The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-03
THE WOMAN OF FASHION.
Wearing Real Gems Instead OF Make
Believe Ones


Wearing Real Gems Instead OF Make
Believe Ones
NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-Have you ever
seen a real live rat, you poor little woman
who shivers aud shoulders at the thought OF
one, and who goes into spasm at the sight
Of mouse Probably you never have, be-
cause rats are kept from you more than
even the snakes aud other crawling and
loathsome representatives of the animal
kingdom. Those you sometimes see in the
circus or at a zoo or in mensgerie, but
rat-save the mark-its name is O source of
terror.
Yet-now don't shudder-in your pretty
winter wardrobe you may find several rats
heads doing du4y as orna nents.
The idea is not pretty one, but it is new
ertheless one that is really IN accordance
with fact. When the fashion came in at
the beginning OF this year for the wearing
of heads, beads had to be found. There
were not enough to anything like sup,
ply the demand for them and there had to
be sudden production of heads from some
where. At first mink heads and squirrel
heads did duty, but the supply of these soon
ran out, and then some manufacturing
genius discovered that squirrel heads vera
exactly like rats h5ads
Decapitating two specimens of these ami
mails and placing the heads side by side it
was impossible 70 tell which was which. and
so all OF a sudden the mystery was solved
and good solution was found for the per-
picking problem OF more heads than were
on hand. All the rat catchers of the coun-
try were notified that they would be paid a
certain sum for heads, and behold, into the
fur shops they came bringing barrels on
barrels OF rat heads.
The idea is horrible! Simply horriblel
Isn't itf But thea there are ever so many
horrible things which become less SO after
one gets accustomed to hearing them. So
the dear little head which is upon your
muff and the half dozen heads which are
upon the front Of your coat ana the head
which is on your boa, aad tue several heads
which are upon your hat probably, all come
Off of real live rats.
The next pToblem was to get enough tails
to ornament winter clothes. There seemed
to be too few tail-beariug amin ais in exist.
ence to supply the great demand for these
appendages. Then somebody else with a
great deal OF inventive genius espisd Miss
fabby sitting by the fire, and thought what
a charming thing it would be to get her tail
for an ornament to a nice little boa. or A
jacket or a N If, or any OF the things which
seem to demand tails. Accordingly, with
this idea in mind, the people who have
charge OF the making of women's clothes
entered into contract with certain other
people who were willing to undertake the
work of obtaining 100000 cats tails.
This sounds like fairy story, but out
west, in certain town in Wisconsin. there
is a large firm, doing business on a large
scale, aud the principal article of their
trade is the cats tail SO Tabby and Tom
are deprived of their ornament, ami you are
wearing is instead
If you live IN any Of the colder cities YOU
are probably enjoying the gorios of skat-
ing. There is no exercise really as good as
it is, because by its means one exercises
not only the limbs, but also the lungs aud
the parts of the body not generally called
into use in walking. There is q swing in
the mack of the skater and curve 10 the
waist which walking docs not call into play
at all.
The principal feature OF the skaters dress
this year is that it must seem to be ell