The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-24
WOMAN WORLD.
A Few Things Of Interest to the
Fair Sex.

VIA IVA
Gowns of Debutantes-Why Some
Persons Become Crazy - Whence
Comes the Phrase 1.-THE Bitter End. -
Some of Fashions Dresses-The Van
derbilts' Wealth-A Stray Item From
Clara Belle.
Matinee teas, says Clara Belle, in the
Cincinnati Enquirer, are the very incest
things now, and all the girls give them.
The idea is that one of the set gives
matinee party, then after it all the
girls repair to the house of one of the
party, and there have 1.-The dear
est tea" Then they all go home
and dress, and then they meet
again at the house of another of the
crowd and have dance. Thus it is that
set keep together, and the unfortunates
out of it are made to feel that there is
really no use in trying to live, and, for
that matter, no use dying because one
may be sure no one will come to the
funeral.
1t was at one of these matinee teas that
this dialogue awakened gleeful interest
Said one of the tea drinkers:
Poor Edith J. You know how she was
spending all her allowance on fitting up
her tea stool with Dresden}"
"Yesn' from all hands.
"Well, she is engaged to that wobbly
count from Spain. He is awfully near
sighted, and the other day when he was
trying to get her to name the day, he sat
right down on the tea-stool and smashed
everything"
"How dreadful" again in unanimous
chorus.
ayes, and it made the count so mad
that he used language, so Edith had to
break off the engagement"
And all her cups gone, poor thingl"
came IN unison from the others as final
verdict.
Clancy debutante's first ball gown
costing thirty guineas! Really, what the
young women in the states spend on their
evening dresses is astonishingw ex-
claimed British matron, says the New
York Tribune, who had pretty daughter
much admired in the Prince of Wales
set, to an American friend, whose second
daughter was about to make her debut in
society. "NOw, my daughter" continued
the English dame, aoove whose florid
countenance lowered a marvellous cap and
whose plump fingers were adorned with
many rings, has one smart ball gown
season, and that hardly costs more than
half thirty guineas. After she has worn
it a number of times her maid freshens it
up bit with new tulle, changes the
tounces, and thus it does duty for the rest
OF the balls and Dances"
Eyes, my girls do spend good deal of
money on their clothes" sighed the little
mother from over the seas, ''but they
must dress as well as their friends do. If
we lived in England it would be different.
1t is so economical to be a duchess here
l met the Duchess of X the other day
wearlnga dress whose style was certainly
ten years old, and every one smiled and
bowed to her as if she were in the hight
of fashion, saying How charmingly the
duchess looksp If a humble individual
like myself had dared to appear in such a
costume, the same people would have
probably called me dowdy old thingl"
ut is true Fashion and the Duchess of
X. never shook hands," replied the Brit
ish matron, "but let me assure you she
has jewels of great beauty and value,
while the duke possesses several of the
finest places in England. You American
women generally wear such fine gowns,
but have so few handsome jewels. Now,
should advise your daughters to save
from 10 to 10 guineas on each of their
dresses, and in short time they would
be able to buy pretty string of pearls, on
brooch, which would be of value and
give them pleasure long after the tulle,
attn and flowers of their old ball gowns
have gone to fill the ragbag."
At the Lincoln safe deposit the Wander
bits have large room for their partic-
ular use. Among the securities are bonds
worth $50, 900, 600, S., 000, 900 for each of
the fnUr Nqnnagsbi1fc Those 1af
such way by their father that only the
interest can be used. If ever time comes
when their various possessions take wings
and fly away they can fall back on this
trifling amount tucked snugly away for
the traditional rainy day.
Urging the use of oysters as food, an ex-
change says: Speaking roughly, a quart
of oysters contains, on the average. about
the same quantity of actual nutritive
substance as a quart of milk or pound
of very lean beef, or pound and half of
fresh Goldfish, or two-thirds of pound of
bread. But while the weight of actual
nutriment in the different quantities of
food material named is very nearly the
same, the quality is widely different
That of the very lean meat or goldfish
consists mostly of what are called
in chemical language protein com
stances which make blood, muscle, ten
don, bone, brain and other heterogeneous
tissues. That of the bread contains but
little of these, and consists chiefly of
starch, with a little fat and other COM
pounds, which serve the body as fuel, and
supply it with heat and muscular power.
The nutritive substance of oysters con-
tains cOnslderab BILE of both the flesh-form-
ing and the more especially heat and
foregoing ingredients. Oysters come
nearer to milk than almost any other
common food their value for supplying
the body with material to build up its
parts. repair it's wastes and furnish it
with heat and energy would be pretty
nearly the same.
The kind hearted old gentleman watched
the young woman seated next to him in
the elevated train with interest, says the
New York World. She held Christmas
magazine in her hands with the leaves
uncut. She looked through the table of
contents and raised the corners of the
leaves so as to get a glimpse of various
illustrations. The old gentleman drew
out his pocketknife hesitatingly. He
opened it still more hesitatingly The
young woman seemed entirely oblivious
of his acts and evident intentions,
but their passengers were
able to arouse a great deal of in
terest in the proceeding. Finally,
just as the old gentleman reached for
ward, extending his knife, the young
woman dexterOuslV drew OFT hatDin and