The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-24
cow's-tail red color that has since been made
famous by the Cleopatras.

l was told an amusing story concerning
cigarettes and silk stockings, saws Clara
Belle IL the Republic, and it may be well
10 repeat 1t here as a warning to young
ladles who indulge in dainty puffiet, either
In the privacy o. their own rooms or when
spending the afternoon or evening a. a
TREND house. Two young ladies, who are
parlor boarders at a fashionable school on
Madison avenue, New York, have & married
friend living in town, and she often calls to
chaperon them here and there. The lady
principal thought 1t was perfectly safe co
trust her pupils with this chaperon, who
seemed so steady and dignifed; but one fine
DAY something or other occurred TO arouse
her suspicious, and it was this: As the two
parlor boarderS entered the house at IL
O'Clock, the lady principal happened to be
standing in the hallway, and in a moment
OF expansion out her arm around
the youngest and prettiest OF the two girls
and kissed her goodnight. Horrorsi There
was au unmlstakaD ole odor of tobacco smoke
Could 1t be possible that such a sweet and
dainty creature would soil her lips with the
filthy weeda She deemed il her duty to ac-
cuse the girl, and followed her up to her
room. But Jessie denied the impeachment
most strenuously. 1t must be that she had
drank out of glass which had been used by
gentleman, or possibly had wiped her
mouth with napkin that had been used by
some gentleman present. The lady pripci-
pal was entirely persuaded of Tessie's inno-
cence, and craved forgiveness for having
harbored such thought.
The next week Jessie and her chum were
again absent from the school in charge of
their chaperon, and when they returned
that night at IL o'clock, Tessie was very
particular to invent an excuse to enter
the principals room and kiss her good
night.
Fooled the old lady that timer chuckled
Jessie TO her chum, after the door was
closed. 81 cleaned my teeth, washed my
face and smeared myself with perfume be-
sore we left Hattie's (the chaperon's) this
evening" The two girls were in the midst
of their rejoicing at the old lady's discom,
future when low knock at their door caused
Jessie, who was sitting on their bed taking
off her stockings, to cry out:
do see who Is knocking at this hour"
1t was the lady principal. She walked
into the room with the air of a Maria
Theresa. ANY cigarette smoking at your
friends this evening, young ladiesi" asked
the lady principal, in tone of voice that
sent a cold chill down the backs of the two
girls.
30, no, ma'am," cried Tessie, "why of
course not. Our chaperon would not permit
such thing"
LET me have your stockings" exclaimed
the lady principal, reaching out her hand
for the delicate clock-sllk envelopes which
Tessie had just stripped from her shapely
feet and ankles.
my stockingsw stammered Tessie
YES, Miss Tessie, your stockings"
Selling the dainty hosiery, the lady prin-
cipal raised them to her nose.
Tobacco smoke, young ladies; tobacco
smoke" she blurted out; perfectly satu-
| rated with i'll"
Tessie burst into loud laugh. Caught
again; but for gracious sake, who would
| have thought that cigarette smoke would
settle in ones stockings?
well, permit me to inform you, young
| ladies" replied the lady principal, as she
turned to leave the room, THAT there is a
chemical affinity between tobacco fumes
and the texture of silk stockings. When
you next visit your very proper chaperon,
l would advise you to wear Lisle thread! !"
White silks, lawns, laces and fannels.
white shoes, slippers, stockings, and spatts'
white hats and wells, white gloves and kerr
chiefs, white fans and parasols are one and
all triumphant this summer over colored
| duplicates, no matter how ravishing in tint
or becoming in design the latter articles may
be. says the New York Times. A passe
belle, now wavering on the danger line
known as thirty odd, became animatedly
u,
and insisted that the whole thing was an
underhand bit of trickery on the part of
| last winters debutantes. She said: 1.-The
mischievous immature buds admitted six
| months since planned this summers cam
paign and mapped it out to the very small
| est detail long before the last Patriarchs'
ball took place. With wit superior to their
| years they realized even in the heart of the
season that there was no use trying to COM
pete with older beauties in point of style,
scheming, or attractive manners. The
women over 25 had every thing their own
| way, a simple walkover, in fact, at dinners
as we'll as well as dances. But all the while
we were flirting, driving and monopolizlng
| the best men," she continued, sit seems
those baby-faced dolls sitting meekly beside
| their mammas were meditating a sure and
bitter revenge. They bided their time, used
all the influence money and position can ex>
| ert, and now see the result White has it,
| and every bread-and-butter miss of the past
! winter is now chuckling over our discomfit-
| ure. We must wear the hideous, colorless
stuffs or else confess ourselves routed
"And nothing is quite so disastrous to q
passe skin as lack of softening shades. It
turns US sallow as lemons, develops
! wrinkles, pales the lips. blanches the cheeks
and even absorbs the color from ones eyes,
| Think of it; when those vulgarly rosy
| checked chits are dazzling in white outfits
and frolicking under green trees in the
| country, we must either dare the COMPARE
! son with their callow youth or else fall back
| on hot, old fashioned reds, browns, blues
and the like 1t is maddenlng to contem~
| plate, particularly when we remember
what tickle creatures we are depending on
| for favor. Let wise yellow wrinkle COM
pete with a silly pink-and-white dimple,
and if man is in the question waat posi-
BILE chance have WEI"
AS far as l can see, says the Paris letter
of the Herald, although the large hat still
prevails, it will not last long, and will.
without any doubt, shortly give way to the
many small, neat ones which are coming so
rapidly into vogue. Many of these are
made of Italian straw, and are simply one
mass of flowers. The shapes which are
coming in are square, without crown, and
small brims. They are made in color of
mordore and yellow mixed. For instance,
| a small boating hat, Of mordore trimmed
with yellow feathers. The trimmings used
also are acacia, cowslips. yellow forget-me-
nots, narcissi, jonquils, and, in fact, all yell
| low flowers are strictly correct.
A novelty is the large poppy of black
velvet, with the outside of yellow satin.
On black hat they form an elegant trim
ming.
There are two theories, says the Philadel-
phia Inquirer, for the sudden excess of tall
women-one that some mechanical process
has been discovered and is being secretly