The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-23
NEWSY CARRIE CARELESS
GIVES THE CODE OF RULES FOR
THE UMBRELLA SCHOOL.

to Get Ahead of the Fashions he
Young Men Are Putting The T
| Clothes in Eock-A Womsn's Latest
Life y ork.
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NEW YORK, March 21.-A school is about
| to be founded in the great city of New
/ York for the purpose of teaching young
men how to carry an umbrella properly
over the head of fair companion.
| Something Of the kind has long been
needed. Tnis season with its rains and hail
and snow created an absolute demand for
/ it. And 50 an um rella school has sprung
into existence A committee Of women
selected from the most popular classes of
womsn-widows and administrative
formulated a code of rules which shall
stand as the A B C's of the school, They
are as follows:
| Be sure that the UNI bre La is unfurled be-
fore you leave the doorstep or car. 1t is
exasperating for a woman to W ak under a
drizzly drip while her escort is fumDling
with the shelter
When once the umbrella is raised, hold il,
not to the right nor to the left, nor to the
front nor to the back, but directly over the
hat of the woman.
Be sure that it issnot so far forward that
the back prongs of the umbrella will drip
upon her shoulders, nor vet so far back that
the front will drip upon her bangs.
Don't vank her by the arm v lille carry
ing an umbrella. She wants to hold up her
| skirts, and, besides that, the pose of the
umbrella is sure to suffer.
Never mind your own hat, even though
it be a silk one and do not value the safety
tnf bt.f yHrla
ton TO the covering of that one woman.
Should the elements rage in all direc-
tions and the rains descend from every
where and the clouds pour forth torrents
from the north, south, east and west, aban-
don once all hope of keeping the woman's
garments dry and bring all your energies to
bear upon the preservation of her frizZes.
Keep them dry at all hazards. Fen though
you have to shelter them under your plaidie.
Remember always that better a wet, sozzled,
| dripping woman with pretty bangs than
dry one with strlnYy, discontented desolated
! looks.
Miss Helen NJ. Cougar of Indiana has
startled herself and every one else by an an
| nouncement. Having made the announce
ment, she is going to prove it if it takes the
whole Of her time. 1t is to the effect that
she, Miss Cougar, believes and knows that
each and every occupation on which men
are employed is being successfully per
| formed by a woman. Miss Cougar holds
| herself in readiness to name the woman aud
| tell whore she is emplo yed-be the occupa-
ton ever so unusual OF ever so unique. So
hear We ALL If any one is in doubt as to
the eligibility of woman for any given &C.
cupatlon, write now to Miss Helen M.
Cougar and she will tell you of some
woman who is already employed upon it.
Do not be startled if you SEE a poung
woman clutch her breastpin wildly and
haul it fro n its moorings, dragging with it
long length Of chain. She Is only about
to consult her watch, which is fastened
| upon the end Of the chain. The apparent
breastpin is only the charm upon the end
of the chain. 1t is so arranged as to dangle
prettily over the spot under the chin where
the brooch properly rests.
There is still another hiding place for the
watch. 1t is inside the high collars which
| all the world of women wear. A small
pocket of crocbeted silk is fastened on the
left side OF the collar far enough to the side
| to be out of sight. In this case, where 1T
| will rest lovingly against the soft skin of
| the wearer is the jeweled time piece which is
dearer to her than anything save her yellow
garter Be 1t known that within this darl-
| ing little watch there rests, more often
than not, likeness of the best boy whose
bounty paid for the dainty hand Of time.
The dear little cheats Of girls have fer
reted out way of getting ahead of the
| fashions. It is the season for contracted
| skirts with little material in them and no
| apparent clothing under them. The girls
are well aware OF this, and they also know
that none of the pretty beruffied superflui-
ties of former years can be worn under
meath the simplicity of these tailor-made
| gowns Yet one and all have declared that
they cannot and willinot go uupetticoated.
Fancy the horror of seeing a woman cross
street without revealing as much as q fluff
| of muslin or a frou-frou of lace! Picture
the barrenness of effect were the slightly
tilted skirt TO show nothing more interest
ing than a pair of boot tops. OF course,
the girls could not and would not endure
| such state of affairs. Twas out Of the
| question. The whole condition of woman
hood seemed at stake. Then some one TALL
| honor be upon herb thought OF way out
of the dilemma-a way of approaching TO
wear petticoats without wearing them at
| all.
| Inside Of her tailor-made gown, about
two inches below the knees, she sewed
| iounce of lace which was long enough to
reach the hem of the skirt. Two inches
below the first rutfle, was sewed a second
one extending within half an inch Of the
bottom Of the dress. Then came the moment
for experiment. Breathlessly this woman of
talent posed before the mirror, took a step
over an imaginary crossing gave a little
die and turned quickly to the glass to OBJ
serve the effect. 1t was highly satisfactory.
There was the dress skirt beautifully ele-
waited at just the right angle. and, hanging
below it, were the lace skirts in charming
fold and pose. Yet the costume from the
knees up was as rich in outline as the heart
of any full-limbed girl could desire.
Now, all the girls are doing that sort of
thing and no one knows just how it hap
pens that there Is apparently no petticoat
there, and yet there must be one-for now
you see it, and now you don't. Which fact
goes to demonstrate once more that you
should believe only half OF what you see.
Jay Gould's box at the Grand opera
house is the best patronlzed one in town.
1t is never empty and is seldom occupied by
fewer than half dozen people. The other
night there were eleven souls in it. The oc-
casion was evidently that of a theater
party for the little folk of the Gould &C.
quaintance. Five little men aud four little
maids occupied front seats or stood about
the railing, while in the background could
be dlscerned two anxious manmas keeping
guard.
The conduct of the little people was such
as to deserve comment anywhere. They
laughed not aloud, CAPPED not at the
audience, made no attempt to show off, and
were as unconscious as children to the man
ner born should be. One of the little fell