The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-06
FEMININE FADs AND FANoIEs.

FEMININE FADS AND FANCIES.
Novelties In New Decorations-Fair
Faces in the Auction Room.
Copyright. 1897
New YoRK, March 5.-"I must buy
those too vases for my pew, my dear Eliza
beth. Don't you think them superb ~
"Yes, but for your pew What do you
mean Surely folks don't decorate their
pews nowadaysr'
40, yes indeed they DO, Elizabeth, and
right royalty, too. Why do you start and
flush SO Do you think 1t wicked lam
sure don't"
Two silvery haired old ladies', though per-
haps they would not like to have been called
so, we're shopping in Tiffany's IL was
CLEANED from their conversation that they
were sisters, long parted that one, namely,
Elizabeth, had spent her life in the country,
the vile OF O village squire, ana that the
other, whose name was not heard was the
wife Of wealthy and many times Million
aire banker, a resident New Yorker.
Both faces betrayed the Puritanical feat
ures; though one was devoid OF the settled
rugged principles and sturdy firmness, pos
sessed by tho other.
The conversation pleased me immensely
more so, perhaps, because / had never
known that the wealthy pew owners were
IN the habit Of purchasing bric-a-brac for
SABBATH deleotation, or that church orna-
mentation of this sort was in vogue.
l stepped over to the counter upon
which was the display Of vases. There
were graceful, narrow-ueckea, Etruscan
vases, round. circular, Hamburg bowl
vases and tall, stately, triangular-formed
ones of carved Italian pottery. In answer
to several rather impairment questions, the
clerk answered that the fashion Of decorate
ing the pews with these vases was of late
birth, but quite the rage now; that flowers
were placed In the vases early on Sunday
morning and changed for fresh ones for the
evening services. Certainly this expensive
luxury is an artistic one and carried out In
the proper spirit might be termed an nppro-
pirate Offering from each pew owner to the
church.
"There Is one woman, | know said a
bright college girl to me, who is perfect
soother, yes. can call her nothing else.
She has a wonderfully restful influence
over every body who comes near her. In
the first place her face is as sweet and as
calm as seQuestered lake In some cool and
shady wood, her eyes are a lovely violet
color, and her features have an oval round
ness which Immediately impresses you with
the idea Of placidity and smoothness. She
is tall and slim and moves with timber
grace. Her name. too, has a perfectly COM
posed and rythmical sound. 1t is "Della !"
and she seems well suited TO IL.
What the curious, occult influence
Is which surrounds this woman. I nor any
OF her friends have ever been able to find
out. She is good. She is artistic. Shs is
entertaining, but / know many women VINO
are all this, and yet folks don'trun to them
when they are discouraged and heart sick,
like they do to this woman. Della herself
says she can encourage and sympathize with
people, because she has suffered 80 much
herself.
"Do you really think this is the rea-
sonp'
The bright girl flashed her long
harangue, with a flushed and eager face
looking into mine earnestly to receive a re-
ply. l could not answer her, nor could any
one else, for we are ell continually qiies-
tioning the beautiful, divine, almost infinite,
influence which good, tender, womanly
woman has upon all those who come 10 con-
tact with her.
AT all the stylish dinners now ] notice
that soup is holding very prominent posi-
tion as an item of the finely gotten up
menus.
Not tn, simple soup-no, indeed-but the
elaborate, finely strained and richly juicsd
soup, which represents the labor Of hours on
the part Of talented cooks. Lobster SOUP
rich and red with the scaly backs and fins
and white ivory meat OF this fish, is ac-
cepted as palatable and popular dish.
Shrimp, tomato, beef and olive soups oc-
cupy now first place on the soup list. In
speaking Of soup for dinner and the fanciful
manner In which the hostesses invent new
connections. brings me round to the new
and rather fantastic craze of making soup
in the luncheon room for afternoon parties,
Just as the ladies used to make tea on a
little brass kettle suspended over a brisk
CRATE fire.
These picturesque, private parties are
called "bouillon parties,n and the largest
number Of guests allowable is seven. Bouil-
Ion Is of course the soup favored Although
this is rather homely beverage no one can
assert, as they have In the case of tea and
wine, that it has any immoral influence on
the guests. Great taste is shown In the SCI
lection Of the bowls and the brass pots in
which the beverage is cooked.
For the purpose of saving time and labor
the carefully canned French beef leaves are
used for brewing the bouillon. Being all
prepared. the cooking process takes but a
few moments Some Of the finished society
leaders have become adopts In the art since
Dame Fashion took itup.
Nov is the time for auctions 10 the me-
tropolis. When femilies are changing resi-
dences and disposing Of their furniture END
household belongings Why IL is that there
are so many auctions on the docket, during
the months Of February and March no one
has yet been able 10 tell Yet It Is virtually
so. The big auction rooms of Madison
square and Fifth avenue are crowded to
overlooking these bright, crisp, sunny days,
and OF ali the shoppers who 20 in "just for
curiosity /" few come out Without their arms
full of bundles. There il fascination
about an auction for a woman What 1t is,
do not know save, perhaps. the self-relianr