The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-06


/ ceiVing such an acquisition as the charm
/ ing and beautiful American duchess.
/ Modern Society, one of the leading and
most authentic of English society jour
/ nails, has this to say of the present
1 Duchess of Marlborough Instead of
modelling her bearing and manner after
/ the stately reserve and unaffected sim
/ plicity of the English lady, the duchess
| has been INDUCING In airs and extrava-
CANT assumptions OF dignity, which have
occasioned much regret and no little
| amusement among the friends of the
Marlborough family. On two or three oc-
casions, too, she has been more like a
walking jewelers. shop than a human be-
ing, and displays of that sort cannot be
other than reprehensible and in bad taste
In time Consuelo will do better, no doubt
but meanwhile she has much to learn and
great deal to unlearn."
A chiropodist says that nervous children
are apt to have corns. This is oftentimes
because such olinch the fingers slightly,
almost imperceptibly and are apt to draw
up the toes at the same time 1t is a
slight but frequent movement. and 1t
cramps the toes and finally irritates the
tender surface at the joints. He empha-
sizes again that it is not broad shoes so
much as long shoes that should be worn
by growing children, and asserts that the
pointed toe shoe, against which such
catalogue of indictments has been
brought, is by no means such unhygienic
wear as others more commended.
A noticeable tendency of the time, says
the New York Times, is to
have all the common small ar
ticles of the wardrobe in ex-
pensive form Gold glove buttoners,
handkerchief and flower holders, and, la
ter, the gold spike pin to attach the cor
sage bouquet were considered a few years
ago rather unnecessary Injuries, to be
occasionally INDUCED in. Now they are
obligatory. Silver and gold button hooks
and shoe horns crept in, supplemented by
common hairpins Of the same materials.
Now stocking supporter clasps, suspender
buckles, buttons-any of the small belong
ings that come in steel or nickel come
as well in gold. Gold safety pins large
and small, and dainty little frosted safety
pins of gold, to catch up the always too
long dress sleeves of inranIs, are consid-
cred must HAYES" in all well-eauipped
nurseries. A young woman recently or
dered half paper of gold pins made ex-
actly like the common pin of every body's
cushion, and she used them to pin fronts
and vests in-place in lieu of hooks or but
tons. Fashionable young women who car
ry any latch key have it of gold.
And now comes woman, who has long
resided in the tropics as a missionary's
wife, to tell US, according to the Phila-
delphia Record, how to eat a banana d.
gestibly. When you have stripped off the
willing rind, just scrape off the stringy
and hairy coat that lies beneath the rind.
and you may eat your banana without
tasting 1t ali the rest of the day This
word should be passed about widely
The self-satisied way, says the New
York Tribune. in which timid and retir-
Ing people sometimes put on what they
consider the right thing in the way of
clothes, and wear 1t quite unconscious
that they are all wrong and that their
economical makeshifts are quite appar-
ent TO those whose well-made habiliments
are Initiated, is really very funny. That
is, II would be funny If 1t were NOT pathet-
c. for there is always something that ex-
cites pity in any obviously homemade at
tempt to look smart" Sporting clothes
of any kind must be absolutely correct.
otherwise it is far better to wear some
thing that makes no pretence whatever
In these days of golf, bicycling and other
outdoor sports this tendency to initiate is
| somewhat of a temptation to those whose
/ purses do not permit them TO go to a
| good tailor for outfit. well-cut,
| well-made habit, golf frock or bicycle cos
| tune, looks so simple that Il seems as
| II 1t would be the easiest thing in the
world to copy; and yet the result is apt to
| be caricature.
Men too often make the mistake of
wearing what they fondly consider are
correct sporting turnouts and even more
| frequently than women appear in gar
| ments that are all wrong. when in
| Rome one must do as the Romans do
cheerfully exclaimed a simple-minded and
| unworldly clergyman appearing on the
golf links in a pair of knickerbockers that
We're obviously curtailed pair Of long
| trousers fitted with a band at the knee by
the wife, who had also equally obviously
| loaned him a pair of her long stockings.
II was amusing and touching to see the
| satisfaction and pride with which he re.
garded his legs clad in these novel cover.
| ings. He had not the knowledge to per.
ceive that his costume was different in
every particular from that worn by the
men about him.
If you are an artist, says the Chicago
Tribune, you may follow the example OF
certain other artists, and accentuate YOU,
defects until the public is ready to swear
that they are charms. II you have Bern.
hardts genius well as Bernhardt's
leanness you may emphasize that trait un.
til all corners are prepared TO rave ovei
leanness. If you have Ellen Terry's skill
as well as Ellen Terry's over-tail figure
you may wear gowns too long for you un
til an intelligent community is persuaded
that extreme hight Is an extreme charm
But unless you are an artist, charged
to your finger-tips with the subtle power
of commanding admiration, you had bet
ter allow yourself no. liberties, but fol
low certain well-defined rules
If you are stout avoid checks as yol
would avoid the plague. If you are stou-
do not let the most seductive bargain il
stripes. the most persuasive orator amone
modistes induce you to wear gown witt
horizontal lines. On these two commanl /
ments hang at least half your hopes q
beauty.
II you are stout shun the primary col
ors. Nothing makes a woman OF portl,
proportions look quite so gigantic quit,
so hopelessy heating, as reds, clear VIC
let's and orange hues. There are color,
which can be used effectively. only in
small quantities. Let white and cream
color severely alone. They may max,
you look statuesque, but statues requlr,
a gallery for a background, and are our
OF place in a modest home.
Unless you are a wise woman, as wei
as stout one, you will occasionally fal
into the error OF thinking that strong lac
ing strings are your best friends. ant
that the more tightly you can grid your
self the mort sylph-like you will appear
/ Al. ILL.,