The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-08
FADS AND FOLLIES.
COME OF TIE THINGS WHICH
INTEREST WOMEN.

Some OF the Latest Things in Fashions
RsaIm-The Bonnets Which Are
Attracting Attention-A Little Talk
Of Cloaks and Gloves-A Few Inter
esting Bits OF Gossip.
"Dld you ask what would be considered a
,mall footf said a pretty shop girl in a
biy establishment. as. knesling before q
customer. she deftly fitted on a pair Of
India rubbers, says the New York Tribune.
nWen. l should call No. a small size
and So even. The average is about S; Z is
large. although L have seen very nice feet
that we're sevens. | have one customer
who wears mines aud another who wears
ones. Quite a contrast, isn't ita The small
est foot on a grown person 1 ever saw be-
longs 70 one of our customers; she wears
thirtesns, child's size, but it isn't pretty a
hit: it looks so tottering."
The lady upon whom she had been wait
,ng looked at her own shapely feet Slender
tbTees) with great satisfaction. II do not
care for excessively small feet,n sne re-
marked TO her companion, "but one thing is
certain: feet are much larger than they
used TO be when l was a girl. Whether it
is because we wear larger shoes or because
We walk so much more / don't know; but
twenty years ago quite a number of nv
frields wore ones, and now do not know
soul who wears a shoe smaller than threes. y
III is the walking, think, {" said her com
panion. I'm those days no one took any
exercise Yes; and then, too, it ia no
longer the fashion to wear short boots.
dare say both reasons hold good, but the
American foot is certainly larger than it
used to be-"
Nothing is more becoming to young and
attractive woman that big hat, and there
will be many girls who will rejoice to learn
that Gainsborough style will be again worn
this winter. The caprice OF massing the
high trimming at the back of the hat con-
tinues, but either usage has softened preju-
down a little. Certainly the latest
imported models do not produce the effect
OF absurdity caused by those displayed
when this mode was first introduced. One
charming hat is shown of soft gray felt.
with rush-green velvet crown and clusters
OF green and gray ostrich tips at the back
on one side. Another pretty hat Of red vel
vet lis trimmed with loops of black velvet
and black ostrich tips, while still a third,
Of black felt trimmed with black velvet
and ostrich tips. has no color about it ex-
cept the pink satin facing whose reflection
would lend rosy tinge to pale face. But
all round hats are not such wide-brimmed
affairs as these. There are others Of more
modest dimensions that are no less
pretty if not quite so conspicuous
OF these is dark-blue felt,
trimmed simply with loops OF bronze
velvet and bunch of hops. Among dressy
hats in this shape appears one especially
elegant-one of bronze brown velvet, with
the crown and part Of the brim in cream
velvet embroidered with gold. Brown
ostrich tips nestle at the left of the crown
sld stand up defiantly at the back. Per-
haps this should be called a bonnet, after
Bl, for bronze satin strings come from tne
back OF the crown and tie in a bow under
tie chin.
You know" said lively compstriot to
the New York Tribune, who recently ar
rived from the other side,n That the
thing IN England is for q man to keep quiet
and mUnosyllabic in drawiug-room, and
for the xomen to be lively and amusing;
that is Why our women is such a success
over there. They can talk about all sorts
Of thiu 90 and amuse people. Ga the other
hand, however. the average American man
Is not much cared for. An American at his
best is witty, entertaining, versatile-a con-
versationalist, in fine; and tEat is just what
the smart set in England do not like; for
young man to be an intelligent talker is
considered almost bad form. There may
be certain privileged individuals that hold
the place Of licensed court testers, as it
were, but it is an unwrItten law that the
fashionable young man should be deadly
quiet unless he is among his intimates,
when he seems TO enjoy a sort of horseplay
with zest that strikes an American as al
most artless but not to say imbecile. But
introduce the same lively youth to a
stranger, and he freezes into solid polite
ness that is almost crushing. So our clever
young countrymen are really too clever
aud too naturally chivalrous to women TO
have the 'cachet' that belongs to really
fashionable youth. This, however, is not
the case Of the middle aged American in
London, particularly If he be of note in his
own country. He. like the American girl,
it expected to show his paces,' and the
Englisn world ia ready to applaud him, dine
hun, and find him vastly entertaining. In
snort, he can be no end OF success. II he is
an artist, poet or literary man of any kind
ne has the open sesame to a delightful
sec OF people. English people simply adore
an oddity of any description; like the
Athenians OF old, they are ever on the look
out for some new thing, something that
Will entertain them, and an American in
London is continually surprised by seeing
people crop up in society there who would
not be tolerated here Paradoxioal as it
may seem, 1t is nevertheless true that good
New YORK society is much more exclusive
tnan the fashionable set in London"
eor lip salve says the Tribune, dissolve
lump OF white sugar in a teaspoonful of
rose water. Let it stand at the back Of the
stove to simmer slowly. Add two table,
spoontuls Of nice olive oil and a piece OF
spermacetl the size of walnut. Add a
mere drop of cochineal coloring matter to
urn IL pink. When the whole is melted to
an ointment turn 1t into little round por-
coiain COX kept for the purpose. It should
Dc small enough TO hold only a few
taoespoonfuls
a saiVe for the hands is made with two
Oences OF the oil of almonds, half an ounce
VI Spermaceti and half an ounce Of white
wax. Melt all the ingredients together in
oowi set In kettle of boiling water. Add
tablespoonful of rose water and begin
peatlng Remove the bowl from the boil
lng water to table, and continue beating
. uheii the mixture is cold. II it should be
to1 hsrd, melt it again and add another
..1oiespoonful Of rose water. Beat again
hill cold.
Is an Interesting and anomalous fact.
sayS the New York Sun, that as black be-
ooaleS moro dlsliked and discarded for
iuournlng wear the love of 1t for ordinary
uleSs, particularly among young people, be-
ooues more pronounced. A few years ago
%any one wearing black at wedding would
lave been regarded as bird OF ill omen,
OuG the DrpEant LADY, nudlav a