowed" Somebody has been
aa Jug articles on garters and illustrating
Js- lam, ana among those shown was Mrs
5id'S5. S. Now, between you and me, she
No. wear garters; she always wore sus-
ba,o1s, and consequently the illustration
nsir % somebody else. The handsomest
dia,,oI garters in New York consists Of two
v.r-,1l "a hearts that fasten together with a
b9cL ,ao os nook and eye, and have on the
m. gl one OF the hearts this inscription:
poss.,I userts with but a single sole" The
na,o2'o OF these has belt buckle to
inSS,,iII' which is somewhat larger, and the
amp pI l(oa on it is, "Iet US seek for joy
Jug the waste places"
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