The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-12
NEWS: SUNDAY, JANUARY 189OTWELvE PAGES.

hoods. doing marketing and giving extra
help in housekeeping. duseing brlc-a- nrac
with the tl1usa "a aId o q in iOor an1 out
q or occupations which give promise Of
Offering som. addition - slender incomes.
Fabulous stories II ach.eve.u in one Or
another Of Ihese lines are always al at n
the newspapers, bu- nobody has ever made
the systematic effort which Mss COrsOn
proposes to develop seriously their posi-
DiItles.
Fanny Rice. the "Fragoletto" Of ''The
Brizaais" has remarkably soft, white
plu mp hands. and there are not ma "
women, especially Ia this season Of chaps
and re inesses, VINO will not be interested 10
her rule for taking care Of the n. It seems,
she says, the 81 uple't thing IN the World To
wash the hands, and yet not one woman IN
a izsn knows how to do 1t properly. She
avoids, she declares, cold water and hot
with equal zeal, dipping ner dainty finger
tips only into that which IS luke warm.
When the opera IS on its travels, and hard
water Is more likely 70 be brought her
thai soft a. hotels she keeps a bottle
Of pure glycerine Oh her toilet and.
adding two teaspOontulS t. every put
Of water poured. Women, she says, lose
their hearts to fancy soaps easily. but
the imported, unsce tel white CASTLE is the
only kiud which she allows to touch her
skin. After washing with this she rinses
her hands in soft lukewarm water and dries
them slowly and thoroughly with a soft
towel. dra wing on Immediately, IL the day
be a cold one. pair of old kid gloves which
are allowed to remain half al hour or for
some ii ne after the last lingering trace of
dampless has been removed. During a
severe spali of cold weather, or when for
any reason her hands show symptoms of
reddening she washes them only twice a
day, in the morning and at bedtime, max
ing a dry rub ii Indian meal answer for
what cleansing may be need d between
times. For severe cases of reddening she
rubs her hands with the fresh surface Of a
cut lemon.
Lillian Russell was in q Broadway horse
car one day last week, when Florence st.
John took a seat not far removed. Unless
was greatly mistaken the two comic opera
singers inspected each other with more than
common interest. When Miss Russell was
in London as Mrs. Solomon she found her
self unable to compete with Miss St. John.
This winter her rival has invaded Lillian's
own territory, and Miss Lillian is starring,
so to speak, in the provinces. Lillian IS
far and away the more beautiful woman,
Miss St John appearing besiIe her short,
heavy of figure, and uncertain as to
Put it to a masher as they
faced each other 1T short range BY day
light, it would be all up with Miss st.
John. But in the glare of the footlights
its another thing. Florence st. John is
chic and clever, and winds herself into an
audiences sympathies, never yielding to
the careiessness of the established favorite
and prima donna. She can sing, too, and
on the whole l don't wonder that Miss
Russell looked her over with anxious Curl
osity.
Lillian wore dark blue tailor gown with
sable trimmings. Blue felt hat with black
plumes.
Miss st. John wore brown something's
don't remember.
ELIZA PUTNAM HEAToN.