The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-26

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That funeral type is the sort OF bed
queen Elizabeth ought to have slept in.
This Queen Of England was undoubtedly
"A woman OF great strength Of mind. No
frivolous lace decorated her nightgOWn:
no rose-colored knots were here and there
upon D., and no thin null made the gown
in which she dreamed No. indeed. her
faVOrite nightgoWn was Of purple velvet
trimmed deliberately with gold lacel This
was sufficient reason for her remaining
a virgin queen.
But to return to beds. Mile. Mousseline
must have bed that looks simple and Is
expensive. II must be all white. its cur
tains OF white Swiss muslin, its ribbons
OF white satin. really. il must in the first
place be as immaculate as the lilies, and
then II must be kept so. And that is
why IL costs so much. Nile. MOusseline's
draperie5 must be like herself unspOt-
TED. Inc fancy for the silk cOVerlids on
ones bed has caused the heavy Marseilles
counterpane 10 disappear, and this means
that II is now possible for one TO sleep
under something that is less in weight
IMAM sheet iron, and which permits a
little more ventilation than a
stone wall Doctors tell that more
people have died from Marseines
that Is saying a good bit. The prettest
Deq / ever saw was Mrs. Langtry's. The
bed Itself was Chippendale; the draperies.
SOFT gray brOcade with tiny flowers in faint
hgures upon them; the side curtains were
or boiling cloth. those at the head of the
ped embroidered in peoples, and those at
:.
II Is not the bed or its draping, or it's COW
ers, or its curtains, but IL Is the sleep that
1Ig wants. ana one may nave the sottest
bed IN the world, and yet the rose leaf hid
den in 1t Will irritate the flesh and annoy
the soul. If one is awake, the hours Of
the night are just as long if ones bed Is
curtains and on hard cot
New Ork is rampant in color From
royal purple to burning scarlet, from sun
shiny yellow to a blue that blazes, there
Is every color of the rainbow, intensified
and made inartistc. Women's heads are
topped by mower gardens. The styles are
not so pretty as they We're when the sim
pie cloth gown and the small bonnet were
in vogue. Considering the eXtravagances
OF the poor, and they are the most extra
agant people in the world, it would seem
as If the old law regarding who should
and who should not wear velvet broeade,
SILK or lace, FUR or jewels, should again
be enforced. The lady who presides in our
Kitchen is attired on Sunday afternoon
IN a gray cashmere with pink brocade
waistcoat, cuffs and collar. and she is
topped by gray hat Wreathed with pink
roses, yellow 1onquils and green leaves
Her coarse rough hands are squeezed in
yellow KID gloves two sizes too small for
her 1t has taken two months wages to
pay FOR this get up Her underclothes are
in rags, her shoes are run down at the
heels, and she hasn't a penny saved. Yet
in reality, she gets better wages than the
average shop girl, inasmuch as she pays
nothing Tor board, and when holidays
come, receives many presents. The furore
for rich materials and bright colOrs is so
great that, undoubtedly, women with good
taste VIII cling during the summer months
to pretty cOttons and TO hats that have
not all of the flowers of field and garden
and hot-house upon them.
There are so many kind ladies who are
so willing to teach the lower classes many
good things. Just now, they seem most
anxious to make them appreciate fine pic
lures. l wish they might bang into their
heads something about the value of mon
ey and the sense of dressing to suit
ones condition in life. / can forgive the
NHErH ftTa4l inn 20 .NmH
love. But when women who have to work
hard for every dollar they possess spend
It so lgnorantly, 1t is quite time, either
for the charitably inclined to teach them
better. or for the country to revive the
old sumptuary laws. New York used to
say that II was the west and the south
that oVer-dressed. That can no longer
be its claim, for bonnets and frocks para
soils and belts, gloves and wells are gaudy
of the gaudiest. | think if some of them
could only see themselves as others see
crows feet with roses. Hundreds Of years
ago the Jewish maidens wore in chate-
lame fashion, small mirrors framed in
brass, ana these mirrors were TO show
exactly how they looked at certain times
Hand mirrors would be of no use nova
days If the city would have a cheVal glass
at every street corner, however, some good
might come, and one would not see. as
one does nowadays. a shabby skirt with
a gaudy, oVertrimmed bodice; a conspicu-
Gus hat and a general air of overdressing
that almost cOnVinceS one that OVertalk-
ing, but not overthinking, is the habit of
the wearer To be bit slangy, there is
Just too much of the Bowery skirt and the
Fifth avenue bodice.
Consistency is lacking Consistency in
everything. In politics and in religion
as well as in dress. How to stop it all?
Be the woman to set good example Re
member that there is a time of the day
that demands simplicity; remember that
churches were not intended as places to
exhibit the handiwork of the dressma-
ker and the milliner. Remember that the
gown suited to one woman is utterly
unsuited to another, and remember always
that one. never errs by dressing quietly
though daintily. l love pretty things. I
love to see women well dressed but I
don't like this torrent of color and this
overflow of cheap materials that are so
conspicuous just now, for / do not think
that any woman looks well in many
colors, and l know that no woman can be
all that she should be in cotton-backed
brocades, or, indeed. in limitations of any
sort. There is something demoralizing
about an imitation. That is the reason
why the bonnet of my neighbor win not
be copied by her neighbour Bah.