The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-07

-e-Ni u = Tie SURE hIFS Aall.
Aou are nothing il you are not sffiancei.
ana mus 10 Stylish
~ on surprise me, Ella. because you hold
nothing as sacred.n
My dear Dora, although may shock
You with my wor.clIneSs. vet, in the end,
am happier than yourself, for I am
admired and courted. while you are always
cross because you have so few offers.
Women will be spitefnl. no matter in
what grade of society you find them. Miss
CARA and Miss Florence were bIving bon
oons IN popular uptown refectory the
other day.
II have such horror of growing old"
II should think you would have gotten
over L by this time. Clara. o, by the way
dld you know that | had two offers Of mar
risge last weekP
20, | am intensely delighted, Florence
dear; then the report is really true that your
uncle left you his monevl'
Florence looked at Clara, but she was
smiling sweetIY, so she simply offered her
another chocolate, aud they moved on.
A styliah-looking girl was just making
Tor Brooklyn bridge car, when she missed
from her finger diamond ring. With a
cry OF dismay she sprang forward to find
1t, but hitherto unnoticed stranger was
=
Lis hand that she received it,
her voice was as sweet as the face over
which the rosy coloring of health came and
went as she expressed her thanks, adding,
with look of concern, the ejaculation:
What should l have done if had lost
it 2"
"Do you prize it so highlyg" the young
man asked, with an expression of something
like jealousy She was so youthful-not
more TN an II 1r IL haxy oil
over her head-and perhaps this ring was
the gift of an aailnced lover
1t Is brilliant of the first water and
without flaw. must be more careful of
"For the donors sakes" that same jeal-
Gus thought prompted the yonng man TO
query.
YES, my husband gave it to me my last
hlrthday. am SO much Obliged to you for
finding it. Here is my card. Come and
call some time. am sure my husband will
thank you sc much for helping me-"
The young man grasped the card and
boarded the car. When nicely seated he
looked at the piece of white cardboard, and
saw printed on it a name which made him
astounded He had been flirting with his
own cousins WIFE
Cloth gnows, says the Sun, vibrate be-
simple and the inordlnately elegant. The
former are in rough wooden goods Of the
horse-blankeo order, without SO much as
button or bit of braid to ornament them:
the latter Of fine finished cloths, deliberately
braided and broidered and with fur borders,
appllques, collars and sleeves, with pictur-
esque Louis XIV. coats end resplendent
walstcoats These coats are quite the latest
and most striking inspiration of fashions
TnnnU nd n, oil eIO d.
dlstlnRue, as well as becoming. They are
made of cloth like the skirt, of velvet Of the
same tint or of black velvet, with fur trim
mings. One of the most effective gowns
yet seen in this style has a skirt of dull
green cloth, trimmed across the front with
heavy black fringe ten or twelve inches in
depth. The bodice is of black velvet cut
long below the hips, slashed deeply in
squares, nd has large Persian lamb sleeves
and high Jllar of the same fur. Anot her
dress. of brown cloth, has jacket, ap-
parently of cloth, cut also deeply in squares
and overlaid with velvet to within thres
inches OF the bottom. The sleeves which
are nigh and imposing, are of the cloth,
with deep velvet, cuffs and a plated velvet
collar completes the costume.
Here is a delightful recipe for lip salve,
to keep lips kissable and tempting, not blue,
WltucASu duu CTdChltlS lubD S6allS ike L16
oritice which serves for eating and speak
ing purposes on most women this weather.
Imagine baby being kissed by such a
mouth No other creature would be caught
within kissing distance of it. The receipt
is from a dainty old collection by a
feminine hand, transcribed from the INNS.
of maids of honor and gouvernantes of we'll
born girls:
Take yellow beeswax, two ounces and a
ho1 g. nil ,Nf ol
pint; melt the wax in the oil aud let the
mixture stand till it becomes cold. Scrape
it it into q mar le mortar and rub it with
a wooden pestle TO render it perfectly
smooth. Keep it for use in a galley pot,
closely covered"
The old recipes are very exact and seusi-
bic in details, which, at first glance, we are
apt to consider finical or obsolete. The
yellow wax is better than the white for cos
metics, and salves made with upbleachel
wax keep longer than the white. The cool
ing aud rubbing smooth when cold makes
finer cream than the common practice of
stirring till cold, though you may try which
you like. As for galley potts." what a de-
lightful little cream holder one makes from
Liebeg x'ract jar, coated with pale pink
or blue enamel and decorated with forget
me-nots and fine grass sprays!
ueSe iileH lOlhS, Says INC llLtSDurB us
patch. are such condding creatures in re-
,rd to all matters which have woman in
them and as for husbands, WE'LL they are
the most gullible things on the face OF the
earth. Said married woman to me: II
find it hard sometimes to look my husband
in the face on account of the th lusand and
one petty receptions which [ practice upon
him, poor man. But it can't be helped |
must do it. 1t would be folly to let him into
all the secrets of the household. 1t would
only worry him all for nothing"
And at the theater the other night ono of
these same confding creatures remarked to
his sister-in-law as he resumed his seat by
her side, complacently mastIcatlng his cot
fee kernel: How in the world cal you
women sit through five-act play without
getting tagged Outr
she answered by opening an old silver
bonboniere and asking him to take ore of
the confections. He shook his he ID and re-
piled that he didn't care for candies.
But take one all the same" she insisted.
'Great ScotJl" was his exclamation.
''Shw said she. "Now, don't bawl it out
at the top of your voice."
Brandy. as sure as livem
"Nonsense. Not at al. They are only
Cognac boubons," and then, directing his
to a sweet, girlish creature of
about % summers few seats away, she