The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-08

TO give servants strict or iers 10 let no
one remove ones bicycle from the house
without written permission OF special or
dcrs given beforehand. il Is a favorite
trick OF the bicycle thief 10 call and lead
the unsuspecting domestic TO believe that
he comes from the cycle maker to fetch
the machine for repair, or something OF
that sort.
Hoopskirts, says the World. are coming
back into fashion.
Two Of the Partisan fashion journals re-
ceiNed IN New York last week contained
pictures OF che rejuvenated hoop. with
long descriptions OF IL. But before the
Paris papers came with the pictures hoop
skirts were already displayed at two very
swell shops in this city-one in a big Sixth
avenue show window, the other in the
window of Fifth avenue modiste.
small groups OF women gathered daily
and looked at them, apparently with
pain.
The new hoopskirt does not differ to
any great extent from those worn dur
ing the days of the republican court by
Mrs. Washington. Mrs. William Duer
Mrs. Alexander Hamilton, Mrs. John Jaw
Mrs. Harrison Gray. Mrs. William BinF-
ham, the great Philadelphia leader OF So
ciety and fashion, and by many others.
The hoopskirts now on exhibition In this
city were manufactured here two weeks
ago by well-known hustle manufac-
turer as soon as the news came across the
water that the old fashion was to return.
Fashion journals show patterns for skirts
TO be worn with the new hoops
One OF these shows a skirt containine
thirteen cores having straight edges
meeting bias edges in the seams. which
are to be plated and gathered slightly
at the back To make this skirt for wo-
men OF medium size requires fourteen and
one-half yards of material twenty-five
inches wide. This would give a circumfer-
ence at the bottom Of twelve and one-haIf
feet. No crinoline or extra heavy lining
is to be used. The hoops are supposed TO
do all of the haring necessary. The mo-
distes who were interviewed said they
had received no orders yet for skirts TO
be made for hoops, but that as the edict
had gone abroad they expected orders
soon. The makers and the wearers on
this side of the Atlantic do not favor the
hoops. The hustle is already here in great
numbers. and Is freely advertised by sew
eral of the large establishments.
Probably those who most bitterly regret
and stockholders of The street railway
transportation lines. II is estimated thar
three women wearing the new hoops will
occupy one entire side of a Broadway Ca
BILE car. The top of the Fifth avenue
stage is suggested as the best and most
convenient place. for hoop-wearers TO ride
The other day a Northport. Ia. woman
after blowing her horn to call her hus-
band to dinner. felt a severe pain in her
left ear. and when her husband came in
told him she believed she had blown her
ear out of joint. He examined IL and saw
that the interior of the ear seemed to pro-
trude little more than common, and he,
too, came TO the conclusion that IL was out
of joint But after a short deliberations
he exclaimed: II guess l can fix that ali
right" so taking down the horn from the
nail he took deliberate aim at her left ear
and blew tremendous blast OF course,
the woman was a little hard of hearing for
awhile, but the remedy proved most effec-
tive. The interior of the ear was blown
back TO its natural position, the pain de-
parted and the woman resumed her house
work highly pleased with the curing of
like by like.
AT not one house in ten where stop do
they give me enough bedclothes," said a
man who visits great deal, says the New
Y ork Tribune (and who, on account of HIS
many entertaining qualities. is i'm constant
demand Tor house parties in the country.
1T seems odd" he continued, that the
bed, which is after all the most important
consideration, is the last thing that is
generally thought of in the way of COM
fort. The room itself is always pretty; IL
IL is winter a fire may be burning cheerily.
there will be writing-table fully equipp-
ed, a dressng-tabe attractively furnish
ed, fine array of towels and every con-
venience for the bath. Only the bed Is i'll
supplied, rarely, as l say, having enough
covers.
This important consideration seems al
most invariably left to servants, the mis-
tress OF the house seldom troubling herself
further than to see that the 'shams' and
spread are pretty. One house / visited In
| late autumn, when the nights were chilly
had a sheet and spread alone on the bed
and nearly died that night for the wealth.
| er turned cold. piled my clothes and ever
my boots upon the bed, ana IN the wee
| sma' hours got UP and added a couple OF
| rugs which were upon the floor to the col.
cotton AS / was to leave the next morning
| did not think it worth while to mention
| the oversight to my hostess. But when
| received another invitation to the same
/ house for the Christmas holidays, IL Is need
| less to say that / regretted with great
promptitude.
Another experience at Newport was
| amusing, and as il was i'm summer / did
not mind It,. After putting out my candle
and getting into bed, / felt some hard sub
| stances under the sheet. On striking a
match and examining the cause, / found
| that there were several oil paintings OF
| stretchers belonging TO the artistic daugh
| ter of the house. These had evidently beer
| put on the bed In a spare room and covered
| with a sheet on some occasion, and wher
| the room was prepared for a guest che
| sheet was not removed. l took out the
| sketches made up the bed. and slept in
comfort, and as this was also an oversight
that reflected somewhat on the house
keeping again said nothing about my ex
| perience"