The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-01


through the dirt, but when a fgtteTing lace
lce is adced the effect is as ridiculous
as Il is disgusting. When woman 80 ar
rayed endeavors 10 hold up her gown she
Q evates II On one side Ia the usual mannsr.
while the other side spreads over double
territory, and the lace h)uncs waves IN the
breeze like a flag Of distress.
Il is a difficult matter in a city like New
York, says Cara Belle IN she Inquirer, to
keep pretty servant girl from becoming
deInOralIzed by nattery. Men seem u be
clean gone mad on the subject Of good look
ing women, aud they always have smile
and tip for a handsome waitress or a
shapely chambermaid, as they call them.
MY dear" exclaimed the mistress Of
lord and master. 81 DC wish you would re-
primand Robert That boy spOils every
servant that comes into this house"
What does he dol" grumbled out the
| Wall street m8gnate.
why. he is continually tipping them
"Well, il that's all" added Dives with a
! little cnUcAle, as he slipped ms arm int1 his
satin-lined overcoat, ''let the boy alone"
But this particular maid of all work, to
whose trim figure and piquant frontispiece
/ have called your attention, is part aud
parcel OF an elegantly furnished biiOu fiat
up town, inhabited by two friends of mine.
maidens Of 80, who are studying at one of
the art SCHOOLS.
Last week | was invited to spend the
afternoon with them and stay 70 dinner.
As | entered the pretty little apartment
neither Of the maidens (,h1, for a wonder,
seem perfectly happy without a man about
had entered the miniature drawing room.
The door was opened by the girl | have
pictured, and don't exaggerate when say
that she literally bristled with cJrdIality.
After she had announced me she immed late-
ly resumed her devotions wide cert, as the
authors say. Later il the afternoon my
friends insisted upon rowing their "dear
little Kitchen" Here | was formerly pre-
scented to Cameha, as they called her. A
charmingly poetic nnme for a cook. / no
ticed that Camelia was now girt for the
fray--that Is, tne roast She had changed
her dress after finishing her scrubbiug.
When the delightful hJtle diuner was ready
l looked again. Behold. Came "a was stand
ing there clad in a very neat aud piquant
waitress riga complete tronsformai1ni
When 10 o'clock sounded it was raining ats
and dogs. | must stay all night There
was delightful sofa bed in the LITTLE parlor.
Imagine my surprise when CAmelia walked
into the room to make the bed, wearing a
very pretty flannel wrapper. Had it not
been for her tiny cap, set coquettshly on
top of her Jet black hair, you might have
taken her for one OF the partners in the
joint stock company. A little later was
forced TO rub my eyes again. There stood
Camelia combing and braidlng the hair of
one of the art students, which happened to
be very long and heavy.
That is a wonderful servant you have,
girls said, after she had left the room.
as that her real name. though, deGriesY
| Icy both smiled. Then he younger and
prettier said, with a Toguish smile in her
eye:
mo; her name is Bridget, but we call her
Camella. the feminine name of chameleon,
| kr,r,r Fr~se haz ha, ,1t,,
often.n
At a dinner given the other day by young
Countess Potocka In her beautiful house ia
the Avenue Friedland, in Paris. says the
New York Tribune, the floral decorations
were replaced by complete orchard Of
miniature fruit trees covered with luscious
fruit The center OF the long table had
been covered with selaginelle moss, in which
the pots containing the trees were imbedded.
The center piece was a small peach tree,
bearing a few superb specimens OF the de-
licious ''peche de Mareiul,n known and ap-
preciated by all true gourmets Around
this was row Of lady~apple trees in full
fruit, and the group was finished off, first
by Gordon OF grape-colored vines, and
: then by border OF stra berry plants,
4 | whereon strawberi les as big as big as plov-
3 ers' eggs CLEANED like huge rubies. None
Q of the little fruit trees was more than u foot
2 DlRn, anu Uue ollSCG pTOuuCel DH UulB llCUl6
' orchard, wherefrom at the end of dinner
) everybody could pluck his or her own des-
4 sert, is indie ,cribable.
f Those fascinating little capuohons OF
' gauze and lace are the newest devices for
= evening wear gays the Paris letter Of the
= | Herald 1t Is a comfort to have some
dainty headgear which is warm, light and
: does not disarrsnge the elaborate couture
and the problem is solved by these volum-
) | nous hoods of gauzo and lace, with ar
, inner hood of soft silk, which rests lightly
. | on the hair.
) The chief charm, it must be confessed, i.
their becomingness, for the very PLANES
face is attractive emerging from cloud o.
dclicately tinted gauze, which softens tht
, outlines and makes rose tinted mystery
around the head and throat.
9 l was shown, in a large shop in the Rue d.
Q la Paix anumber of these gauze hoods ant
3 was assured that they are the latest novelty
!, The prettieSt ones were made of tvs o gauzes
: pink and blue. blue and pale yellow, an(
o yellow and white, over foundation of silk
y One or two had the silver nail heads, now
9 so popular, dotted over the gauze TO Civ
= more effect.
II The gauze is draped loosely over the full
o silk hood, and ends with long fichu, which
d is thrown around tho neck and is caught by
ii 70 cites Of gauze or bows of ribbons One
|
d tippets, straight band of white lace COM
10 ing smoothly down at each side of the face
ID Fine white lace over coored foundation
IT with an immense tichu of lace, is used il
2, the same way, but nothing is so completely
is fetching" as the gauze arrangements.
10 Velvet hoods are also worn in the even
k ings, and are made very large, and ar,
VI often lined with shocked silk, which i
It light and elastic.
If The American hood" as it is called il
S. London, is a Quaker cap, with wide pleat
a ing turned back from the face and finishes
S, with bow at the top. Its quaintness is it
y chief quality.
II The garments in which there is NOR
Y change and novelty at this dead season ar
n the cloaks and manteaux. There is littl
strikingly new in dresses. but the new Henri
III. capeS are furnishing field for tie dress
10 makers taste.
q BY the way, we are to have tho we'll
Ie known Medici collar with US in all tn
" spring garments. 1t is too good a frient
W and hides too many defects to be soon aban
,e doned. 1t will be adapted and changed il
h the various new styles, but it promises to b
1t there still.
t. Apropos of the ever-recurring mani
Is among fashionable modistes, says the New
70 York Tribune, for increasing the length o