The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-23
DOINGS OF THE FAIR SEX.
a FEW FACTS AND FANCIES FOR
THEIR ADJUSTMENTS.

Fans and the Purposes for Which They
Are Used Beautiful Rooms and the
Way They Z re Furnished-Some
Pretty Dresses-Things That Are
Fashionable and Things That Are
Not-Short But Interesting Stories.
Whenever, saws Ruth Ashton, in the
Ladies' Home Journal. kindly or consid-
crate act is shown you, my dear, be always
careful to say that magic index to good
breediug-"Thank you" Certainly you
say it to the man friend who has given you
an evening of amusement at the theater, or
the concert, or who has taken you 10 and
| fetches you from a friends home. To
whom else should you say itl
To the maid servant who hands you your
letters, who makes a special point of keep
ing your room in good order, and who, re-
Numbering that you liked certain things
! placed in a certain way, was careful always
| to do It,
To the stranger who holds open door for
| you. 10 the elevator man who saves you
| climbing SO many stairs, to the man who
| gives you seat in car or omnibus, and to
anybody. in any station Of life, who shows
| you courtesy of any kind.
We are apt to be very stringy with our
thanks: to accept things entirely too much
| for granted, and to believe in having courte-
sizes shown US, that they are only what we de-
| serve. Now, this is the wrong way of look
| ing at it, and some day it will serve that
| girl right-that girl who believes that the
| good things of this life in the way of polite
ness are hers lawfully, and that, without
any effort on her part. they can be retained,
! will discover her mistake. You can never
| be too generous with thank-you's. They
are the current coin of polite society, the
circulation of which tends to make every
body more eager to do unto others as they
would be done by. No girl makes mistake
who has a thank-you ready. 1t is the index
to good character and a loving heart.
Politeness is golden, and thank you is the
| coin which passes everywhere and recognized
by all.
never see petted, pampered girl, says
| Ella Wheeler Wilcox, who is yielded to in
every whlm by servants and parents that
| do not sigh with pity for the man who will
| some day be her husband. 1t is the wor-
| SHIPPED daughter, who has been taught that
| her whims and wishes are supreme in a
| household, who makes marriage a failure
| all her life. She has had her way in things
great end small; and when she desired
dresses, pleasures or journeys which were
beyond the family purse, she carried the
day with tears or sulks, or posing as
| martyr. The parents sacrificed and suf-
fered for her sake, hoping finally to see her
well married. They carefully hide her
| faults from her suitors who seek her hand,
and she is is ever ready with smiles and
allurements to win tho hearts of men, aud
the average man is as blind to the faults Of a
pretty girl as a Iewly -hai ched bird is blind
IN fIrax thnt
thinks her little pettish ways are mere
! girlish moods: uut when she becomes his
| wife and reveals her selfish and cruel ma
| tnre he is grieyed and hurt to think fate
had been SO unkind to him.
| The Astor family possess a gold dinner
service that is the envy of every woman
who mas ever seen it. 1t is one of the most
costly in this country. 1t is valued at
| $4,000. and is now the property of Mrs.
| William Aston. 1t has been in the famIlys
| possession a long time; it would be hard to
| describe, as it was made in different parts
of the world and was picked up on odd occa-
sions. 1t is unique and has been talked
about more than any other dinner set in this
country. The larger dishes consist of an
immense plateau and center-piece, end
| pieces, candelaorums, wine-coolers, and
| pitchers. In the design is represented fruit
| of all description, together with the unicorn
and lion in repousse work. Mrs. Astor uses
a white linen tablecloth of the finest texture,
made especially for her, with wide lace
border showing lining of pink satin. Her
table is always decorated with Glorie de
| Paris roses, their exquisite shade of pink
matching exactly the satin underneath.
! All Berlin is talking of nothing but the
| Princess Victoria's black silk uumention-
ables. The princess was recently married.
and the Empress Frederick has given them
| to her daughter as a wedding present; in
fact, they formed part Of that young lady 5
trousseau, which was exhibited by firm in
| the Leipzage strasse. The SUMS corre-
spondent says: When l arrived in the
| neighborhood of that street and the arcadea
| yesterday afternoon, the sidewalk in front
of the door was swarming with people,
mostly women and young dudes. who mad
| come TO see this marvellous exhibition, but
were grievously disappointed, as the three
burly guards only allowed folks arriving in
their own carriages to pass. | was not
among the fortunate pOssessors of private
broughams, but on proving my identity
was promptly admitted and taken in hand
by young man, who dis layed an i'm
mense amount of lore in regard to roya
undergarmentS.
The princess things together with he,
bed and table linen, were laid out on two
tables twenty feet long by four wide. Aside
from the beautiful hand embroidery on the
pillow cases and covers in old German style
! saw nothing that have not seen just as
dantily made in the great American bust
ness houses What really astonished me
was the paucity of the exhibit. Thi:
daugher of an emperor and sister of the
mightiest monarch on the face of the earth
enters upon her married Life wish twenty
. four single sets Of underwear, half batiste
linen and China silk, as many sets of bed
and table linen, and twelve lace handker-
chiefs l am sure there are hundreds Of
American girls married every year who
} can boast of many Implications of the
: trousseau Of Princess Victoria.
But then there are those six black unmen
tionables. They held evidently the place Of
honor in the outfit, being deposited on white
satin cushions in the center OF the table. My
cicerone, on approaching these objects Of
idolatry, said to Inc in an undertone
They are for riding costumes. the first
ever made"
WAY quoth /, "in America and Eng
land black silk drawers are quite common
In fact, Fanny Rice and Vernona Jaroeau
once told me no self-respecting actres:
would be without them"
The young man looked perplexed at my
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