The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-16
WON RN,s WORK.
Showing bow Tney are Helping One
Another.

Another.
BROOKLYN, n. V, Nov. 15.-Among the
women who are doing splendid work for
women Mrs. Geneviere A. Thompson may
be reckoned among the most prominent
and the most useful This lady's last lecture
in Brooklyn a short time ago, was a real
estonishment in point OF brilliancy even TO
the friends who knew her most intimately
Mrs. Thompson. like Mrs. Hester A. Poole.
believes in the rythm of the universe, aud
instructs her pupils that health must be at
tanned by harmonizng the individual with
the laws that govern II. The brain, she
says. is the great human battery. and tho
n, yes a circuit wires, PIecirely low we
are to manage the nerve ceaters so that the
nerves shall always convey the right mes =
sages. Mrs. Thompson did not explain. She
illustrated the difference between a we'll
trained and an unframed body by various
poses and poises and relaxation of different
muscles. These physical accomplishments
were attained in the first place by learning
TO breathe the breath of life. This is the
basis of all health, and without IL, she de-
clareS. there can be neither physical r
spiritual freedom. The gospel of health is
at last being preached, and in u more ei-
tective and convincing manner.
friend requests that 1 give moro infor-
dress, becc ming dress. 1.-The right thing, -
she declares with truth, lis SO often put
upon the wrong woman. that one almost
despairs of the suitabe, TO say nothing Of
the artistic and graceful
We are all painfully aware that only &C.
caslonally do the right thugs so on the
right woman. Ney few women know
what colors and what styles are becoming
TO them. There is generally something
I a
feet. And il this is true
Of this appearance how much more
| is 1t true OF the things which women wear
underneath these garments. The right
woman is usually array ed in the wrong
corsels. Her waist perhaps measures
twenty-four inches. Her corSets measure
eighteen, and taey have been known TO
meet. Grace is an impcSsibility under such
conditions, because there can be no grace
without freedom.
| have decided that the reason so few
women are becomingly dressed is because
| they leave the selection of shades and style
mostly to their dressmakers. Because a
woman can fit a dress lining, Is no reason
why she can select the color OF your gown
and the shade of your trimmings, and
arrange your drapery artistically. / am
peased to see that women are beginning TO
find this out for themselves. There must be
iudINIuuullIF Vi sUyle, anu WHeu a uTeSs-
maker places chair for you at her center
table. and displays lot of fashion plates
for you TO chose from, cut her acquaint-
ance. She has no eye for the special needs
| OF your face and figure ANYTHING, how
ever hideous, will answer, as long as it is
la mode.
| To the ladies who have asked me for de-
scrlptions of styles, can do no better than
to refer them to the magazine LArt de Ia
Mode for December This Journal is just
| out, and contains colored plates OF some of
the pfettiest costumes have ever seen. 1t
is true that the figures have generally the
small waists, but the editor of this once
very radical magazine now tells his readers
that tight lacing is q thing Of the past 1t
is little odd that the words aesthetic and
hyg enic have come to lie almost synouy-
nous. The aesthetic gowns are all made
with gown forms, and the weight
OF these gowns, which is very
| light, falls entirely from the shoulders
One would think that every possible device
had been made use Of in the putting togoth-
er ct costumes, but the magazine above al
luded to proves that there is no eud TO good
taste. Now | do not say that ike or APP
| prove of every style of dress Illustrated in
this journal, but there are a great number
OF really beautiful things to choose from,
and the woman who knows the right things
| for herself when she sees them can modify
ana adopt with the greatest ease. But
hope that my friends will all stick to Tho
aesthetic and hygenic gown forms, and that
they will not only stop pulling their cors {
| strings because II is Questionable, but be-
cause it is irreligious and immoral.
ELEANOR KIRK.