The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-04
nag poINGs OF WOMEN FOLK
who Struggle for Frocks. Fortune,
Fads and Fame.

The bondhOl0er caste anu cannot 60 10
vossrs- -. the decorators, and say: "Gen-
,ramen. here is my home; make it to bios
som as the rose" viii often cause her small
b1sh to bloom luxuriantly as the result of
tsr own dilirent troweling and sprin king.
such a woman. if she is wise, takes many
bin+e from the studios Artists are the most
Sansihle peoole on earth, because they look
,rir,erilv TO beauty, and do not in
The least mind by what costless ma
tsrials IL may be secured. An artist will
hang his walls with coarse bagging, and
will Get a soft gray or brownish effect
which the expenditure of hundreds of dol
lars does not always secure for the million
Giro Sfudio methods are not to be followed
without discreetness and caution, for the
artist will throw length after length of soft,
dnlI.colored stuffs over his coaches, and add
bsnginq TO hanging, until he catches all the
dust there is going and filings down gaunt-
letin the face OF hygiene; but allowing for
this alteration, the results are excellent
when he hangs his portieres on cords and re-
fuses 10 be confronted by the stiffness and
straigtness of poles.
The studio colonies in New York are the
hest possible places IN which to study
couches and cushions. A studio divan is
made very commonly of a couple of pack
ing boxes and a cheap mattress, over which
is spread a Bagdad curtain Sometimes
c. Z. Goodman, the water colorist, gets up
a couch effectively His is spread with
cushions large and cushions small, cushions
grave and cushions gay. He has piece of
old tapestry on the wall behind it, faded and
darned. Somewhere he finds resting place
for pot of flowers and beside it among the
cushions is flung down mandolin. There
is picture leaning against the wall, and
there are two small Turkish slippers inviting
YOU to kick off shoes and put them on.
The canopy is hobby with artists. Half
the divans are fhus draped and shaded
These half-lghted seats are popular with
women on reception days. If a man has
two long spears he will erect them in front
of a couch and use them as supports for any
hangings that are rich in color and eastern
looking. Mr.. Irving R. Wiles has en-
especially attractive corner. 1t is window
nook and the sash draperies are whitish
green silk that is soft and thin. The divan
III front of the window is covered with a
huge rug of white fur. The hangngs
which cut it off costly from the rest of the
room are cream and silver brocade.
Fish nets are things that the studio people
delight in. They will use one TO drape the
side of room, they use them for curtains
and, especially, for portieres. | remember
one instance in which brackets of some size
have been built over a door. The pic
tuTesque arrangement of fish nets hung
from these supports lends a good deal of
dignity to what were otherwise a narrow
and unimposing passageway.
In Bohemia, which is the modern fairy
land, a chance for a cabinet is seized on
eagerly. In, / think it is, w. II. Sheton's
studio, there is a nook which is not quite of
tull hight; imagine it comes under stair
way. This recess has been hung with dull
green and red stuffs, and a shelf has been
run across near the top as a rest for odd
of bn
shelf is run curtain, and on the curtain
rod are strung japanese sword guards. Be
hind the curtain are more shelves holding
various studio properties.
In Bohemia the floors are stained dark
and strewn with rugs Mating, paper
such as is made to go under carpets, burlaps
and sacking are variously used for the side
walls and for friezes and dadoes. Swinging
iron lamps, japanese umbrellas, fois, ar
NOR bits of antique silver, etc., come in
play as decorations. There is usually a
pretty lay out for afternoon tea. An open
fire IS always had when possible, especially
by man who is in favor as a te9cher, and
whose premises are frequented by sylpn-
like girls who paint and anon take pleasure
in instructing him how to place the next
log on the blaze. When men do thing
at all they usually do it thoroughly, and a
picturesque studio sells many a painting;
hence there is much to be learned from the
devices OF Bohemia.
The number of women who hold re-
sponsible places on the trade and technical
journals seems to be increasing. Mrs. Gill
Hard has edited the Medical journal since
the death of her husband some years ago.
She is a bright and attractive southern
woman, and has son who is on the hide
pendent. There is a woman in the office of
The American Grocer, and another who
obi ,-ekI
organs. Mrs. Sophia Braeunlich is
the business manager of the Engi-
9eering and Mining Journal, and
Mr.. Rothwell, who is the president of
the publishing company says that when she
goes down the shaft of a mine in q bucket
she understands very thoroughly what she
sees. The presence of women in the offices
Of the art journals is a matter of course
Mrs. Josephine Redding edits the Art IN
terchdnge, is getting ready to start sone
other periodical, rides the bicycle, studies
spanish. contemplates mastering the fiddle,
and furnishes all her friends with bright
ideas.
The hospital tea gowns this season are
mostly japanese, though a good many are
cut on directory models. There is always
an evolution of tea gown ideas during Lent,
Tor the nervously Frustrated woman retire
TO the private hospitals and vie with their
fellow patients in elaborate negliges. It's a
curious fact, but the hospitals of certain
doctors from Shrove Tuesday to Easter
really become centers of fashion. The in
teres0ing invalids can't go out, they've
nothing to do but to adore the doctor and
compare tea gowns. The result is that
wardrobes are prepared very carefully for
what is coming to be known as hospital
season, when fashionable women atone for
past and prepare for prospective dissipation
by paying nigh board for poor quarters,
visiting from bedroom to bedroom, and
when the period of seclusion is nearly over
getting up little games of poker with penny
ante and weak tea.
The riding habit with which Miss Mabel
Jenness is astonishing New York. when
she sits her horse astride, has close-ftung,
conventional bodice, precisely like that US
ually worn. The skirt is DIVIDED, or practi-
GalIy there are two skirts, one for each leg
nder the skirts are worn riding trousers
ana the draperies are just long enough to
cover the feet when mounted. The divided
SKIRT Is good deal like Lady Harberton's,
anu the blfurcation does not show except
Wheh walking. The draperies are plated
i f'Iu quite full. Miss Jenness is graceful
nGrSewoman and is teaching by example
NnaI nave always maintained that a
woman should either ride astride or stay on
IAe ground. Horseback exercise on side
SADDLE involves so many risks of wrenching