The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-26

radiance shed by a thousand candles. and a
million electric lights and iridescent
glasses.
Thus aesthetically attired, the ladies sway
and bend writing rythmetically 10 music,
and bowling, swaying, kneeliag, praying,
wringiug their hands and gazing heaven
ward all after the manner of the saiuted
pesarte, who SGT these things going while
on this earth, and then passed away ere
they had become popular in high society.
Blavatsky, 50 says Annie Besanr, taught,
thought and believed that IL one persisted
long enough in q thing, and employed upon
II sufficient intentnsss # urpese denying
ones self, meanwhile, all carnal, selfish pas
sions and desires, that in time the spirit
would become 80 uphfted and the soul 80
possessed with the beloved theme, that
things would be revealed and visitations
would be made from the patron saint such
as would be denied any ordinary mortal who
was unwilling to devote her thought and
mind TO such lofty aim.
II all this be as BlavatsSy and Annie Be-
SAINT believe, then who knows but that the
spirit of the late Delsarte may hover and
huster over the Newport house of Mrs.
W hltney, and who can say that at some of
the meetings, when the Delsarte current is
flowing swiftly and Delsarte grace pervades
everything, that bis spirit does not come
which is good aud sorFowfulIy swaying its
head over an ungTneeful bend, or a stiff
Walk I9elsarte may be at Newport now
and Il he is there. he is in good company.
For Ward McAllister, yon know, STAYED at
saratoga only little while, and then, leav.
ing the Windsor hotel distinguished forev>
ermore for the fact that he lived within its
portals, has returned to finish out the sea-
son at beloved Newport.
The other faction which is making its
headquarters ct Saratoga, takes its type
from the Jenness Miller, although il has
made SO many changes upon the original
Ailler. school Of ideas that it calls itself now
improved Dress rataeF1 than Dress Reform,
which was its old pseudonym. At these
meetings the women are encouraged to come
forth and shake off the shackles by which
they have been bound to conventional WAYS
and to conventional IDEAS. And they are
arged to discard false hair, corsets, high
heels and prejudice. ID %
they are told that nature is the most
beautiful thing in the world, and that a
woman becomes handsome as she allows na-
ture TO shine forth. They are told again and
again that the waist Of the beautifulVenus de
MILO Is tWenty-eight inches around, and that
no woman Is well formed. providing she is as
tall as the Venus de Milo, unless she has a
vast that can boast of q tWenty-eight inch
glFth- The leader Of thu lectures is an aw-
fully sweet woman With the prettiest man
ner you ever saw, and the most 'dignified
ways that you can imagine. She looks
pretty in everything she puts on, and when
she tells all those fat, chunky, awkward
rich people. that they have only to wear
garments like hers. in onIer to appear as
graceful as she appears, she makes an i'm
preston every time. -
1t is awfully funny to see those women
when they put on the improved radical
gown, and go forth clad in that and the
courage of their conviction. You should
sec them, really. CARRIE CARELESS,