The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-01

silk. with lace-trimmed flounces. for even
ing wear Then any dress i'm their ward
robes can go over one of these, and no
stifening OF any sort is put in the gown
skirt The petticoats are cut a peculiar
shape TO fit the attachment, and the re
suit is the soft perfect hang which has
been noticed. A loop on either side of the
dress skirt at the back side seams fasteus
to buttons on the petticoat. so there is no
swinging out of place, and there can be
no crushing of the skirt If il is sat on all
day, as the elasticity of the steel, made
especially for the purpose prevents all
that. Another thing my customers partic-
ularly like about it is that one hand. grasp
ing the steel curve nearest the wastband.
holds dress up easily and completely.
Every woman has complained of the diff
fculty in keeping these full skirts clear of
the pavement when necessary
The petticoat has a French name, and
presumably halls from the home of clev-
er devices.
The famous novelist. Paul Bourget. in
writing his impressions of America. says
the New York Times, seems to have had
the woman question constantly before his
mind. The supremacy of our sex in Amer
lea strikes him with surprise and admit
ration; woman here is even more than
mans equal. The reason for this, ne finds,
| is chiefly the fact that in this country in
| tellect predominates over emotion. Love
| with an American girl is a secondary
! thing. She can meet men, study with
them, and work with them, without al
| lowing romantic dreams on her SIDE or
passionate wishes on theirs to interfere
with good fellowship. An American maid
en-, unlike those of other countries. is, If
anything, loath to marry, and very sell
| dom cares to give up her freedom until
she is % or more. This is partly because
! parents are careful to provide for their
| daughters, so that marriage becomes
| matter of choice not of necessity. Con-
sequently, when our girls are married,
their characters are formed; they know
! their own minds aand make far better
| housewives than those of other countries
| SO, at least, thinks Nj. Bourget
Mrs. A. d. T. Whitney in discussing So
| ciety with her girl friends, in December
/ Ladies Home Journal. has this singing
| charge to make against modern society,
| as II is spelled with capital ); Society
/ as pursuit, an end, is thing without a
] soul. The hOme-spirit, from the sharing
| of which between home and home IL
| grew, has departed out of 1t. 1t is dead
| 1t is a corruption. A professional society
/ woman is a parasite upon the world 8
| disease, TO eat out its vitality. There Is
| terrible reaction in the influence Of
/ what we make society to be, without its
! true heart and center 1t is to blame for
| the many confused problems of our time /:
! it is responsible for the frantic turning
| Of the world upside down. Conventionali-
/ ties, false effort and restriction crowd in
upon and choke out our most beautiful
/ and sacred realities. True homes become
! more and more scarce. Society women
abandon them; they make of them mere
! arrival and departure stations in the rush
] of a whirling round. Women who can
not or who viii not maintain the modern
| art1ncial conditions, are discouraged and
/ repelled from any home-making a all
| They are forced, through the very nee0
| OF their natures to outside work and in
/ teleSt FOR fellowship; and so there Is a
| great deal attempted, from strong desire
| for the best, that is yet, in its turn. I'M
true one-sided; adding fresh derange-
| ment to our perpleXed systems and theo-
! ries-our traditional social and political
| economies"
Miss Lillian Bell. the clever Chicago
| authoress, prints rather a caustic view of
The Man Under Thirty-dYe" i'm Decem-
| Der Ladies' Home Journal. She asserts
that conversation with a man under 8
| is impossible, because the man under 80
| never conVerses; he only talks. And
| your chief accomplishment of being a
/ good listener, is entirely thrown away
| on him, because he does not in the least
! care whether you listen or not Neither
| is 1t of any use for you to show that he
| has surprised or shocked you He cares
| not for your approval or disapproyal.
| He is utterly Indifferent to you, not be-
| cause you do not please him, but because
| he has not seen you at all. He knows
| you are there in that chair; he bows to
| you in the street, oh yesi He knows
| your name and where you live. But you
are only an entity to him, not an indi-
vidual. He cares not for your likes and
| dislikes, your cares, or hopes or fears
| He only wants you to be pretty and
! well-dressed. Have a mind If you will.
He will not know 1t. Have a heart and
a soul. They do not concern him He
wants you to be tailor-made. You are
a Girl to him. That's all.
One of the mistakes is frequently made
before a child is twenty-four hours old
and that is the administration of an act
i've purgative, causing an irritation of
stomach and bowels not easily subdued.
Another and a very common mistake,
is the practice of stilling babys cries
by giving it food just as though there
could be no other cause for its crying
than the want Of food. The mother will
answer every cry by an offer OF food
natural or artificial. insisting that hun
ger, and hunger alone, prompts the cry
ing, and so continue to feed and feed
and feed. When the overloaded stom-
ach rejects the milky food. another mis-
take occurs, the mother exclaiming:
THAT is a good sign mother says so.
Let him have as much as he wants.
His stomach will throw it off and il
will not hurt him" By and by baby
begins to throw off all his food and the
doctor is sent for; he comes and greatly
surprises the mother by informing her
that her baby has dyspepsia.
Unnamed.