The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-21

there will be nothing Tor au n0n-
est and harl-workinE man to do.
The women VIII control everything 7 am
moved 10 say this by reading that So
called society woman has gone into the
box-making business. And yet. is there
anything more feminine than b0xes2 A
man wouldn't be fool enough 10 pay three
times thair worth for some handkerchiefs
because they come In pretty box. He
would think Of the handkerchief, and a
woman would ponder over the use 20
which the box might be put There is no
woman above the weakness for beautiful
boxes Catherine de Medici had most
marvellous baskets of gold and silver and
tortise shell and the COuntesse de Soils
sons, the lady who had the pleasing way
OF poisoning anybody whose manners She
did not like. kept her Jewels as well as her
poisons In beautifully iniaid boxes; in
fiue-carved boxes, and in marvelOusly
jeweled boxes. / am sure a red box
mounted IN gold would Tempt me 10 buy
an imp Of satan.
They are showing some very smart
boxes nowadays. Boxes made OF torCse
she'll OF ivory and of ebony, with mount
ings of gold or silver.
one always has such a lot Of things TO
go in them, and really after all one cannot
have too many Of them. II you are a
woman, you open box dedicated 10 hair
or five caramels, q postage stamp, with
40 stick on the back, two cigarettes that
you promised to keep for somebody; a
note that YOU didn't want anybody else
20 read, and a stick Of sealing wax. That
box Is a surprise, and after you close u,
with some regret, you open the one dedi-
Gated especially 10 wells In II you ma
some old rings, the clipping from society
paper, that said how well you looked IN
your Worth frock, and some jets that you
thought you were going 70 sew on the
bodice, from which they fell the other
day. Eventually the hair pins are discoV-
cred in a box where paper Of powder has
been upset and they look as II they had
been through -four mill Think how Eve
must have suffered through having no
course II didn't make much difference 90
Adam He could hang those belonging 20
him on tree. ] should think the hrst me-
chanical art our fOrefa theirs learned was
that OF boX-making, since the original
man really longed to cater to his Wife
The old Nenetians made such beautitul
kets, for the work lavished upon
them was so exquisite. one can
easily fancy Portia tossing her
It WSould not 6t0 be deait to 0T imagine
some great beauty, who had that wonder
ful golden hair, throwing her additional
switch into such box, because that kind
of hair is very hard 20 match, and she
would want to increase it carefully
and would try to for a while. 1t Is fun
ny thing, but l do believe that hairpins
ard switches are possessed of wandering
devils. Given five full packages of hair
pins on Monday IL Is difficult on Saturday
TO find four with which to fasten up ones
hair Given new switch. and for one
week IL Is braided and carefully put away,
and after that il is thrown or tossed-I
think the latter most likely-into the
charming medley of brushes rouge, eye
brow pencils, soft linen rags, old wells,
love-letters, pages off the calendar, and
WORKOUT gloves, that tend 70 make up the
contents Of what is known 20 womankind
as the top drawer"
The top drawer is the abiding place Of
the most devilish imp in satans domin-
ions. one is never sure of what Is there.
Your finest lace handkerchiefs come to
you scented with tobacco, your incest tulle
marked over with black and red and
white dust that might be powder If IL
weren't so dirty. But speaking OF boxes,
know woman who once bought villain
Gus hats and paid an outrageous price for
them because the milliner sent them home
in boxes that had roses printed upon them!
And yet they pretend TO say that women,
mentally, are equal to menl
This Is the time Of year when the mar
tears that are a tribute to the heat. and
which means that few loose ringlets on
the forehead are absolutely impossible.
Consequently one wonders whether Ii ia
better TO yank all ones hair backward,
or TO look like a convict and have
straight bang. A little woman ! know
made UP her mind she would wear this
depraved couture for the summer, and
she went TO q barber that she might have
her bang cut scientifically. He was an
EngHshman, and he had an inclination to
cut fearlessly and with scissors that had
SOUND suggestive Of the guilotine. And
he talked, oh, how he talked
He said: Il have only been in this coun-
try month, mum, consequently my eX-
perience with the 'eads Of American ladies
is limited. The trouble, mum, Is as 'ow
were all living too Ugh and the air will
not be as good as when the extreme of
civilization had not been reached. You
see, mum, Ugh Twin causes the air to
drop out, and in q very little time, mum,
learned men says as 'ow the teeth win
follow, likewise the Eyebrows, and we will
ave nothing in that line to speak Of
Ugh living and air DO not work to-
This monologue was punctuated with a
swish Of the scissors and a bang of the
hair brush, but IL must be said for this
Enghshman that, ike most of the trades
and escorted the clipped one TO the door
and said, Thank YOU in way that
made her conclude that she would return
and give him another chance. But the
English barber hit the nail on the head
Civilization is death TO hair. Much eat
thinking and little sleeping, cause the hair
10 depart and the awful front piece and
the undesira pie switch come into view.
Where is the reformer who is going to
start society for suppressing patchouu
and musk2 Why should innocent men
and women be forced to endure these
slekening odors (strong enough to be call
ed smells) that are sold under fancy names
at very cheap pr.ces7 Why should you
VI \ HtiO only ike rant perfumes nave
TO sit next 10 a woman who by a wave OF
her fan, or the furry of her handkerchief,
FORCES me TO endure something that abso-
lutely makes me sick? There is no spec
la refinement in the liking men have for
plain eau de cologne, but it Is at least a
clean taste. I cannot understand why a
whole stage load of people should be
made the victims of some atrociously
dressed woman who conhdes to her com
panion that she uses pints of her favorite
extract every week, pouring them on her
underclothing until everything she wears
Is thoroughly impregnated with them
Carbolic acid would be a thousand times
better, and benzine or varnish would be
heavenly beside such dreadful waves OF
fuffocating stuff. A little bit Of perfume
is delightful; a drop or two of vervain
on white hands simply makes them more
exquisite. Bags of orris or violet thrown
among ones linen causes It TO be pleasant
TO wear, but never announce their ex.
lstence, with any intensity. But this bus
uness Of over-perfum3ng is the abuse of a
good thing. That becomes a blunder. and
a blunder becomes a crime, and the prop.
er place for criminals is the pententiary
By the bye, If you happen to wear youi
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