The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-13

! when he was dressed as the Sun King.
! Dressed in this magnificent suit, hand
some as only a superb young man can
! be, glittering with jewels, he danced III
the ballet called La Mutt" danced so well
( that he gained not only the applause of
| all the court but the heart of Louise La
| Nalliere. There is picture of her as "Di-
! ana" and of that naughty beauty Monte
| span as Iris" Then, too there is a pic
ture of Louis, the warrior, dressed in ar
NOR, ready for the battle oh, the book
IS full of picturesi There is one of Anne
of Austria and her children, one of a
lady Of the day as she sat at her toilet
table, one OF the fashionable ball and
no end Of clever caricatures those carica-
lures that flOated around Paris and which
the police seized with anger. Way in the
PACK Of the book is picture of De Main
tenon, dignifed and stern looking, and
having the school of St. Cyr as her back
ground. No fancy costume for the wo-
man who ruled the king and the state,
no friVoiity for the woman who foresaw
and dreaded what came to France No
her brain was so much stronger than
that or the average woman that even in
her picture she could not pose as they did.
The name of it? l like to tell the name
OF this book because ii is translated, and
that really means that it is almost writ
ten by woman.
It's worth while saving your money to
get i'll am beginning to accumulate the
pennies in little tin box-then when you
have sufficient number of ducats ask for
Franco Under Louis XIV" by Emile
Bourgeois. and translated by Mrs Cashei
Hoey. One thing this book will do for
YOU 1t will knock out of your head, as
it has out of the heads of a good many
people, the idea that because men were
very stately in those days, and wore stuff
wigs, that there was not merry life ana
much enjoyment
There is ona illustration That
me that those days were not as comforta>
Die as our own. The picture is one of
Dedroom-the room is absolutely bare
save for few stately chairs and mag
nihcent pictures, the bed is huge anu
funeral looking, and the general sensa-
ton OF whoever slept in that room must
have been that the cold, cold tomb had
been offered for nights repose. We may
be less dignitied nowadays-we are We
may have worse manners nowadays
we have. Our men may dress uglier
nowadays-they do. Our women may be
less beautiful doubt this
But one thing / am sure OF. and that
is, that the average bedroom of to-day
with its brass bedstead, daintily draped
its comfortable lounge, it's pretty toilet
table, its easy chairs, it's even warmth
and the hundred and one odd things thar
go to make it desirable, is far and away
ahead of the stately bedchamber in which
anything feminine must have felt fright
ened out of its wits, and had dreams that
We're CHASTITY. Do you remember that the
hrst night that Marie Antoinette slept in
France her room was hung with tapestry
representing the Massacre of the Inno-
centsY That shows how much thought
was given to the surroundings where one
slept.
1t would be good thing if we had the
manners of the old times, we might with
advantage copy the virtues of the past,
Dut do not let any of us be deluded into
bringing into fashion the frightfullv bare
bedroom in which unfortunate queens. and
equally unfortunate ladies of the nobility
had to sleep. If that had been my fate.
L should have stayed up all night and
slept in chair. Nothing would have got
ten me into one of those awful beds. big
enough to conceal two or three assas-
sins and cold enough looking to freeze an
ESKIMO, unless had been promised that
the whole court would sit around me and
cheer me up. Those beds invite murder.
! imagine that anybody sleeping in one
wanted to kill somebody else to get A
little heated up. Really and truly, there
are inanimate things that invite crime.
There was a woman the other night at
the theater who wore a hat-but that's
another story
There are some of the most delightful
little French calendars-just the right size
Tor ones purse or card-case, exhibited this
christmas. III you feel tempted to give
anybody a Christmas card, send one Of
these instead. One year l had one and
while possessed 1t 1 always dated my
letters correctly, and kept my engage
ments. This year, if don't get one,
shall buy one. You see, am hoping that
one will be put in my stocking, with some
other things. l want a lot of books and a
Noahs Ark; l want a woolly dog. and a
new brooch; l want bonnet brush and a
bottle q / mt Lot,
ana a new purse; want a bunch of violets
and-well, / want so many things that ]
shall take great pleasure in looking at
them in the shop windows. l have learned
the delight of admiring without possessing
take my advice and learn the same les
son, for then you can have everything in
the world that you can long for and no
body will go into debt to get it for Won.
Have courage enough not to want a gift
that costs the giver his honesty Such a
one would never be accepted, even If II
were addressed to Rah