The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-16
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A FEW MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
TIE FAIR SEX.

Cosby Stories Some SuRG estiOns
Relative to Crinoline 49, The French
Models This Year Unsuited to Short
People-Some of Redfern's Dresses.
Redfern, says the New York Times,
shows three evening dresses submissive TO
the cr!noliue threat. but with elegant indie
pendence still. One is a wide stripe, rose
color, of satin and faille Moss velvet is
placed in the jupe quite fiat and reaching to
the knee. The chemisette OF rose crepe Is
encircIed with the velvet. The enormous
short balloon sleeves are of rose crepe.
Another gown, bell-shaped skirt half
long, is q mastic and pale-blue stripe, with
a wide, fat band of blue satin around the
edge, edged with silken mavabout. A
shawl bertha of blue crepe and sleeves of
the same complete a most refined toilet.
Yet third one, a satin brocaded and
glace, corn color and mouse, is very charm
ing. The long train juDe has a ruche Of
mouse crepe around the edge. The wide
sleeves are of the brocsde and the silvery
gauze chsmisette is a mass OF bead jewell
ing.
The careful sister might whisper in her
brothers ear that calling cards for men are
apprecieblY larger this year than have been
used for some time past. Men are, most OF
them, careless in these little matters OF
change, but if they pretend to keep up with
the altering styles at all they should be as
sisted once 10 Il while by their womankind.
Maybe the crinoline, SAYS Clara Belle in the
Cincinnati Enquirer, is ell right in the city
or carried out in heavy goods, but think,
girls, summer is coming, and rRmble5
among the wild flowers and trips about the
woods, and boating and moonlight piazza
ing and all sorts of dear, nice summer
things, aud a orinollne isn't going to tit in
at ALL Don't you be moved, no matter
what fashion says. You stick to having
three or four sweet, soft gowns that are fun
enough in the skirt TO let you walk around
free but that take their outline from you
and your movements and not from any
old lot of stiffily inside Of them and you
have a nice, pretty close train that
will follow you prettlly through the grass
and the wild flowers. Take advantage of
the fashion and let your waist be good.
natural, graceful size around, 50 that you
can walk with more freedom than ever;
take advantage of the fashion and have
soft fail OF lace from tile throat over the
breast aad shoulders. II Is so romantic and
pretty and sweet that sort Of thing, and let
the sleeves be loose and free at the Shout
ders, but not a bit Of stifily except what
comes from the softnesS of the muslin stuff
Then you take your pretty parasol, with its
droop Of lace all around, and you carry
your soft flower wreathed hat IN your bare
white hand, and you 20 forth along the old
paths to be sweet and fascinating and ali
that girl should be, and Just don't you
worry about crInollnes aud stittily. Some
things never go out Of style. and one thing
is the sort Of dress that makes girl seem
a part of the field Of wild roses she is in,
and hos are you ever going TO do that with
a stiff ssirt Ons What about hammocksl
What about Towboats and canoesi What
Rbout-no use OF carrying arguments
further.
An auecdote, showing that the presence
of mind of a lady Of the last century, says
the New York Times, was quite equal to
that OF the present day, is told of the cele-
brated Frau Won Stein. While entertaining
some guests az dinner a servant entered the
room bearing aloot in magnificent style the
piece de resistance, fine saddle of venison.
Owing, however, to- some lack Of dex-
terity on the fellows part. the meat, greatly
TO the CONSERVATION OF all present, slipped
off the platter from its elevated position and
fell upon the floor.
But the lady of the house, the least dis
concerted Of all, calmly remarked: Take
it away and bring in the other piece"
When the "other piece" which, as may
he surmised, was the same redecorated, APP
peared, and the Duke OF Weimar, one OF
the guests, was asked if he might be served
70 some. be was unable to refrain from the
joke, and replied: mo thank you. l pre-
fer some Of the other piece"
How the quick-witted hostess met this
blow is not stated by the ohronicler.
have noticed, says Clara Belle in the
Times Democrat, there is a spell about a
mans shoes. Have you ever observed, for
instance, that the man who was never
known to wear squeaky pair of shoes is
sure TO have them on when he starts to pros
pose2 You can always tell II you hear
mans shoes begin to creak that he is trying
TO say the word. Sometimes it will happen
right IN the middle Of dance, sometimes,
all of a sudden, when be is walking on Fifth
avenue: sometimes when he is sitting quietly
beside you, and moves his foot. 1t is almost
a sure sign. Sometimes l think the men
themselves have come 10 recognize it and
that it helps to make them nervous. 1t is
the same way with mans shirt front. If
you notice that it takes to dismally creak-
ing every breath he draws, ie is almost sure
to mean that he is trying to get up his cour-
age TO ask you to be his To girl who is
very much used to proposals such things
are very distracting. OF course the girl
who is being proposed TO for the first time is
not likely to notice sHoh things, and she is
very fortunate.
1t amounts to a mania with me, this
power to notice everything about the mRu
who is asking me to be Mrs. -. If the
little vein at the temple stands out and looks
red, you may be sure be is Of quite a hasty
temper, and that he is apt to behave very
badly if you refuse him. Such a man you
had better let down very easy, and it will
never do to make fun OF him. At the same
time, he is more apt to care about the hurt
20 his vanity than about not getting you.
would never take such man unless il was
an imperative matter of money. If the
little vein stands out blue and trenulous he
is apt to be a very nice fellow, and would
hardly be proposing If he did not think
himself very fond of you. But he is likely
TO get over it, for all he thinks he won't.
This little vein almost Always shows a little
if not on one side, then on the other
always try to sit so can see
both sides, because l feel this sign
quite an important one in guiding
ones decision. OF course, if the gentleman
is very stout it does not count 50 much, be-
cause any exertion will bring it out Very
few men can get of their knees gracefully,
especially if they have been refused. A man
hates to feel awkward, and so, If you are
going to refuse him, try to get him up off
his knees first. or better still, don't let him
get there at all. A fellow is likely to hate a
girl when she refuses him after letting him