The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-16
WOMAN'S WORLD .
SOME OF THE THINGS OF INTEREST
TO THE FAIR SEX.


Most Popular-A Few Cosby Stories
That May Please the General Reader.
The Newest Fads and What is Said
About Them.
She came TO see me the other day, says
writer in the New York Recorder, looking
tired aud miserable, and while she rested in
my biggest and coslest chair pressed her
to tell me what was wrong.
''Wen," she said finally. 81 will tell you
Il all comes from being Mrs. Blanks latest
fed You are surprised, but it's quite true.
You know, Mrs. Blank, having nothing
else TO occupy her mind, is always a slave
to some fad or another. Once 1t was
Browning, later on it was athletics. and,
finally, changed to china painting, and now
am her particular fad. You see, she met
me when the china painting craze was en-
her. and, as have some little skill aud rep.
utation as a china decorator, she
came to see me frequently about her work.
At last she veered around from china
/ painting to me. When Mrs. Blank nrse
took me up" it was a matter OF consider
Il able rejoicing, not only to my fellow artists
II but myself. Mrs Blank is a woman OF
H wealth and prominence, and naturally any
II person whom she favored with her friend
II ship and patronage would soon become ven
known and gain considerable custom. well,
I've had few orders, not many. 1ou see
Mr.. Blanks friends are so well aware OF
her habit of going daft about something or
4 other at recurrent intervals that they don't
put much faith 10 her recommendations.
However, it's quite as well, for l shouldn't
have time to do anything anyhow. l
haven't had a chance to execute the orders
did receive.
"Whv not2 Why. simply because she
uonopolizes all my time. Do | get settled
down TO a good days work in my studio.
along comes Mrs. Blank and says:
"'Now, you must come up to 50 and Sos
with me. It's an opportunity you can't
afford to neglect. You'll get lots Of new
ideas. Got something to dol o. nonsense!
Come along and do that afterward. Ideas
are the thing, not labor.
I'll "Or she sends me note to come to
luncheon, as she wants to see me particu-
lsrly, and then she keeps me there all day.
What does she want! Nothing, except to
talk 10 me- That's why she likes me. She
81 likes to talk. Now, you know l do not
# shine in conversation, and can listen till
the heavens fall. Well, she sits by the
hour and pours into my ear the tale Of her
emotions, her ideas, her experiences, her
views, her aspirations and her opinions Of
her neighbors. And | am weak enough to
let her do it, all because people say: How
lucky for you, that Miss Blank is so inter
ested in you!
II used TO be spoken Of as Miss Smith, a
promising young china painter now Pm
alluded to as Miss Smith, Mrs. Blanks
ri young protege'
20, tell you there's nothing in this pro-
togo business, be assured Of that. It's hard
lines being somebody's fad. To be sure, as
N rule. it is something that don't last long,
but it's wearing while it does last"
hi Apropos of lies, says writer in the De-
troit Free Press, l overheard a remark
!. H. I -.
set me to thinking. She was giving one of
those unreserved condolences TO another
woman, which are usually spoken over shop
counters or in public conveyances and often
lead to disaster. She said:
Il never think of telling my husband
about by shopping expenses, and he never
knows the value of anything. Why, he
ia would think he was ruined IL should tell
him that this dress have on cost S45. l
have separate bills for everything, and drag
The money out Of him in that way. He is
always grumbling about expenses, but don't
get them in detail. l wouldn't be able to
dress at all then yet he expects me to keep
up with the rest and appear as well as the
+ people with whom we exchange visits"
+ She stopped, out Of breath, and the other
+ one said, dreamily: al think some hus-
+ hands will have to answer for a great many
untruths. Every man who has a wife
should give her an allowance, such as he
q can afford, and then let her spend it exactly
as she chooses. That is my idea Of equal
rights
h women have 80 many expenses that a
man can do without said the other. 81
spent $40 last year for gloves, yet was
Just as economical as possibly could be-"
well, don't you suppose your husband
q spent as much as that on cigars or
lunches or treats for his friendsi 1t
about balances" concluded her friend.
q I overheard this and took it with me to
y my quiet corner to think it over, and ended
the matter by getting into muddle."
80 Mrs. Langtry has had another fail
IRE said club woman at reception last
week, to the New York Recorder. "Just
think Of Haddon Chambers writing her a
8go1dy-goody Pilgrims Progress sort of a
4plsy!
Isn't it funnier than Pucka
well, he and the Lily ought to have
known better. They can't be good without
making botch of it.
There's another thing I'd like to tell Mrs
Langtry, and that is that can never for
3glve ner for telling reporter about that
8o1e black gown of hers with which she went
through London season, at the time when
Bne could afford but one dress. You re-
ember the story--everyb body does-how
Xfhe turned down the neck one evening
wore 1t high the next, and mended and
#ressed 1t etween times; and how she ends
PIP by saying Never tell me that woman
NJ uTeSj well VINO mas single IrocR,
pic, etc, etc.
We'll, that wretched little story came
Rut when she first bobbed up into popu-
Parity, years ago, and it's like the Wander
Rng Jew-no, more like the other fellow
IS still going to and fro upon the earth,
feeklng whom 1T may devour. It's always
Wrayeling, and it looks in on you at least
bout every five or six weeks. 1t pops up
the woman's column, leers at you from
Rhs editorial page, and even winks the
Their eye from the staid, respectable family
W9ournal
1t isn't maddening enough to be badg-
"a req aud pursued in this way, but your
lSoand must needs make point of reading
at last paragraph out loud, with exceed
relish; and then. il you lose your tenn
8 thinks you're calling him a stngy
H. nng under your breath.
now, the next paper / see that in l shall
Up taking instanter. The editor that don {
uow lO-year-old chestnut when he sees it
*nt TO be relied on for news. l don't be-
eye a woman editor would do such thing
&c know that old black silk gown the
1iinute she laid eyes on it.