Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-12-11
FEMININE ODDITIES.

THE use OF tobacco among women is
on the increase in France, and even in
London 1t is not unusual to sec lady
produce her silver or enameled cigar case
In the drawing-room. Cigarettes are
giving place to cigars in Paris, and some
fears are entertained of the smoking
habit among women becoming uncon-
trollable.
The female bookmaker is the latest
departure. She made her first appear.
ance at Kempton Park, clad in flash
costume, and gave or took the odds as
nonchalantly as a man, shouting in mu-
steal tones what her prices were, and
cashing up promptly when each race was
over. The next in order will be, nc
doubt, the woman horse jockey, and with
them in the pool room and on the horse,
racing will have more fascination thar
ever.
A MOST peculiar will made by do
ceased duchess in Paris sets forth her
desire to be buried without any floral
decorations about her coffin, but to have
at the funeral ceremony some good mu-
sic, for sit elevates the soul and in
spires one to pray better" and concludes
with the strange request that her body
may be buried by tho side OF her hus'
band and her heart taken out and con
veyed in an urn to be buried in the cot
fin with her mother.
THERE is great nutter among the Ger
man girls on account of recent order
which excludes candidates from being
confirmed If not dressed entirely in
black. From time immemorial white
has been the color for confirmation, as
we'll as for wedding gowns. The new
regulation emanates partly from Ger
man thrift, which considers that poor
people can not afford the expense OF
| white confirmation dresses for which
| they have no other use, and partly &C
! clesiastical authority based upon his
torical supposition that true Protestant
ism is always connected with black
Some girls who presented themselves ir
white and were refused have aroused {
great deal of bitter feeling between the
clergy and the people.
LONDON women do not seem to b.
what Jennie June calls ''clubable'
women, for. Notwithstanding the in
creasingly prominent place they occupy
in sport and recreation, their amuse
ments are as rule unorganized. The
Row is each season crowded with eques
triennos, and in tho winter, too, whei
the riding is something besides 'gen
teol cantering." All manner OF smar
ponies and carts and jaunting cars g
the pace continually, and last season I
lady footed a four-inhand each da,
around the drive, her horses held splen
didly in hand. Tho prejudice agains
the cycle for ladies is fast dying out
and though at present not so general il
London as among the provinces, ont
may expect soon to see it command tn
situation in London streets.
LADIES fire brigades have been or
ganized at Girton College, st. Michael
House, and other largo institutions TO
women in England. They are said t.
understand and perform their dutic
well, and to find their greatest Difficult
ties come from lack of suitable dress
Tho new ladies' fire drill dress is to con
sist in the future Of waterproof over
skirt, with belt three inches wide ant
two buttons, just tight enough to keel
1t from slipping down over the hips
This ovcrskirt will reach just below III
knees, and cover an all-wool divide'
undersIirt, fastening around each leg a
the top of the boots, which it ovcrhang
little to carry tho water outside.
Norfolk jacket of fino waterproof clot
and frcman's hat complete the dress
beneath which corsets must not b
worn.