The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-09
FADS AND FASHIONS.
SOME OF THE THINGS WHICH IN
TEREST WOMEN READERS.

Cosby Stories Cleaned From Vari-
GUS Sources-How the Hair Should
Be Arranged - Some Suggestions
About Bats-Other Matters That Are
Worthy of Notice.
Sometimes wives take it upon themselves
70 render services which are as unexpected
as they are upasked, as the following goes
10 prove, says Clara Belle in a New York
letter in the Enquirer. A year ago a Miss
K. married rich butter-and-cheese man
whose trousers even in his counting DAYS
showed an apparently invincible ten ienoy
to bag at the knee. The young wife was
much worried by this tendency, and, teine
the daughter of careful and modest up-
town mother, she thought it best not to
mention it to her lord aud master, especially
as they had only been married a few
months. and he might possibly get the
idea that she was DESTROYS of wearing
these garments herself So she went
10 her brother Tom, who is a bit of a
wag. and asked him for a remedy. "Whv'
il is the simplest thing in the world. y said
Tom This bagging at the knee comes
from sitting down too much. Men are
very much Inclined to sit too much. | do
mysalf Now all you have to do is to write
10 Harry's tailor some time when he is out
of town and order pair of teazle irons
ers for him. The teazle, you may know. ls
stiff burr used to raise a nap in cloth, and
in the te6Zle trousers the burr is simplv
left in the cloth, making it SO uncom-
Portable for man to sit for more than
few minutes at time, that there
is no chance for the garment to bag at the
knee" Although Tom didn't carry out the
Joke so far a. to let his sister write such a
letter, lie took good care to explain the
tAazle trousers TO several members of the
exchange, and the butter, and-oheese man
was much perplexed upon hearing the same
remark in every Office he entered: Don't
suppose you can stay very long. as you
have your teeZle trousers on He cured
the bIgging at the knee however, for the
Joke leaked out d the butter-and cheese
man resolved to order better clothes and
more of tnem-a sure cure for bagging at
the knee.
81 was Standing" said a woman TO the
New York Times reporter, "at the perfum-
cry counter of one Of the Twenty-third
greet shops When young woman of good
appearance accosted the clerk, asking for
a. exchange for some article from which
she proceeded to take off the wrapping pa
per. 1t proved to be tooth brush. and
somewhat Interested, l watched the inter-
view. Tho clerk called a foorwalker and
stated the request to him. He took the
brush reluctantly, gancing at the customer
who profferet it. i bought it for my I'M
Gle, she hastened to say, and when he tried
1t the bristles looseue aad some came out. ,
so 1t has been triedn said the hoorwalker
with quizzical glance in my direction.
O0, yes, artlessly replied the young
woman, he tried it before he found 1t
would not suit
well, madam, would you like to think
that any of these brushes there from which
you want to select another had been in
somebody's mouth on trialp
The young woman looked mortified.
Evidently she mad not thought of what she
was asking; without another word she
reached for the brush and turned away,
walking 50 rapidly 1t is doubtful If she
heard the floor walker call after her as he
did, to try soaking the brush in cold water
before using then he turned to the rest
OF US: The firm likes to accommodate, but
1t has to draw the line at tooth brushes
whose use has been confessed'n
There are inciden of Langtry's visits to
California which are of interest, and which
have never heen published 1t has been
said, and with truth, no doubt, that she did
many shrewd things in the way of adver-
Using AT one time she rented a house
some where out i'll the Mission, and tried to
make every body believe that she intended
to remain there until gathered to her
fathers, when she would no laid away in
an elaborate vault in Laurel Hill cemetery
or some other city of the dead. But it was
all myth. Then she bought some ground
over In Nevada, had hole dug in it and
called it the Langtry mine.
sam Davis, well-knOwn newspaper man,
SAYS he sold her the ground for $500. She
was in the statue scene Of "Galatean in
"Pygmalion and Galates, and during the
scene Davis as in the wings. She dared
not move muscle He said in a low voice:
" Is it bargain for $20OF I'll consider
that it is if you'don't shake your head
The statue remained still, ami even when
the Lily came out afterwnrd she was 80
taken with the originality of the scheme
that she paid the money over at once.
Gray is not declining, but growing in
popular favor, aud white is much the vogue
White China silk is the material par excel
lence for summer afternoon carriage
dresses. and wi them 90 all the dainty
white accessories that could possibly be
combined in any one toilet. A white silver
belt, silver chatelaine from which bangle
a dozen silver ornaments, silver buckles
silver Jewelry, a silver toQue with silver
ornaments and leaves upon it, silver buckles
upon Tue " hlte SUEDE shoes, silver stitching
upon the back of the gloves and a silver
handled whip are also seen upon the beauti-
ful and fortunate woman who drives her
own pretty team along the summer high
ways.
Do you want to know, asks the New
4ork Press, how the divided skirts of the
famous dancers are fashioned? Make your
SKIRT of light crisp silk, some pretty color
scarlet, If you like, or bright blue Let it
come half way between knee and ankle.
just pair OF scant boomers, either
balIooning or holding by elastic about the
leg. On each leg sew a rufie half way
ABOVE the knee, full ruffie, or better still,
a knife plating that falls to where the
boomers end. If you want to be very
particular you can put another ruffls I'M
Ger this, just about the knee of each leg,
and falling to the edge of the boomers
men sew skirt, this same length and of
the same material, to the end of the bloom
ers; NO matter what happens, no flash of
"hlte can suggest exposure. The white
articles OF wear are safe under the bloom
ers. No matter how high a reach the
step-up is. the ruffies on the lifted leg fall
"a mass about the leg and down 10 the
other leg, looking as if ones skirt chung
kindly.
A writer in the Illustrated American
gives II as her opinion that the Princess of
aleS mental gifts are by no means COM
.leusurate with her charms of person. She
Gays: The princess, it seems. has been
more more than usually busy and prominent this
GUNNER, and few favored Americans met
q NkNnw . II