The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-17

fitting them well - women whose drap-
cries cling to them, not only with grace,
but with sort of affection, and women
who have an air Of their own, no mat
ter how simple the gown may be that
is worn. Many of the great beau
ties have not, l imagine, been stylish
women; but they have been women who
appreciated the beauty and value of
clothes, and utilized them to increase per
fectiOns and hide faults The stylish
girl belongs to this century, and to the
last half. 1 think like her, for her man.
neFs are good, and in fitting her 10 be a
stylish girl, her mother has taught her to
do good by stealth, and blush to find it
fame"
SHE IS SELDOM FOOL.
Learning early in life how to dress
properly, she does not need TO devote all
her time to it, and so she is able TO devote
hours to reading, conversation and en-
iOying herself. She seldom poses as wish
ing TO change the position of woman, for
she is quite satisfied, but she often knows
more than the women who claim TO be
very knowledgable. Her little fads are
amusing, and do nobody any harm. AL
together, she is much to be preferred to
the fast girl, or the girl who poses, or
the girl who calls herself an advanced
woman. The stylish girl is agreea BILE,
her heart so well that when trouble
comes she can face it in womanly,
straightforward manner. Yes. my dear;
like her, and am knitting her purse
now"
And the needles clicked, and I looked
up, and beside me stood Miss Anna Ra-
phael. Dowdy in her yellowish empire
gown, and with her hair frowsily franz
ing her sharp, saltow face, she had about
her waist queer Oriental girdle, and in
her hand tiny fan, such as pleased our
grandmothers. The stylish girl2'' she
said with disgust. II despise her. She
has such haying-solved-t he-riddle look
She is so suggestive of soap and water.
She is clean until it becomes inartistic,
and she would rather be correct,
from fashionable standpoint, than
from that great one of art. She is too
exact looking, and always, always, she
makes me feel so conscious, so very con-
sclous, of her extreme neatness; and you
know as well as do that nothing arts
tic ever hints of that" She went away,
and l looked at my old lady. and we both
smiled, and wished that the lady who
dressed in the interest of art would see
the advantages of soap and water, and of
neatness in some good hereafter, where
dirt was really considered dirt, and not
made poetical by calling it the bloom of
time.
SUCCESS IN DRESS.
To my mind, the stylish girl has not yet
been fully described, for looked at from a
proper point of view, she represents, in
dress, success. She always reaches that
happy medium, and has the tang of a
well-bred woman. A loud gown would be
more offensive to her than a dowdy one,
and TOO many jewels worse than none at
all. Like my dear old lady, l like the
stylish girl She is pleasing to the eyes,
and she is dainty. | can quite under
stand the charm that she has for
men, and l can fancy her now,
counting her victims among the thou
sands during the summer She is the
girl of the day. She is interested in
many things, and in whatever she under
takes to do she succeeds. She may spend
the month down at the university settle
ment, but during that time she will wear
her plainest tailor-made frock, teach
classes in German, or go out and read the
German Bible to sick old women. She is
absolutely correct, and she is wholesome
She enjoys herself as every girl should
that is her right. But she is big-minded
enough to know that enjoyment does not
constitute all of life. and that the days
will come in which pleasure will have no
part. She is cheerful and bright and
happy because she is satisfied with her
self, and this is proper satisfaction that,
if 81" 'yere older, would be called self
J.
IE WILL MAKE GOOD WIFE,
For moving what's right, she will dress
to suit her husbands position. and her
children will not look like French dolls in
silk and lace, but announce the good
sense of their mother by their cotton and
wool. Probably the best evidence of her
good sense is that she always takes an
umbrella with her when it looks as if it
were going to rain. True, it is smart
looking I'm brella, but it is useful one,
intended to bear the burden of rain drops.
If | had son l should like him to marry
a stylish girl. For believe, as l said be-
fore, that she is the best type of the
young girl of to-day.
HER IMITAToRs ARE MANY,
But one can easily detect the false from
the true. There is always in the get-up
of the wouldbe stylish girl an inharmon-
ious note; sometimes it is a wrong color,
sometimes it is a lack of good grooming,
sometimes it is an over-abundance of
ornament, but it always exists
and it can always be discov-
cred. l am old-fashioned inasmuch as |
rather fancy drinking a toast so, 'To
the health of the stylish girl; God bless
her She is an American to her finger
tips; she is bright as she is pretty; as
witty as she is well dressed, and as good
as she is sweet and clean" | ask you to
drink with Bah.
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