The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-15
GAY CARRIE CARELESS.
how ONE MUST BE PERFUMED IF
ONE Would BE ADMIRED.

Oh 9nging Sss sons-Wny Should Mrs
Stanley be Dis runtledP- Sunday the
Favorite Day FIR tie Literati of New
York City-Gossip About People and
Things.
(Copuioht)
NEW York, March 14-It you are a true
woma !, aad are like all other true women.
you adore mems alteration. You can't help
it. 1t is as much part Of you as is the love
of color, the liking for sweet sounds or the
taste for sweets. You have no special
rhyme nor reason for thus wanting to be
liked, but it is as much a part Of you as any
other instinct that you own.
Let me tel you a little trick that all the
! WHY, little nine; zenith century mAidens are
learning. 1t is this: Men are like dogs,
they wors lip-they positively worship aud
| DOW down-bef 70 an incense of sweet
| odOrs. Ii has fascination for them, sub
| tie, unnamable, b If unconscious, yet allur-
ing, powerful and mighty. There are a
| Few people whose skins seem to exc iude nat
| urallY this sweet SAVIOR, VINO are of them
selves alb olutely fragrant with a scented
loneliness that fairly iutoxicates. And TO
these gifted beings it remains only to oom-
| plete tie work that nature has begun by
choosing dai ty perfume with which to
impregnate tho clothing.
The mmOn run of every day mortals
can nope at best to be only fresh and clean
smelling, unless they resort to artificial
means to produce the exhalations that are
so delicious and DewitchIng. the first step
In the progress is marked when one learns
to mix Quantity Of some sw .et scented
water with the bath. Then comes the art
II mingling the same perfume with the
| clothing and finally tn re is the kuack of
carrying lingering associations of it upon
| the PEI son in snch a manner that no one
can detect the real from the artificial, nor
sachet from natural freshness.
just now sandal wood toilet water Is the
rave among those W ose purse strings are
not drawn too closely. The beautiful
| Duchess OF Marlborough is said to have
introduced the perfume o fashionable soci-
ETY. early last fail; and now perfume max
ers have laid in plenteous supply Of the
same. 1t is quite expensive, however. for
single bath in its scented depths, even
though it be greatly diluted, costs the
ba her nigh unit s..
OdoIs change with the seasons. 1t ID no
longer the chic thing to Lave one particular
perfume and to st OK TO it, or more properly
speaking, to be stuck Co by 1t. But it is
rather tue caDer to allow ones perfume to
change with the seasons. As the spring ad-
vances lilac will be the odor most sought
be upon us. 1t is already waited upon the
| air by early spring toIlettes.
Then will come the roses and later the
new mown hay. Then back we come to
roses again, then violets and 80 on through
out the whole flower ain. The toilet
waters may remain unchanged while all
the flower extracts are having their day, for
it has been discovered at the favorite
waters such as sandal wood, violet ID lilac
mlngle we'll with the heavier perfumes, act
ing as a 6xative for them.
A few very fortunate society people are
| rejoicing in a perfume which cannot be
duplicated unless one can capture a Stan
ley. This famous scent is called Lily Of the
| Nile, and it was brought 10 this country by
Mrs. Stanley, who had the perfume ex-
| tracted from the natural lilies as plucked
| upon the borders of the Nile AS ma, OF
special favor, Mrs. Stanley has besto led a
| bottle upon favored mortal here and
| there. An enterprising fancy goods dealer
| has duplicated the perfume as nearly as
| may g, ami has dipped sea weed into its
| depths until grass was produced that was
| fragrant and very like the real Lily OF the
| Me. The grass was then woven into m ats
and put on sale at q big price for laying
into the bottoms OF bureau drawers and
| trunks.
Anent Mrs. Stanley, one cannot help
feeling sorry that she should have been mis-
understood by the American people and the
| American press. In an unfor innate news
paper interview, she is said to have ex-
pressed herself as disappointed at her recep.
tion into American society, and to disap-
prove of its WAYS. No sooner did the arti-
Gle appear in New York paper, than Mrs
Stanley Indignantly wro to another paper
card denying all such allegations. And SO
| the matter hangs Does or does not Mrs
Stanley approve of us2 Is it yes or nos
| Foreigners must come TO a realizing sense
of themselves and other things. They must
know that when they go into far country
| to write 1t up with it's peculiarities d
mannerisms. err even if they visit il simply
| to view it and lecture to it, they invite,
| thereby, return of these favors. And
sometimes the return favor is an unpleasant
| one.
The dear, sweet Edwin Arnold, whom
everyone knows by his Light of Asian and
the Light of the World" has found Toxic
too unpleasant tor him by virtue OF the
meddlesome press of this country. He was
accu, ed in turn Of having softel hing of the
brain, of having taken unto himself a wife
from Japonica and lastly Of employing his
son Edwin to write the POEMS that his
orien al crazed brain could no longer in
| dit. And SO, unable to stand the music of
| popular criticism he has returned to EGG.
| land.
Very pretty costumes, rather nondescript
i'll fashion. half girl. half man and halt
woman in selection are already being de-
| signed for the early spring tramps that are
! faslio able around New York Very early
| of q morning one can see on the outskirts
of the park, away from the gaze of many
passers by, gay young girls in short skirts,
| boots, cap. blouse waist and paletot, putting
in nice work by way of exercise upon the
| tramp Over the arm, or strapped to the
| shoulder, Is. more of en- than not, a stor N
coat to be worn in case of sudden shower
| Not always do the the fair damsels have
escorts upon these constitutionals. FIRE.
| que lily one may see perfec stampede of
| girilsh loveliness through rain, snow and
| sleet with never as much as a solitary mau
| to act as rainbow.
Society people are still amusing them
selves and each other playing at fancy dress
games They must don gay attire and ap-
pear to be that which they are not. In
dainty gauze skirts l0oped nigh and gauze
paper bell on her head, the blonde beauty
fancIes herself S owdrop and disports
playfully, airily and fairly upon the elves
with which she finds herself surrounded.
THE Daughter Of the Regiment" is as old
as the hills and is almost as great a favorlte
as they are. Any regiment may he chosen,
our own true blue, the soft grey, or the
| flaming, daring costume Of any regiment or
troupe under the sun. The Royal Sussex is
a favorite because it is becoming. The red
and yellow makes ever such a pretty com
bination for either blonde or bruno
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