The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-21
THE WORLD OF WOMEN.
GOSSIP OF MANY THINGS WHICH
INTEREST THE FAIR SEX.


INTEREST THE FAIR SEX.
Something About the Fashions Items
Gathered Among Fashionable Folks
Some Queer Fads and Interestins
Little Storfes-T4 oughts About Christ
mas and Christmas Presents.
Mrs. Aston. says Clara Belle, has issued
invitations for a ball on Jan. -. and thii
social event is exciting dauble in
terest. because it is expected TO de
t.ss--;;lss tho future of McAIister. That
his book, while it hss made the judi
cious laugh, has given great offense Il
society leaders is no secret. One Of the
many burlesqueS upon it, that by Alfred
Thompson, is said to have been inspired by
a social queen, and is printed in her color
white and gold. McAllister fixes bis OWE
social status in his book. Hoconfesses that,
instead of dining with the queen at Wind.
sor castle, he dined with two of her servants
at the village inn. upon a pheasant, pre-.
sumably shot by Prince Albert, and stolen
by the keepers, and that his visi,
to Windsor castle was confined to the
kitchen, from which he was elected
as soon as the footman passed the word to
serve the royal dinner. Americans, who
are born sovereigns, have not been in the
habit OF occupying such a position in Ea-
gliSh society, and it has becoms g question
whether the American queens can afford to
admit TO their boudoIrs person who as
soci ties with the meuials Of the Queen of
England. The fact tina at the opera Mo
Allisser now freQuents the Vanderbilt
boxes. and not the Astor box. is pointed out
as emphas Eng this whispered gossip. Mrs.
AStor has only to order her own servants
to arrange her ball and omit McAllister's
name from the list Of invitations TO cause
the ex-director OF society to be dropped BY
all of the other 800 social magnates.
'God Almighty made 'em to match the
men," said Mrs Foyssr when women we're
called fools. Mems folly most frequently
takes the form of vice; womsn's folly wrecks
itself on frivolty and fads. AS s,ood in a
shop recently, says Kate Field in the Wash
ingto Post, impatieatlY waiting my turn
at counter. two well-dressed girls gave me
the benefit of their conversation:
Blonde-ls that veil like yoursl
Brunette-Yes.
Blonde--Are the dots as big as yours4
Brunette-I'm not certsin.
Blonde--I like bigger dots. They're more
becoming. Don't you think 500
Brunette-Well. all l know is / got the
latest fashion, didn't II
Saieswomsn-Oh. yes, indeed, this here is
all the rage
. Blonde -Oh, my. If it's all the rage I'll
take veil How muchl
observation-disclosures cents
Blonde-Oh, but the colorl What color
would you have9 Don't you think red is
bestl Makes ones cheeks look bright.
Brunette got black.
Blonde-Did youi What fort
Brunette-Because it's the as1ion.
Blonde-You don't sayl Then I'll have
black.
And so these two girls chartered on. At
the end Of Il quarter of an hour they walked
off with 81 cents worth of imported yelling,
warranted to lnjure the eyes-at sight.
While wells are, as Rene Bache has well
stated in these columns, a relic Of slavery,
there is one good reason for their use. They
keep crimps, bangs, curls, etc., in their
place, preventing the wind from turning q
well-dressed head into birds nest That
Is the reason why apparently sensible
women resort to them; but there is Just as
much difference in wells as in most things,
and the woman who deliberately wears
dotted or figured wells stamps herself as
either grossly ignorant of her anatomy or
wantouly defiant of its necessities. Wells
friends oculists and opticians ever had.
Not content with impairing their eyes.
women are returning to walking skirts that
almost drag on the ground, merely because
tits the fashion" Certain European &C.
tresses or women of the world or half
world with big feet, who never walk,
except in well-kept parks, have undoubt-
eddy started this dirty idea, and American
women. who hive ami move ia the filthiest
Gfronta mr. in oil
fashion utterly unfit for export Had the
Mckinley bill devoed itself to taxing
idiotic caprices out Of existence, republicans
would not now be weeping over their own
rema rs. 1t would not be bad idea for
street commissioners to utilize long-skirted
women as sweeps.
The Washington receptions, says a Wash
ington correspondent, where strangers come
and 60 Unknown to the host and hostess.
some with invitations and some without.
have often been described. The latest story
is about a reception given in the nalatial
house Of rich senator. He is not fond of
scclety, but is perfectly willing to have his
wife entertain the whole world if she
wishes. During this particular reception
his house was packed from basement to
garnet with chattsring, lively crowd The
senator. in one az the rear drawing rooms.
nau lallen lEtC a faVorlie hit OF abstraction,
and with his hands clsspei behind him was
walking up and down, thinking possibly of
some affair of business. when he was ap-
preached by a western man who did not
recognize him as the host, and tapped him
on the shoulder a. he said: "Say. pard, YOU
seem TO bs something of stranger here
yourself. There is not soul in the house
that know. | am trying to find some one
to work for drink"
Here is real live story Of fat, saws the
New York Sun: A girl regretfully saw her
Gresian profile sink int pudgy pinkness of
flesh, while her lender graces bulged into
superhuity. She weEt bitterly, and did
everything III her power to arrest the
aggregation. Nothing awaited for a long
time. She tried patent remedies and nth.
letic exercise, but still she waxed fat. and it
seemed as though her reign as a belle had
ended. Wien sae had quite despaired of
traimng herself down to classical limits she
feil IN love with u cluo man who had the
reputation OF being the handsoniest Il ri AID
masher IN town. The young lady who snf
Tered from obesity loved him, and he led her a
terrible dance. For months she tossed unon
ner slsepleas pillow and Eat dejectedly before
her untouched plate at tho table Jealousy
ana cnagl In always controlled her, and the
OBJECT OF her great love only laughed
at her. In thousand different was
DID his tyrannical cruelty snow itself.
ana he took grim pleasure In watching
the tor ure of bis wors aiping slave.
A night came when the pitiless man f,und