The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-29

Easter reVclry Is on bue air.
Faster games are everywhere.
vrw YORK. March 2s.-BIicdman's buff
Under the new name of blindgirl's bluff, Is
&c in our midst. This is the way it is done.
The pretty buffer is blindfolded by means
n long black mask which effectually
keeps her from gazing underneath. She is
fen seated in the middle Of the room, while
the company, joining hands, slowly walk
around her. High above her head the
blnffer flolrishes a weapon not unlike
the shield which the darkies down south use
for p.otection against flies and mosquitoes.
AS the mystic circle silently passed around
The blipdfolded encnantress, the latter
brinqs down er wand lightly upon the
head of any one whom its aim may con-
Germ. He quickly catches it, kisses the
hand of the Queen of the Mask, and takes
his place on the throne, whore he in turn
swavs tne scepter. Should young woman
he touched with the wand she embraces her
ex-queen, and tries her own hand with the
wand
The game is made interesting by the an
nouncement that should the queen fail in
three strokes to touch one of her subjects,
she is presented, later on, with the court
LISTERS paper cap and bells And should
any subject be SO fortunate as TO be three
times chosen, she is given jubilee and is
awarded a gilt crown, or, prettier still a
flower one.
At Ea8tertide the girls are all smiling and
pleasant and blOssomy. Why? BecaUs
ihey can now eyel in all the little delights
that are dear to the feminine hearts and
person.
Charley sends a sweet vase of flowers,
Mr. Feathertop contributes poem written
hv imse.f, and MIR. BestfellOw suggests q
lovely Easter day outing. 1t is sure to be a
gaia time for the girl who is full of life and
who enjoys some measure of popularity.
Bon-tons of an afternoon are no longer
sinful, for the time for the modification of
the flesh is past. Decolete gowns are de-
manded of an evening and the young spring
buds are blooming III all the extremes of
present styles. Yet sad as it may seem to
toosa who reside III a region OF uncloudy
gaiety, there is a section Of our own free
land threatened by cloud which will
dim the horizon of many a man aud throw
more than one woman out OF an occupa-
tiOa
Has no one noticed that if Senator Hale's
bill! passes the legislature ell women will be
excluded from tae Stage in Minnesota? The
thea;er will have to be conducted on the
Chinese principle of having men play the
female parts and all the women who have
beer earning an independent livelihood on
TIE stage must ia TO the typewriter for
assistance or get them to another state.
The law which the proper senator has
introduced reads thus: 1t shall he a mis-
dereanor for ANY female person" on the
stage to expose her neither limb or limbs
dressed in tights, so called, or in auy man
ner whatever so that the shape and form of
her neither limb or limbs are plainly visi-
bln.n
At first reading this would seem to ex-
Guide only the wearing of tights from the
stage, but closer attention and q prayerful
research iuto ones moral structures brings
out the fact, which is startling, though
plain, that the whole world of women must
forsake the Minnesota stage for the nonce
or until the present fashion in dress is
changed.
Of course, you see why this is SO. Any
woman who has had the courage of her
fashionable conviction exalted to such a
high degree that she could wear the new
tailor made gowns will understand at once
that the stage, which does not c0untenance
anything short Of the extreme style, must
baulsh women from its boards until tine
aW permits them to dress in accordance
with the fashion. If a woman cannot
dreSs Tin any manner whatever so that the
shape or form of her neither limb or limbs
t4NtAhg NiolOlc, buG CduuOb wear tU6
conventional street garb. That is certain,
Tor everyone knows that in the contracted
sklrt dictated by fashion, there is no Sc
cre0 made as to the shape and size of the
members which support womans body.
30 good-by, ladies' of the Minnesota stage
Aou are going to leave us now-if the bill
passes. You may be able, occasionally, to
come on when comic parts permit the wear
ing OF barrel to hide your proportions, or
tne adoption of criLoline to conceal the
means by which you walk. In the latter
case the crinoline must be heavily weighted
10 prevent an accidental bobbing up when
the heroine filings herself about in the emo.
tlonal scenes.
Next, we shall hear of some dear old SEN
ator who, seeking to guard the seclusion of
the female leg. W Ill introduce a bill making
IL misdemeanor for a man to gaze at a
Woman'S leg as it is revealed to him upon
tn9 avenue of rainy or muddy day. He
VIII Constitute it as a misdemeanor for
~ u n to cross sloppy crossing behind
iddy 1t viii be another misdemeanor to
yak up the avenue Of windy day when
there are women taking their constitutional
upon that thoroughfare. And it will be
made felony for any one, be he man,
woman or child, TO gaze from club windows
overlooking any corner difficult to pass
"hen the elements are boisterous.
:, AAeie 10 another clause IN the Dill which,
II analysed, shows the nicely Of thought
which may at times find access to the mas
cuilne mind. Mark what it is; 80 that
the shape and form Of her neither limb or
Htnos are plainly visible" Plainly UiStble!
ms distinction involves 9 little question
Oh eyesighs. Things that are plainly visi-
pie 10 yoH and me, may not be plainly visi-
pie 70 oIr next door neighbor unless he has
MS lorgne.tos We may be able to see
clearly With the naked eye. He sees, as
through glass, darkly, unless ne puts on
LIS 'eyeglAws.n A mote or a beam may
ooStruct one mans sight, so that woman
seems to locomote along as upon two
"neels. 70 another she looks as If she pro-
peIled herself not unlike man.
Inc physiological fact that eyesight
varies may lead to legal restrictions and re-
quirements not unlike those which govern
applicants for admission to army and navy
positions
man, on entering the the ter in Mime
sofa, should the Hale bill pass, will bear
upon his person certificate reading some
what like one of these:
Name Marmaduke Missnancy.
EBestaht. Myopic. Figures on stage
unless he wears his eyeglass.
Directions. Seat him anywhere in the
mouse. Confscate his eyeglass. Hire HIM
no lorgnettes. Perfectly safe without
them.
Another certificate viii read:
Name Augustus Ahthere
Eyesight. Perfect. Can see anywhere.
Eyes are better than Sam Weller's, for they