The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-06
FADS AND F0LLTES.
COME OF THE THINGS WHICH IN
TEREST TIE FAIR SEX.


THEM a Good Deal OF Attention-A
Few Cosby Stories Which May In
.arest the General Reader-Some-
+binr About the Blouse Waist-Open
short Jackets are Commanding No
tice
When are we to have reaction, says the
Nav York Times, from the flimsy paper
o-,ameuts which under various names and
5;ec,uises litter our best roomsP' We cried
To,ls Dec when the silk rags which hung
from every hook in the wall and every ar
sole If furniture received their congo, but
tbev we're better than these monstrosities,
ttat are more unreal and cheap and desti-
,nte of any sort of beauty than were the
,rsv bouquets under glass of our grand
mothers.
Do YOU know, for instance, what piano
sachet Is! It's bit of cheap perfume in a
,cad of cotton that is bundled in piece of
red blue, pink or yellow paper, and pulled
together like an emigrant's pack, with two
or three ends standing up, crimped and
uotched. That is the sachet, and you want
TO put it on your piano down by the keys,
and let it stay until it is soiled and mussy
and its perfume if it ever had any, is gone,
and its tall ends droop and it shows all
through what plor, miserable attempt at
ornamentation it was-which will be before
a week has gone-and then you want 60
burn it, aud with it every paper fraud in
YOUR room, and you want TO register a vow
while the ashes are crumbling never to do
such foolish thing again.
"What provokes us often, says naval
officer to the New York Times, lis the feel
ing which civilians often display that they
own the navy, and all things pertaining
thereto-vesSels, officers private rights and
sll-because, as some of them occasionally
put it, we pay for it all. you know. This
liberty to roam at will over all parts of
ship is especially desired by women. |
think they should have q hint, some Of
them, Of the injustices of it. On the At
lanta and other vessels of the white squad
ron visitors to the ship, particularly the
women visitors, would enter the officers
quarters and their rooms, even pulling
aside closed curtains, without asking leave,
and would be really Indignant if politely
informed those were apartments in personal
use to which visitors were not invited.
lone woman whom l showed through
with party quite resented my refusal to
open certain rooms. ! then told her that
these were as much private apartments as
were her own, and / said to her: What
would you think, madam, if visitors to
your house should open the closed doors of
your bedrooms to inspect them q and she
replied, with a toss of her head, This is
quite different
Another incident was this: A party Of
girls were going through ship accompa-
MED by two or three officers They went in
TO the ward rooms where the officers
showed them their own rooms, and one or
two Of the others which were open, The
girls, however, were not satisfied and in>
sisted upon pulling at the closed curtains of
the other rooms. In one Of these an officer
was dressing and his curtain was pulled
partly aside four times. Every time he
prevented it going entirely back, but at the
fifth pull he gave 10 and let it go. AS the
inquistive girl threw the curtain aside she
saw before her an irate man in shirt and
trousers, who looked at her calmly a mo-
ment, then remarked:
"'lf you are quite satisfied will you kindly
crop my curtainP
40 do the girl Justice, she was much
abashed, and evidently had gone SO far only
in ignorant curiosiTy-a curiosity, however,
that ought to be rebuked as it was. With
thousands Of persons sometimes visiting
ship in day, you can imagine the nuisance
it becomes and the difficulty we find in Sc
curing little privacy"
The comfortable blouse waist, says the
EUening Post, if not O dressy garment, is
nevertheless so useful an article of wear
that its reign is likely to be prolonged
throughout the autumn and winter. Season
after season we see new iupro vements made
In these waists. Among the novelties are
silk blouses made of rich Persian striped
silks and satins These will be worn above
black skirts OF silk, wool or lace, making
bright and becoming toilets for dull, sunless
days. Inc blouse does not fall and spread
like the old variety although soft full folds
OF the goods are brought from shoulder to
belt front and back; and in addition,
fringe rouche (much like boa, made OF
silk matching enc OF the colors in the stripe
Or tartan, composing the waist, is carried
around the neck and down tue front, max
ing a most becoming finish. The new six
blouSe unlike its cambria compeer of the
summer, IS not TO be tucked inside the skirt
oand, but IS worn with a girdle Of silk
matching the tringed rouche slashed and
laced IN various places, or simply pointed
'front.' and back. On others, belt-band Sc
cured by handsome buckle is brought to
point and fastened there some inches be-
low the waist The plaided blouses are de-
signed for slim, youthful figures, and many
are nnlshed with velvet rouche and cuffs.
hopular SILK plalds show mixture of black
ana red In shaded tones with a line of gold
between, pine green and doe color crossed
VITA dahlla, cream and brown, h air-lined
WIN turquoise blue and dark marine blue,
pialued with red and silver, etc.
"A !ady at Bar Harbor, says Clara Belle
Al the FTeSS, went into the telegraph office
~ mat place the other day aud telegraphed
70 her husband in New York: "Elsie's en-
gagement is broken" She looked entirely
Happy and the 17-year-old young lady
VINO looked over her shoulder as she wrote,
Gnu Gnu VINO was undoubtedly che Elsie re-
+e.Ieu 10 In the telegram, beamed like
ouue morning. Here was a case OF modern
1onlauce that would not read at all well in
novel. Elsie was allowed to become en-
seseu several weeks ago simply because it
entertained her. Her lover was the en-
OoIiihent OF all the virtues, as she declared
ana It looked very much as if Elsie might
unai!y marry him.
AIter nearly the whole summer was
passed however, she calmly told her mother
.naV sne could not possibly love the youth,
t ttia Oeilg asked why she had arrived at
enis conclusion, she explained that while
I1o,s was very good fellow in most
ays, ne insisted that a man could eat ice
n lam win spoon and still be a gentle
.a a. una as she had entirely different views
w t ouls point, they had Quarreled and agreed
o oioaK with each other. Elsie eats ice
f r9ei, WIN fork and she confided to girl
e 'ouu Cnat she was so ashamed of her
80 80 "nen ne used q spoon on an occasion
anSIn Iney were dining together that she
sbDsizeu TO the waiter. who was so
yro Y.eo aG tne vulgarity that he came near