The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-25
OUR CLEVER CHATTERER.
Bah Entertained at Luncheon, and
Lends a Hand at Sewing.

Jersey Lilly as Beauty and Scholar.
The Latest Hair Dressing Fad-Fair
Woman's Pictures in the Newspa-
pers-Life in Washington this Win
ter-Future Presidents Considered.
A Girls Merry Laugh.
Published)
New York, Feb. 24.-There is nothing
going on just now, except teas and sew
ing circles and at both of them conversa-
ton becomes chatter, and there is moth
ing so high or so low about which lovely
women cannot give her opinion. At the
smartest of the sewing classes, which
meets at different houses, there is
luncheon served from the sideboard, and
the workers are expected not only to
bring busy fingers, but good appetite.
For, although the good things to eat are
not spread out on a table, still that doesn't
prevent there being plenty of pate de
foie gras, quantities OF strawberries,
sandwiches of all sorts, salads, tea and
chocolate, and, following the French
fashion, good claret. One sews a little
while, eats little while, and the gar
ment that one doesn't finish is taken
home and furnishes employment prob
ably to another member of the house
hold.
always elect to hem towels myself;
one can talk and listen and keep on sew
ing over them, whereas a more elaborate
piece of work demands cons ant atten-
ton. Then, too, / am a great believer in
the propagation of clean towels, and Of
big towels. and of soft towels. am very
much given to judging people by the
quantity and kind of towels displayed in
their bath rooms. A good, big one, soft
to the touch and immaculate in appear
ance, always Suggesting to me good hos
tess and one who desires that her visitors
shall be possessed of that virtue counted
next to goodness.
LANGTRY As A WRITER.
The other day, as I was sewing, I heard
a woman near me say, 80 Langtry is
going TO write novel}n | lost nay thin
bic, but chung to my needle, as I answered
her, 81 don't know what she is doing now,
but do know that when she was in this
country she had a large square diary
which locked, and she told me that she
was going to write in it everything she
knew about interesting people, pleasant
or unpleasant; that she intended to put
in their names-their true names-to
state places and dates, but that she didn't
propose this book should be published I'M
til she was very old woman, or perhaps
not until after her death What { lot of
people will be frightened if they think
that is the book she is going to publish
now !"
picked up my thimble and started in
to sew again, and the other woman said
what beauty that woman is Doesn't
she look line ana majestic in that last pic
ture which shows her in low gown ex-
hibiting those beautiful shoulders,
string Of pearls around her neck and a
diamond tiara on herIhead? How many
other women would look well in sucn a
TIARA! Those women in New York who
have them don't seem to get them on
right, and at the opera the other night
one woman hadn't secured hers properly.
and 1t tipped little to one side and made
her look absolutely tough. But to return
TO Mrs Langtry. What pleasure and
YET what a temptation 1t is to be beauty
like that"
Yes said I, land I never realized how
much of temptation it was until one dav
WheG Mrs. Kendall was talking. She was
speaking OF the time when Langtry first
appeared In London after the picture that
had been painted of her by Frank Miles
ana which Oscar Wilde had named The
Jersey Lily Mrs. Kendall said that much
9ught TO be forgiven woman who had
Oeen so much made OF and
W hOoE EAIhEME BEAUTY
mad been recognized all over the world.
one t}ne saio the first time she appeared after
Ihls picture was exhibited duchesses
STOOD on chairs to look at her; people
pushed and crowded to stare at this Young
woman who walked like a goddess. and
VINO seemed as entirely unconscious as if
she were IN the flower garden at home on
me quiet Isle of Jersey. What would we
20 II we had beauty like that2 That is one
reason why 1t IS something not always to
Ue desired; still | never saw woman who
wasn't willing to give up everything for
Gne sake OF being beautiful By-the-by
ulu you know that Mrs. Langtry, in addi-
Uioq 10 her knowledge of modern Ian
gCages, IS good Greek and Latin scholar2
one was educated with her brothers, and
as she had good mind and a marvellous
memory, she absorbed all she was taught |
ana she has never forgotten it,"
BY this time was ready for a fresh |
voWei' so after waiting five valuable min |
uUes IN an effort to get a coarse thread in |
Ihe eye Of fine needle and feeling that |
l would like to say some of the words so |
einphatically uttered by Mrs Carlyle, |
eoI started again. The topic had changed, |
ana everybody was talking about the new |
way OF arranging the hair. A knot in my |
Unread may me say Bother" And then |
.olned IN. For my part, l don't think |
us Is becoming to everybody. The part |
Just down the center OF the head is only |
suited to women who have oval. but not |
yhln faces, and it never ought TO be worn |
OY round-faced woman. And yet we |
gre such sheepish lot that we all do Just |
IKE somebody else and
ARRANGE OUR LOCKS MADDoNNAwIsE,
even II 1t makes us look ten years older, |
as IL IS certain to do when the face is not |
adapted to the couture. ! will tell you |
what l think are hideous; the fiuffs of |
Ralr arranged low on each side of the |
IiQIrehead, and which, when one is at the |
lheater' make the girl IN front look as if |
sne were a bearded woman, a la Dun
qreary 1t must be rather convenient to
oe the Princess of Wales People be-
HeVe' because she always wears it the |
same way, that il is her own hair, hut |
II Ism I. For a long time she has worn |
Wigs, and they are the most natural
ones possible. According to all ac-
counts she has fifty, and they are regu-
larry brushed and each takes its turn in
Delng worn. The wig suits her face but /
why In the world do her daughters per-
slsl IN wearing fronts, for they look like
!ionls, though ! am certain they are
lhelr own hair. after the fashion Of their
mo- hef They are ugly girls. anyhow.
auu with all this curled mop coming so
ar down on their foreheads they look
heaVy and stupid and ike their father
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