The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-09

Of strong coffee bring her around all right.
She IS then ready for the day. And such a
day! Soda water-a beatty decoction
sweet enough 70 ruin the stomach of an
ostFleh-and cand es spoil her appetite for
good substantial food, so that when the
hour Tor luncheon cymes she can only eat q
sWeetoTead or a little salad Dinner she
aoouinates. Ii Is far too greasy, she says,
aud smells so like a boarding house. She
daWdIes over her soup, picks at her fish,
SHIPS the roast and hurrleS on TO the ice and
black coffee
Is there any wonder that many an Amer
lcan girl has indigestion, AID is there any
wonder that she has an atsOcious com
plexion.
The practice of throwing an old shoe after
q bride Is, 1t seems, quite misRDohed when
u is done by some Of her CO nDaniops T n
luck, says the New York Times. Accord
ing 20 the spirit Of the ce emouv. which is
OF very ancient Inca e. l. should De done
by the parent or guardian Of tie BRIDE as
indicating a renouucing of all authority
over her. Chieftaius in feudal times took
off their shoes and handed them to their
c1nquerors, IN token Of accepted defeat.
from which practice this slipper-Ubr wing
custom Is said TO have descended. As, how
ever, IN these modern days worn slipper
IN the parental hand has a di5tinct and OBJ
vious significance, 1t is as well, perhaps
that the rite at weddings has undergone re-
vision. Some irreverent spirit might dub
Its observance as the Passing of the
Spanker." t.t
Paris is the city of pleasure, and Paris is
quite willing TO pay for its pleasure. One
or the Paris magazines recently contained
an article on balls, and gave some interest
ing statistics OF the average sums spent on
gloves. fans and coiffures for these functions
in the course of a season. The money ex-
pended on gloves is put down, counting each
pair on an average of francs, at SOC. 600
francs. Fans, of course, are articles on
which any money may be spent, and in
Paris especially it is considered necessary
for woman's fan to be of some actual
value, historical or artistic. Fifteen million
francs, therefore, is the amount put down
for fans. AS for the Partisan hafr-dressers.
they reckon their gains for the season to be
about 3 600 900 francs. The author of the
article SHES at the calculation OF the flow
ers, jewels, equipages, cost Of the music and
the other necessities Of balls
Among the dearest ambitions of every
woman worthy the name are irreproachable
stockings, says the New York World. The
impression prevails among the uninitlated
that only daqcers and ladies who emulate
dancers take an eager interest in hosiery,
but the impression is false. The girl Of
Quaker ancestry and disposition dons sofUess
dove-gray stockings and s0ftest gray Swede
slippers and sits her down in her Quaker
abode with much innocent pride in hsr un-
seen adornmenJs. The most domestic
minded young matron enjoys the thought
of putting her daintily dressed feet upon the
domestic fender beside the remarkably
ugly striped hose ana slippers in which 1t
pleases her lord and master to inCasa his
feet. As for the ordinary young woman,
whose allowance melts away on ice cream,
soda and matinee tickets, she regards matri-
mony itself merely as the state where suue
one more generous than her sire will pro-
vide her With unlimited quantities of silk
stockings, and heaven IS to her place
where she can get them for nothing.