The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-30
N WOMAN'S WORLD.
, Few Items Of General Interest to
the Fair Sex.

s. nsis+akes of Servants-Susan B. An
.honv's Suggestions-How and When
s. Ba+he-The Handwriting of Girls.
o+bar Matters Worth a Passing
Notice.
While the fin de steele maid, says the
D-,rr York Tribune, is better educated by
t,ras rule than her mother, the latter
in nine cases out of ten writes much
ne -raditable letter and an infinitely
hotter note than her daughter. Il am
LILY ashamed of Dolly's missives," said
& ao ord-time elegante whose daughter was
Il the very exponent of well-educated girl
e of+be dav. I never saw such disgrace
& All scribbles! If had written notes like
Z bor when was a girl should have been
y considered quite uneducated, and yet
s noIIv who knows more than l ever
3 dreamed of knowing, writes like school
boy.
& The fact of the matter is that there is
M time at all given nowadays to any such
detail After a girl finishes with her
COW hooks al school writing is dropped,
her only practice being to take volum-
nous notes, where her chief aim is to
write as rapidly as possible and to crowd
as much on the page as it will hold. The
consequence is that the girls of the day
write cramped, boyish hands that pre-
cent the strongest contrast possible to the
beautifully neat Italian and English
handwriting of their mothers, which
used in times gone by to be the criterion
OF lady.
While the great majority of women have
neither the facilities nor the time to take
a full bath every day, says Clara Belle,
nearly all can take a sponge bath, which
is all that is necessary for cleanliness A
basin. a sponge and a cork mat comprise
the essentials, and five minutes applica-
lion a day will keep the pores of the skin
open and the body in healthy condition.
Some people require more bathing than
others. Brunettes as class and fat peo-
pe in particular are apt to need more
baths and lotions to dispel the Sc
cretions and perspiration that defile
the skin. In order to live up to
the idea, a woman should be ex-
ouisitely and habitually clean and rather
overstep than fall short of the so-called
hygienic standard. 1t is advisable to be
suspicious of neatness if necessary in
order to protect it. All manner of things
are put into the baths, varying with taste
and condition in life. Benzoin is one of
the cheapest and sweetest adiuncts. An
ounce will turn tub of water white and
leave the body fragrant. Bath bags of
crushed lavender flowers may be bought
for 10 or 20 cents, and the perfume is
very agreeable. Mashed berries are said
to give a delicate scent to the body
which is quite lasting, but while the
fruit continues to sell at 80 cents pint
strawberries are not likely to waste their
sweetness in bath tubs. Rose, lily, lilac
and heliotrope baths are made
with either the extracts or toilet waters
of those blossoms; lemon Juice is used for
lemon BATH and the Russian bath re-
quires aromatic vinegar or salts as an ac-
cessory. The balm de luxe, so popular
among French women, is considered eX-
ceLent for softening the skin. A bag
filled with almond meal or bran is put in
the tub and used after the hesh-brush.
Borax, carbonate of soda and ammonia
are all good to soften the water clean the
skin and tone up the body; it is not adj
visabe to use them often, as they tend to
parch the skin. A little tuIpentine in the
water is good for rheumatic pains and
sleeplessness, and so is alcohol after dry
ing Mustard is used in case of colds and
headache.
THAT there viii be able women in the
tnture is unquestionable, but will there
be any mothers - asks an exchange
A4uOl do VIC uttNt I'll u character
in woman, can we afford to dispense with
those greatest of feminine charms, tender
ness and self-forgetfulness2
Why should not able women become
mothers. tender and self-saclifcing-th
more 50 because of their intelligence
Aside from the fact, says the New York
Times that the woman whose mental
faculties have been educated and eXer-
Clsed will give to her child higher men
&c f6o avid
That she will so train it as to fit it to
serve God and adorn society.
Nhcre do we find tenderness save in
great hearts, or truth except in wise and
noble souls2 Where do we look for and
md liked principles, unbiased Judgment,
unalterlng devotion, but in thoughtful,
educated persons2 And who is more un-
tender and more selfish than the ignorant,
ShaIloW-minded womanl
Susan B. Anthony thinks we are on the
verge OF an era of unmarried women. Our
GlNllzatlon, she says, is changing
daughters cannot be supported at home,
ana there is nothing there to busy them
Inc women used to spin and weave, make
carpets and soap, but now all that is done
Ior Jhem in the factories. Young men do
not make enough money to support their
wives, and there is such craze for dis
Slpation among them that the women
would rather go into a store for almost
nothing than to marry.
Why are you hiding your fowers9"
SAD one woman to another the other day
as theY were about to separate, says the
New York Times.
because am going in here to see Mr.
= the publisher, on matter of bust
ness, was the reply, land ! have hor-
[or OF airing any femininities at such
L sines. The wearing of flowers is a sim
pc enough matter, of course, but there is,
aIter all, latent vanity in it, showing
onat considered my personal appearance
on element would rather quite efface
ilom a business interview" And she
sald ',Good-by,' leaving the other woman
~ 70 walk on and ponder deeply whether
'lIS were character or eccentricity
=, Inc language of flowers, SAYS the New
iorK tribune, has been more or less un-
GtorSCood for centuries, and now it seems
r OndS even ceiling wax may be made the
Hledlum of communication If rightly in
CCerpreted, the following being its &C
Uepted symbolisms: White, marriage or
moposaI of marriage black, mourning
55iiolet' coincidence; dark red, Invita- ion to
IIiu Lleri pale gray, Friendships light red,
,UanSlness; pink, love letters; green, hope;
'eiioW jealousy; gold or olive, constancy.
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