The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-12
THE DOINGS OF WOMEN.
SOME QUEER WRINKLES AND A
FEW FASHION NOTES.


Soy About It-Women and Cock
tsils-Fashion Notes
The cooperative ladies' maid, says tn
New York Sun, rs no longer an experiment
She is highly accomplished fact, as ma y
an overworked society woman has occasion
to acknowledge by reason Of her deft ans
invaluable minissrstions. The half doze
young persons who compose the craft here
In New York will rarely consent TO go int
the exclusive employ of any one patron
They prefer a clientele of employers, ant
make more money by dividing their services
between a SCORE OF great houses. As a rule
they are graduates from the 1mestic ranks
and in all but one instance are French
women, whose superior talents have raise
them above the ordinary servant
The duties Of this "visitin maid" as sh
is called, are numerous and complex, con
sisting chiefly in putting her mistress il
order physically. For a handsome consid
GRAFTON she will give a days service every
week, but usually her attention Is only re-
quired about once a fortnight. On those
mornings that she is expected it is custom
airy for the lady TO rise rather earlier than
attendants arrival This is done in prep
aration for the thorough massage treatment
that is applied in scientific fashion. The
woman kneads her patient from head to
foot. working out inoipient rheumatism,
strengthening strained muscles, and tuning
up every worn and irritated nerve. The
process occupies two hours, allowing inter
walls of rest. But, as one enthusiastic advo-
cate declared, lit casts out seven devils,
and fhpuch linn a She alVVaUz
energies an angel OF sweet temper and pa
tience."
Then comes a careful pedicuring and man
touring, followed by shampoo x. brush
ing, clipping and treating the hair. New
styles of ccifure are tried, modified, and
adapted to the lady's looks with lesson to
madsme's own servant thrown in. The
maid is required 10 te du fat in such mat
ters and bring all manner Of suggestions to
her employers notice.
Her attention is next devoted TO madame's
facial condition SuperhuOus hairs are
removed with delicate instruments, blem-
ishes doctore1, and wrinkles smoothed by
firm but gentle manipulation Of the finger
tips BY l o'clock, when luncheon is served
the mistress feels as though she were born
again and At to superintend regeneration
of her wardrobe.
To this business the clever French
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models hats she redrapes gowns freshens
rare laces, and gives valuable advice in
matters Of home dressmaking Her charges
are "a day, and she is considered supple
mentary 20 the domestic who acts ordinarily
as lady's maid. In reckoning up current
expenses, one rich woman asserted that the
cooperative maid was to her q positive
economy. She combines the cost Of mass
euse, hairdresse-. manicure, pedicure, face
doctor, and assistant milliner, ell in the one
salary, without taking into consideration
the extra comfort of having the whole
thing done in the privacy of ones home.
Dressing, like kissing, goes by favor.
The art Of dressing well is gift of nature,
says the San Francisco ArgonGut. The
persons who are well dressed simply cannot
help dressing well. 1t is not question of cost
at all, or Of thought, particularly. Give them
the most In Expensive fabrics and the least
amount Of time and they will appear as ex-
quisitely dressed as if they had been IN
limited as to both. On the other hand the
veriest dowdy that ever appeared may nave
lavished time and Thought and moaey on a
tout ensemble that makes the beholder want
to swear. The dressing we'll il not in
the head, 1t is in the fingers. 1t is
knack they have somehow Of
getting things on in the right way, of slip
ping them deftly and securely into place,
and making them stay there. The head
docs not know, but the fingers do. 1t is a
talent. you see like the talent for painting.
or poetry, or sculpturel or music. Who of
us does not know some woman whose dainty
way OF wearing cheap print gown and a
shilling has has made her the PrsttieSt pict-
ure in all the world2 And who has not en-
We'd her that f1e instinct ia her fingers
that taught her how to give just the touch
of genius to it all, that makes the differ
ence between being exquisitely dressed and
ill-dressedf And who has not known the
fortunate man whose gar nenbs were always
faultlessly neat, whose delightfully."- tied
necktie never went awry or slipped up over
his collar, whose hair was always smooth,
and whose boots we're always shlningl
There is not a more delightful man to
talk with than Edward Sothsrn. You can't
help but think how we'll groomed he is.
and it is delight to find a man who is as
clear-msnded and as clean spoken. The
The writer asked him:
"Mr. Soths-n, what do you think of the
way women dress nowadaysr
well, said he, "a well-dressed woman
to my way of thinking, is the one whose
clothes you never notice. | dislike eIabor-
ate dressing, and really, | suppose, after
all, what fancy are those cloth suits. You
know they make q woman LOOK SO neat.
and, II she is nice little hgure, they bring
it out SO we'll"
Then you mean tailor-made suit9'
"Oh, is that wha5 you call tnem2 Yes,
they always look nice, and every man hates
woman to be dressed so that people turn
and look at her. / don't call that good
dressing either in man or woman. The
man who wears loud trousers and a bright
walstcoat and scarf that fairly screams
never looks either like a gentleman
or q well-dreSsed man, and it is the
same way with women. Oh, about rouge
and powdsrl Give me a clean face first,
foremost add always. l would rather see
an ugly woman with a clean face and a
bright expression on it than the most beau
tiful woman la the world with powder and
paint thickly laid on. You never think #
anything lovabls or sweet that is not clean,
and the woman who uses plenty of soap aud
water on her face is the one who Is going &c
have the best skin, and really going to look
the hestn
"But very few women, Mr.. Sothern, use
soap on their faces"
"Why not?"
Because it makes them shiny"
swell, why shouldn't woman like a
shiny face! 1t shows 1t is clean aud that
she has been taking good care of herself"
What do you think Of the divided
skirtT
1.-THE divided skirtl Put me down s
first, foremost, and always againstit it. d.
not know that l have ever seen it, but
disapprove of anything that is not essen.
TALLY feminine for a woman. think they