The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-28

What becomes of the debutantes? is a
question hard to answer. A brilliant
young lawyer of Augusta says marrying
is going out of fashion; so what is left for
the debutante to do with herself when
the debutante days are over; when dane
ing has lost some of its charm, when the
realities of a practical life stare her in the
face; when the days feel empty, not for
excitement, but for real, true interest in
something, or in somebody. The Savan-
nah girls are clannish, and the Savannah
women are sociable; they feel less than
the women of other cities, any vacuum
after they give up society because they
hold on to their friends among the women
their coterie is to them their world. They
I'LL the days with visits to or from their
friends, they laugh over their mutual joys,
or condole over their sorrows, the mlsfit
of cloak or the new stitch in piece of
embroidery. Fortunate women. who can
live on the surface, never realizing the
loneliness of life or its responsibilities. 1t
is like walking over the immense vaults
under the sidewalks of Broadway, whore
busy workers are helping run the machin-
cries necessary to the makeup of a world; ,
where they are shut out from the life and
light of the street working by artificial
light and hearing over their heads the
restless tread of the gay world above, the
gay world never thinking of the men and
women with souls and tired hands and
hearts beneath their feet. But what has
this to do with debutantes? Nothing, for
a1xrFv~ NFV~rr
may II be so. A succession of triumphs,
steady stream of invitations and en-
gagements; a spasmodic review of the
wardrobe; and right here, dear little deb
utante, impress on your memory the i'm
portance Of being well dressed, and Of
course you know what that means; don't
bankrupt your father but be chic in your
dressing, not necessarily extravagant
Your mammas will give an eye to your
street gowns, but your mamma don't see
you at the germans or the soirees, and
she can't understand how much sweeter
the girl in the crisp organdie looks than
the girl IN an expensive, soft, clnging
material, who lacks the style and fresh>
ness one expects to see on a debutante.
Some girls have reputation for looking
fair,. sweet and always wearing dainty.
fresh gowns TO the entertainments, and
TINS IS a compliment each woman owes to
her escort.
to-day, but to repeat a remark of a So
clety woman, necessarily debutante onca
upon time, who has taken up a profess
sion, puts that first, and society comes
next she was saying the question had
been asked her by the solicitous mamma.
How many gowns viii my daughter need
this winter, to make her debut" The oues-
tion OF how many one needs, she said. is
completely oVershadowed in her case by
the question how many can ] afford. She
Told me how much she has to dress on,
and she makes good appearance on a
very little bit, by the way; and she made
the startling announcement that she
would not enjoy her income half so we'll
II she did not work for It. Her profession
and the knowledge of her ability, are more
pleasure to her, than are the recrea-
tions of society.
There are many specialties for women
which can DE pursued for the pleasure OF
an accomplishment with the far-sighted,
ness that it will be of use. if the time evei
should come, to make it so.
The Decorative Art exchange in New
York contains some masterpieces in DO
ker-work, done by women Qadies) thai
are sold for large amounts. The work is OF
course beautiful, and looks like enamel
or inlaid work, or even Mosaics This is
a simple process, and the effect is artis
TIC Woodworking and fret-work de.
signing is another practical accomplish
ment.
The balcony at Vantine's where the fret
work is exhibited, is like a bird's-eyt
view of fairy-land; standing on the broad
balcony, surrounded by the daintiest fur,
mture of bamboo and teak wood: below
the rich hangings i'm eastern tapestry. anC
the floor covered with bagdad rugs, witt
here and there a divan heaped with oil
lows, of colOrs beautifully blended. AL
this is an inspiration to one to do nor,
than simply enjoy; but a longing come,
over one to create some OF the beautiful
things in the world; 10 add to the stock OF
refining influences, and TO be a contrib
utor to the artistic world
How to be beautiful was the drawine
topic last week, in lectures on Monday and
Wednesday afternoons. II was interest.
ing to watch the numbers Of ladies'. who
either from curiosity or real interest went
10 near what Mrs. Dye Of Atlanta could
Ten them on the subject OF improving their
looks Some look as If they did not need
the Information, others, as If there were
no use TO try. on all Countenances was a
look Of expectancy, as ~ they scarcely
lhought II would be possible to undergo a
transition, but as n it were worth the ef-
tort Some few may have been disap-
pointed but sensible women could not
fan TO enjoy the real solid tank on byrione
and physiology. Josephine Am.
Miss Harrydele Hallmark. an Augusta
tifl mas recently been promoted 10 tho
position ~ assistant editor in the woman
department OF s g. McCmre's syndicate
MISS Hallmark has been ou Che etaff of
me magazine for some time. over .ince
sac went 10 Nc" York 20 pursue her pro-