The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-24


..--r.~-in-law-. the Princess of Wales.
--ss court chroniclers. according 10
,.sv York sun cable thdorse this by in
,.-.abiv describing the duchess's dresses
fully as those OF the princess. Amer
-sr women mag. therefore. be inter-
.---5 ID knowing that the duchess at her
T.- public appearance this season. at
3D.. opening OF the bazaar at the admiral
=, wore "a black silk gown dotted with
neute. black velvet bodice. with pointed
vest Of pale iris; bonnet of silver passe-
.,eaterie. with 1etunia lowers" AS the
Princess Of Wales Is not likely TO be
seen much ia fashionable society this
ason. the young duchess has become an
t7loortant person indeed. Her baby is
said TO DE growing UP into "a rather plain
hid. but fat and sturdy. the latter adj
vsntagss being derived from his buxom
mother.
am able. says Clarabelle in her New
YORK letter 10 the Cincinnati Enquirer,
10 give you in advance Of Lents begin
Ming tho outline Of q fad that is already
accepted BY the swell women Of the
younger sets. When [ say accepted 1
mean that 50 now has their cordial in
d5rgsment. but there wiH be. OF course,
nc outward sign OF 1t till the season of
peaitence begins. Already these frivol-
ors girls are whispering among them
selves OF going into retreat" 1t may be
nat they got the notion from the custom
IN convent schools Of allowing a week
ii withdrawal from the world to a select
few CT the more serious minded ones, and,
perhaps. tho impish imitators realized
mat the girls who were 'in retreat" were
objects of envy and veneration to the
less serious minded.
Perhaps, too. the clever youngsters com
iHs out Of school have realized an ele-
nlent OF social value Ia the idea While
The general scheme rs definitely settled
'Ipon, its details are still somewhat UNI
certain, but they are eagerly discussed
At every opportunity. and some of them
are already agreed TO. IL is decreed that
II snail be The thing TO refuse many
attentions from their closest men friends.
Thus they declare they will return an
eftusive greeting on the street with a
~ gid you must pardon me but I am
like message is to be sent by the foot
man when d call is made: Miss is see
ing no one; she is i'm retreat"
Many other like details are rapidly talk
ing form ana they viii prove a serious
deprivation 10 the young men who
have been i'm the habit OF doing their
most effective arting during Lent. Ii is
during that seagon that social demands
fall Oft. and "a fellow really has u chance
10 get in a lot of telling calls, and, per
haps, some genuine spooning. What are
men to do if a girl has nothing to say
except that she is lin retreat and that
she cannot converse with them? Mani
testify nothing but to walk disconsolately
behind the object of their interest when
she takes the air.
one sanguine enthusiast, whose sue
cess with the men IN this, her first sea-
son, has made her oCck-sure of their
wholesale devotion, dilated to me. with
a delightful show of spirits, upon the re-
suits that are to come She declared
that she planned TO dress with careful
simplicity. and to walk meekly up the
avenue with downcast eyes. she counts
upon a. train of chappies in her wake,
each with a mixed expression of wonder
and resentment in his eyeglass, and each
stoically walking in her steps.
Il her forecast of results be fair the
idea should not have much vogue. and
me girl VINO desires to work up her de-
stability or TO mask her lack OF it might
so into retreat whenever she thinks 1t
wise. whether il is Lent or not. She must
dress very simply. look down all the time
and answer invitations by a caro-. with
In Retreat" done in silver letters in the
upper left corner. Now. so order your
printing!
After much reading and more thinking
So hot
I have solved one phase Of this much-re-
peated question, writes young maiden
TO the Chicago Tribune. No doubt this
will sound egotistcal when | proceed fur
ther TO say 81 am only q girl" But
have looked at the matter fairly and
squarely. and because 7 am only a girl
let not the cynic pass me by.
Every girl has her ideal. Why
shouldn't she have? Surely, if the lods
Of creation are accorded the privilege Of
forming their ideals the weaker sex may
also be granted the boon.
From the time the chit of 10 reads
Mary J. Holmes on the sly burns the mid
night oil long after her mama fondly inn
AGNES she is IN bed, and weeps over the
woes Of the heroine, she begins to have
IN her girlish mind, rude ideas of what her
ideal must be. At first perhaps. vague
and ill-defined; but YOU may rest assured
ne suon forms definite proportions, around
"4lch her girlisn Imagination WeaVes ro-
nance after romance. The girl who does
lot de this is not worthy of the name
Doesn't Maude think all that is hand
some IS involved in him OF the tail figure
qark eyes and hair, and splendid teeth?
Jsht Grace, sincere in her belief that
manly beauty, as measured by the gods
eenters in him of the dreamy blue eyes
tfooping moustache. and physique which
denotes he is one of the favored Of NOR
ais?
Surprising fate, as it often does, in
'erveues between Maude and her ideal
and she, perchance, marries a man quite
AIS opposite. After all those years of fond
imagination do you think, even if she love
aer husband, that She win not sigh and
mig Of what might have been? A wo-
man when she wants any object generally
manages TO secure that object. When that
OBJECT Is man, I say, with due respect
70 my sex, the fates kindly deal with that
man
one goes on then adding to her molehll-
mountain. Even though her husband be
- near perfection as mortal man is al
owed to be her mind coniures back fan
eitoi things of that girlhOod's past, and
Hee thinks how she might have been
even happier. How could she marry him
nom she did when he is the very oppo-