The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-26

dence 10 me.
well, the Fifth avenue kiss is, at the
best, shallow. Take real pretty, plump,
full blooded Murray Hill girl aud you will
find that she kisses in a well-bred fashion.
And kiss that is well-bred is like straw
berry short-cake with the straw ferries left
out. The Murray Hill kiss is, even in its
most reckless and WhOlesouled form, a
thin, cool and aristooratic performance 1t
lacks response and vibration, There is no
tide behind it, no tumult of emotion, no
sIrgiug Of PASSIONS sea, no throb. | could
kiss whole line of Fifth avenue girls in
3, gle eve ing and not MISPLACE my neck
tie or spoil the set of my mustache. How
different is the Bowery kissl There
is a kiss that starts at the ground
and, shivering upward, expands like
I rose on the Bowery girl's lips. 1t
is full of boom and dow. After being
kissed by an out-an1-ouG BOwery girl you
feel as though you had been running for a
train on a hot day, and yet you are.delighted
and want to run for another tram right
away. | must always insist that the Bowery
kiss is the grandest example of the oscu-
latory art found on the globe. How did |
find out2 Oh, well, that would be another
story. l viii only tell you that l was
&c timely in love with Bowery girl for
over two months. You will argue that she
may have been au exceptional kisser, and
not representative of the great downtown
tioroughfare. / Will dispose of this claim
~ telling you that during my courtship Of
her kissed two of her sisters and cousin,
all pretty girls, and there was not cents
worth of difference in any Of them. All
were models of intensity and each only
emphasized my conviction that the Bowery
kiss is the triumph of the century,"
The story of another British blunder, says
~ TIL.
the other side of the Atlantic, blunder
which has been made before. A rather
dense nobleman, who had letters to the best
houses in Boston and who was the recipient
of much courtesy, left the Hub" after a
few weeks visit for the inevitable eXDedi-
ton OF the Rockies" which every English
man considers an essential part of an
American experience. On his return ne
again visited Boston and bethought himself
OF calling at a house where he had fire.
quently dined on his former visit. In an
swer to his ring the old butler. who had
been in the family for many years, came to
the door himself. us Mrs. b inF' said
my lord.
"Oh, sir" exclaimed the faithful old soul
with the tears running down his cheeks.
my master is dyingm Lord G., who
suffered good deal (which rather in
creased the effect of his fashionable vacuous-
u
had not quite und rstood him and then re-
joined with dignity:
II d-didn't arsk for Minister B-T,
asked for Mrs. b"
Yellow flowers are having their day at a
great rate, with yellow vertenas and yellow
carnations for table dec ration and yellow
daisies and yellow primroses. At lawn
fete one day this week the ruling tone was
I'll h, liz
nels bordering the alleys and bloomed yell
low, with here and there touch of Grim
son. Yellow peoples and yellow gladioli
lowered in the garden beds, I'd when the
electric lamps were lighted the air was
filled with the scent of pale yellow evening
primroses. The hostess was tall and dark,
with a clear brown skin set off to
advantage by her costume of
striped and Powered yellow muslin. The
Valois cloak was turned up beneath the arms
to form siugsleeves. 1t was of greenish
gray cashmere, bordered Ii side with a band
of yellow velvet, which was edged with a
Jew eled galloOu. The low blouse front was
fastened t. the waist with a beaded belt,
from below which it fell as a tucked-uu
basque. The fiat collaretta and Nandyked
epauettes shown we're of Venetian lace,
and the fluted frilling of yell wv chiffon.
The picturesque has of white crinoline was
with bow of yellow ribbon against the
brim behiud. The paraso! of white lace,
striped with yellow silk, was finished with
long, yellow wood handle.
The airy silk muslins seen everywhere are
the most char ming musiins of many seasons.
They have colored spray flower designs,
and when they give up being charming and
become simply vulgar and common, even
half 4
with jet stone. Black silk tulles make some
of the prettiest Of the summer dresses, and
there are coowebbY gauzes worn with gold
and silver threads that will glitter and glow
in the ballroom. the front breadths OF
skirts are embroidered with trailing vines
lines, hyaclnths, bu5tercups, etc, and upon
either parts of the costume will be intro
ducad the same de vice in smaller figures
Locust brocades are brought out in several
of the more novel patterns with the woody
parts of the stem Of amethysts, emeralds
and other colored stones. There seems nc
prospect that the m"ck jewel mania viii
abate, but there is little more taste and
method ia its midsummer madness.
Accord u to a fashion writer in Hdrper',
BdzGr, the most popular seaside ami noun
tail dresses this summer have the skirt and
jacket Of serge, Wit a skirt waist of per.
the favorte color for such suits in town
and country alike. but there are also many
suits of white serge or of the dark red that
is so effective in the country, while the
lovers of novelty choose the delicate lilac
and white striped cordurettes or the pale
green or yellow homespuns striped witt
white. Simple serge dresses, found
ready made in the large shops, have {
well-Shaped skirt of very light weigh
without foundation skirt ana a blazer to
match, with large square collar opening O.
full gathered shirt front of polka dotted
blue foulard, with turned over collar anG
a double ruffle down the front, when Thu
shirt front has a silesia back and no sleeve!
the dress costs $50; with complete shir
waist with sleeves, that may be worn with
the skirt when the blazer is removed, the
price is S25. When the finest English
serges are used and the suit is made in gen.
uine tailor fashion, the prices increase t.
$50 or 800, and even more.
Have you seen the new net dresses?
don't like them, they are too communica
tive"
why, for PHYS sake, what do yol
mean"
Just what say, they are too commuuica
tive. You buy one. and see what fix yol
will be in. have ole, and every time pu
it on l wish never had been born. Every
thing sticks to it. If you sit on the beaci
when you get up you are covere,
with shells, minnows, dirt. If you cha
comfortably wi a young MAJ and re
interested and sit q little near him, the woo
from his suit clings t. the netting, an,
every one of your friends knows right AVA