The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-24

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is turned on-cherries, currants shredded
| ginger, and the Ike. II costs only fvc
Genus more tnan the ordinary soda and is
a favorite after-thc-theater treat with
/ the young man of modest means and sim
PIE tastes.
The czaritza, says the Lady's Pictorial.
/ has displayed great sense as well as tGte
/ IN the choice of a layette for her flrst
oaby. Correctly. speaking, there are two
layettes, winch have been ready for some
/ time past-one set tied with purple and
the other with pale-blue ribbons-waiting
until time should decide which would
/ be required. Although each tiny gar
/ ment Is a marvel of fine sewing and
ualnty IN the extreme, there is no trace
/ OL mat senseless eNtraNagance in which
/ young mothers are so prone to indulge
/ where their first offspring il concerned.
/ There IS no fiimsy lace-tOo precious to
/ be used even for the most cherishtA in
fant-OVer which cOnnOisseurs must sigh
| 10 think Of the inevitable wear and tear:
no frllls and fripperies which cannot add
/ 70 the beauty Of the tiny form on which
shey are out or place. But all is per
| tect, and worthy Of the Partisan experts
IN needleworkA who have thrown their
| Whoie hearts into the task. While France
/ can claim the honor of providing the
| layettes, il is pleasant to know that ev-
| erything is made according to English
| IDEAS, and that the pillows and swath-
/ ing bands, in which foreign mothers love
/ 70 restrain the healthy kickings Of their
Dables, are conspicuous by their absence.
ne materials also are largely or l-nglisA
manufacture, and do credit to the firms
/ which produced them. Narrow Valen-
| ciennes lace is the chief adornment and
minute tuckinss further ornament most
! of the batiste garments: but several
! little Jackets of flannel are trimmed with
i,ace, or have daisies and tiny stars en-
Provision has been made for the growth
| OF the imperial baby. and there II
| twelve dozen of every article IN three
sizes. The lawn used for many Of them
is so fine that the largest size of some
Wheh tolded can conveniently he hid
IN design, the prettiest being of embroid-
ered lawn over piQue, or trimmed with
Sulpure lace friled on. There are also
humberless capes of finest white flannel
and little white shoes, trimmed with
/ swauSdOWn and lined with satin Other
! cloaks are quilted with ederdown and
are as Tight as q feather" i'm spite Of
| their warmth. The fur of the Thibet goat
| has also been employed on several; but
a Whlte SATIN wrap, trimmed and lined
/ Win ernlne, and made according to the
cHarltza own directions. is the prettiest
OF the collection. A round hat. with an
ostrich feather. has been esDeciallv pro
vided to go with il. A circular cane of
cashmere has exquisite garlands of lilies
of the valley worked on it, and is trimmed
with hnest Nalenciennes lace
Everything is pure and white as snow
with the exception of the cOlored rib
bons, and the various furs, including
sealskn. skunk, and chinchilla, which
| have been used on some of the shorter
outdoor pelerines. Three large wardrobes
lined with white satin, are necessary TO
1
contains dozens Of miniature gloves and
/ shoes of all descriptions Baby" will
surely never require the four dozen
brooches, with the word in fine pears
the latter sent direct from Russia to the
| Jeweler-who also provided dozens Of gold
| safety pines. The greatest marvel con-
+ tanned in the wardrObes however is the
christening robe. which rests in an elab-
crate casket. Gold brocade of exquisite
design IS the material but the Jewels
| were added after the robe arrived in
Russia, as they were too precious to trust
| out or the country. Combs, and a toilet
| set. made of ivory and malachite, are to
! be found in the casket, which is almost
| as costly as its contents, and bears a
Russian text upon its cover. The i'm
| perlal crown, which appears on each sep
arate thing, to-day surmounts blank
| space later on to he embroidered with
the infants own initials. And yet in
| teresting as all these costly wonders are.
a weeny frock, made by the czaritza's
] own fingers, which her child will some
| day wear, will surely prove more so to all
\ who know our Princess AliX," as the
| Hessians still term her.
It's a comfort. says Clara Belle. in the
| Cincinnati Enquirer, to think that love
! for women affects no two men alike.
| That's in the beginning; after il has gone
on for a time, especially when a mar
riage has interviewed, the variety of symp-
toms is quite as great and then the stu
alton is often complicated by the wife's
taking a hand in showing how different
she can be in loving one day from another.
In the case Of one couple Of my acquaint-
ance the signs of their love had been
varied lot, never twice alike in either hus-
band or wife, and of late seldom harmon
izing one with the other. She wasn't
very well, and was taking medicine She
| thought 1t shame that George didn't
feel sorry for her and sometimes she
used to wish she would die Just to SHOW,
him and to make him feel bad. Then one
| DAY, AFTER she mad taken regular does.
she all of sudden thought the medicine
had tasted different. and she ran to the
shelf to see what she had taken There
] hottie cleansing ct ferb I
the front, and she made up her MIND
that she had taken that, She at once
began to feel awfully sick, the bottle
was labeled Poison and she felt surs
it must be quick poison because she felr
so bad. She laid down, called for her
maid, and told her in a weak voice to
send by telephone or messenger for the
doctor and at the same time for George
She knew the doctor would be too late,
for him and give herself a chance so
that George couldn't blame her. Then
she lay quite still with her hands clasped
and waited for George. She began 10
feel sorry while she waited and to Won
DER If, after all, she had really treated
George as well as she could and if per-
haps he hadn't been kinder and more pa
tient than she had realized. Then In came
| George. She put her arms around him
and said Dear, l have taken poison by
mistake, and am dying. I have sent
for the doctor. but it will be no use and
I want to tell you before die that / for
give you. and that | feel | ought to have
been nicer to you"
George felt most awful. He said she
was an angel how sorry he was he had
said that morning that he never wanted
to see her again, and that she was the
dearest little woman in the world. and all
that. They went over all their past lives
and had, after all, a good time He said
he would be true, she said she knew 1t,
and then in came the doctor. She was
feeling very faint by this time, and she
smiled a wan smile, saying: Never mind,
doctor, know It is too late, but don't
mind at all" She looked sweetly al
George, who cried softly, and said, "Oh,
doctor cant you save herr" The doctor
felt her wrist, heard her heart, asked
what she had done, and she only smiled
and said. 81 have made 1t all right with
my husband, and I don't mind at all ]
have told him that I know I have been
wrong and that I forgive him, and ! an,
ready to go. How soon will Il be. doctor?''
Al that the doctor said: Go eddie
sticlSs," and added that she hadn't t0llef,
the other stuff at all and that If she had
Il wouldn't have hurt her a bit. as it was
only labeled Poison" 10 look wei. Amt
I going to die2" she asked. mot by "A
long sight; not now" said he Am Z all
right? And J have rome and said / was
sorry and all that for nothing?'' The doe
tor said he guessed so. Then she got III,
and said; GEORGE Hamilton, YOU are i
hateful thing and 7 take IL all back ard