The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-27
100000 FOR A SINGLE BUD.
WHAT 1T COSTS TO PREPARE a
GIRL FOR THE SMART SET.

This Estimate Does Not Include IL
College Course, Which Is an Added
$1,000, or the Usual Trip Abroad.
Young Misses with n $50 Mark In
side Their Hats-ExpensIve Accom-
DIlshments of boarding school.
Cost of Seasons wardrobe.
The education Of a modern girl in the
smart set involves an array Of figures
that would mean an Independent fortune
to the average professional man. The
education that satisfied our stately grand
Notwithstanding, writing, and arithme-
tic, few totterng accomplishments, a
sufficient knowledge Of French to puzzle
out a sentimental novel, and an ability to
darn neatly and fashion both life and
garments after a fixed pattern--has all
vanished into the past. together with the
dear old lady's obsolete theories that It
was ladylikc to lace her waist, pinch her
feet, and avoid all physical exercise as
she would a pestilcnce.
To-day Dame Fashion DEGREES
that the sum expended upon
the swell set shall in many cases
equal the dot, or marriage portion, which
places a financial halo about the maidens
of the French and British nobility. The
American girl as a rule regards her fine
ly developed mind and magnificent ply
sique a sufficient marriage portion, but
where title Is concerned the dot has
occasionally been added-in Difference to
Wien one does see a pretty debutante
embowgered in flowers 80 exquiSs dt,aiy
oped to the last degree Of
cultivation, as high-bred and fault
lessly groomed as the most critical
culture could demand. says the New
York World, 1t is hard to balance her
against common, everyday dollars and
cents and TO realize that so much perfec-
ton has been obtained from so much
cash. mentally ticketng her as follows:
"One fine rosebud, $50, 900.
This general estimate of $4,000 IS a mod
crate one 1t does not include a college
course, which would cost a rich girl at
least s. 900 more. Much less does II include
a trip abroad, which cas- be made TO run
up into just as many thousands as the
bank account can stand. At first glance
$50. go seems rather large sum, but II
soon dWindles into an insignificant amount
after careful survey of the details OF the
cultivation necessary to bring a single
rosebud TO perfection The mere dressing
of the aristOcratic miss from the time her
dainty layette is worn out until she is IL
and properly equipped for the fray IN
wolves an expenditure of at least Sl8 900.
This need not indicate that she Is elabor-
ately dressed or permitted a single piece
Of jewelry 1t means only plenty OF good
school and street dresses; fine but not
fancy underwear; pretty appropriate hats
and plain, strong shoes. with. of course,
a riding habit. a gymnasium suit, and
dainty dancing frocks included, but all
made in the most childish. simple fashion
I'm the world This. however, for sixteen or
eighteen years, consumes easily $1,000.
To dress children in the elaborate fash
ION employed by people who have recently
acquired money would cost twice the
amount mentioned above The orders for
clothing for these regauy dressed little
tots which are sometimes received by
fashionable houses are almost past belief
Sixty dollars was the price recently paid
for a half-dozen tiny skirts for one of these
opulently clad babies. while a white sum-
mer hat for the same little dame had a
so mark inside the fine silk dining. How
ever, although such extravagant orders
are not uncommon, they are not usually
received from people who have been ac-
customed to the use Of a check-book for
several generations The little girl who is
being brought up for the modest sum of
5000 would not have over $50 spent on all
tho hats she would wear in a year
After observing theecost Of clothing sha
rosebud from the cradle TO the coming
OUT tea, the next item that catches the
eye is the somewhat heavy expense Of
keeping her in her right mind. The cUl-