The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-03

I happy elect over dark gowns, and a gold
] rIbbon Of fine chain work fastening with a
/ diamond set hOok-and-eye outlines NEST
/ charmingly slender waist Narrow velvet
belts with diamond clasps are also well
/ worn by women whose Waists are willowy
and whose purses are generous OF girth.
1 The most touching thing that Gwendoline
/ gave Gustavus for Christmas was her own
\ dear Il tie shoe. the shoe she wore the night
] he proposed, or tie nizht they had their
/ first waltz. or whenever the ecstatic hour
] was that sne wished him most TO remember
his snoe, with its fitting heel and the
marks Of the dear little pinched toes inside
has been through the slversmith's hands.
and is plated with silver or reproduced
| IN some way covered with sill
| yer, and inside is a cushion covered
with-speak softly-the very fine and silken
web she wore with the shoe. These slipper
cushions are favorite gifts from brides to
their husbands. aud OF course it is the we'd
ding shoe in that case that is thus preserved
and promoted 70 hOnored place. The
| fashion cannot become universally popular.
for the average fair maiden'S foot is Of a
size which would render the plating process
considerably expensive, and preclude the
slipper from exactly a dainty ornament
when finished.
The bertha of the present, says a writer
in the New York Times, is not the bertha
OF the past The one is, as has been noted,
frill Of varying width turning over from
a decollete neck The other was a little
cape worn over a low-necked dress to give
II tho effect Of high gown. The old bertha
has been merged in the fichu, but its name
has been given to a worthy successor, as
nothing could be more graceful than the
popular bertha Of to-day. IL would be
more accurate to say of tonight, since the
bertha is ass gned specially to evening
gowns.
Even children's dresses made 10 for the
CarlStmas parties have this arrangement:
An India Of one Of the elusive tints OF green
that may not be translixed with a mare
hes full skirt gathered to u plain waist,
the silk Of which is laid in eighth-i nch
tucks The short sleeves are Of the tucked
silk. Sa.in-fHced velvet ribbon, some three
inches wide aud the exact shade Of the
gown, silk is used as a belt, fastening In
front with a fanciful bow, which Is dupli-
Gated Mt the middle Of the low neck. The
bertha is a wide friil OF chiffon, like the
gown in tint. embroidered in pink as pale
as the green. A white, long-sleeved CAMP
is worn with the dress.
Another gown for child has been pre-
pared for young lldy of ten years. 1t is
of pink crepe over thin tetTeta of the sanu
shade. There is g sash or scarf OF the crepe
knotted on the right shoulder and passing
across the front to tie right hip, where 1t
falls to the foot of the dress. This scarf and
a deep bertha are embroidered in the green
Christmas orchids. The orchid seems "A
strange flower for a child to choose, but this
little one is especially fond of them, and
they have been embroidered upon her
Christmas gown at her urgent request. Her
pretty neck and arms will show beneath a
transparent CAMP OF white net with pink
aud green threads wrought through 1t in
vine tracery.
Mind your own business is good rule to
follow always and every where, says Clara
Belle in the New York Press, and in its
strictest sense, too. Look at me, for in
stance. | was rushing along the street as q
Christmas shopper. A woman in front of
me dropped newspaper which was done
up III its wrapper. Hurried as l was,
stopped, picked it up and chased the wo-
man.
Pardon me, madam" said l, "you
dropped this"
She turned serenely upon me. Eyes :"
she said, 81 meant to-" and passed on. This
lef. me in any angry state Of mind. |
paused, and exclaimed Grossly, well.
don't care what becomes of IL" and dropped
it. hadn't gone three yards when voice
at my elbow said:
Pardon me, miss, you dropped this'
lacked the aplomb Of the first lady, and
| smiled sheepishly, saying: 20, dear
thank you" and took it. A little further
along dropped it again and bolted into a
store While L was buying q hat an urbane
salesman rendered the paper to me, with
"a lady left this just now. She said you
dropped it,"
go, thank you 80 much" said |.
IA 81 -
1t home with the hat. A little label was
or it: "You left this" threw it in nv
coal box Said John the next morning: ~
found brand new unopened paper in the
coal box, miss, aud put 1t on your table. "
There it was, too. No one will blame me
for throwing 1t out Of the window then and
there. In q moment the bell rang. Pres
emily the maid entered.
"A gentleman just left this" she said sit
just now fell out Of tie second story front"
That paper is before me now. Tonight,
if it be moonless, am going to bury the
thing deep in the cellar.
An English periodical, says the New
York Times, recently opened it's columns to
a discussion of the question, Ought q
hostess, when inviting guests to her house,
! to mention the length of time she wishes
them to stay, and if not, should the guest
ask the question: Tie discussion seems
unnecessary in England, when hospitality
is almost rude in its franknes5. II is the
exception over there when a guest does not
know to the moment from his hostess be-
forehand the time he is expected to arrive
and depart.
An American woman recently visiting
for the first time among circle of English
relatives was at first hurt, then indignant,
at the treatment she received at their hands
in this regard. zone aunt would write me
not to come till the Doth, that | had better
90 20 Cousin Mary till that date; while
Cousin Mary preferred to receive me later,
end thought 1t strange Aunt Anne. with all
her servants, canuot manage visit first,
and so on. | was passed around
from ono TO another in way that maze mo
feel was regarded as a sort Of infection
each proposed to endure with the least pos
sibe trouble and at the most convenient
season. This, too, after years OF entreating
correspondence to como among them. |
rave returned home weary of the candid
British ulatron and more fond than ever of
my American sisters who have the tact and
courtesy to suppress domestic details"
In silks the rage is for striped MORE. The
variety increases daily. A gown chosen by
a Young matrJn, who is to be the hostess at
a family reunion midway in the holiday
week, is black MORE with narrow satin
stripes of yellow. The bell skirt is demi-
train, aud has a roll of yellow velvet and
black merten around the foot. The round
whist opens at the neck with reveTs show
ing filling Of yellow chiffon. The revers