The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-11

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grains Of rice. The effect OF the myriads
OF sparkling confetti was absolutely
charming and fairyhke. Is they fluttered
10 the ground, the sun catching them as
they fell. Certainly they chung about the
dresses Of the newly married couples. but
/ they did no harm. and were soon shaken
or. In the house, as they fell on the floral
| decorations and sparkled among the roses
ana ferns, they produced a result that is
well worthy Of note by those whose busi-
ness II Is to provide novelties for functions
OF this sort AS for the horses. they were
sublimely unconscious OF the tiny gold and
silver pieces with which their backs had
been sprinkled by the time they started.
II Is not surprising TO hear that the in
PRODUCTION of these confetti at the East
bourne fetes has caused their manufac-
ture to be measured literally By the ton,
and when once they are brought into use
at weddings, tens Of tons will be men
toned in connection with them. and many
a happy pair, when they begin their new
life. will no longer have occasion to eX-
claim: Save us from our friends"
Did Mrs. S. used to have dimples?"
| writes an American girl, says the New
| York Tribune from Paris Il cannot re-
member ever seeing any at home; but she
| has them now, deep, regular digs, in her
pretty pink cheeks. Perhaps she got them
| over here, for was told that now any one
hair, figure, expression, complexion and
/ even features Hight is the last thing
/ they have attempted. I saw an advertise
/ ment in a French paper Offering to add
| couple Of inches to any ones stature for
| consideration. I wanted very much TO
/ answer il. as / would undergo great
| deal of discomfort for the sake of being
little taller; but as some one suggested
| 1t might seriously affect locomotion, !
| concluded that it would be too much Of
/ an experiment
1T is really a great temptation to see
/ what could be made of ones self by i'm
| provements In every direction. / feel that
/ It is quite possible now 10 straighten my
/ nose and get rid of my freclSles. Mother
| declares she is going to have all her wrin-
| kles taken out before going home; and
| Maud, whose neck is rather scraggy, pro-
| poses to have a pair of beautiful plump
| shoulders to wear with her pretty new
evening frocks.
by the way, speaking of recent inno-
| vatiOns, we saw a woman shopping in
boomers the other day, and as we were
the only people who seemed to look at her,
l suppose it is a Usual sight. have not
| seen anything particularly new in dresses
| since l came here, but the hats are much
| more exaggerated than those / saw in New
/ York before We left. They are, all of
| them, tremendously fluffy Any old straw
/ will do for "A foundation, as they are COM
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rufiles and bows all over. The effect Is
/ very pretty and billOwy. They are made
| in every imaginable color; sometimes they
have flowers on wings. but just as often
they are all chiffon. The hair is worn
in great undulating waves, which is very
| picturesque, if well done, but is not al
ways becoming. You see all kinds of eX-
| aggerated puts out on the sides with
| little pert Psyche twist at the back.
! don't know which are funnier, the French
| women with their fiuffs and puffs, or the
| Englishwomen with their knobby bath
| buns stuck ON the back of their heads.
1 cannot say 1 feel like copying either"
A distinguished specialist, says the
American Practitioner, has carefully not
ed the differences between twelve famil-
| les of drinkers and twelve families OF
temperate persons during twelve years,
with the result that he found that the
~ we drinking families produced in those
". as hfty-seven children, while the tenn
perate ones were accountable for sixty
one. OF the drinkers, twenty-five children
died in the first week of life as against
six on the other side. The latter deaths
were from weakness, while the former
were attributable to weakness, convul-
sive attacks, or oedema of the brain and
membranes. To this cheerful record is
added five who were IDIOTS; five were so
STUFFED in growth as really to be dwarfs
| five, when older became epheptics; one
boy, had grave chorea, ending in idiocy;
five more were diseased and deformed
and Two of the epileptics became, by in
hertanee, drinkers Ten only of the fifty
seven showed during life normal DISPOSE
ton and development of mind and body
Fifty OF the children or the temperate
families were normal in every way.
The present fashion in Paris, says the
New York Times, to load hats and bon
nets with artificial fruits and vegetables
is said 70 be the outcome of a wager be-
tween a distinguished Frenchwoman, a
duchess, and a nobleman friend. The
point raised was that the duchess, by
adopting it. could make the most pie
beian. of commodities fashionable in a
week. On5a certain day, when the smart
society We're to be assembled at a notable
function, the duchess was to set the pace
I'm something All eyes waited for her ap-
pearance, but when she drove to the fete
a first glance revealed only a convention
ally beautiful toilet of steel gray, slender
lines of silver outlining the seams and
fine cobweb-lke crepon covering the leg
of-mutton sleeves. 1t was not until in
specton sought the large hat of silver
straw that it was seen how skiIIfully she
has accomplished her object. Around the
brim were dainty little perfectly counter
parted Brussels sprouts, q succession of
| most effective green rosettes. At the back
nodded a high arrangement of feathery
asparagus foliage, mingled with SONS ana
pods, while the crown was decorated
with pink radishes and watercress; on ono
side a couple of mice with ruby eyes
chung to a few ears of wheat-the whole
a marvel of taste and becomingness In
| her belt the duchess wore a bunch OF
young carrots, with their fine, graceful
foliage, the bounch fastened with a lit
tie hoe and rake in diamonds. Society
saw, admired and copied. The bet was
won and the fashion still obtains.
Victor Maurel, the famed baritone, SAYS
the Chicago Tribune, who sung in New
York last year. has written book about
| American women. In these chapters Of
| observation he tells very charming sto-
~ of Nine. Emma Eames Story in con-
nection with the American woman's ease
of manner. Referring to this quality:
Il have had the opportunity of admir-
ing it under circumstances which deserve
to be reported. A prince of finance in
London gave reception to the heir Of