The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-27
SUGGESTIONS Foa WOMEN
Points About Costumes and Cooking
Worth Knowing.

| Worth Knowing.
WATCH HILL, r. l.. July 25-This is one
of the Oldest and most fashionable resorts
on the Atlantic coast, and those who want
pure air and the liberty to dress according
to their tastes and their purse, will, by COM
ing one season, be pretty sure to want TO
come the next. What particularly i'm
pressed me on my visit here this summer,
and will | am sure be a matter of interest
to my readers. is the charming simplicity of
the costumes of both women and children.
| The growth in this matter is very marked
even since last year, and since five years it
is indeed remarkable. / Lave not seen
one girl under 16 this season wearing
a silk dress, nor have / observed an elabo-
rate costume of any kind. Flannels and
zephyrs and lawns all made in the simplest
and consequently in the most effective
style, are the chief materials worn by
young girls. One lady at the Ocean house
told me that but for this change of public
opinion concerning dress, she could not have
visited the seashore this summer, as she
was too ill to have any dresses fitted. She
was able to be about part of the time, but
could not wear corseCs nor whalebones.
She had some tea gowns and dinner dresses
Thrown together" with loose fronts and
class sic drapery, and found herself as we'll and
tastefully appareled as her neighbors.
There seems also to be falling off in the
number of women employed in fancy work.
| can remember when the pazzas of this
beautiful hotel were filed with ladies en-
gagged in some sort of embroidery, knitting
or crocheting. 1t was an exception then to
see woman's eyes absorbed by the view,
glorious from this point as any thing that
paradise itself can have to offer us.
But now those engaged in the fancy
work were the exceptions, and those
that had books only glanced at them
idly now and then. On one side the ever
lasting sea- its great green pillows thunder
ing against the shore; in front the spar king
bay of Little Narragansett," just as blue
and just as enticing as its mother, and then
Stonington, the old historic town, clad in
white and trimmed with green trees as
lovely at this distance as a glimpse Of fairy
land. In the morning the view is the finest,
though there is not an hour of the day,
either in sunshine or storm, that there is not
something wonderful to see.
The new styles in dress, bringing about
physiological and hygienic revolution,
wlich even the most earnest reformers did
not dare hope for, furnish a fruitful topic
Of conversation among the truly intelligent
and refined. Helpful hints are exchanged
between co nparative strangers The new
designs which allow for breath and diges-
ton and the fullest play Of all the vital
ma lie for future use. There is only
ona fashion now that is particularly
abominable, and that is the so-called ST.
Elizabeth costume for young children.
There seems very little modification for the
long full skirts, though our best literature
is full of appeals TO mothers on the subject.
1t is a shame to restrict the free use and de-
velopment of these little legs. To see
toddling babies tripping and stumbling over
their voluminous petticoats and dress skirts
is to me simply iniqultous. Common sense
should come to the rescue without loss Of
time.
Another subject in which women are
vitality interested Ii the care of the stomach.
Among the attractions of the Hill is an
Anti Hot Bread Club, composed of ladies
who are determined to eat and dress accord
ing to strictly higienic rules. All bread
stuff raised at the moment Is strictly pro-
hibited, and all rich pastry. Bi-carbonate
of soda and cream of tartar are condemned
as irritants, and SO especially dangerous TO
the lining of the stomach. Bread and rolls
raised by pure yeast, and we'll baked, are
not only allowable, but are especially recon-
mended. Among the useful things which
this Anti-Hot Bread Club is engaged in is
the work of arranging a hyglenic bill of
fare for the fall and winter, with minute
directions for cooking certain dishes which
have heretofore been considered particu
Iarly d1fficult.
was shown a mold Of sea moss blanc
mango, and another OF wine jelly, both
delicacies having been prepared by girl OF
IL from Park avenue. New York, whose
parents have a cottage at this point. The
little cook had attended cooking school at
home for three months, and seems TO pos
sess unusual talent. The ladies are all most
enthusiastic on the subject Of sea moss
blanc mango for invalids. 1t is easily made.
and, think under the name OF Irish moss,
can DO found at most any drug store. A
half a cup OF moss well washed and tied in
q strong lace or cheese cloth bag, Is placed