The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-19

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her feeling, when it wills, such a hand of
power and force. Iron and velvet" she
ent on, dropping her voice again, and
thus for several minutes The owner of
the hand, meanwhile. calmly impervious to
this burst of effusiveness, pursued the even
tenor OF her conversation without the
tremor Of an eyelid.
1.-The virtues of hot water as a pick-me-
up in looks have never half been suag," said
a suburban woman to the New York
Times recently. II came in for days
shopping on one Of the warm days of week
before last, and was met at my dressmaker'S
by dispatch from my husband telling me
of an appointment TO meet and dine that
afternoon with a uthern friend and her
husband. [ had a long list OF shopping to
get through and rushed around in the heat
till nearly the hour to meet the others.
~ got ne to the hotel fifteen minutes be-
fore | needed to have arrived, and | was
shocked on glaucing III the mirror in the
parlor to notice my disheveled and tagged
cut appearance The other woman of our
conn g pditie carre was an old friend of
my husband waom l had never met. l dis
liked for MS and my own sake that she
should first see me at such a disadvantage,
and hurried off to the toilet room to see
how far | could remedy it. The hot-water
faucet turned on a scalding flow. oh, for
a oIt of flannel / sighed, a. then be
thought myself of small roll OF it bought
that day and thrust in my shop
ping bag. 1t was produced and a
square sacrificed to my need of a beauti-
tying wash cloth. In three minutes my
complexion was fresh and glowing as
no cosmetic can make it; cold water on my
wrists lowered the temperature Of my body,
and tiny comb IN my chatelalne bag did
wonders for my hair. | took off my bonnet
and the waist of my dress, carefully brushed
each with whisk. and got into them again
| never come in town without a second pair
of fresh gloves, and with these fitted on l
was back in the parlor cool, calm and col
lected before the fifteen minutes we're up.
And my husband said TO me when we
were on our way home in the cars: 'I'm
glad you didu'5 run around to-day and tire
yourself all out You looked as fresh when
we met you as if you had just arrived
ALI you see because of hot water and fan
mel rag"
What are the earnings of theatrical
star. O French contemporary asks, and
points out that in the case of Nine. sara
Bernhardt the 'takingsn of a quarter of a
century have amounted to $4,000 francs
to which, after her return from her present
tour in America, another 1000, 1000 francs
may confidently be added. When the
"divine Sara" began her career at the
Coincide Franchise, in 1861 it was at a very
modest salary indeed, and even in 1872 at
the Odeon, she only earned 200 francs a
mouth. Eight years later she made 100 900
francs during a short tour In France, and
in 1881 her first European tour, during
which she played "Frou Frou," "Adrienne
Lecouvreur" aud Hermann" brought her in
$50, 900 francs. Then came the first Ameri-
can tour, whence she returned with a clear
profit of the sum of coo francs, and
henceforth the flow of the hundred thou
sands has never ceased.
Now that the India silks have come into
such general use for travelling and street
wear, it is well to note one of their peculiar
tiles, which bears directly on their quality
of service. This is their liability to spot
with water. The Oriental manufacturers,
in the preparation of their silks, use a sort
Of gum which runs when wet. To overcome
this disadvantage India silks should be
sp)nged before making, as are cloths The
dressmakers have a way IT sponging these
silks with damp cloths. A process recon-
mended is to dip the silk in clear water.
washing it, shaking it out and ironing it as
though it were silk handkerchief; this es-
pecially for the white and light colored silk
used for underwear.
Pongee is classed by itself, owing to its
being woven from the undyed silk and then
left undyed in the fabric. 1t is the natural
color of the raw silk. The foreign wash
silks, having the colors dyed in the silk
before weaving, are the best and the pretti-
est, showing deicacy Of shading not seen
in the printed silks. They will wash with
out injury. Although some of the printed
wash silks" will bear the test of the wash
fnh IF tho e.
sold under that name will not, tie coors
running and intermingling, to the utter
ruin of the gown.
In buying wash silks, if the house selling
them is not known to be absolutely reliable,
1t is safest to secure samples and wash them
before selecting material for gown OF shirt
waist. These silks may be worn so long
without becoming noticeably soied that it
is seldom necessary to have them washed
when made up in gowns, but shirt waists
and blouses, especially if worn ia travelling,
often are the better for cleaning
Gloria, domestic silk used for some time
IN umbrellas, is being brought forward for
dresses, and promises to be popular. Its
peculiar recommendation is its durability,
which 1T owes to an admixture of wool For
umbrellas it has proved far superior to the
pure silk, while selling cheaper. An
umbrella Of good gloria will wear for years,
though carried continuously summer and
winter for sun and rain. 1t has a twill
something like surah, though less decided,
and retains its freshness of appearance to
the end. It's good qualities have suggested
its use for dresses. 1t is from ~ 10 as
inches in width, and sells at 81 35, 81 80,
etc.
This pretty house gown is made of French
challle, with cream ground and a design
Of violets and long grasses. The waist is
composed of mauve surah and has a deem
pointed belt, edged with violet velvet, and
long ends of the same hang at the left side.
The sleeves have a high puff, Of silk and are
alsO trimmed with ribbon velvet.
A professor of music, a teacher of reputa-
ton, has this to say: "No greater mistake is
made than that committed by most parents
in regard TO their children's musical educa-
ton. Until my daughter knows. a go1d
deal of music a mother will say, 'aay
teacher viii do; later she can be polished lv
some high-Driced professor Only vester.
day woman, friend OF mine, who wa.
discussing her little girls music with M
said: 1 cannot afford to have - Ge.rI.,
with you, hut she shall have a year CT IT,
at the end to finish her course And to-.
her if she could aft Jrd only year OF ~.
tuition to let it be the first year. In TIM
year the pupil can form habits, if propeyg4
taught. which no amount of poor teach 4
can do away with
ut is so foolish to bring a girl, at tn
end of ten years unskilful teaching All
wrong practicing, to somebody and expec;