The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-03
-"BAB'S" BRIGHT BABBLE.
NEW YORK LIFE THROUGH THE
EYES OF 8 WOMAN.

The Modern Woman on wheels-The
Smart Carriage of To-day-A Few
= Yea Ago and Now-What a Woman
Carries With Her When She Drives
Out-Carrieges OF the Venderbilts-
A Morning in Central Psrk-Wom.
ans Hair Must Shine-New Ycrk's
New Farce-The Man Who is Cad.
NEW York, May 2.-There was q time
when anything in the shape Of a carriage
was gladly welcomed by a woman-when
70 drive buggy, to sit high up on a dog
cart, TO be low in phaeeon, to be shut up
tight in brougham, or to feel like d small
pea in large pod in an enormous landau
gratifed every desire. But, bless you, that
won't do nowadays.
THE MODERN WOMAN ON WHEELS.
Madame now sits at home and pouts on a
clear, sunshlny day, and will not go out in
her victoria because 1t is swung too low and
hasn't the necessary thirty-two springs
which makes driving so easy that it seems
ike being rocked in a cradle. She declines
to drive out on q rainy day because her
brougham is TOO high, the windows too large
and the color dull green instead of the
favorite bright blue. She prefers to walk
rather than go IN an old fashioned equipage.
ne lasulOudDIe NlCtOElA Is DIUhls Will
q number OF springs, and should have pair
of horses that contrast in color, a gray and
a bay being given the preference. No
chains must jingle, but the harness must
glitter from the amount Of elbow grease
given it, and the horses must lock as If they
had satin skins. The gloves Of the coach
man and footmau must be carefully pipe
clayed, but they must so thoroughly UNDER
stand how TO mix vinegar with the white
that it docs not rub off on the carriage rugs,
or on the sleeves Of my lady's coat if she
should need to be helped out
THE SMART CARRIAGE OF TO-DAY.
The smart brougham is Of rather light
blue, swung low, shaped like a sedan chair
and should have four panes of glass in its
tiny windows. l wonder If you know what
the bullying out at the back meanA 1t is
revival of an ancient custom. The long,
narrow place that comes just back of the
seat, and which shows from the outside was,
in years gone by, used TO hold the pistols,
the swords, or whatever weapons it was
thought would be necessary on the road.
Now, you know it's not real place in the
brougham Of to-day, though in the past the
cushion OF the seat was raised, a lid lifted
up. and there were the instruments Of war
fare.
A woMAN'S DRIVING BELONGINGS.
Z In her brougham my lady has every thing
that she may need-hand-glass. card case,
two or three bottles to hold scents or salts,
q tiny clock, place for the book that will
Gmuse her while she waits for something,
and a fan in case she should be trife
warm. This is her carriage for cold or
stormy days. In the sunshine IL she is not
In victoria, she is in a cabriolet. This
carriage is faucied by French women. 1t
is swung higher than the victoria, lacks its
breadth, has a very high back, and
is usually lined with a light cloth.
In front il has high dashboard
such as is not seen on the victoria. 1t
forces one to sit up as if an extra dose of
ramrod tea has added stiffness to ones
back, and it may DO cited as a carriage Of
caprice rather than one of comfort. To
drive oneself the high curricle with its
broad dashboard, its brass bar, its clock
strapped just in the center of the dash
boa'd, and showing against the highly var
nished leather is fancied. So far, only q
few have been seen in the park, and these
have been driven by men, but undoubtedly
they Will become women's carriages when
It is known that one Of the prettiest Of cur
ricles is driven by the daughters of the
Prince Of Wales, all of whom are like their
mother, very good whips.
CARRIAGES OF THE vANDERBrLTs.
Mrs. William Vanderbilt drives in a
quiet, refined looking victoria, and so does
Mrs. Willie K. Vanderbilt; but Mrs. Seward
GbO SOco JuIOuEu L0e ark IN q 0uR9
landau that seems like the one that Queen
Victoria uses when she wishes to delight the
eyes Of the multitude. 1t is huge, it is awk-
ward-looking, and it is pretentious. The
sort Of woman who is seen in such
carriage requires age and the most
positive social recognition. If Mrs.
August Belmont, Mrs Aston or Mira
William h. Vanderbilt were in such turn
out 1t would be considered right and proper,
but when younger woman looks like a
dotlet on the 81" in 1t, only laughter and
ridicule are provoked. Can't an American
woman have what she wants9 asks some
body, who is very patriotic. Certainly.
She can put on Worth frock and ride on
an ash-cart IL she likes to, but Just as
certainly will she make herself ridiculous,
and that no woman, American or other
wise, can afford to do.
MORNING IN CENTRAL PARK.
In the early morning the park is filed
with riders and women who are driving out
with the little folk from the nursery. and
with the sunshine and the green framing, it
looks somehow as if Paradise had opened
its gates, and all the nice little cherubs had
tumbled down. The proudest woman is the
young good looking one, who can have four
small people crowded into her due. add who
charges the footman in the rumble to keep
an eye on them and see that none of them
fall out, while she watches the horses and
sees that they behave themselves
The little people usually have along
with them their own special pets ;
and dolls, kittens, aud small and big
dogs are noted as their chosen friends.
One wee bit of a girl, who goes out every
morning with her proud mamma, has a
white kitten, dressed in long white slip.
which wears pink sunbonnet tied under
its chin. 1t sits in her lap In q most placid
manner, and rs the long white skirts hide
the four feet, it is difficult to believe that it
is not one baby carrying another. In an
other establishment, where they rejoice
in triplets, two dogs, one a:fox terrier, the
other a King Charles land do not
think for minute that this is not
the truth, and tiny alligator in
glass box 60 out driving in the morning.
And really, do think the proud possessor
of the alligator finds il less troublesome
than do the owners of the dogs; the fox
terrier having never ending desire to bite
the ears of the King Charles. 1t Is a most
beautiful thing in the springtime to see no "
thoroughly and entirely babies are in fash.
ion.
woMAN'S HAIR MUST SHINE.
1t doesn't make much difference whether
your locks are golden or brown, ashen OIL
black; to have the stamp of le mode upor
them, they must shine like satin, and the
49, l. Al.