The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-25
FADS AND F0LLIES.
A FEW FASHION MITES THAT May
INTEREST THE WoMEN.

INTgRGST THE WoMEN.
vau Costumes That Are Attracting At
+antion-Something Now in Hats and
sboes-A Few Short Stories That
Have the Merito Of Originality-Otber
Matters That Are Worth a Passing
Notice.
A guilty conscience, says writer in the
New York Tribune. often ascribes unpleas-
ant motives to the most innocent occur
rances. In certain fashionable hotel the
wooden partitions are Of the thinnest, and
snv conversation is apt to ba distinctly
sudible In the next room. Just at the close
of the season, Mrs. s., who had been
stopping there for month or so, received a
telegram from her dearest friend, saying
that she proposed to stay few days at the
hotel under that lady's chaperonage; aud
Close upon the message she arrived herself,
70 the annoyance of Mrs. s., who for
certain reasons of her own hardly cared for
the dearest friends companiousbip just
at that time; consequently, that
evening in the supposed privacy
of her own apartment she dis
cussed her self-invited charge with her hus-
band with great freedom. "How quite too
ridiculous of that old thing TO place herself
under my care, with such an affectation of
pirljshnessl l am at least six years her
) JUNIOR, and think she has grown more kit
tenish than ever. If there is anything alb
surd il is to see an old maid like that affect
ing juvenuity. Did you see Der with Mr..
this eveningln and thereupon the lively
Mrs. s. gave a clever bit of mimicry which
was received with e loud guffaw from her
husband, and "By Jove, Fanny, how
you women do run each other down, but I
must say you hit it off TO the life" Retribu-
riou, however, came the next morning;
their fair charge did not appear at
breakfast and they received simply
a message from the hotel clerk that
Miss NJ. had taken the early train for New
York. GOOD gracious, Harry, never
thought of those wretchedly thin WALSH
exclaimed the suddenly repentant and thor
oughly frightened, Mrs. S. "She must have
heard every word I said. She will never
forgive me, and you will see she will mans
age to pay me off in some horrid way" and
thereupon followed q week of actual re-.
morse, the first the piquant lady had ever
experienced for any of her mischievous re-
marks A fortnight later and the 81 were
back in town, and the very first person they
saw at Delmonico's, where they were dining
pending the household organization, as
Miss NJ, sitting at the next table Fearful
of cut direct they pretended not to see her,
but the relief was immense when she rushed
over to them with her usual manner. You
dear creatures" she exclaimed, "whatever
must you have thought of me, leaving in
such way! But had the most fearful
neuralgia all night, and left in the first
train to see my dentist / told the clerk TO
tell you and intended writing, but put it
of. don't you know, and now I can tell you
myself. l am too lucky to see you tonight
for papa is making up e party to drive to
Lenox in his coach, and you must positively
come with u.s." she continued. heaping Goals
of fire ON the head of her penitent friend,
who, with a rather sheepish look at her
husband, accepted the tempting invitation.
Such pretty hats as are being worn this
fall They are nearly all very small, says the
New York World, and are so neat and COM
pact that one quite falls in love with them.
1t is treat to stand in front OF tie milli-
'ner's widow and look upon the different
shapes, and, so pretty do they all seem, that
the question of deciding which to chose is
lnost perplexing.
There are seasons when one exclaims:
Glow uglyi" when one first sees re shop
windows and is brought to realize that the
fashions there displayed are the ones which
are to be worn the coming season. But
this year one exclaims: "How pretty. how
lovely How grscsfulP And one straight
way falls to wondering which OF the be-
lwiideringly pretty varieties are to be chosen
for ones own individual wear.
The little sailor hat continues to be in our
midst. 1t has reappesred for the season in
felt 1t is exactly the same shape as the
summer sailor. and is reproduced in felt Of
all colors.
A sailor hat is g sailor hat still--no mat.
ter what its style may be. The crown may
be higher or it may be lower than that OF
the sailor hat which is displayed next to it.
Or the brim may be broad. or it may be a
mere rim. But it is G. sailor still and is
bound 20 hold its own.
The most fashionable sailor shape for
autumn Is rather high in the crown and
harrow in the brin. Il comes In 80 many
cslors that you can get one exactly the
came shade as your dress, and can thus at
small expense have a very pretty hat 10
match your fall suit.
A bad reputation, says Clara Belle in 3
View York letter in the Republic, is a very
coed thing TO have on occasions. This was
inc case the other day when a tall. dis
tmguished~looking man in company with q
beautiful woman hailed a passing car on
Sixth avenue and aRnoyed she driver by
oelns slow in getting on.
Say, can't stand here all day." tbs
driver called out. "Set on the car il you
are Eoin' to ride"
On one seat of the car, which was an open
one, sat young man with two showily
dressed but handsome young girls. The tall
inen d his lovely companion took the seat
Immediately behind this trio. The insulting
remark Of the driver caused the tall man to
glance up quickly. acd then he called the
conductor
"Giys me the number of this car. please.
ne said quietly. Il think we viii have that
orIVer OF yours laid of for few days"
having put down the car number in g
memorandum book be began talking quietly
70 Dis companion. The two girls in the
seat ahead OF them began to exhibit theii
'alsappFoval Of the mans autocratic be-
knaVior by mimicking him and ridiculing
70, conductor. conductor" they chat
Tered, give me the number of this car.
guess Wen have that driver laid off for {
ile" Gays. I'm a director of this road,
am. Inc number Of the car, please. THAI
uFlVer Will lose his place, guess. Pm {
onan OF influence, conductor. He was very
Taae' y, my, yes. Didn'5 you hear him
most insulting. The number of the car
plSase. I'll just have that man laid Off"
Lnis sort OF thing was kept up for blocks
AGO aao vas distinctly audible TO the man be
n!ao' out he did not take the slightes
nOeiee Oh It and went on talking TO his com
4@hlnh. The young man with the two