The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-28
THE AFFAIRS OF WOMEN.
SOME OF THE FANCIES THAT
PLEASE THE FAIR SEX.


what is Going On in the World o
Misunderstanding About Shops
and Shoppers-A Few of the Fads o
Society Women - Little Stories
Which Show the Drift of Fashion
able Gossip.
Facial massage is the latest fad to assume
great proportions. writes Urwa from New
York in the Boston Globe. The massageuI
formerly worked for dear life from morn &c
midnight for bread and butter. Now be
rides fine animal in the park in the fore
noon. lunches at Sherry's, drives in the
afternoon and has the audacity to make
many a fine lady await her turn in his
chair. That is what it means to have con-
troll of a fad in Gotham.
But the massage.
followed charming belle and her maid
to the place. 1t was a fine-looking private
residence. There were no gilded signs about,
but at the curb was a marble horse block
bearing the word ''Dermatologist." My lit
tie lady gives her wraps to the maid and is
placed n the chair, as if she were to have =
tooth pulled. Every bit of the lovely gown
is covered and towels are tucked in around
her throat. Steaming hot cloths are ap-
piled to her face for several minutes to
soften the cuticle, which is then washed
with soap and wafer. that any after process
might not rub any dirt into the pores to
make upsightly blackneads. Then prepar-
alton of oils is thoroughly kneaded into
every muscle of the face.
NJ. LeMassageur is fine looking, of course.
For half an hour this delightful process
goes on. The firm, white masculine fingers
stroke the pretty cheeks and the white lids
droop in dangerous pleasure. To be sure,
there must be touch of the scientific, and
this comes in the little instrument which is
next used. Compression of q rubber bulb
forces vacuum in glass bell and the flesh
is drawn up into the interior of the bell.
Atmospheric pressure dilates the capillary
veins beneath and Induces perfect circula-
tion of the blood. This process is scientific
20 an extreme. yet withal very staple, as
the doc or admits, and can be done as well
and as readily by any one at home
IL is demonstrated in old physiologies
that after such treatment the skin becomes
more than usually absorbent, and it is next
treated to a bath of rose water and new
milk, the favorite cosmetic OF the famous
Ninon d'Enclos. 1t is wonderful how those
tiny coiied snakes that science calls
sudorific, or sweat glands. will drink new
milk.
Put drop of liquid upon piece Of glass,
and another upon the face. after good
rubbing. In two days the milk upon the
glass will have evaporated and left white
residue, part cream, part sugar, part curd.
In half an hour the little snakes will have
licked up every trace Of q similar drop ON
the face, and, of course, they grow fat, the
muscles beneath I'll out, aad the cheeks
become rounded and tinted as only nature
can tint them.
After the belle had laid a So bill on a
silver salver and departed. l said to NJ. L.
Massageur that | noticed that New York
women generally have well-nourished facial
muscles, and l asked him If massage was
responsible for it.
mo" he replied. mot altogether. It's
due TO beer, too. Not champagne; not
brandy; nothing but plain, everyday beer
OF course, you will find that malt liquors
do not give strength. Some authorities will
say they are unhealthy. But what does a
girl care for strength And as for health,
not many Of them seem very sickly, assure
you. Then they take lots of exercise and
eat good, plain food. More than enc realizes
does the girl of to-day take heed that her
food is nourishing ana plentiful. and more
and more is the roast beef of Old England
becoming food Of Americans"
A young Englishman, says the Tribune,
don clubs, has been visiting in New York
for several days. He said in speaking of the
fashionable young men of New York:
SThey have been grossly libeled by the
American newspapers. | see that your
newspapers accuse these young men Of imi-
tating the English gentlemen, and that they
pattern their manners after the approved
code OF the best London clubs. This, | think,
is untrue: | am sure | never saw any
youthful New York swell who resembled in
the slightest degree any English gentleman
/ ever knew. never have seen one of them
who even dresses like one. There is
an originality about American dress
which you never see among En-
glishmen. We have more conyen-
tional standards of dress. There are few
of us who would venture to dress in any
marked way differing from those with
whom he is brought in daily contact. in
nothing Is this more clearly shown than in
the difference between the evening dress in
New York and evening dress in London.
No man who belongs to the smart set in
London would ever disgrace himself by
wearing an embroidered shirt bosom or an
embroidered waistcoat with evening dress.
Absolute simplicity is the rule. The best
dressed men are those who wear no jewelrv,
not even a watchchaln. The abomjnation
of wearing the handkerchief carelessly
exposed in the encircling line of
+ tU6 WalsLCOdb Is q kOed which
] do not at all understand The handker-
chief at best is not an article of adorn-
ment, and the least seen of it the better.
see some of the young New York fellows
have been taken to wearing black hand
kerchiefs in the same way. 1t is question
in my mind whether a man who should ap-
pear at the door Of an English club with
one of those black denominations disposed of
in a festoon Of supposed adornment would
be admitted. / think it would take good
tip to ire house porter to secure his
entrance"
In large and fascinating silverware
store young girl was examining fancy
buckled carriers. A blonde young man with
blue eyes was waiting upon the young
creature. ard though the situation might
have seemed embarrassing 10 persons not
utterly innocent of mind, this sweet girl
appeared not to be impressed beyond the
central fact that she desired to make pur-
chase. Over the glass showcase was scat
tered heap of the pretty garters In every
imaginable shade of silk elastic and
variety of buckle. A pair of orange
and black, with a curious and hand
some silver clasp. had been laid on one side
by the girl as being evidently the ones that
most pleased her. While examining the
different examples she chattsd with the
blonde clerk, whose face was a pink wreath
of smiles. as might be expected, considering
that the younR ladv was loyaly and fha