The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-30

A GOOD TRAVELLER.
Woman Who Succeeded 4
Making Her Toilet on a Train.
From London Truth.

From London Truth.
The other day, far of in the country. l
got into railway compartment in which
there was only one persona lady. In
the course of the journey 10 town wit
messed the operation of face and head
toilet, so perfect in its way, that felt as
it went forward what nice subject it
would be to write about.
The lady struck me as being a petite
bourgeoise on an adventure bound. l
took her to be 50, but she might have
passed for ten years younger, and was
one OF those women of whom the French
say that they are only the age they
look" So few traces were visible on her
visage of that 1aInesS and tedium of
highly genteel bringing up and liv-
ing that l concluded she was not
of la creme. Her hat, a black and
wide-brimmed sTuscan one was
trimmed with feathers, and
sat jauntlly on mead of thick light
brown hair, that went curling and wav-
ing about, and was the texture of floss
silk. The curls were so arranged as to
show that they were no product of art,
but grew out of the scalp. The figure
was one TO set of to advantage the clothes
it wore, and was corseted in a way to
conhne the waist merely, and to give re-
lief and freedom to the bust.
There was nothing particularly notice
able in the materials of the garments; but
was not la science du chiiton displayed in
the arrangement of folds and frillingsl
AS to the countenance, it was singularly
agreeable, it having at once soft and a
piquant expression, and making one feel
that there was deal Of life behind it.
The fea lures were well proportional, but
the nose had a touch of irregularity
This, however, was not defect, it being
in keeping with a eautifully-formed
mouth of the cherry-ripe sort. A fine
full Torch cad, fair and smooth, and speak
ing dark eyes, showed that the lady was
no fool She was unveiled, and had on
gloves the worse for the smut and dust
that foond their way into our compart-
ment.
Nearly an hour passed in the heat of
broiling afternoon. Our compartment
felt like a Turkish bath, and had the
same effect on the skin. The lady read
the supplements of newspapers, which
are generally filed with stories and chit
chat. I was deep in a novel when not
en- aged in thing her, for she had ex-
ciued my curiosity. | had noticed col
lection of objects in repousse silver at
Uached 10 her girdle. They were expen-
siye. AMI. seeming to be toys of grOvn-up
people, il did not occur TO me that they
were the oh ecCS d'udl1Ge which they
turned out 70 be.
We drew nigh to Paris. The lady sud
My took out of her pocket silver box
OF pearl powder, and a case mirror of the
same metal She then undid from the
girdle what l should have taken for a
flask of smellin y-salts also incased in
silver. 1t held a plate d 'amande soap
which could be applied with a camei's-
hair pencil, that lay as if it were a pen
Gil in silver tube. small basin of i'm
perglous linen, that was folded up and
bidder under the porte bouquet of a
sheaf of roses, was in turn forthcoming
Concealed among the flowers was also an,
iniiarubber hask, filed with water. IL
amused me 10 note how ingeniOusly this
ulensil was slowed away, the neck being
in the stalks of the flowers and the bal
loon part uppermost, and masked with the
delicate foliage and tendrils Of the vine
Ihe lady had pinned 70 her petticoat a
small square of bsth-tOwel. about the
sic OF a northumberland Having
set her toilet utensils On the seat befOr
her, she examined every bit Of her face
carefully in the .iny mirror. This done
she raised carefully the Ours that cils
tered over her forehead, and pouring out