The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-03
.FADS AND FANCIRS.
scNE NOTED WOMEN AND THEIR
PECULIARIFIES.

Interest Who Posses It-Other Mat.
ters.
Copyright. 1891. bN the United PresS)
New YORK, Jan. As It really truew
"What, that women who are fat, ungrace-
full and lazy get mAssaged every dayi Yes.
indeed it is. They are too indolent to take
10 the pedestrian fad, they don't care for
horseback riding and they turn up their
noses at the steam swimming baths so there
is but one thing for them to do if they don't
want to grow as Fat as a dime museum freak
and get all out of shape"
"But, my dear Cad. when they are so in
dolent and don't move about how is it they
get so fatf
"Why, all society women nowadays have
their ale, light wines. champagne. brandies
and sodas in their boudoirs-these copcoo-
lions make them fat"
"And what was it you said they induced
in to get thin~
Massage, Swedish massage, my dear: 81
an hour. A brisk, stout woman rubs them
down aud gives the muscles play, and they
get the same benefit from this treatment as
II they had walked ten milesn
A new mode of entertainment was iusti-
tuted at Sherry's, the swell banoueting
hall the other evening. Two young en-
gagged people were feted at Love porty.n
1t was certainly a distinguished event,
since all OF the ladies present wore pure
white; white doves were suspended from the
chandeliers, and white flowers and fayors
reigned Oh the magnidcently set tables,
A great deal has been said of late con-
corning the Baroness de Thomson. whose
daughter. Miss Sylvia de Thomson is shortly
20 marry a Norwegian merchant prince.
The baroness is an American woman of
great learning and beauty. She was a
southerner by birth. and met her husband.
the Baron de Thomson. while studying In
Germany. 1t is nov about ten years that
Baron and Baroness de Thomson
have resided in the METROPOLIS
and composed two Of the most prominent
members of New York society. Their
charming home on Lexington avenue is
filed with old German relics 1t is not at
gil of modern fixture. The baroness is a
tall, graceful woman OF 80, with jet black
hair sprinkled in silver.
She favOrs gray gowns, that silver, Irish
gray which almost matches the silver of her
hair. AS a hostess it has fallen upon her
shoulders to lead the swell German society
of New York, besides representing, as she
does, member of an old American branch
In the rabble of chatter about Ward
McAllister Mrs. Ward McAlIister is en-
tirely left in the shade. But indeed she ia
not parsonage who should be 30 neglected
She IS an exceedingly brilliant, well versed
woman, and has better knowledge of men
and things in the great world of thought
outside society than two-thirds of the women
one meets. She Is not handsome. Her
mouth is large and her nose, though it might
be termed extremely aristocratic, is awk-
ward. In course of a pleasant chat
IN her own home she said: $50
much is said about the dress and
style and form, galore which true lady
should possess, that the ultimate and founda-
ton qualities which a true lady should
possess are entirely ignored. NV idea of a
true lady IS one whose reigning character
istic is thoughtfuIness for others Who
does not allow hersef to annoy any one
with whom she is on good terms. Who is
discreet as we'll as personally honorable
VINO refrains from unconventional things
which cause her friends uneasiness and her
en.mles food for scandal"
Those comely, oaressing, beautiful white
zephyr shawls OF our grandmothers' favor
are returning Into style. At the grand
opera of Romeo and Juliet given at the
Metropolitan opera house recently. no less
Than dozen were seen on the should srs Of
the elite.
Mrs Burton Harrison, noted society
author and hostess, has begun very sensi-
Ole rad upon the caaperon. She calls the
custom barbaric, and says it deals with
shines when men were brutal and women
weak She thinks it is an insult to the
american gentleman, and l don't believe
There Is one good woman 10 America who
will not YvbclS bov. !,
Brothers and husbands had best be on
their guard now, particularly now, for one
OF their pet ornaments is in fear of being
appropriated. The little scarf pin is styled
Just the thing TO fasten down the side cor
ners Of the new Elizaoethan ruff, which
every weil-dressed woman boasts on all her
new gowns.
Whenever the weather permits. and no
0ouot 1t will give the thick fur coats a
cnance this season, you will see long listers
III Sao!e sea- and astrakhan upon the prom
enades. The deep collarettes of Russian
mode wlll be popularity received and be-
coming to nearly all.
bright woman of style tells me that too
mucn light lacing about the waist makes
the up Of the nose red. Also that too much
ught laclng about the shoulders makes the
nahqs and wrists red and puffy. This is a
good bit OF advice, coming, as it does, from
woman who has experienced tight lacing
and seen the folly of it.
Autfs, muffs, muffs. Never were there so
many styles and fashions. From the ex-
qulslte little Partisan flower muff-all
oioom and lace outside with deceiving
warm seal skin inside, TO the lunch box
nun Which the trim shop girl carries, there
y every variety imaginable. There is also
S9e browning muff. dainty book
OI poems design done up in calf with an
opening for the finger tips bet 1een the
eaVes where the end turns down and a
quotation In gilt on the leather Is re-
Sealed. Then the Bernhardt muff, which
LOOKS for all the world like a disgusting
green snake as it curls round the two pink
mrIsVs and comes to a joint combination
center.
Inc street gowns ono meets nowadays
Srg caution to sinners.
4, Inc ordinary run of women look as if
s1ey were gowned for a masquerade. Rip
ping with conglomeratlon Of gay colors,
.eauuers, laceS, chiffon and furbelows, they
rsPresent an homogeneous mass Of scenery
EMulch gives some good folk bad eye-sight.
LIS by no means uncommon now to see
.eacK, green and orange perched upon a
Vyque or felt Galnsborough while old gold,