The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-23

may be chosen. Old Irish point. rich white
| gulpure, honiton aud other heavy lacss are
used for trimming bridal dresses but more
than ever. the fine Brussels points. such as
were dear 60 our grandmothers in the wears
! gone by. 1t ia all the more desirable IL the
lace be an old family heirloom, which has
| been worn by many generations of brides
The bride should usually carry in her hand
either q bouquet of orange flowers and
myrtle, or orange flowers and white heather
IKE the trimming OF her dress, or a prayer
book OF white vellum, bound in silver or
! gold.
A slangy word is beat" and not pretty
word to apply to human being of either
sex, says writer in the New York Herald
we are apt to associate 1t with fringy
trousers, shabby hat and a hungry free
lunch ar. Yet what word in our imperfect
language expresses so aptly the drone who
ldIes his time, rails at his hard luck and
| lives upon his fellows
There are women ''beats" also
Very different are they in appearance
from the male species of their kind, for the
| girl beat is apt to be pretty, and is always
correctly gloved, gowned and booted. She
appears TO be refined and her ways are
| taking.
am not slluding now to the adventures
| type OF women nor to the girl of the period
| VINO Goodies papa out of sealskin saoque
at Christmas and financially embarrasses
her best young man by her tondness for
dainty luncheons, drives and flowers
This sort OF feminine diplomacy has
grown to be regarded as legitimate and prop
er, ard levery right minded woman re-
| JolceS in the fact that a smile is more
| potent argument in dealing with the tyrant
man that all the rules and laws that were
| ever framed.
The woman beat is not one Of these. She
is such as you may meet in all classes of so
| clety; she bears no brand upon her be-
banged brow, but she has accustomed her
self to depend on her women friends for all
| the luxuries aud many of the necessities of
life, and she frequently proceeds placidlv in
this manner until she secures a husband
and her friends who have not yet disoov-
| cred her rejoice that the dear girl is settled
at last. As school girl she begins to dis
play the characteristics that are Unborn to
| her nature.
She is borrower. She doesn't buy her
school books and stationery, but spends the
money which she should expend in this
manner for some personal adornment. Then
her schoolmates are victimized. 1t grows
to he an accepted rule that she shall help
herself to her companions supplies, and she
| does 1t in regal way that makes it seem a
| condescension on her part. Candies, trink-
els and school girl treasures come under
| the general division, and she is usually as
we'll stocked with such belongings as any of
| her mates.
When vacation comes she Mioawbers
some one into inviting her away for the
season, and frankly admits the poverty of
| her purse.
This Is but the beginning As she goes
into the world she still manages to travel
under the wing Of some good natured friend
( who may never wake up to the fact that she
is being made convenience Of to suit the
whim Of her clever friend. OF course, these
young women are clever and attractive
also in many ways, other wise they would
be probably forced to retire to the seclusion
granted by some typewriting office or dry
goods shop. But an innate principle of
honor in money matters, or a self-respeot
which would cause more independent feel
ings to assert themselves, seems to be entirely
lacking.
Every woman numbers one or more of
the feminine beats among her acquaint-
ances. The woman who goes to luncheon
with you and to the matinee. time and
again, when your purse does duty for two.
The friend" who accepts your gifts and
the hospitality of your home, but who has
! been never known to make any return for
the favors she receives so gracefully. She
will borrow your travelling bag and UNI
brella, and in the meantime you may need
the articles yourself and be forced to go
without.
Perhaps you are so fond Of this fair i'm
position that you are willing to pay for all
her pleasures, but the awakening will come
some day and you will find that you might
better have lavished your kindness upon
your lauudreSs or maid, for the pretty fraud
who has shared your purse and your pleas
ures IL likely to prove ungratetul and for
Retful as soon as some better opportunity
offers to serve her selfish ends.
The woman beat should not be encour-
aged. She is a weed in the garden of girl
hood, and shuts the sun from fairer flowers
Bulldogs are fad with our bellies this
autumn. Girls began their canine whIms
some years ago, with the indolent and in
nCouous pug, SAYS Clara Belle in the New
Orleans Tines Democrat. Next they took
fancy to the black French poodle. CROP
ping his hair in fantastic shapes. The en-
suing dog Of their choice was the fox terrier,
with his latent propensity to bite people,
and his abundance of within. But we in-
variably tend toward emphasis and ex-
| travagance in our fads, and, as we have
progressed from the pug and the black
| poodle to the spirited fox terrier, some
thing more pronounced and violent ia de-
manded. Thus It is that the dog mania
! reaches a climax Ia a bulldog. That will
end it. Beyond she bulldog we can't go In
a canine way. After him, we will, per-
haps, take to cats, monkeys or some other
brute pets. OF course you know
the bulldog how he would
rather bite than eat how he is prone o
| attach himself affectionately to his master
or mistress only, while he aims to attach
| himself with his teeth to all the rest of hui
mainly The very swell girl now buys the
| ugliest specimen of this savage beast that
she can find She dotes on him particularly
if be has face equaled by nothing else on
earth alive. and only approached in wry
hideousness by the conceits OF Chinese idol
makers. She doesn't dare to let him loose
in the street, but leads him with gilt chain
! and endeevors-though sometimes she fails
in thst-to keep him from biting people on
the promensdes. At home he sits by her
side in grotesque contrast with her own
beauty, and is with difficulty kept by her
from ssmpling visitors.
what makes you keep such dreadful
petit" asked of my very gentest friend.
He is ornamental, as you see, " she re-
piled, land, besides that. he is useful. he
is my marriage guide. l think l have told
you that | have a horror Of getting
cowardly husband. Now. how can you
test fellows Once in awhile, in the coun-
try, a young man may show his courage by
rescuing you from drowning, or from
something or other. but here in town the
opportunities for gallant bravery are
scarce. When l got back to the city, about
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