The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-01
THE WOMAN'S WORLD.
.o,,E OF THE NEWEST THINGS IN
FASHIONS DOMAIN.

hing bout raise Hair-Shoes for
7.,ntv Feet-A Few Interesting and
cosby Stories
learn first, says Delmonico in an article
:, the November Ladies' Home Journal,
~ 70 set a table. a round table is better
han a square table. if the dining-room is
I.-ge enough to permit it. IL not, then the
binary obIong extension table must be
ed The round table is much more pref
ersbls and easier TO seat people at. besides it
lives a suggestion Of the famous king
s-tbur and the Knights of the Round
Table" A few prominent society women
s,in cling to the old-fashioned long,
,.rrow table. Mrs. Assor, for ex-
ample. still uses that style of dining table
IN order that her famous gold dinner set
NAV be placed to the best advantage. Mrs
August Belmont, on the contrary, prefers
an oblong table, and the decorations for an
elaborate dinner are carried out to make the
shape more pronounced. Flowers should
never be absent from the dinner table. No
matter how homely, they add TO the
ncturesqueness OF the feast.
Let us see how table is set for a fash
f1laDe ullllicE phlbJs Ou JIG JdOtt Is
nlaced thick flannel cloth, the thicker it is
The better, as it prevents noise Of the dishes
as they are placed on it. Over this il spread
snowy white damask table cloth, bearing
the family crest or coat-of-arms. Some
times over this is placed still another, Of
elaborate embroidery and lace, lined with
mink or yellow satin, as taste dicta es, or
whatever color is to predominant at the
dinner. The plates are first placed upon the
soup Is served, they are always the hand
soonest in the gold or china sets, as the case
NAV be. Don't crowd. Each guest should
be allowed a space of two feet or
twsnty-six inches. if the table " i'll admit of
it, and the plates placed at equal distances
apart Place two dinner forks to the left of
each plate; also On oyster fork with pronRs
resting on the edge Of tho plate. On the
right must be dinner knife and a spoon
for soup. The glasses are arranged at the
right of each guest on line with the inner
edge of the plate. The water glass is set
next to the glass. Then glasses for whatever
other beverages are intended to be served.
A glass whether of water or any other
liquid, should never be filed more than
three-quarters full.
1t is the fashion for girls to be tall, SAYS
Mr. Warner in Hdrper'S Magazine. This
is much more than saying that tall girls
are the fashion. 1t means not only that the
tall girl has come in, bat that girls are tall,
and are becoming tall, because 1t is the
fashion, and because there is a demand for
that sort of girl. There is no HUT of stout
ness, indeed the willOwy pattern is pre-
ferred, but neither is leanness suggested;
the women OF the period have got mold OF
the poets idea, tall and most dlvinely
fair aud are living up TO it,
Perhaps this change III fashion is more
noticeable in England and on tbs continent
than in America, but that may be because
there is less room for change in America,
our girls being always of an aspiring turn
Very marked the phenomenon is in Europe
this year; on the street, ct any concert or
reception, the number of tall girls is 50
large as to occasion remark, especially
among the young girls just coming into the
c0nSplcuOuSneSS OF Womanhood.
The tendency of the new generation is to.
ward unusual hight and gracious slimness.
The situation would be embarrassing to
thousands of men wuo have been to- busy
70 think about growing upward, were il not
fer the fsct that the tall girl. who must be
looked up TO, is almost invariably benig-
uant, and bears her hight with q sweet
tlmidity that disGrms fear. Besides, the
tall girl has now come on IN such force that
confidence is infused into the growing army,
and there IS u sense of support ia this sur
vival of the tallest that is ver.y encouraging
70 the Young.
After matinee, says Clara Belle in a New
York letter in the st. Louis Republic, two
elegantly dres ed women entered a nlOdish
restaurant and ordered oysters, bouillon
aud salad, to be washed down with small
hottie Of champagne. 1t was remarked
that one of the women was very pale. She
had been to see a thrilling drama. Her
hand tTembled and she looked about the
room in an agitated manner. But the
waiter thought nothing OF this, for it is not
an unusual thing to see women act strangely
al table after matinees. They have
had No time to quiet down after the in .
Tense emotloaal excitement and often do
the queeresC things-such as ordering fish
ana leo cream, or soup and biscuit glaCe
Wen, 20 return to my particular woman
nae grew worse and worse, hegau to laugh
III Lysterical manner, and her eyes took
On that cat-hke glasSiness which usually
precedes violent criSe lie neTts, as the
French call it. Suddenly opening her
pocket COX, she watched her opportunity
when her companion's attention was en-
crossed with her salad, and, taking out q
tiny white paper-such as the druggists
iold to hold a fever powder-she emptied
us contents into her glass Of champagne
Inc waiter was startled. What should be
AAS " % Az uOuuG, 80 ne ODoTeQ the rule
OF the establishment, which Is: When any
thlng out Of the usual order happens, 20 t.
me mead waiter. The head waiter reached
MS conclusion with jump. The woman
was committing suicide he fastened into
the room, and, in order TO reconnoitre the
enemy's position, pretended to be busy ar
ranging the glassware on the table nearest
them. The tiny square of white paper had
peen carelesslY thrown on the floor. The
Aead waiter picked it up and retired.
GTeat heavens His suspicious are iusti-
NED 1t is labeled arsenic. He hurried
pacK INTO Che room. The woman was al
ready beginning to feel the effects of the
Polson' her companion now Sprang to her
1eet and whispered;
JUSTINE, speak! You are illn
ohe certainly is" exclaimed the head
walter, stepping to her side "This way,
MADAM" leading her from the room
GU would do we'll to place her in car
mage ne remarked to her companion,
~nen they reached the hallway, for he
Femo!ed lest commissions might come upon
ner while she was still on the premises.
NO, no-air, air." gaSped the woman
eh uu sne and her companion hurrledly left
IL was a narrow escape for us, said the
"ea1 waiter, with sigh of relief.
bring me the wine glass" replied the
proprietor, and dipping his finger into the
sediment he touched it to his tongu..
what had they orderedm he asked calmly
oysters, bcuillon, salad and wine"
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