The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-22

him.
Jim Berton? He's the man I'm going
to marry!
To French aristocrats, SAYS the New
york tribune, American society is a
/ hopeless problem. The English accent our
/ apparent contradictions and Inconsistent
| cies with philosophic Indifference, and
when this country, at least seems to find
/ II quite natural that We should have our
social distinctions, and a smart set"
wherein certain commercial magnates are
| set apart from other commercial mag
mates, for no apparent reason But our
| French visitors, who are apt to take
| such matters au grand serieux, puzzIe
| over our incongruous social conditions
in way that is quite amusing.
Il do not at all comprehend what in
/ Amerique is called society,"" said a
charming countess of the Faubourg st.
| German, whose husband visited this
Il Inquired to myself that l should find
mere all on an egalite. With us in our
repubiique 1t is different; we have our old
noplesse, our traditions; but / imagined
10 myself that here would be the ideal fra
ternity. l saw no such conditions Of
brotherhood. / found myself an con
trale, transported into a charming mon
dc, with its manners, and pursuits, and
pleasures, its well-dressed brilliant wo-
men, its men bien CONNIE il faut. and the
usual crowd OF the Jeunesse doree, who
drive their 'four-in-hands,' give enter
tainments, and are what you call sporty
NEST &c pas-quite like our own. Then
and class distinctions, like nous autres.
But suddenly l have a shock and again
/ am all confused / dined one evening
at a magnihque establishment; the most
brilliant assemblage was there. Everything
was done in a manner parfaite. Not in
Paris nor London could there have been
an entertainment better conducted. and
| said to myself, i shall tell my people at
home that there is a true aristocracy in
America after ALL Mais, ma chere, Fig
ure 10 yourself my establishment The
next day, on going into an Establishment
for the sale of wines with Nine. de -,
| OF our legation, who was DESTROYS of buy
| ing her winters supply for Washington,
| whom did / see approaching us, but Mr.
| X, our host of the evening before! Moi
| could have sunk through the floor with
! the notification But he, looking quite
| pleased, said, What can 1 do for you
ladies?' and discussed prices and qualities
| like vrai bourgeois shopkeeper.
And now / know no longer what to
say. Why should this excellent mer-
! chant be in it,, as you say and other
excellent merchants be out of it, and
| of what does 1t consist-tfis societe Amer
icaine?"
coquettish trick, says London Truth.
has been revealed to me: 1t seems 10 be
widely practiced at seaside and watering
place hotels. Those who resort TO it are
ladies solcitous to captivate, but who
have no reason to be proud of their feet
To give rise to the idea that they have
piedS d'enfants they have pairs of tiny
boots and shoes not made for wear, but to
be left outside their bed room doors to be
cleaned. To give them quite natural ap-
peararce the soles and parts of the up
pers are smeared with liquid mud, kept in
a bottle like patent backing. AS one
must souffrir pour etre belle, the boots
Intended for daily wear are slyly cleaned
by the owner, when she has not a maid
with her.
1t appears that Frenchmen are apt to
scan the boots of ladies in the corridors
of hotels. There is no more curious sight
than long double row of pairs of boots.
n sight hc
amusing as a rebus.
If where beauty ends modesty begins, it
Is, perhaps. modest as well as coquettish
to have special boots and shoes to figure
in hotel corridors.
The person who has told me of this boot
and shoe trick is the forewoman of a
chaussures de luxe house in the Rue du
Quatre Septembre. 1t appears that brides
whose feet are not small now hire tiny
chaussures to figure in the trousseau.
Those really made to fit are not on view.
This device was recommended and adopt
ed at a great royal wedding that came
off within the last year. The bride had.
to quote the saleSWoman, les pieds 81
longs qu'on ne pourrait Sc resoudre a ex-
poser SEES chausSures. But as the absence
of shoes and boots would have been no.
ticed, a whole stock of elegant and fairly
sized pairs were borrowed for the trous-
seau table
My saleswoman says that the Madrid
ladies have the smallest feet she knows
of. Peruvians and Chilians come next
American ladies from the United States
are also remarkable for their small feet.
1t is impossible to classify those of Wen
ma, there are so many varieties there The
Empress of Austria requires a long, mar
row shoe. She has no flesh on her foot and
her instep is high. The best shaped feet in
Northern Europe are in Sweden. German
ladies coming from Germany are generally
neatly shod. English ladies coming from
England have awkwardly made boots and
shoes. The Belgian ladies are better off
I'm their shoemakers, but they have large
feet.