The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-07

with them. She has found that the toe Of
/ her satin or silk slipper wears out long be-
/ fore it should, and that there is a remedy
for this in the adj lstable slipper toe. They
are easily fastened on and are made OF
silver, gold and bronze. The society girl
has the adjustable toe made OF gold, upon
which Is her monogram sparkling with her
favorite stone. A dark red satin slipper
will have golden toe, upon which is
monogram OF garnets.
Lady Colin Campbell. says the New YORK
World, is admittedly the most brilliant
woman journalist in London, aud in the
role of a moderA crusader one might
almost say 'snriekinE SIS err as she APP
pears IN the January number Of the NI-
tfonot Rerietc-she is more brilliant than
ever Her "shriekr is directed against
domestic Decorations and the article
under this heading is full of smart satire at
the expe Use of the owner OF the average
modern drawing room. OF this type she
says: when you can no longer turn round
In her drawing rooms without jeopardizing
spindle-shanked table or coming
into violent contact with screen
when you cannos cross the room with
out ducking your head to avoid a flight of
cottonwood stOrks that are suspended
from the ceiling, and when you can
not elter the room without being caught in
tAio JduEito Vi u Dedu CuGtHlu-L0en IDe
modern hostess is proud and happy, feeling
shat she has done her duty by her house
and her generation" And then Lady Colin
gives an excellent recipe as follows: Take
five large screens, as mauY sofas, and
ike number of palms Surround each palm
and sofa with screen 80 a to cut off as
much as possible all communication with
the outer World presented by the rest of the
room. Drape the screens with as many
different pieces of Liberty silk as hey can
conveniently carry, and tie up the pots of
each palm, and III some cases its S EN- as
we'll, with Liberty scarfs Pin as many
unseemly insects in the folds of ths draper
les as you can. Hang a tambourine from
one Of the palm leaves, sprinkle photo
graphs wherever you can and then serve
up and await results"
1t is very much like looking in dollhouse
windoT, says Paris letter in the New York
Woi III, to stand upon a wintry Sidewalk
aud to gaze through the panes at the sa-
teens. the challies, the muslius aud the cam
brici which are now being displayed 80 law
ishly every where. 1t is as il one we're per-
mitted to take glimpse of rare exotics
growing luxuriously u1der the panes of
glass, while the poor looker-ou stands out in
the cold and admres the rare blooms.
Almost everything you seq is in stripes.
Aud such very pretty stripesl They are
Oroad ana some OF them are exQulsltely
shaded, beginning at the lighter shades and
going all the way down to the deeper tones
all In the same stripe. Others are of q
color contrasting with the ground work Of
the material and making such harmony
that it is as good as gazing upon an oil
painting just to look upon them.
Says the Paris corre'p1ndenJ of the
always interesting Chicago Herald:
Three OF four days ago the project of the
Seine awarded the bet-Baiifol prize of
~, 900, in accordance with the wishes o. its
fondator-that is TO say, to give that sum
each year 10 the Partisan working girl who
has distinguished herself bY good conduct
and commercial capacities, aud who re-
quires little with which to open business
on Ter account. Tie motives which in
spired Widow Barbet- Bat fol 10 this re ler-
Gus deter nina ion are touching and char-
acteristic. Having hers4lf had very low
beginnings. aud having had from first
TO struggle against all those difficulties
which 50 often 5hwart the most enterprising
courage, it occurred to her thai, after
securing the we'll being OF some remote
relatives, the best use she could make of her
fortune wOuld he to employ it in simplify
ing for her youthful imitetors the hard
problem which she had been obliged to
solve.