The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-20
FEMININE Fla IS AND FANcIEs.

FEMININE FAOS AND FANCIES.
Leap Year Refsctions-Shall Women
Woo7-Fsehionable Ped sstrisnisn.
COPYRIGHT. 1892. b. the United Press)
NEW YORK, March 19.-The draping Of
the chamber is now considered an important
item with the debutsnte. She has returned
to her grandmother time for taste and
style. Old fashioned brass bedsteads with
high posts and rich carvings, are extremely
popular. Canoples of tapestry and silk,
deeply trimmed with fringes hang over the
top and give a royal air TO the apartment,
pretty combinations OF colors are INDUCED
in; not the Oriental mystic. dull shades, but
the s1ft glowing SUNRISE dainty shades of
pinks, creams, grays and puppies. The bed
spread too, is OF silk, delicately embroid-
cred in flowers, ferns or leaves, with tiny
specks Of silver and gold here and there.
The whole effect Is delightful.
Pedestrianism has become quite the great
est pleasure New York women indulge in
now, both old and young. Since the birth
and development Of the athletic fad they
have found it quite impossible to do with
out exercise. One sees fewer doll faces,
pale and pinched than ever before, among
the fashionables The stays are growing
dawn is breaking upon the vision of SEM
siDle women.
One of the most graceful pedestrians it
has ever been my pleasure to see is the tall
and stately Agnes Huntington, the prima
donna.
She has long. swinging gait, not con-
spicuous, but very harmonious. Her Co.'S
TUNES are made princess-shape and cling to
her form. Miss Josephine Drexel, among
the society bellies displays the most grace
and care in walking. She never hurries,
hops or paddles, but steps with deliberate,
upright motion, which Is most lady like and
genteel. 1t has been said that professional
people are the best walkers,
dancers, singers and platform
speakers, l mean by professionals, because
/ they practice unconscious grace in pleasing
the hundreds who gaze a. their every mo-
ton, when in the pursuit of their calling;
and it really does seem SO, for the finest and
most graceful appearing women On the
streets OF the metropolis are the actresses
and singers. Mrs. Agnes Booth, Mrs Madge
Kendall, Miss Ada Rehan and Mrs. James
Brown Potter have all won eternal laurels
on their artistic carriage.
Oval finger nails are all the style now,
the long, pointed fashion has entirely gone
by. Great care is expended on the lower
half OF the nail in the enlargement of the
half moons, which are every woman's pet
fancy. A curious new ornament devised
from the jewelers. mind is the design of a
small, narrow band of either gold or silver,
which winds round the mario west part of
the finger right on the tip where the nail
begins. Often tiny pearls. turquoises and
diamonds are set in the band.
This is leap year and women's year, too,
and tho ouasffon arisas in nnanv minds
Should woman wooa A very bright and
clever woman writer, Mrs. Amelia Bs r,
says: Women are more fit to take the mi
uiative in love affairs than men. In the
main, men are too passionate, too impulsive,
too effective, while women are instinc i've,
Intuitive and more spiritual. Ne. choose
life partners who cater TO their faucies and
" hims, while women are more apt to choose
husbands among those who snow mental
and spiritual, as we'll as physical adaptable
itv. In other words, men are active IN their
love making and not thoughtful and reflect
i've enough, while women are passive"
In marriages where the wife is older than
the husband happy results are invariably
found, and it is truly a great probe n to
solve whether woman, who has remained
all these years a 81 ent figure in matrimony,
SHOULD not become the prime leader just
take the query right home Co yourself, and
imagine yourself quietly and thoughtIully
taking a choice among our gentlemen
friends and proposing.
Do you think you would like the changes
The latest model in engagement bracelets
is the link chain design with padl OK aud
key. The bracelet is fitted to the arm of the
bethrohed and locked on. Some, more senti-
mental than others, have little verses in
scribed on the golden lock.
There are many girls who spoil their
chance of marrying by being too genial
with all men. There is an old aud tried
maxim to the effect that coldness inspires
chase, and it is ten times only too true.
Men must be kept at a distance. A SEN
sible w,man in love will never reveal the
depth of her affection until she Is his
wife.
"should people of the same complexion
wedw
~ don't see why they shouldn't"
"Well, you know there is great deal OF
superstition about this peculiar law OF nat
ure. Authorities ON the subject say fair
people should wed dark, and dark fair, but
In real life we oftentimes find that opposite
proves more satisfactory"
81 can not believe this nonseusical within.
because compilations do not represent lem
psraments, and 1t is the temperaments
which should be adapted"
A soft muslin mask. cut just the shape Of
| the face with holes for the eyes and nose,
smoothly oiled With giy crime add cold
cream and applied each night will produce
a beautiful, soft complexion.
A four wired puzzle ring, representing
hand. is a now and handsome design for al
Easter gift. The peculiar design does no
allow the setting Of any jewels, but the
| clearest Of Indis gold Is used
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