The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-18

girdle of pearl aud turquois-jeweled
silver. She wears her hair in two
heavy girlish braids down her back,
each braid ending in a loose curl. Over her
forehead it is parted and aved in scft,
natural looking tendrils Her frock has
long sleeves that hang in full plated puffs
to the elbows, then close in aud reach ualf
way down over her fingers, At the wrists
they are narrow and wrinkle, then they ex-
pand oddly into what one might call cuffs
or might almost call mitts for the hands.
About her throat she wears a quaint and
beautiful necklace, Of old German manu-
facture, of pearls and turquo strung with
silver beads. She's a naive and innocent
looking creature, but you're so apt to snap
bone If You stoop ever 50 little" Merciful
Trovidence she is beginning again.
1t was my great privilege few days since
TO gave upon Ward McAlllster-nay, not
only gaze but pass him and see him bow,
says Chicago Herald correspondent. New
do not misunde stand me. Do not for one
instant fancy that [ would convey the
meaning that this great man bowed to me.
Fur frummit, as our good friend Samantha
Allen put it. He bowed To some smartly
gowned women in victoria, but the in-
estlmable boon of witnessing that perform
ance was vouchasfed me by beneficent
providence. Shall l ever forget that chasle
aud dI ,niied salute ssmi-ministerial and
semi-militarye Shall / ever forget the at
moSphere of elegance which seemed to radi-
ate from the Beau Brummell of the 400 as
he passed. It has been my privilege to see
nearly all the great men of this country,
but never before have felt that ought to
fall upon my face. or take my shoes from off
my feet, OF cast dust in the air, or do Jme~
thing to show my appreciation of so lofty a
presence. Mr.. McA.lister looks very like
his pictures. His trousers bagged bit and
he wore gloves the exact hue OF a rich, ripe
pumpkin.
Buttons are once more beginning to assert
themselves on outdoor jackets, says the New
York Sun, and fortunate is the woman who
has treasured up old and rare sets of them
The Princess of Wales has a penchant for
artistic buttons, and has the finest collection
of Jeweled gold, silver, and carved buttons
/ the world. including set consisting of
crimson carbuncles SET in oxidIzed silver.
recently presented by her sister, the
Empress of Russia. The Empress Eugene
has set of beautiful real pearl carved
buttons, that graced her colored riding
habits in the days of the empire.
The present seasons dress promises to be
more gorgeous than ever before. In the
early part of the century one or two rich
gowns sufficed woman for all social fetes.
Now woman is gorgeous In a different
gown on every occasion.
The latest thing in wedding rings will
scarcely appeal to the sentimental bride
who cherishes the peculiar distinctiveness
of the plain gold band. A titled bride has
started the new fashion of the marriage ring
being inlaid with blue enamel, and the tide
has turned from using the plain circlet to
employing the style of ring each bride may
happen to fancy and choose This fad has
its advantages and its disadvantages, for
the wedding band can thus rarely be distin-
guished from the ornamental circlet, which
may or may not be desirable according to
circumstances
A new thing in evening boas is to have
them made Of real blossoms. The boa is
eight feet long, and made by binding long
stemmed roses, violets or chrysanthemums
together after the fashion invented by chil>
dren in making daisy chains. They are de-
cidedly expensive Injuries, especially as
they will remain fresh and beautiful only
few hours
Princess dresses are coming in again, and
the faultlessly formed graceful women will
rejoi g. A beautiful dress recently finished
in the universally popular gray and yellow
was gray bengaline. bordered with straight
rows of gold braid, and having bertha and
full pulled sleeves of yellow crepon.
The mistress of suburban household I'M
dertook to relieve her domestic perplexities
in an extraordinary way. A second subur-
ban chatelaine was seated one day last week
&C her window, sewing, when she saw
carriage, with liveried coachman. halt a
her door. Presuming a caller had arrived
though not recognizing the establishment,
she was surprised TO see the coachmal de,
scend, and, avoiding the main entrance
vanish kitchenward In few minutes he
reappeared, escorting her cook TO the car
riage, where she remained for several min
utes in conversation with its occupants.
Then the cook retired, the coachman re-
mounted, and the carriage was driven
away. 1t was clear, and, to the credit of
women be it said, most unusual case of
attempted kitchen robbery. 1t is sa is
factory to be able to further report that the
cook even resented such a manifest outrage
and declined to make the suggested change
in her employer.
There has been some comment recently
upon the advisa hility of putting walters in
more distinctive livery than that of the
dress suit. 1t is asserted, and not without
reas n, that many first-class walters in ap-
pearance, demeanor and general effect look
the gentleman guest so perfectly that mis-
tahCS dbaAilk W DObu SUES dE6 Ire
quently mad. 1t was said, Indeed, that
Sherry had taken the initiative and made a
red waistcoat sign manual of his men.
This, however, is not borne out by investi-
cation. Sherry's door-openers, the buttons,
are often in red waistcoats, but his walters
and other men servants are in the conven-
tional ful-dress suit. Many of them are
French, who would resent aud probably
refuse any suggested change in their service
dress. All, indeed. of the fl rst--class caterers
seem to think that the men they supply,
many Of them imported house servants from
the other side, are so perfectly trained that
it would take very unsoph sticated guest
to mistake one OF them for other than he is.
Which may or may not be true.
There is on its wav to England from
India petition to Queen Victoria which is
an extraordinary ole. 1t is more than
sixty feet in length and bears the signatures
of more than 1000 womer of India, who
pray that the legal marriage age may be
raised from its present limit of 10 to "A
years. The grievances of the Hindu
women stir the sympathies of the whole
English-speakjng world. Something of the
horrors Of the life Of a widow there. wild
owed perhaps at an age when American
girls are just entering upon the brightest
OF their lives, may be gathered |
from an ex ract from a catechism which a
recent translation Of a book by Ramabai |
gives: