The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-14
CARRIE CARELESS
Assures Her Sex That Pajamas Are All
the Rage.


the Rage.
(Copvri0ht.)
NEW YoRK, Aug. 1--we live In a
progressive age, and on every side changes
are taking place. The old is fast disappear
ing and giving way to the new. These in
novations affect every class of society and
and feature of our existence. They extend
even to the bedroom, that most intimate
and characteristic of ali the apartments OF
the house. The highly FURNISHED warming
pan and the picturesque night cap OF our
grandmothers have vanished. while the
stately and dignitied 4-poster has given way
to the fer lighter and more aerial con-
trivance yclept the French bedatead.
And now, according 30 the latest edict Of
fashion from Paris and London. the robe de
mutt, OF to call it by its plain English name
the night shirt has got to go. Its place is
to be taken by pajamas, those nondescript
garments Consisting of q very loose trousers
and jacket, the use of which at night has
hitherto been restricted to the masculine
sex The new pajamas for faminine wear
which have seen, and which have been
made at Paris, are very dainty and beautl-
full contrivances trimmed with lots of rib
bons and laces. Far from diminishing the
attractlveness Of pretty woman, they
vastly increase 1t by endowing her with an
air of gaminerie which is exceedingly fetch
ing. OF course 1t is easy to understand
that pajamas for feminine wear
will not prove equally charming
and picturesque in all cases. For instance.
there are some of US, who, being endowed
with a superabundance of adiposs tissue,
will resemble mail bags rather than mem
bers Of the fair sex when arrayed In pajamas,
while others, who suffer from lack OF
avolrdupois will find the prominence Of
their bones and angles accumulated thereby.
That they are more healthy, and more
decent In the case of any emergency such
as panic of fire at night. is obvious. A
woman arrsyed in her pajamas can jump
out OF bed and make her escape from the
burning house without having to stop to
put on dressing gown to conceal not only
the immodesty, but also the somewhat
ridiculous aspect Of a nightshirt. In pajamas
she 10 fully protected from profane and pry-
ing looks, aud need have no uneasiness with
regard to the propriety Of her attire.
Pajamas should be made Of the thinnest
and finest wool. Here in the United States
especially, where tropical heat is generally
followed by sudden cool waves, wool next
to the skin is essential for preventing ohills.
Moreover, they possess the inestimable ad-
vantage of being not only warm in cold
weather, but Of keeping the body cool
when the atmosphere is hot.
While l shall not deplore the disappear
ance OF the night shirt, yet must confess
that ! regret the good old 4-poster.
They were so very snug. They kept out
draughts and then there was such sense of
privacy when ensconced therein. am per-
fectly aware that doctors condemned them
as unwholsome, and used to assert as q
proof thereof that il a canary's cage was
hung up just beneath the canopy the bird
would be dead IN the morning. But then
human beings are not canary birds, and the
occupants of the 4-posters did not sleep
al fn khn k,N N~1A l.
meath. There is verse in the l49th Psalm
which says: LET all the saints rejoice In
their beds.n One can imagine a saint in q
4-poster, but somehow or other the
picture Of a holy man In a French bed
seems lacking in dignity, and homogeneous.
While on the subject of beds let me con-
fess to a weakness, a bad habit, condemned
alike by the medical faculty and by the fire
insurance companies. l am fond of reading
in bed, and imagine that most OF the mem
bsrs or our sex are of the same way OF
thinking. Beside possessing the inestimable
charm In our eyes of forbidden fruit, read
ing in bed adds a mysterious interest to the
book. The mind undergoes a change as
soon as the body has been devested OF its
customary oerements. 1t ranges at will un-
fettered. Reading when up and dressed one
is always getting pins and needles into the
leg and arm, the easy chair produces CON-
gestion Of tie vital parts, one has to turn
from SIDE 20 SIDE, tue blood refuses
to circulate in the feet and rans riot 10 the
head until one begins to feel the nose ting
ling and becoming red But reading In
bed one forgets that one has a body at all
and nothing hinders ones spirit from ming
ling with that OF the author and one can
fight with his villains and waltz with his
heroes to ones hearts content.
Bed, too, is an excellent place for reading
ones correspondence. Instead of getting
irritated over ones letters at breakfast, it Is
much more sensible 20 stay In bed and read
them. Lying snugly at full length, ons can
toke far more calmly the dissgreeable news
aud feel greater degree Of sympathy for
tales Of misfortune. The sentiments upper
most in the mind when In a comfortable
bed are those of Discrimination to get
annoyed at trihes and Of general kindly
good will and indulgence. This being the
case let me close this letter with the earnest
hope that the editor will edit tin bed
aud that my fair readers will peruse what
he leaves Of 10 likewise in bed.
CARRIE CARELESS.
P. 81 have a confession 10 make. am
at this very moment In bed.
A Point for You.