The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-20

anu the uutS ABOUT as large round a. D.
cent piece. The dress is made very plain
and very scaut in front and very long and
full in the back. The neck Is cut pointed
front and back. but the point is not too low
20 be worn in the street. Round Mrs. Car
ter's delicate waist and round the bust there
are drawn lines Of ribbon, which terminate
in bows at the back, thus forming q very
pretty back dressing for the gown.
When Mrs Carter arrives az her dressing
room at o'clock, she has on a small bon
net Of black, trimmed with yellow ribbons
and tied with yellow ribbons under the
chin. The dainty hat with the very becom-
ing gown make a very sbecOming picture.
and this lady, with her peculiar red gold
hair Is Just the woman who can wear such
a dress to advantage.
WASHING THEIR OWN LAcEs.
was talking with young woman the
other day abOu, the trouble that she must
have given to the lace cleaner with the lace
with which she adorns her gowns. You
know it is lace season, and a woman must
be constantly dressed In the dainty fabric
In order to come up 20 the full requirements
OF fashion. The order is especially trying
one for women In white, in that Il is so ex-
pensive. To look well one must wear white
gloves. and one must wear a quantity Of
lace, and one must wear white ribbons as
trimmings TO gowns.
such disagreeable work ON account of the
oil which is necessary for the cleaning OF
the gloves that TO talk about cleaning these
articles would hardly be acceptable to any
woman who values the care Of her fingers
But washing lace is quite dainty work
after all IL one knows how TO do it
thoroughly. When it was the style to wear
plain lace that could be done even around
bottle and which would then bear rinsing
in strong soap suds. the question was
easily settled, but now the lace is so flmy
and so delicate that it is not very easy
thing to clean IL.
Here is a recipe that was given to me
by young woman who wears most charms
ing clothes, and who says that no less
dainty woman than the charming Mrs.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox follows its prescrip-
ton, aud carefully renovates all the fine
lace with which she adorns herself by day
and by night.
An ordinary wine bottle is first covered
with fne flannel. Then the lace which Is
to be washed is stitched on top of the
flannel 1t is sewn very closely, and yet is
not stretched In any way. 1t is best done
by first lacking the lace to the bottle, aud
then winding it round and round for its
whole length, then with very large needle
one can make few stitches here and there,
sufficient TO hold the lace in place.
Next, the entire bottle with IT'S lacy COW
ering should be "spattedn with a heavy
solution of some kind of good soap-anY of
the well known brands will do If the lace
is very much discolored, or dirty, the bot
tie should be filed with very hot water and
then plunged into boiling water and boiled
for few minutes. The filing of the bottle
first with hot water is TO guard against its
boing broken when it is plunged into the
boiling liquid.
Next, the bottle should be taken out and
dipped in very fine starch, after which 1t
should be rinsed in blueing, if one wishes
to have it apure white. Many people, how
ever, prefer that lace shall be yellow,
and in that case it may be dipped in a weak
solution of coffee, or If one does not care to
be guilty Of really coloring lace it should
not be dipped at all, but may be left TO take
on its own natural hues. The bottle should
now be filled with hot water aud set In the
sun for the lace to dry. This is the exact
recipe as it was given to me by the woman
who says she has frequently tried it and will
vouch for its goodness
People who are In the "know" say that it
Is quite fad for women to practice the
household arts for their recreation, and for
their physical development. Rather rid leu
lous, is it not, to suppose Fifth avenue
belle working over washing machine, or
ironing with a mangle, but, really, these
girls are actually developing their strength
in that way, and just incidentally peform-
ing some of the necessary renoyations TO
their wardrobe which may be brought
about In the course OF the exercise.
KINGDOM FOR A CAB.
New York has more cabs than any other
city in the world-for its population. YET
when you want one very much on rainy
nights and holidays, you can hunt and
search and look up and down in vain Not
a cab is to be seen. If by chance one comes
along you may put up" onsits being en-
gagged.
Yet il the New York cab service Is O
large, bow is 1t that cabs are so scarce2
Why for just this reason. New Workers all
ride--if it rains. And they all waikiki it is
pleasant. So, on sunshiny days, the aide
walks are fairly lined with cabs, but rainy
days there isn't ono 10 be had unless you are
lucky enough to be one of the early birds
and have caught the four-wheeled worm
unexpectedly speaking.
Thanksgiving day WAS the finest example
of this on record. The hotels were filed to
OVERLOOKING with visitors for the Pri1ceton-
Yale foot ball game, students from all the
colleges were packed here, there and every
where-thousand of them. Every one had
q family party with plenty of out-of-town
visitors. The theaters had special attrao-
tlons on the boards, and with it all the rain
fell In sheets-and not a cab 10 be had. Next
year all the furniture vans are TO be brought
out for the accommodation Of people, aud
trucks, carts and dry goods wagons are to
be within call.
You have heard of the waQ who was
known TO murmur at the boarding house
table 80 100000 hairpins in the land. yet
not enough to keep the hair out of the but
teri" Well that little old roasted chestnut
kept repeating itself over and over in the
mind of many young men as he padded
with his best girl through the liquid butter
and Jumped her over the puddles, lament
ing to himself 40 900 cabs In New York,
yet not enough to keep one girl out OF the
rain"
New York has an average of 10000 Wis.,
itors daily. But holiday times there are
often three times az many as that